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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 <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-10 <br />