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Article 10: Definitions 186
<br /> Section 10.1: Definitions
<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.24d
<br /> Group Home
<br /> A residential living arrangement providing housing for six to 15 unrelated individuals not requiring
<br /> personalized services or supervised living arrangements in order to assure their safety and comfort.249
<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 Ranch...
<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 /> 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 /> 248 Existing definition being simplified and unnecessary language being removed. By keeping references to the
<br /> need for a State license,we can eliminate the denoted superfluous language.
<br /> 249 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 /> 2so 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
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