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CHAPTER A - DEFINITIONS ORDINANCE
ARTICLE I - GENERAL
1-1 SHORT TITLE
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Definitions Ordinance, except as referred to herein,
where it shall be known as this Ordinance. This Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance and the
Environmental Ordinance, and the Subdivision Ordinance shall collectively be known and cited as the
Unified Development Ordinances.
1-2 PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish a set of definitions applicable to the Zoning Ordinance, the
Environmental Ordinance, and the Subdivision Ordinance of the adopting jurisdiction.
1-3 MEANING OF DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise expressly stated, or unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the words and
phrases in the following list of definitions shall, for the purposes of the Unified Development Ordinance,
have the meanings indicated. All words and phrases not defined in this Article shall have their common
meaning.
1-4 TENSES
When used in this Ordinance, the present tense includes the future, the singular includes the plural, and
words of one gender include the other, as may be applicable. The word shall is mandatory, not directory.
The word use includes designed for use.
1-5 THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION MANUAL - 1987
The definitions of some principal uses listed in this Article reference the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual - 1987. This manual was updated and renamed the North American Industrial Classification
Manual in 1997. In making an interpretation regarding the classification of uses pursuant to this Article,
the Zoning Administrator may refer to the appropriate standard industrial classification (SIC) number and
accompanying descriptions contained in the latest edition of the manual. This manual may or may not be
the final determination of the use.
1-6 EROSION CONTROL DEFINITIONS
Those definitions contained in the North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973, as
amended, and adopted as part of the local Sediment and Erosion Control Ordinance, contained in the
Environmental Ordinance, are delineated with (EROSION CONTROL) at the end of the definition.
1-7 ILLUSTRATIONS
Illustrations are provided for purposes of describing, clarifying, or providing examples of the definitions in
the text, and do not replace or limit the meaning of the text.
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