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Article 10: Definitions 275
<br /> Section 10.1: Definitions
<br /> A dwelling occupied by a host which provides more than three questrooms for up to one week of rental or
<br /> lease-
<br /> Short Term Rental — Non-host Occupied:
<br /> A building or group of buildings which provides guestrooms for rental or lease but is not occupied by a
<br /> host.-"'
<br /> Sign
<br /> Any letter, figure, character, mark, plane, point, marquee, design, poster, pictorial, picture, stroke, stripe,
<br /> line, trademark, reading matter, or illuminated surface which is constructed, placed, attached, painted,
<br /> erected, fastened or manufactured in any manner so that the same shall be used for the attraction of the
<br /> public to any place, subject, person, firm, corporation, public performance, article, machine, or
<br /> merchandise, which are displayed in any manner, including out-of-doors.
<br /> Sign, Abandoned
<br /> A sign for which no legal owner can be found or any sign face or sign structure that advertises a business
<br /> not conducted on the premises for over 90 days. In making the determination that a sign advertises a
<br /> business no longer being conducted, the Planning Director shall consider the following:the existence or
<br /> absence of a current occupational license, utility service deposit, or account; use of the premises; and
<br /> relocation of the business.
<br /> Abandoned Sign shall also include the following:
<br /> a) Through age and/or obsolescence a sign that no longer conforms to structural or maintenance
<br /> specifications of Section 6.12, or
<br /> b) Any pole, pylon, or structure expressly installed for the purpose of affixing a sign that bears no
<br /> sign or copy.
<br /> Sign, Advertiser
<br /> Any person who is a lessee or owner of a sign, an agent of same, or anyone that has beneficial use of a
<br /> sign.
<br /> Sign, Advertising Display Area
<br /> The advertising display surface area encompassed within any polygon that would enclose all parts of the
<br /> sign. The structural supports for a sign, whether, they be columns, pylons, or a building, or a part thereof,
<br /> shall not be included in the advertising area. Also known as Sign Area.
<br /> ■ An example of how advertising display area or sign area is calculated is as follows:
<br /> Solid Base or Open Area Under
<br /> Sign Not Counted As Area
<br /> In most cases the rectangular shape of a sign equals the sign area.
<br /> 320 This land use is an attempt to provide a distinction between a 'bed and breakfast' rental,which is deemed to be
<br /> acceptable is a residential setting and a 'hotel'which is more commercial in nature. As detailed within the
<br /> proposed new table of permitted uses,Short Term Rental—Non-host Occupied is not permitted in residential
<br /> general use zoning district.
<br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-46
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