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303 <br /> ARTICLE 10: DEFINITIONS <br /> SECTION 10.1: DEFINITIONS <br /> For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain terms and words are herein defined and interpreted. The order <br /> of priority for defining and interpreting terms and words shall be: 1) as defined here in this Article, 2) as <br /> defined within the text of this Ordinance, 3) as defined in NCGS Chapter 160D, and 4) as defined by a <br /> dictionary or common usage. Those terms and words defined in this Article are as follows: <br /> AASHTO <br /> American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. <br /> A essory Structure <br /> A str ture that is located on the same lot as a principal structure and hous/ee use. <br /> Access Use <br /> An activity th may or may not be listed in the Permitted Use Table, which onjunction <br /> with a permitte rincipal use, but constitutes only an incidental or insubstaotal activity <br /> that takes place o the lot and is customary and ancillary to the established property. <br /> Accessory uses sha comply with all setback requirements for the district ' which the use is located. For <br /> example, an in-groun wimming pool is required to meet all applicable etbacks including any required <br /> fencing around the physi I pool, the concrete walkway around the p I, and any pump or utilities <br /> associated with the operati of the facility. <br /> Addition <br /> In the context of an existing buildin or structure, the term m ns an extension or increase in the floor <br /> area or height. <br /> Adult Arcade <br /> Any place to which the public is permitted or vited herein coin-operated or slug-operated or <br /> electronically, electrically, or mechanically cont I d still or motion picture machines, projectors, or other <br /> image-producing devices are maintained to sho i ages to five or fewer persons per machine at any one <br /> time, and where the images so displayed are istin ished or characterized by the depicting or describing <br /> of Specified Sexual Activities or Specified atomical as. <br /> Adult Bookstore <br /> A bookstore: <br /> (a) Which receives a maj ity of its gross income during ny calendar month from the sale or <br /> rental of publication (including books, magazines, oth periodicals, videotapes, compact <br /> discs, other photo raphic, electronic, magnetic, digital, o ther imaging medium)which are <br /> distinguished or haracterized by their emphasis on matter epicting, describing, or relating <br /> to Specified xual Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas, defined in this article; or <br /> (b) Having as preponderance (either in terms of the weight and im ortance of the material or in <br /> terms of reater volume of materials) of its publications (including oks, magazines, other <br /> periodi als, videotapes, compact discs, other photographic, electroni magnetic, digital, or <br /> othe imaging medium)which are distinguished or characterized by thei emphasis on matter <br /> de acting, describing, or relating to Specified Sexual Activities or Specifie natomical Areas. <br /> Adult C aret <br /> A night b, bar, restaurant, theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar commercial establishm t that for <br /> at lea ten percent of its business hours in any day features: <br /> (a) Persons who expose a Specified Anatomical Area; or <br /> (b) Live performances that are characterized by the exposure of Specified Anatomical Areas or <br /> by Specified Sexual Activities; or <br />