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Article 10: Definitions 47 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> Area of Future-Conditions Flood Hazard <br /> The land area that would be inundated by the 1-percent-annual-chance (100-year)flood based on future- <br /> conditions hydrology. <br /> Assembly/Packaging Operation <br /> Assembly and packaging of merchandise for distribution by mail or carrier. <br /> Auditorium <br /> A place of assembly to watch and/or to hear athletic events, musical performances, dramatic or dance <br /> performances, speeches and/or ceremonies. The term is intended to include such uses as stadiums, <br /> coliseums, athletic centers, theaters and arenas. <br /> Bed and Breakfast Inn <br /> See "Rural Guest Establishments." <br /> Base flood <br /> The flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. It is often referred to as <br /> the 100-year flood. <br /> Base flood elevation (BFE) <br /> A determination of the water surface elevations of the base flood as published in the Flood Insurance <br /> Study. When the BFE has not been provided in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" it may be obtained from <br /> engineering studies available from a Federal, State, or other source using FEMA approved engineering <br /> methodologies. This elevation, when combined with the "Freeboard" establishes the "Regulatory Flood <br /> Protection" elevation. <br /> Basement <br /> Any area of the building having its floor sub grade (below ground level)on all sides. <br /> Rest Management DraG ftes (gMpS)17 <br /> non peint SE)61FGe pellutien te reGeiving waters On erder tE) aGhieve water quality pFeteGtien geals. (See <br /> alse, Detention Pend and Engineered 2-termi.vater Controls) (Unless etherwise speGified, "BMP", wheR <br /> used On this QrdmnanGe refers to stri infi Ural BMPS ) <br /> Biosolids <br /> Solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue (sewage sludge) generated during primary, secondary or advanced <br /> wastewater treatment processes of domestic sewage that is treated to state and/or federal standards for <br /> beneficial use (such as land application as fertilizer). <br /> Buffer <br /> A screening device used to moderate the adverse impacts of one land use upon another. Buffers may <br /> include walls, hedges, landscaped areas, berms, additional setbacks, or combinations of the above. <br /> Buffer, Stormwater <br /> A natural or vegetated area through which stormwater runoff flows in a diffuse manner so that the runoff <br /> does not become channelized and which provides for infiltration of the runoff and filtering of pollutants. <br /> Building Definitions <br /> (See Structure, Structural Alterations, Mobile Home, Recreational Vehicle.) <br /> Building Height <br /> 17 This definition of'BMP' is no longer consistent with State references. The term is now referred to as Stormwater <br /> Control Measure(SCM). The definition has been relocated accordingly. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-4 <br />