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<br /> Article 10: Definitions
<br /> Section 10.1:Definitions
<br /> e) Cooperative arrangements among parents who care only for their own children in an arrangement
<br /> as a matter of convenience rather than to enable any participating parent to be employed.
<br /> Dedication
<br /> A gift,by the owner,of land for a specified purpose,or purposes. Because a transfer of property is
<br /> entailed,dedication must be made by written instrument and is completed with an acceptance.
<br /> Designated Public Sewer Service Area
<br /> An area located within Orange County's Primary Service Area in the Water and Sewer Management,
<br /> Planning,and Boundary Agreement,that is currently served by public sewer or is expected to be served
<br /> by public sewer in the near-term(e.g., 18 months;demonstrated by issuance of an advertisement for bid,
<br /> or similar device,for construction of public sewer facilities).
<br /> Detention Pond
<br /> A engineered stormwater control consisting of a pond constructed and maintained in accordance with
<br /> Appendix A of this Ordinance,which allows for pollutants to settle and provides for the gradual release of
<br /> the impounded water. The detention pond is the Best Management Practice which must be used within
<br /> protected watersheds when engineered stormwater controls are required. (See also,Best Management
<br /> Practices and Engineered Stormwater Controls)
<br /> Development
<br /> Any constructed change to improved or unimproved real estate,including, but not limited to,buildings or
<br /> other structures,mining,dredging,filling,grading,paving,excavation or drilling operations,or storage of
<br /> equipment or materials. Also includes any land-disturbing activity which adds to or changes the amount
<br /> of impervious or partially impervious cover on a land area or which otherwise decreases the infiltration of
<br /> precipitation into the soil.
<br /> Development Activity
<br /> In the context of property encumbered by Special Flood Hazard Area this term includes any activity
<br /> defined as Development which will necessitate a Floodplain Development Permit. This includes
<br /> buildings,structures,and non-structural items,including but not limited to:fill,bulkheads,piers, pools,
<br /> docks,landings,ramps,and erosion control/stabilization measures.
<br /> Development, Existing
<br /> In the context of Stormwater provisions of this Ordinance for projects that do not require a State permit,
<br /> shall be defined as those projects that are built,or those projects that at a minimum have established a
<br /> vested right under North Carolina zoning law as of the effective date of Orange County's Water Supply
<br /> Watershed Protection Ordinance,or such earlier time that other Orange County ordinances shall specify,
<br /> based on at least one of the following criteria:
<br /> a) Substantial expenditures of resources(time,labor,money)based on a good faith reliance upon
<br /> having received a valid Orange County approval to proceed with the project,or
<br /> b) Having an outstanding building permit in compliance with G.S. 153A-344.1160D-102 or G.S.
<br /> 160A 3854160D-108,or
<br /> c) Having an approved site specific vesting plan or multi-phased development plan in compliance
<br /> with G.S. 163A-344 1160D-102 or G.S. 160A-2115 1160D-108.
<br /> For projects that require a State permit,such as landfills,NPDES wastewater discharges,land application
<br /> of residuals,and road construction activities,existing development shall be defined as those projects that
<br /> are built or those projects for which a State permit was issued prior to August 3, 1992.
<br /> Development Intensity Definitions
<br /> (See Non-residential Land Area, Non-residential Floor Area, Residential Floor Area, Floor Area Ratio,
<br /> Open Space,Open Space Ratio,Livability Space, Livability Space Ratio,Recreation Space, Recreation
<br /> Space Ratio,Pedestrian/Landscaped Space,Pedestrian/Landscaped Space Ratio.)
<br /> Orange County,North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-10
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