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Article 10: Definitions 327 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> Structure <br /> Any walled and roofed building, a manufactured home, or a gas or liquid storage tank, that is built or <br /> constructed principally above grouRd, GORStFucted or erected to a height of 30 inches or more, including <br /> but not limited to load bearing walls columns, beams or girders. Any building used or intended for <br /> supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.175 <br /> Studio (Arts and Crafts) <br /> Se School — Performing Arts, Sports and Recreation. <br /> Study Ar , Traffic Impact <br /> The area in w ' In a traffic impact analysis will be made and extending approximately ne half mile along <br /> roadways ad'ac t to a development project and in both directions from all access oints or to a major <br /> intersection along ese roadways. <br /> Subdivider <br /> Any person or persons, fi or corporation subdividing land within the juris action of this Ordinance. <br /> Subdivision <br /> All divisions of a tract or parcel o land into two or more lots, buildin ites or other divisions for the <br /> purpose of sale or building develo ent(whether immediate or fu re)and includes all division of land <br /> involving the dedication of a new str t or a change in existing s eets. <br /> Subdivision, Exempt <br /> a) The combination or recombination portions of eviously subdivided and recorded lots if the <br /> total number of lots is not increased a d the re Itant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of <br /> the County, including private road justifi tion tandards, as detailed within this Ordinance. <br /> b) The division of land into parcels greater th 10 acres if no street right-of-way dedication is <br /> involved. <br /> c) The public acquisition by purchase of s ps o nd for widening or opening streets. <br /> d) The division of a tract in single owner ip of the ntire area of which is no greater than two acres <br /> into not more than three lots, if no s eet right-of-w dedication is involved and if the resultant <br /> lots are equal to or exceed the st dards of the Cou as shown by its subdivision regulations. <br /> Subdivision, Major <br /> Any division of land that is not clas ' ied as an Exempt or Minor sub ivision. <br /> Subdivision, Minor <br /> A division of a tract of land th does not: <br /> a) Create more than f' e lots for conventional design options, or more t n 12 lots for flexible <br /> development, in ding the residual acreage, from any one tract of Ian in any 24 month period; <br /> b) Dedicate or im ove any new public street other than widening an existin public street; <br /> c) Extend publi ater and/or sanitary sewerage systems other than laterals serve individual lots; <br /> d) Necessitate <br /> ecessitat the installation of drainage improvements which would require a ements through <br /> one or re lots to serve other lots; and <br /> e) At the tion of the applicant, involve vesting of the subdivision for a period great than one <br /> year. <br /> Subst tial damage <br /> Dama of any origin sustained by a structure during any one year period whereby the cost of res ring <br /> the s ucture to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50% of the market value of the <br /> str ture before the damage occurred. See definition of"substantial improvement." Substantial dama <br /> o means flood-related damage sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a ten-year <br /> 175 This is the definition from the NC Building Code,to which local regulations are now required to conform. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-58 <br />