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Article 10: Definitions 305 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> A non-basement building, which has its reference level raised above ground level by foundation walls, <br /> shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns with openings sufficient to facilitate automatic equalization of <br /> hydrostatic flood forces on exterior walls by allowing entry and exit of floodwaters and the unimpeded <br /> movement of floodwaters. <br /> Encroachment <br /> The advance or infringement of uses, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures or development into <br /> a floodplain, which may impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain. <br /> Engineered (or Structural) Stormwater Controls <br /> A structural Best Management Practice (BMP) used to reduce non-point source pollution to receiving <br /> waters in order to achieve water quality protection goals. (See also Best Management Practices and <br /> Detention Pond) (Unless otherwise specified, "BMP", when used in this Ordinance, refers to structural <br /> BMPs.) <br /> Environmental Document <br /> An EA, EIS, or FONSI, or all of them. <br /> Environmentally Sensitive Areas <br /> Land which is subject to special natural environmental conditions such as flooding that present significant <br /> constraints to built development. <br /> Equestrian Center <br /> A facility designed and intended for the display of equestrian skills and the hosting of events including, but <br /> not limited to, show jumping, dressage, rodeos, general horse/mule shows, and similar equestrian <br /> disciplines. Events may be larger scale, such as horse shows expected to generate more than 80 traffic <br /> trips per day, and may be held more frequently than once per month. A commercial stable may be <br /> included on the site. <br /> Evidentiary Hearing <br /> A hearing to gather competent, material, and substantial evidence in order to make findings for a quasi- <br /> 0udicial decision.l5 <br /> Existing Construction <br /> Structures for which, the "start of construction" commenced before March 16, 1981. This term may also <br /> be referred to as "existing structures." <br /> Existing manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision <br /> A manufactured home park or subdivision for which, for flood damage prevention purposes, the <br /> construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed <br /> (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site <br /> grading or the pouring of concrete pads)completed before March 16, 1981. <br /> Extraction of Earth Products <br /> The process of removal of natural deposits of mineral ores, soils or other solids, liquid or gaseous matter <br /> from their original location. It does not include any processing of such material, beyond incidental <br /> mechanical consolidation or sorting to facilitate transportation to the site of use or location of further <br /> processing. <br /> 158 A definition for Evidentiary Hearing was added to 160D-102 to differentiate quasi-judicial proceedings from the <br /> former term of"public hearing"which may be considered misleading since a person must have legal standing,as <br /> defined in statutes to participate in a quasi-judicial proceeding and have their testimony considered as a basis of a <br /> quasi-judicial decision. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-13 <br />