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Article 10: Definitions 246 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> A natural water-carrying trough eroded vertically into low areas of the land surface by erosive action of <br /> concentrated flowing water or a ditch or canal excavated for the flow of water. <br /> Channel, Effluent <br /> A discernable, confined, and discrete conveyance which is used for transporting treated wastewater to a <br /> receiving stream or other body of water. <br /> Chemical storage facility <br /> A building, portion of a building, or exterior area adjacent to a building used for the storage of any <br /> chemical or chemically reactive products. <br /> Child Care <br /> A program or arrangement where three or more children less than 13 years old, who do not reside where <br /> the care is provided, receive care on a regular basis of at least once per week for more than four hours <br /> per day from persons other than their guardians or full-time custodians, or from persons not related to <br /> them by birth, marriage, or adoption. Child care does not include the following: <br /> a) Arrangements operated in the home of any child receiving care if all the children in care are <br /> related to each other or no more than two additional children are in care; <br /> b) Recreational programs operated for less than four consecutive months in a year; <br /> c) Specialized activities or instruction such as athletics, dance, art, music lessons, horseback riding, <br /> gymnastics, or organized clubs for children, such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H groups, or boys <br /> and girls clubs; <br /> d) Drop-in or short-term care provided while parents participate in activities that are not employment <br /> related and where the parents are on the premises or otherwise easily accessible, such as drop- <br /> in or short-term care provided in health spas, bowling alleys, shopping malls, resort hotels, or <br /> churches; <br /> e) Public schools; <br /> f) Non-public schools described in Part 2 of Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the North Carolina <br /> Statutes that are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and that <br /> operate a child care facility as defined under Child Care Facility for less than six and one-half <br /> hours per day either on or off the school site; <br /> g) Bible schools conducted during vacation periods; <br /> h) Care provided by facilities licensed under Chapter 110, Article 7 of the North Carolina General <br /> Statutes; <br /> i) Cooperative arrangements among parents to provide care for their children as a convenience <br /> rather than for employment; and <br /> j) Any child care program or arrangement consisting of two or more separate components, each of <br /> which operates for four hours or less per day with different children attending each component. <br /> Child Care Facility <br /> Use type offering temporary care to clients, includinq children, adolescents, and adults, for no more than <br /> eight hours in a 24 hour period. Care can be offered regardless of the time of day and whether or not <br /> operated for profit. Term lincludes child care centers, and any other child care arrangement not excluded <br /> by General Statute 110-86(2), that provides child care. <br /> a) A child care center is an arrangement where, at any one time, there are three or more pre-school <br /> children or nine or more school-aged children receiving child care. <br /> b) A family child care home is a child care arrangement located in a residence where, at any one <br /> time, more than two children, but fewer than nine children, receive child care. <br /> Church va <br /> A structure On which persORs regularly assemble for religieus wership, WhiGh is maintaiRed and controlled <br /> by a religious body organized to sustain public worship-. <br /> Chemical Manufacturing and Processing — Pharmaceutical and Medicine275 <br /> 274 Now defined as a 'Place of Worship'. <br /> 275 Definition of a new land use we are recommending for inclusion in several Economic Development districts. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-6 <br />