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Article 10: Definitions 52 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> enty-Year Transition Land <br /> Land ignated in the Comprehensive Plan as being located in areas that are in the process of anging <br /> from rural rban, that are suitable for urban-type densities and should be provided with p c utilities <br /> and services wi ' the second 10-year phase of the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> Upward <br /> In the context of outdoor lighting, e projection of light above the hori al plane. <br /> Urban Designated <br /> Land that is located within a Transition Area as i ti f' in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive <br /> Plan and also within a Primary Service Area as ne the Water and Sewer Management Planning <br /> and the Boundary Agreement and Map ado d December 001 and as either may be amended from <br /> time to time. <br /> Utility Lines and Line uipment <br /> The local distribution em of public utilities and community systems which inc electricity, <br /> telephone, water wage disposal, and cable television. These systems are for loca ' tribution of <br /> services an re not intended to be used for transmission or as trunk lines for utilities. Dis ' tion <br /> syste or electrical system shall not exceed 45,000 volts; the distribution system for liquids or ses <br /> a ose operating at pressure of less than 100 pounds per square inch. <br /> Utility, Public <br /> Public and private utilities furnishing electrical power, sewage collection and treatment, water treatment <br /> and distribution, natural gas, wired and wireless telecommunications as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62- <br /> 3(23) a.1, 2, 5, 6, except that electric or telephone membership corporations are defined as public utilities. <br /> Variance <br /> elaxation of the literal terms of this Ordinance where such variance will not be contrary to the publi <br /> inte t and, where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of actions or the <br /> situatio f the applicant, a literal enforcement of the Ordinance would result in unnecessary a undue <br /> hardship. ariance is authorized only for the dimensional controls of this Ordinance; esta shment or <br /> expansion of a e otherwise prohibited shall not be permitted by a variance. <br /> Variance, Minor, to Watershed Management <br /> A variance from the minim statewide water supply watershed protection r s that results in a <br /> relaxation by a factor of up to % of any management requirement and he low density requirement. <br /> Variance, Major, State Water ed Management <br /> A variance from the statewide water supp watershed regula ' ns that results in the relaxation by a factor <br /> greater than 10% of any management requir ent under e low density option or the relaxation of any <br /> management requirement that applies to a deve me project requiring construction of a BMP. <br /> Vehicle Trip <br /> A vehicle trip occurs when one vehicle tray from a point o rigin to a point of destination. <br /> Vested Right <br /> The right to undertake and com ete the development of a property un the terms and conditions of an <br /> approved Site Specific Vest' Plan, provided, however, failure to abide by ch terms and conditions <br /> shall result in a forfeiture vested rights. The vested right is attached to and r s with the applicable <br /> property and may be ercised by successors to the original landowner. <br /> The period du <br /> hich a vested right is in effect may be extended by amendments o odifications to <br /> the Site Speci ' Vesting Plan. An application for an amendment or modification to an ap ved Site <br /> Specific V ing Plan shall be treated as a new application. <br /> Once ablished, a vested right supersedes any zoning action which would affect with the type d <br /> inte ity of use approved in the Site Specific Vesting Plan, EXCEPT: <br /> a) Upon written consent of the landowner; <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-66 <br />