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Article 10: Definitions 257
<br /> Section 10.1: Definitions
<br /> Hazardous Waste Management Facility
<br /> A facility or any portion of a facility for the collection, storage, processing, treatment, recycling, recovery,
<br /> or disposal of hazardous waste on or in land in accordance with rules adopted by the State of North
<br /> Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
<br /> Health and Personal Care Facility
<br /> A public or private facility, establishment, or institution providing housing for 16 or more unrelated
<br /> individuals who are furnished meals and health/personal care on a continuing basis. Term includes:
<br /> convalescent homes, nursing homes, rest homes, assisted living facility, sanatoria, homes for the elderly,
<br /> handicapped, disabled, youthful offenders, addicted to alcohol or drugs, requiring professional health
<br /> care, adult supervision, or rehabilitation.
<br /> Health Services
<br /> Establishments of licensed practitioners, or licensed persons independently practicing a profession,
<br /> primarily engaged in rendering medical, surgical and other health related and allied personal care
<br /> services in the health field (e.g. physicians, physical therapists, dentists, medical specialists).
<br /> High-Density Option
<br /> One of two approaches available for development in some watershed overlay districts. Generally, the
<br /> high-density option relies on density limits and engineered stormwater controls to minimize the risk of
<br /> water pollution.
<br /> Highest Adjacent Grade (HAG)
<br /> The highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, next to the proposed walls of
<br /> the structure.
<br /> Historic structure
<br /> Any structure that is:
<br /> a) Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S.
<br /> Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as meeting the
<br /> requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
<br /> b) Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as contributing to the historical
<br /> significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary
<br /> to qualify as a registered historic district;
<br /> c) Individually listed on a local inventory of historic landmarks in communities with a "Certified Local
<br /> Government (CLG) Program,"which has been approved by the Department of the Interior; or
<br /> d) Certified as contributing to the historical significance of a historic district designated by a
<br /> community with a"Certified Local Government (CLG) Program". (CLG Programs are approved
<br /> by the US Department of the Interior in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of
<br /> Cultural Resources through the State Historic Preservation Officer as having met the
<br /> requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended).
<br /> Holiday Decoration
<br /> Holiday displays, decorations and greetings, which relate to any federally designated holiday, legal
<br /> holiday or religious holiday.
<br /> Home Occupation, Major
<br /> An accessory business use which is owned and operated by the resident of the property, located on a
<br /> single parcel of land at least five acres in size in the AR and R-1 zoning districts, and is clearly incidental
<br /> and subordinate to the principal residential use of the property. Major home occupations, which do not
<br /> meet the standards of a minor home occupation, shall accommodate for larger scale accessory business
<br /> uses by allowing for an increase in square footage, number of onsite employees, students, customers,
<br /> clients, and annual events with an approved Class B Special Use Permit.
<br /> Home Occupation, Minor
<br /> An accessory business use, which is owned or operated by the resident of residentially-zoned property,
<br /> and is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal residential use of the property.
<br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-20
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