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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-9 <br /> <br />Systems that use lenses or mirrors, and often tracking systems, to focus or reflect a large area of sunlight <br />into a small area. The concentrated energy is absorbed by a transfer fluid or gas and used as a heat <br />source for either a conventional power plant, such as a steam power plant, or a power conversion unit, <br />such as a sterling engine. Also known as Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST). <br />Concrete Processing, Preparation, and Distribution <br />A land use primarily engaged in the following: <br />(a) Manufacturing portland, natural, masonry, pozzolanic, and other hydraulic cements; <br />(b) Batch or mixing plants; <br />(c) Manufacturing of concrete pipe, brick, and block; or <br />(d) Manufacturing other concrete products. <br />Conditional Districts <br />A zoning technique authorized by N.C.G.S. 153A-342 which allows for the imposition of mutually agreed <br />upon individualized development conditions as part of the legislative rezoning process. The Conditional <br />Use District and Conditional Zoning Districts are subsets of the term Conditional Districts. Land may be <br />placed in a conditional district only upon petition of all of the owners of the land to be included; said <br />petition must be approved following the procedures set forth in Section 2.9 of this Ordinance. <br />Conditional Use District (CUD) <br />A floating zoning district that has no permitted uses. Applications for a CUD must link the CUD to a <br />general use zoning district and conform with all applicable development regulations for the corresponding <br />general use zoning district. CUDs require approval of both a rezoning application and Class A Special <br />Use Permit; see Sections 2.9.1 and 3.8. <br />Conditional Zoning District (CZD) <br />A specific floating zoning district with specific permitted uses, as detailed within this Ordinance.. <br />Controlled Access Highway <br />A state or city highway, or section thereof, especially designed for through traffic and over, from, or to <br />which highway owners or occupants of abutting property, or others, shall have only controlled right of <br />easement of access. For the purposes of this Ordinance, Controlled Access Highway shall be Interstate <br />85, Interstate 40, and any area located within the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) overlay district. <br />Converted Paper Product Manufacturing, Assembly, and Processing <br />Land uses involved with the converting of paper or paperboard into finished products. Use does not <br />involve the actual manufacturing of paper or paperboard material on-site. <br />Cooperative Farm Partner <br />A local farmer or producer of agricultural products who forms a business arrangement with other local <br />farmers and/or producers to collectively process, market, and/or sell agricultural goods. For the purpose <br />of this definition, “local” means Orange County and counties that share a border with Orange County. <br />Cooperative Farm Stand <br />An open-air facility for the retail sale of produce, agricultural products, and/ or plants produced on-site and <br />from not more than 4 other cooperative farm partners. <br />Country Store <br />An enclosed market not exceeding 1500 square feet in size for the retail sales of a variety of <br />merchandise, which must include locally produced products. For the purpose of this definition, “local” <br />means Orange County and counties that share a border with Orange County. <br />County <br />Orange County Government. <br />Custodial Care <br />177