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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-44 <br /> <br />C. Country Inn: A business, which offers accommodations and dining in a predominately rural area. <br />Overnight accommodations are available, and a full-service restaurant provides breakfast, lunch <br />and dinner to guests and the general public. The number of guestrooms may range from four to <br />no more than 24. The restaurant shall contain no more than 60 seats. (Class A SUP) <br />Rural Heritage Museum305 <br />A facility which stores and exhibits objects of historical, agricultural, and/or cultural interest for the <br />purpose of educating the public about the rural heritage of Orange County and surrounding areas. <br />Rural Industrial Activity Node <br />Land focused on designated road intersections which serves as a nodal crossroads for the surrounding <br />rural community and is an appropriate location for small-scale industrial uses which do not require urban <br />type services. <br />Rural Neighborhood Activity Node <br />Land focused on designated road intersections within a Rural or Agricultural Residential area that is <br />appropriate for small-scale commercial uses. <br />Rural Residential Land <br />Land in the rural areas of the County that is an appropriate location for low intensity and low density <br />residential development which are not dependent on urban services. <br />Rural Special Event <br />A temporary or seasonal commercial activity that occurs on a bona fide farm and which is expected to <br />attract more than 20 people at any given time. <br />Salvage yard <br />Property used for the storage, collection, and/or recycling of any type of equipment whatsoever, whether <br />industrial or non-commercial, and including but not limited to vehicles, appliances and related machinery. <br />Saw Mill <br />A facility where off-site logs or timber are sawn, planed or otherwise processed into lumber or other wood <br />products; not including the processing of timber for use on the same parcel of property. <br /> <br />School – Preparatory 306 <br />A land use providing academic courses designed to satisfy curriculum requirements/standards <br />established by the State of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction including pre-school through <br />12th grade/pre-college activities provided by either public or private institutions. The term includes <br />kindergarten, elementary/secondary and high schools, schools for the mentally and/or physically <br />disabled, military academies, schools for the deaf or visually impaired, and alternative schools. <br />School – Performing Arts, Sports and Recreation <br />A land use providing instruction and/or training in the arts, such as music, art, or dance, and/or athletic <br />activities, such as martial arts but not approved by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.307 <br /> <br />School – Technical, Trade, and Skill Training <br /> <br />305 While the land use category has been eliminated, staff has recommended the term continue to be used in the  <br />new Section 5.18.3 to identify ‘what’ type of museum could be developed within the AR and RB general use zoning  <br />districts.  <br />306 This is the new land use category dealing with school land uses (i.e. pre‐k through 12 grade).  It needs to be  <br />remembered this includes public and private schools.  The County does not distinguish between public/private  <br />institutions.  <br />307 This combines all performing arts and/or athletic activities into a central land use category.  Standards have  <br />been located in Article 5 creating the necessary distinction(s) as to where such uses would be allowed.  <br />201