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Article 10: Definitions 309
<br /> Section 10.1: Definitions
<br /> e) Cooperative arrangements among parents who care only for their own children in an arran ent
<br /> as a matter of convenience rather than to enable any participating parent to be employe .
<br /> Dedicatio
<br /> A gift, by the o er, of land for a specified purpose, or purposes. Because a transfer property is
<br /> entailed, dedicatio ust be made by written instrument and is completed with an ceptance.
<br /> Designated Public wer Service Area
<br /> An area located within Oran County's Primary Service Area in the Wa and Sewer Management,
<br /> Planning, and Boundary Agree nt, that is currently served by public ewer or is expected to be served
<br /> by public sewer in the near-term (e. ., 18 months; demonstrated b ssuance of an advertisement for bid,
<br /> or similar device, for construction of p lic sewer facilities).
<br /> Detention Pond
<br /> A engineered stormwater control consisting of a on onstructed and maintained in accordance with
<br /> Appendix A of this Ordinance, which allows for po nts to settle and provides for the gradual release of
<br /> the impounded water. The detention pond is t Best anagement Practice which must be used within
<br /> protected watersheds when engineered sto water contr are required. (See also, Best Management
<br /> Practices and Engineered Stormwater C trols)
<br /> Development
<br /> Any constructed change to im oved or unimproved real estate, includ but not limited to, buildings or
<br /> other structures, mining, dr ging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or ing operations, or storage of
<br /> equipment or materials. Iso includes any land-disturbing activity which add o or changes the amount
<br /> of impervious or pa i ly impervious cover on a land area or which otherwise de eases the infiltration of
<br /> precipitation into a soil.
<br /> Develop ent Activity
<br /> In the text of property encumbered by Special Flood Hazard Area this term includes any a ivity
<br /> defi ude d as Development which will necessitate a Floodplain Development Permit. This incls
<br /> ildings, structures, and non-structural items, including but not limited to: fill, bulkheads, piers, poo
<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. '5A3^4T160D-102 or G.S.
<br /> 160A 385160D-108, or
<br /> c) Having an approved site specific vesting plan or multi-phased development plan in compliance
<br /> with G.S. 15A3^441160D-102 or G.S. 160A-385.1160D-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 /> Intensity Definitions
<br /> (See Non-residential Lan ential Floor Area, Resid rea, Floor Area Ratio,
<br /> Open Space, Open Space Ratio, Livability S a e Ratio, Recreation Space, Recreation
<br /> Space Ratio, Pedestrian/L pace, Pedestrian/Landscaped pac
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