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Index 155 <br /> location or character, or areas used space subject to limitations set forth <br /> predominantly for residential purposes. below. <br /> B. Uncovered open space is total gross <br /> Nursing Home land area not covered by buildings, plus <br /> See Health and Personal Care Facility. open exterior balconies and roof areas <br /> improved as recreation space. <br /> Nutrient Sensitive Waters (NSW)365 C. Covered open space is usable open <br /> Those waters which are so designated in the space closed to the sky, but having two <br /> classification schedule in order to limit the clear unobstructed open or partially <br /> discharge of nutrients (usually nitrogen and open sides. Partially open sides is to be <br /> phosphorous). They are designated by"NSW" construed as 50% or more. Examples of <br /> following the water classification. covered space are covered balconies, <br /> covered portions of improved roof areas, <br /> Obstruction or space under buildings supported on <br /> Includes, but is not limited to, any dam, wall, columns or posts or cantilevered. The <br /> wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, square footage countable as covered <br /> protection, excavation, channelization, bridge, open space shall not exceed the square <br /> conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, footage of the open space sides. <br /> gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation or other <br /> material in, along, across, or projecting into any Open Space Ratio <br /> watercourse, which may alter, impede, retard, or The minimum square footage of open space <br /> change the direction and/or velocity of the flow required for each square foot of gross land area. <br /> of water, or due to its location, its propensity to This area includes parking and vehicular access <br /> snare or collect debris carried by the flow of areas and it can also include balconies, and <br /> water, or its likelihood of being carried roofs improved for recreation. <br /> downstream. <br /> Outdoor Advertising Industry <br /> Office Use The organizations that provide outdoor displays <br /> A land use providing professional and clerical or display space on a lease or rental basis. <br /> activities associated with the operation of a <br /> business or provision of professional services to Outdoor Lighting <br /> clientele. Installation of lighting equipment, whether <br /> attached to poles, building structures, the earth, <br /> Open Burning Of Trees, Limbs, or any other location to allow for the illumination <br /> Stumps And Construction Debris of a building and exterior area(s)within the <br /> Associated With The Permitted confines of a defined property line. Included are <br /> open air spaces on a property, which are under <br /> Activity a roof or other cover and not fully enclosed such <br /> The disposal of limbs, stumps and construction as a canopy, pavilion, drive-through bay, or <br /> debris associated with the permitted activity by parking deck. <br /> means of outdoor fires. <br /> Outdoor Lighting, Cutoff Fixture <br /> Open Space - (flexible development) A fixture shielded or constructed in such a <br /> "Primary Open Space Areas" and "Secondary manner that no more than 2 '/z% of the total light <br /> Open Space Areas", as defined in Section emitted by the fixture is projected above the <br /> 7.12.4, which are preserved through horizontal plane of the fixture. <br /> conservation easements or other restrictions in a <br /> flexible development subdivision. <br /> Open Space - (land use intensity) Outdoor Lighting, Direct Light <br /> A. Open space is the total horizontal area Light emitted directly from the lamp, off of the <br /> of uncovered open space plus half the reflector diffuser, or through the refractor or <br /> total horizontal area of covered open diffuser lens, of a luminaire. <br /> 3es Added appropriate acronym (NSW)for this <br /> definition. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page Index-27 <br />