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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-6 <br /> <br />A natural water-carrying trough eroded vertically into low areas of the land surface by erosive action of <br />concentrated flowing water or a ditch or canal excavated for the flow of water. <br />Channel, Effluent <br />A discernable, confined, and discrete conveyance which is used for transporting treated wastewater to a <br />receiving stream or other body of water. <br />Chemical storage facility <br />A building, portion of a building, or exterior area adjacent to a building used for the storage of any <br />chemical or chemically reactive products. <br />Child Care <br />A program or arrangement where three or more children less than 13 years old, who do not reside where <br />the care is provided, receive care on a regular basis of at least once per week for more than four hours <br />per day from persons other than their guardians or full-time custodians, or from persons not related to <br />them by birth, marriage, or adoption. Child care does not include the following: <br />a) Arrangements operated in the home of any child receiving care if all the children in care are <br />related to each other or no more than two additional children are in care; <br />b) Recreational programs operated for less than four consecutive months in a year; <br />c) Specialized activities or instruction such as athletics, dance, art, music lessons, horseback riding, <br />gymnastics, or organized clubs for children, such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H groups, or boys <br />and girls clubs; <br />d) Drop-in or short-term care provided while parents participate in activities that are not employment <br />related and where the parents are on the premises or otherwise easily accessible, such as drop- <br />in or short-term care provided in health spas, bowling alleys, shopping malls, resort hotels, or <br />churches; <br />e) Public schools; <br />f) Non-public schools described in Part 2 of Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the North Carolina <br />Statutes that are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and that <br />operate a child care facility as defined under Child Care Facility for less than six and one-half <br />hours per day either on or off the school site; <br />g) Bible schools conducted during vacation periods; <br />h) Care provided by facilities licensed under Chapter 110, Article 7 of the North Carolina General <br />Statutes; <br />i) Cooperative arrangements among parents to provide care for their children as a convenience <br />rather than for employment; and <br />j) Any child care program or arrangement consisting of two or more separate components, each of <br />which operates for four hours or less per day with different children attending each component. <br />Child Care Facility <br />Use type offering temporary care to clients, including children, adolescents, and adults, for no more than <br />eight hours in a 24 hour period. Care can be offered regardless of the time of day and whether or not <br />operated for profit. Term Iincludes child care centers, and any other child care arrangement not excluded <br />by General Statute 110-86(2), that provides child care. <br />a) A child care center is an arrangement where, at any one time, there are three or more pre-school <br />children or nine or more school-aged children receiving child care. <br />b) A family child care home is a child care arrangement located in a residence where, at any one <br />time, more than two children, but fewer than nine children, receive child care. <br />Church273 <br />A structure in which persons regularly assemble for religious worship, which is maintained and controlled <br />by a religious body organized to sustain public worship. <br />Chemical Manufacturing and Processing – Pharmaceutical and Medicine274 <br /> <br />273 Now defined as a ‘Place of Worship’.  <br />274 Definition of a new land use we are recommending for inclusion in several Economic Development districts.  <br />174