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Article 10: Definitions 244 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> A designated Zone AO on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with base flood depths <br /> determined to be from one (1) to three (3) feet. These areas are located where a clearly defined channel <br /> does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate, and where velocity flow <br /> may be evident. <br /> Area of special flood hazard <br /> See "Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) Overlay District" <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 Use <br /> A land use providing space, indoors or outdoors, allowing for the congregation for the purpose <br /> of observing, listening, or engaging in a service, performance, or activity. <br /> Assembly/Packaging Operation <br /> Assembly and packaging of merchandise for distribution by mail or carrier. <br /> Auditorium z.z <br /> perfermanGeS, SpeeGhes and/or GeFeFnenies. The term is intended to inGlude SYGh uses as , <br /> neliseurns, n ve es athletintr theaters and arenas <br /> , <br /> Bed and Breakfast 1 <br /> 273 <br /> See "RuFal 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 /> Best Management Practices (BMPs) <br /> A structural or non-structural management-based practice used singularly or in combination to reduce <br /> non-point source pollution to receiving waters in order to achieve water quality protection goals. (See <br /> also, Detention Pond and Engineered Stormwater Controls) (Unless otherwise specified, "BMP", when <br /> used in this Ordinance, refers to structural 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 /> 271 Definition of land use category. <br /> 272 Now part of the definition of'Assembly Use'as detailed herein. <br /> 273 Now part of the definition of'Short Term Rental'as detailed herein. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-4 <br />