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Article 10: Definitions 319 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, <br /> floor, or other structural part of the building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions <br /> of the building. <br /> State Agency <br /> Every department, agency, institution, public authority, board, commission, bureau, division, council, <br /> member of Council of State, or officer of the State government of the State of North Carolina. <br /> State Clearinghouse <br /> The clearinghouse agency established by the North Carolina Department of Administration under the <br /> North Carolina Environmental Policy Act. <br /> State Mandate <br /> The minimum Rules adopted by the Environmental Management Commission for application to North <br /> Carolina's water supply watersheds, as required by the Water Supply Watershed Protection Act. The <br /> purpose of the Act, as stated in its opening paragraph, is "... to protect and enhance the quality of the <br /> State's surface water supplies by establishing a cooperative program of water supply protection to be <br /> administered by local governments consistent with statewide management requirements established by <br /> the Environmental Management Commission (EMC)." (See related definition "Water supply watershed"). <br /> Stockyard / Livestock Market <br /> A facility where livestock are kept temporarily awaiting purchase and/or transport; such facilities may <br /> include enclosed pavilions, grandstands, paddocks, and stalls. <br /> Storage of Goods <br /> A land use where secured space, indoors or outdoors, is rented to tenants for the safeguarding and/or <br /> keepinl73 <br /> q of general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other personal items on a short or long term <br /> basis_;— <br /> Stormwater Collection System <br /> Any conduit, pipe, channel, curb, or gutter for the primary purpose of transporting (not treating) run-off. A <br /> stormwater collection system does include vegetated swales, swales stabilized with armoring or <br /> alternative methods where natural topography prevents the use of vegetated swales (subject to case-by- <br /> case review), curb outlet systems or pipes used to carry drainage underneath built-upon surfaces that are <br /> associated with development controlled by the provisions of 15A NCAC 2H 1003(c)(1). <br /> Stormwater Control Measure (SCM) <br /> A structural or non-structural management-based practice used singularly or in combination to reduce <br /> non-point source pollution to receiving waters in order to achieve water quality protection and water <br /> quantity limitation goals. (See also, Detention Pond and Engineered Stormwater Controls). The term <br /> takes the place of what was originally referred to, and defined as a 'Best Management Practice' or <br /> 'BMF. <br /> Stream <br /> A body of concentrated flowing water in a natural low area or natural channel on the land surface.174 <br /> Stream Buffer <br /> An area of land adjacent to a stream or a FEMA-identified floodplain, whichever is greater, which, except <br /> as permitted within this Ordinance, must remain undisturbed in its natural state. Streams are identified by <br /> any of the following means: <br /> a) Shown as solid blue lines or as broken blue lines on the USGS Quadrangle maps, <br /> b) Shown as a water feature in the Orange County Soil Survey, or <br /> 173 Correct punctuation. <br /> 174 Add punctuation. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-55 <br />