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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-46 <br /> <br />Short Term Rental Large – Host Occupied: <br />A dwelling occupied by a host which provides more than three guestrooms for overnightup to one week of <br />rental or lease. <br />Short Term Rental – Non-host Occupied: <br />A dwellingbuilding or group of buildings which provides guestrooms for overnight rental or lease but is not <br />occupied by a host. 309 <br />Sign <br />Any letter, figure, character, mark, plane, point, marquee, design, poster, pictorial, picture, stroke, stripe, <br />line, trademark, reading matter, or illuminated surface which is constructed, placed, attached, painted, <br />erected, fastened or manufactured in any manner so that the same shall be used for the attraction of the <br />public to any place, subject, person, firm, corporation, public performance, article, machine, or <br />merchandise, which are displayed in any manner, including out-of-doors. <br />Sign, Abandoned <br />A sign for which no legal owner can be found or any sign face or sign structure that advertises a business <br />not conducted on the premises for over 90 days. In making the determination that a sign advertises a <br />business no longer being conducted, the Planning Director shall consider the following: the existence or <br />absence of a current occupational license, utility service deposit, or account; use of the premises; and <br />relocation of the business. <br />Abandoned Sign shall also include the following: <br />a) Through age and/or obsolescence a sign that no longer conforms to structural or maintenance <br />specifications of Section 6.12, or <br />b) Any pole, pylon, or structure expressly installed for the purpose of affixing a sign that bears no <br />sign or copy. <br />Sign, Advertiser <br />Any person who is a lessee or owner of a sign, an agent of same, or anyone that has beneficial use of a <br />sign. <br /> <br />Sign, Advertising Display Area <br />The advertising display surface area encompassed within any polygon that would enclose all parts of the <br />sign. The structural supports for a sign, whether, they be columns, pylons, or a building, or a part thereof, <br />shall not be included in the advertising area. Also known as Sign Area. <br /> An example of how advertising display area or sign area is calculated is as follows: <br /> <br />309 This land use is an attempt to provide a distinction between a ‘bed and breakfast’ rental, which is deemed to be  <br />acceptable is a residential setting and a ‘hotel’ which is more commercial in nature.  As detailed within the  <br />proposed new table of permitted uses, Short Term Rental – Non‐host Occupied is not permitted in residential  <br />general use zoning district.  <br />203