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Article 10: Definitions 256 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> guests, courses proposed as single, independent uses, as well as those planned as an accessory use <br /> which is part of a residential or recreational development. <br /> A golf course development may also include the following accessory uses and building typically <br /> associated with such a facility: club house; restaurant/snack bar; barroom; prop shop; billiards; table <br /> tennis, spa/health club; racquetball, hand ball, and tennis courts; swimming pool; locker rooms; and real <br /> estate sales office. <br /> Goods, Incidental <br /> Retail goods for sale in a manner customary and subordinate to the provision of a service, eg. Beautician <br /> selling hair products. <br /> Gross Floor Area <br /> The area within the perimeter of the outside walls of a building as measured from the exterior face of the <br /> exterior walls or from the centerlines of walls separating two buildings, with no deduction for hallways, <br /> stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns, or other interior features. <br /> Group Care Facility <br /> A faGility "Gensed by the appropriate state agency, as a group care facility for from seven to <br /> fifteen unrellated indmv0dualls excluding supervisory personnel, who are handicapped, aged or <br /> diisabled and are undergoing rehabilitation, or extended care, and are provided servicesto .;.;.P-P-t. <br /> their specific needs. This category includes group homes for all ages, half-way houses, foster <br /> and bearding homes. The following shall not be eligible for admission to a group Gare faGility.. <br /> a) Persons addiGted to or rewperating from the effeGts of an addiGtien to drugs or alcohol; <br /> b) Persons adjusting to non-prisen life, including but not limited to, pre-release, wer <br /> release, probationary programs and auyeniln.detention centers. <br /> A facility licensed by the appropriate State agency providing room and board for seven to 15 unrelated <br /> individuals, excluding staff, who as a result of age, illness, handicap or some specialized program require <br /> personalized services or a supervised living arrangement in order to assure their safety and comfort.288 <br /> Group Home <br /> A residential living arrangement providing housing for six to 15 unrelated individuals other than a Group <br /> Care Facility.289 <br /> Group Development <br /> One or more principal structures built on a single lot, tract or parcel of land and designed for occupancy <br /> by more than one separate family, firm, business or other enterprise. <br /> Guest Ranch290 <br /> A rural lodge providing overnight accommodations for transient guests seeking a vacation experience <br /> characteristic to that of a rural ranch; onsite facilities may include lodge or cabin accommodations, dining <br /> facilities, barns, dance hall and recreational facilities, including but not limited to riding rings, trails, fishing <br /> holes and swimming facilities. <br /> Habitable Rooms <br /> Rooms designed and used for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, or combinations thereof. Bathrooms, <br /> toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage rooms, laundry and utility spaces, basement recreation rooms, <br /> and similar areas are not considered habitable rooms. <br /> 288 Existing definition being simplified and unnecessary language being removed,specifically the Red Bold <br /> StFakethFOU94 Underlined text. By keeping references to the need for a State license,we can eliminate the <br /> denoted superfluous language. <br /> 289 There is a current disconnect with associated with living arrangements for a group of individuals exceeding the <br /> definition of family who wish to live together but do not require personalized services or specialized care. This is a <br /> new land use category attempting to address this issue. <br /> 290 For the time being staff is keeping this use in the Recreational Facilities land use category. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-19 <br />