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Article 10: Definitions 312 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> A on-basement building, which has its reference level raised above ground level by foundation alls, <br /> shea alls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns with openings sufficient to facilitate automatic a alization of <br /> hydrosta ' flood forces on exterior walls by allowing entry and exit of floodwaters and th nimpeded <br /> movement o loodwaters. <br /> Encroachment <br /> The advance or infringe nt of uses, fill, excavation, buildings, permanen tructures or development into <br /> a floodplain, which may imp a or alter the flow capacity of a floodplai . <br /> Engineered (or Structural) ormwater Controls <br /> A structural Best Management Practice MP) used to redu non-point source pollution to receiving <br /> waters in order to achieve water quality pro ction goals See also Best Management Practices and <br /> Detention Pond) (Unless otherwise specified, MP" hen used in this Ordinance, refers to structural <br /> BMPs.) <br /> Environmental Document <br /> An EA, EIS, or FONSI, or all of them. <br /> Environmentally Sensit' a Areas <br /> Land which is subject to sp ial natural environmental conditions such as oding that present significant <br /> constraints to built dev pment. <br /> Equestrian nter <br /> A facility de i ned and intended for the display of equestrian skills and the hosting of eve s including, but <br /> not limit o, show jumping, dressage, rodeos, general horse/mule shows, and similar eque ian <br /> disci ' es. Events may be larger scale, such as horse shows expected to generate more than traffic <br /> tri per day, and may be held more frequently than once per month. A commercial stable may be <br /> ncluded on the site. <br /> Evidentiary Hearing <br /> A hearing to gather competent, material, and substantial evidence in order to make findings for a quasi- <br /> judicial decision.l5 <br /> xisting Construction <br /> 'truCtw.Qs for which, the "start of construction" commenced before March 16, 1981. This may also <br /> be referre s "existing structures." <br /> Existing manufactu home park or manufactured ho ubdivision <br /> A manufactured home park or s 'vision for which, for flood dam prevention purposes, the <br /> construction of facilities for servicing t is on which the m actured homes are to be affixed <br /> (including, at a minimum, the installation of u ' ' s, the struction of streets, and either final site <br /> grading or the pouring of concrete pads)complet re March 16, 1981. <br /> Extraction of Eart oducts <br /> The process of re al of natural deposits of mineral ores, soils or other solids, liquid o seous matter <br /> from their on ' al location. It does not include any processing of such material, beyond incide <br /> mecha ' consolidation or sorting to facilitate transportation to the site of use or location of further <br /> essing. <br /> lsa A definition for Evidentiary Hearing was added to 160D-102 to differentiate quasi-judicial proceedings from the <br /> former term of"public hearing'which may be considered misleading since a person must have legal standing, as <br /> defined in statutes to participate in a quasi-judicial proceeding and have their testimony considered as a basis of a <br /> quasi-judicial decision. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-13 <br />