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Article 10: Definitions 204 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> A facility which stores and exhibits objects of historical, agricultural, and/or cultural interest for the <br /> purpose of educating the public about the rural heritage of Orange County and surrounding areas. <br /> Rural Industrial Activity Node <br /> Land focused on designated road intersections which serves as a nodal crossroads for the surrounding <br /> rural community and is an appropriate location for small-scale industrial uses which do not require urban <br /> type services. <br /> Rural Neighborhood Activity Node <br /> Land focused on designated road intersections within a Rural or Agricultural Residential area that is <br /> appropriate for small-scale commercial uses. <br /> Rural Residential Land <br /> Land in the rural areas of the County that is an appropriate location for low intensity and low density <br /> residential development which are not dependent on urban services. <br /> Rural Special Event <br /> A temporary or seasonal commercial activity that occurs on a bona fide farm and which is expected to <br /> attract more than 20 people at any given time. <br /> Salvage yard <br /> Property used for the storage, collection, and/or recycling of any type of equipment whatsoever, whether <br /> industrial or non-commercial, and including but not limited to vehicles, appliances and related machinery. <br /> Saw Mill <br /> A facility where off-site logs or timber are sawn, planed or otherwise processed into lumber or other wood <br /> products; not including the processing of timber for use on the same parcel of property. <br /> School — Preparatory 27' <br /> A land use providing academic courses designed to satisfy curriculum requirements/standards <br /> established by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction including pre-school through <br /> 12th -grade/pre-college activities provided by either public or private institutions. The term includes <br /> kindergarten, elementary/secondary and high schools, schools for the mentally and/or physically <br /> disabled, military academies, schools for the deaf or visually impaired, and alternative schools. <br /> School — Performing Arts, Sports and Recreation <br /> A land use providing instruction and/or training in the arts, such as music, art, or dance, and/or athletic <br /> activities, such as martial arts but not approved by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.27 <br /> School — Technical, Trade, and Skill Training <br /> Land use(s) engaged in offering a variety of technical, trade, continuing education, vocational and skills <br /> training. Includes facilities providing workforce education and college transfer academic programs and <br /> may include institutions that maintain athletic teams and offer on-site living accommodations (i.e. <br /> dormitories). <br /> Semi-Cutoff Fixture <br /> An outdoor fixture shielded or constructed in such a manner that it emits no more than 5% of its light <br /> above the horizontal plane of the fixture, and no more than 20% of its light ten degrees below the <br /> horizontal plane of the fixture. <br /> 270 This is the new land use category dealing with school land uses(i.e. pre-k through 12 grade). It needs to be <br /> remembered this includes public and private schools. The County does not distinguish between public/private <br /> institutions. <br /> 271 This combines all performing arts and/or athletic activities into a central land use category. Standards have <br /> been located in Article S creating the necessary distinction(s)as to where such uses would be allowed. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-44 <br />