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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-37 <br /> <br />Outdoor Lighting, Tube Lighting <br />Gas-filled glass tube, excluding common fluorescent tube bulbs, that becomes luminescent in a color <br />characteristic of the particular gas used, such as neon, argon, krypton, etc. <br />Outdoor Lighting, Upward <br />Projection of light above the horizontal plane. <br />Overlay Zoning District; Overlay Zone <br />A special zoning district that applies supplemental standards in addition to the underlying zoning <br />requirements. <br />Package Treatment Plant <br />Privately owned and operated sewage treatment facility. These plants are prefabricated by the <br />manufacturer and delivered as completed units to the clients. <br />Paperboard Containers and Box Manufacturing, Assembly, and Processing <br />A land use engaged in converting previously manufactured paperboard into containers. Does not include <br />the actual manufacturing of the paperboard product. Please refer to Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills as <br />defined herein. <br />Parking Deck <br />A special structure of two or more levels designed to be used for the temporary storage of motor vehicles. <br />Pedestrian/Landscape Ratio <br />This is the minimum square footage of pedestrian access and landscaped areas in a non-residential <br />development for each square foot of gross land area. <br />Pedestrian/Landscaped Space <br />Pedestrian/landscaped space is part of total open space appropriately improved and located as outdoor <br />space for pedestrian use and for aesthetic appeal. Such space includes lawns and other landscaped <br />areas, walkways, paved terraces and sitting areas. Such space shall not be used for vehicles except for <br />incidental service, maintenance or emergency actions. <br />Personal Services <br />An establishment engaged in providing services generally involving the care of the person (e.g. <br />hairdresser, tailor, laundry, etc.). <br />Petroleum and Coal Product Processing, Preparation, and Distribution295 <br />A land use engaged in the transformation of crude petroleum and coal into usable products, including the <br />separation of crude petroleum into component products through such techniques as cracking and <br />distillation. Allowable activities include manufacturing of asphalt for paving or roofing, manufacturing of <br />asphalt shingles and coating. This activity does not include the manufacturing of Petroleum and <br />Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing or Petroleum Refinery operations as defined herein. <br /> <br />Petroleum and Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing <br />A land use engaged in the blending or compounding of refined petroleum to make lubricating oils and <br />greases and/or re-refining used petroleum lubricating oils. <br /> <br />Petroleum Product Storage and Distribution <br />The storage of finished/refined petroleum products for sale and distribution including retail and wholesale <br />activities. <br /> <br /> <br />295 As part of this amendment package, staff has recommended including several new definitions of land uses in  <br />order to ensure appropriate reference to ‘what’ activity would be permitted.  This will aid in detailing what is and is  <br />not permitted for development within the County.  <br />194