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Article 10 : Definitions <br /> Section 10 . 1 : Definitions <br /> dfill , Discharging <br /> A an facility with liners , monitoring equipment and other measures to detect and/or pre eeachate <br /> from enter the environment and in which the leachate is treated on site and dischar to a receiving <br /> stream . Disch ' ng landfills require a National Pollution System ( NPDES ) Permit m the North <br /> Carolina Division o ter Quality . <br /> Land Use Intensity Defi : ions <br /> ( See Non - residential Land Area , No esidential Floor Area , R dential Floor Area , Floor Area Ratio , <br /> Open Space , Open Space Ratio , Livabi Space , Livabili pace Ratio , Floor Area Ratio , Open Space , <br /> Open Space Ratio , Recreation Space , Recre n S e Ratio , Pedestrian / Landscaped Space , <br /> Pedestrian / Landscaped Space Ratio . ) <br /> Land Use Permit <br /> A zoning permit , subdivision ap al , building permit , site plan , s cial use permit , or conditional use <br /> permit . <br /> Land Use Pla <br /> A set of doc ents and maps that categorize existing patterns of land development a set guidelines for <br /> the des ' le intensity , density , quantity , type , location and timing of future development b d upon the <br /> go and policies set forth in the Plan . The Land Use Plan can be found in the Land Use Ele t of the <br /> omprehensive Plan . <br /> Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing 295 <br /> Land uses involved in the transformation of previously finished leather into products for eventual sale or <br /> distribution . This includes products , except for apparel , made from leather substitutes including rubber , <br /> plastics , or textiles . This does not include the transforming of raw product to allow for the development of <br /> a product . Please refer to Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing . <br /> Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing 295 <br /> Land uses involved in the transformation of hides into leather through tanning or curing . Does not include <br /> the manufacturing of leather into products for eventual sale or distribution . <br /> gth of Wall <br /> The h ' zontal distance from corner to corner . Where walls in continuous general frontage s in the case <br /> of attache wellings ) are off - set by angles or setbacks of six feet or more , the length ach segment so <br /> set off shall be easured separately in establishing pertinent yard depth . Length o e wall of a circular <br /> building shall be c trued as the diameter of the building . <br /> Letter of Map Change OMC ) <br /> An official determination issued EMA that amends or revises a effective Flood Insurance Rate Map <br /> or Flood Insurance Study . Letters o p Change include : <br /> ( a) Letter of Map Amendment ( A ) : An officia mendment , by letter , to an effective National <br /> Flood Insurance Program map . OMA i ased on technical data showing that a property <br /> had been inadvertently mapped as b in the floodplain , but is actually on natural high <br /> ground above the base flood eleva ' n . A MA amends the current effective Flood <br /> Insurance Rate Map and estab ' es that a sp ific property , portion of a property , or <br /> structure is not located in a ecial flood hazard a <br /> ( b ) Letter of Map Revision MR ) : A revision based on hnical data that may show changes <br /> to flood zones , floo evations , special flood hazard area ndaries and floodway <br /> delineations , an other planimetric features . <br /> ( c ) Letter of Ma vision Based on Fill ( LOMR - F ) : A determination th a structure or parcel of <br /> land has een elevated by fill above the BFE and is , therefore , no longe cated within the <br /> spe ' flood hazard area . In order to qualify for this determination , the fill m t have been <br /> mitted and placed in accordance with the community ' s floodplain manageme <br /> regulations . <br /> 295 Definition of new land use categories . <br /> Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 10 - 23 <br />