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Article 10: Definitions 300 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> An enclosed or open-air facility for the retail sale of locally produced vegetables, flowers, meats, <br /> commodities, plants, crafts, etc. For the purpose of this definition, "local' means Orange County and <br /> counties that share a border with Orange County. <br /> Composting Operation <br /> A facility designed and used for transforming food, yard waste and other organic material into soil or <br /> fertilizer through biological decomposition. This does not include backyard composting bins serving <br /> individual families. <br /> Comprehensive Plan <br /> An internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the long term, physical development of <br /> that portion of Orange County under County jurisdiction, consisting of a statement of development <br /> policies and maps and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards and plan proposals for physical <br /> development. <br /> The Comprehensive Plan also consists of adopted area plans which focus on a portion of the County <br /> such as a township, a watershed or an interstate highway interchange. Technical information and/or task <br /> force reports prepared as part of a plan element or an area plan and incorporated as part of the appendix <br /> of or as a supplement are also considered part of the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Devices <br /> Systems that use lenses or mirrors, and often tracking systems, to focus or reflect a large area of sunlight <br /> into a small area. The concentrated energy is absorbed by a transfer fluid or gas and used as a heat <br /> source for either a conventional power plant, such as a steam power plant, or a power conversion unit, <br /> such as a sterling engine. Also known as Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST). <br /> Concrete Processing, Preparation, and Distribution <br /> A land use primarily engaged in the following: <br /> (a) Manufacturing portland, natural, masonry, pozzolanic, and other hydraulic cements; <br /> (b) Batch or mixing plants; <br /> (c) Manufacturing of concrete pipe, brick, and block; or <br /> (d) Manufacturing other concrete products. <br /> Conditional District <br /> placed in r-nondditin-nall district only upon petition of all of the owners of the land to be iRGIUded; said <br /> petition must be approved following the procedures set forth in Section 2.9 of this Ordinance. <br /> Conditional Use Distrirt (CUD) <br /> A fleating zeniRg diStFiGt that has RG permitted uses. AppliGatiORS fA-.r-A GUID must link the GUID to a <br /> U + C 7Q <br /> Use e�n�;�see z.� 1 and3. <br /> &. <br /> Conditional Zoning District(CAD) <br /> A speGifi^flea+in.. zoning district with specific permitted uses, as detailed within this Ordinance-and as <br /> authorized by NCGS 160D-703. The imposition of mutually agreed upon individualized development <br /> conditions is allowed as part of the legislative rezoning process. <br /> Controlled Access Highway <br /> A state or city highway, or section thereof, especially designed for through traffic and over, from, or to <br /> which highway owners or occupants of abutting property, or others, shall have only controlled right of <br /> easement of access. For the purposes of this Ordinance, Controlled Access Highway shall be Interstate <br /> 85, Interstate 40, and any area located within the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) overlay district. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-8 <br />