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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-22 <br /> <br />Institutional Use <br />A nonprofit, religious, or public use, such as a church, library, public or private school, hospital, university, <br />or government owned or operated building, structure, or land used for public purpose. <br />Interested Person <br />For purposes of quasi-judicial hearings an interested person is one who has standing as that term is <br />defined by applicable North Carolina statutory and case law. <br />Junk Yard <br />An establishment operated or maintained for the purpose of storing, dismantling, salvaging, recycling, <br />buying or selling scrap or used materials such as paper, metals, rubber, rags, glass, wrecked, used or <br />dismantled products and articles, such as machinery, vehicles, appliances and the like. <br />Junked or Wrecked Motor Vehicles <br />Motor Vehicles which do not display a current license plate or a current registration sticker and which <br />either: (a) are partially dismantled or wrecked, or (b) cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in <br />which originally intended to move. <br />Kennel (Class I) 288 <br />The keeping of more than six but less than 20 animals of any species, excluding domesticated livestock, <br />on a parcel of property for the purpose of showing, competition, hunting, or sport. All animals shall be <br />owned by the property owner. <br />Kennel (Class II) <br />An establishment involving animals of any species, excluding domesticated livestock, engaged in any of <br />the following: <br />a) The owning or keeping, for any purpose, of 20 or more animals <br />b) The selling and/or training of guard dogs or security dogs <br />c) The keeping of more than five animals at any given time for the purpose of breeding, boarding, or <br />rehabilitation. <br />The operator of a Kennel (Class II) shall be allowed to reside on the property to ensure the continuous <br />care of the animals kept on-site. <br />Lamp <br />See Outdoor Lighting, Lamp. <br />Land Area Measurement Definitions <br />(See Lot Line, Lot Line Front, Lot Line Rear, Lot Line Side, Open Side, Open Space Front, Open Space <br />Rear) <br />Land-Disturbing Activity <br />Any use of the land that results in a change in the natural cover or topography that may cause or <br />contribute to sedimentation. <br />Landfill <br />A site within which is deposited solid waste material, including trash, construction debris, stumps, <br />branches and limbs, garbage and industrial waste. <br />Landfill, Discharging <br />A landfill facility with liners, monitoring equipment and other measures to detect and/or prevent leachate <br />from entering the environment and in which the leachate is treated on site and discharged to a receiving <br />stream. Discharging landfills require a National Pollution System (NPDES) Permit from the North <br />Carolina Division of Water Quality. <br /> <br />288 Staff is eliminating the definition and the existing land use.  In staff’s opinion, this was never intended to be a  <br />principal land use in and of itself as it currently exists.  <br />186