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Article 10: Definitions Section 10.1: Definitions Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-58 excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building. State Agency Every department, agency, institution, public authority, board, commission, bureau, division, council, member of Council of State, or officer of the State government of the State of North Carolina. State Clearinghouse The clearinghouse agency established by the North Carolina Department of Administration under the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act. State Mandate The minimum Rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission for application to North Carolina's water supply watersheds, as required by the Water Supply Watershed Protection Act. The purpose of the Act, as stated in its opening paragraph, is "... to protect and enhance the quality of the State's surface water supplies by establishing a cooperative program of water supply protection to be administered by local governments consistent with statewide management requirements established by the Environmental Management Commission (EMC)." (See related definition “Water supply watershed”). Stockyard / Livestock Market A facility where livestock are kept temporarily awaiting purchase and/or transport; such facilities may include enclosed pavilions, grandstands, paddocks, and stalls. Storage of Goods A land use where secured space, indoors or outdoors, is rented to tenants for the safeguarding and/or keeping of general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other personal items on a short or long term basis. 311 Stormwater Collection System Any conduit, pipe, channel, curb, or gutter for the primary purpose of transporting (not treating) run-off. A stormwater collection system does include vegetated swales, swales stabilized with armoring or alternative methods where natural topography prevents the use of vegetated swales (subject to case-by- case review), curb outlet systems or pipes used to carry drainage underneath built-upon surfaces that are associated with development controlled by the provisions of 15A NCAC 2H 1003(c)(1). Stream A body of concentrated flowing water in a natural low area or natural channel on the land surface Stream Buffer An area of land adjacent to a stream or a FEMA-identified floodplain, whichever is greater, which, except as permitted within this Ordinance, must remain undisturbed in its natural state. Streams are identified by any of the following means: a) Shown as solid blue lines or as broken blue lines on the USGS Quadrangle maps, b) Shown as a water feature in the Orange County Soil Survey, or c) A water feature identified by a field determination of County staff trained in surface water identification through the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ). 311 New definition of existing land use. 205