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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-21 <br /> <br />Residential Units for use during the duration of the lease. The term includes mobile home parks <br />developed under previous permitting requirements. <br />Home Park Space <br />A parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by one and only one Mobile Home or Temporary <br />Residential Unit and for the exclusive use of the occupants of said dwellings. <br />Hotel, Motel, Motor Lodge, Motor Inn, Inn, Tourist Court286 <br />A building or group of attached or detached buildings containing, in combination, ten or more lodging <br />units, or ten or more dwelling units intended primarily for rental or lease to transients by the day or week, <br />as distinguished from multi-family dwellings, rooming houses and residential hotels in which rentals and <br />leases are for weekly or longer periods and occupants are generally residents rather than transients. <br />Hotel, Residential <br />A building or group of attached or detached buildings containing, in combination, ten or more lodging <br />units available for occupancy only for periods of thirty days or longer, provided, however, that temporary <br />lodging units for guests of regular tenants may be provided in any residential hotel, with number of such <br />units limited to 10% of the number of tenant lodging units.287 <br />Immediate Neighborhood <br />A subdivision or area of the county which distinguishes it from other subdivisions or areas by virtue of its <br />location within the service area of a park site or sites as shown on the adopted “Recreation Service Area <br />Boundaries Map” on file in the Planning Department. <br />Impervious Surface <br />A surface composed of any material that impedes or prevents the natural infiltration of water into the soil. <br />Such surfaces include concrete, asphalt and gravel surfaces. These include, but are not be limited to, <br />streets and parking areas, sidewalks, patios, and structures that cover the land. <br />Industrial, Light <br />Manufacturing & processing operations that occur entirely indoors and have limited impacts on <br />surrounding properties, including, but not limited to, production of the following: food products (i.e. <br />commercial bakery, candy, and beverages, including bottling); surgical, medical and dental instruments; <br />wood cabinets, furniture and upholstery; light machinery, including household appliances; toys, sporting <br />and athletic equipment, excluding firearms and ammunition; and, paper products, such as bags, <br />containers, and cardboard. <br />Industrial, Medium <br />Manufacturing & processing operations that may occur indoors or outdoors and have limited impacts <br />beyond the boundaries of the zoning district, including, but not limited to, the following: heavy household, <br />commercial and industrial appliances; manufactured homes, recreational vehicles and related <br />components; automotive, farm and construction machinery; and, commercial building components. <br />Industrial, Heavy <br />Manufacturing & processing operations with a greater potential to impact surrounding properties, where a <br />majority or large component of the operation may occur in the open air. Such uses may include, but not <br />be limited to, the following: asphalt mixing plants; cement manufacturing or processing; commercial food <br />processing (packing and rendering) plants, including meat, poultry and fish; and, concrete mixing plants. <br />Infiltration <br />The absorption of stormwater run-off into the ground. Infiltration allows for pollutants to be filtered from <br />the water prior to its reaching the groundwater table, preventing the deposit of the pollutants directly into <br />drinking water supplies. <br /> <br />286 Now part of the Short Term Rental use category.  <br />287 Staff is recommending this be eliminated as being overly redundant.  <br />185