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Article 10: Definit
<br /> Section 10.1: Definitions
<br /> facilities, barns, dance hall and recreational facilities, including but not limited to riding rings, trails, fishing
<br /> holes and swimming facilities.
<br /> Habitable Rooms
<br /> Rooms designed and used for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, or combinations thereof. Bathrooms,
<br /> toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage rooms, laundry and utility spaces, basement recreation rooms,
<br /> and similar areas are not considered habitable rooms.
<br /> Hazardous Waste Management Facility
<br /> A facility or any portion of a facility for the collection, storage, processing, treatment, recycling, recovery,
<br /> or disposal of hazardous waste on or in land in accordance with rules adopted by the State of North
<br /> Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.Environmental Quality.392
<br /> Health and Personal Care Facility
<br /> A public or private facility, establishment, or institution providing housing for 16 or more unrelated
<br /> individuals who are furnished meals and health/personal care on a continuing basis. Term includes:
<br /> convalescent homes, nursing homes, rest homes, assisted living facility, sanatoria, homes for the elderly,
<br /> handicapped, disabled, youthful offenders, addicted to alcohol or drugs, requiring professional health
<br /> care, adult supervision, or rehabilitation.
<br /> Health Services
<br /> Establishments of licensed practitioners, or licensed persons independently practicing a profession,
<br /> primarily engaged in rendering medical, surgical and other health related and allied personal care
<br /> services in the health field (e.g. physicians, physical therapists, dentists, medical specialists).
<br /> High-Density Option
<br /> One of two approaches available for development in some watershed overlay districts. Generally, the
<br /> high-density option relies on density limits and engineered stormwater controls to minimize the risk of
<br /> water pollution.
<br /> High Quality Waters (HQW)
<br /> Supplemental classification intended to protect waters which are rated excellent based on biological and
<br /> physical/chemical characteristics through NCDEQ monitoring or special studies, primary nursery areas
<br /> designated by the Marine Fisheries Commission, and other functional nursery areas designated by the
<br /> Marine Fisheries Commission.393
<br /> Highest Adjacent Grade (HAG)
<br /> The highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, next to the proposed walls of
<br /> the structure.
<br /> Historic structure
<br /> Any structure that is:
<br /> a) Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S.
<br /> Department of Interior)or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as meeting the
<br /> requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
<br /> b) Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as contributing to the historical
<br /> significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary
<br /> to qualify as a registered historic district;
<br /> c) Individually listed on a local inventory of historic landmarks in communities with a "Certified Local
<br /> Government (CLG) Program,"which has been approved by the Department of the Interior; or
<br /> d) Certified as contributing to the historical significance of a historic district designated by a
<br /> community with a "Certified Local Government(CLG) Program". (CLG Programs are approved
<br /> by the US Department of the Interior in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of
<br /> 392 Correct/current entity name.
<br /> 393 NEW DEFINITION—this definition generally conforms to NCDEQ's formal definition.
<br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-19
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