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Article 10: Definitions 278 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a <br /> substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, <br /> floor, or other structural part of the building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions <br /> of the building. <br /> State Agency <br /> Every department, agency, institution, public authority, board, commission, bureau, division, council, <br /> member of Council of State, or officer of the State government of the State of North Carolina. <br /> State Clearinghouse <br /> The clearinghouse agency established by the North Carolina Department of Administration under the <br /> North Carolina Environmental Policy Act. <br /> State Mandate <br /> The minimum Rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission for application to North <br /> Carolina's water supply watersheds, as required by the Water Supply Watershed Protection Act. The <br /> purpose of the Act, as stated in its opening paragraph, is "... to protect and enhance the quality of the <br /> State's surface water supplies by establishing a cooperative program of water supply protection to be <br /> administered by local governments consistent with statewide management requirements established by <br /> the Environmental Management Commission (EMC)." (See related definition "Water supply watershed"). <br /> Stockyard / Livestock Market <br /> A facility where livestock are kept temporarily awaiting purchase and/or transport; such facilities may <br /> include enclosed pavilions, grandstands, paddocks, and stalls. <br /> Storage of Goods <br /> A land use where secured space, indoors or outdoors, is rented to tenants for the safeguarding and/or <br /> keeping of general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other personal items on a short or long term <br /> basis. <br /> Stormwater Collection System <br /> Any conduit, pipe, channel, curb, or gutter for the primary purpose of transporting (not treating) run-off. A <br /> stormwater collection system does include vegetated swales, swales stabilized with armoring or <br /> alternative methods where natural topography prevents the use of vegetated swales (subject to case-by- <br /> case review), curb outlet systems or pipes used to carry drainage underneath built-upon surfaces that are <br /> associated with development controlled by the provisions of 15A NCAC 2H 1003(c)(1). <br /> Stream <br /> A body of concentrated flowing water in a natural low area or natural channel on the land surface <br /> Stream Buffer <br /> An area of land adjacent to a stream or a FEMA-identified floodplain, whichever is greater, which, except <br /> as permitted within this Ordinance, must remain undisturbed in its natural state. Streams are identified by <br /> any of the following means: <br /> a) Shown as solid blue lines or as broken blue lines on the USGS Quadrangle maps, <br /> b) Shown as a water feature in the Orange County Soil Survey, or <br /> c) A water feature identified by a field determination of County staff trained in surface water <br /> identification through the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ). <br /> Stream buffers shall extend around the perimeter of all other water features if any portion of the stream <br /> buffer touches the water feature. Disputes pertaining to water feature identification decisions by County <br /> staff shall be filed directly to the NCDWQ. <br /> Stream, Ephemeral (Stormwater) <br /> 323 New definition of existing land use. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-58 <br />