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Critical Area. The area adjacent to a water supply intake or reservoir where risk associated with pollution is greater
than from the remaining portions of the watershed. The critical area is defined as extending either one-half mile from
the normal pool elevation of the reservoir in which the intake is located or to the ridge line of the watershed (whichever
comes first): or one-half mile upstream from the intake located directly in the stream or river (tun -of -the -river), or the
ridge line of the watershed (whichever comes first). Local governments may extend the critical area as needed.
Major landmarks such as highways or property lines may be used to delineate the outer boundary of the critical area if
these landmarks are immediately adjacent to the appropriate outer boundary of one-half mite.
Development. Any land disturbing activity which adds to or changes the amount of impervious or partially impervious
cover on a land area or which otherwise decreases the infiltration of precipitation into the soil.
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2. having an eutstanAing valid building peFmf as auilisfized by the GeneFal Stakaes (G.S. 153A 344.1
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3. Having an appFeved soe speeitie OF phased develepment plan as aethei4eed by ;he GeReF81 Statutes (G. -S,
153A 3444 and 9,8- 169A 385. 1)
Dwelling Unit. A building, or portion thereof, Providing complete and permanent living facilities for one family.
Existing Development. Those Projects that are built or those projects that at a minimum have established a
vested right under North Carolina zoning law as of January 1, 1994 based on at least one of the following
criteria:
(1) substantial expenditures of resources (time, labor, money) based on a good faith reliance upon
having received a valid local government approval to proceed with the project, or
(22) having an outstanding valid building permit as authorized by the General Statutes (G.S. 153A-
344.1 and G.S. 160A-385.1), or
(3) _ having an approved site specific or phased development plan as authorized by the General
Statutes (G.S. 153A-344.1 and G.S.160A-385.1).
Existing Lot (Lot of Record). A lot which is part of a subdivision, a plat of which has been recorded in the Office of
the Register of Deeds prior to January 1, 1994 of -t his Ardinenee, or a lot described by metes and bounds, the description
of which has been so recorded prior to January 1, 1994.
Family. One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by
blood or marriage or adoption, no such family shall contain over five persons, but further provided that
domestic servants employed or living on the premises may be housed on the premises without being counted as a
family or families.
Family Subdivision. Familv subdivision means a division of a tract of land: (a) to convey the resulting parcels,
with the exception of parcels retained by the grantor, to a relative or relatives as a gift or for nominal
consideration, but only if no more than one parcel is conveyed by the grantor from the tract to any one relative:
or (b) to divide land from a common ancestor among tenants in common, all of whom inherited by intestacy or
by will.
High Density Option. A development which contains engineering stormwater control devices approved in a manner as
called for in this Ordinance, thereby enabling development to occur at a higher intensity (than if the low-density option
were used) as prescribed by the Environmental Managements Commission's adopted Water Supply Watershed
Protection Rules,
Industrial Development. Any non-residential development that requires an NPDES permit for an industrial discharge
and/or requires the use or storage of any hazardous material for the purpose of manufacturing, assembling, finishing,
cleaning or developing any product or commodity.
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