Unified Development Ordinance - Currituck County Government

Chapter 10: Definitions and MeasurementSECTION 10.5: DEFINITIONSHomeowners Association (HOA)secondary to the residential use of the lot and which does not adversely and/or perceptivelyaffect the character of the lot or surrounding area. Home occupation includes but is notlimited to: offices; electronic and offsite retail; personal services such as physical therapy bylicensed individuals, beauty parlors, pet grooming, and the like. Home occupation does notinclude such businesses as: automotive repair and the like; dentists or physician’s offices andthe like; any licensed or unlicensed practitioner who performs invasive procedures(acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, and the like); restaurants, bars, social clubs and the like;animal kennels or hospitals and the like; or any other business which is clearly inappropriate orout of character for a residential area such that its location constitutes an adverse impact onneighboring residential properties.HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION (HOA)An organization of homeowners or property owners of lots or land in a particular subdivision,condominium, or planned development. The home owners association is responsible formaintaining and enhancing the shared public and private infrastructure (e.g., streets andsidewalks) and common space like recreation features.HOSPITALAn institution specializing in giving clinical, temporary, and emergency services of a medical orsurgical nature to human patients and injured persons, that is licensed by state law to providefacilities and services in surgery, obstetrics, or general medical practice. Such institutions mayinclude in-patient medical or surgical care for the sick or injured and related facilities such aslaboratories, out-patient departments, training facilities, central services facilities, and staffoffices that are an integral part of the facilities.HOTEL OR MOTELHotel, motel, resorts, lodges, and similar overnight lodging uses are to be consideredsynonymous uses. A hotel or motel means a building or a group of buildings in which sleepingaccommodations are offered to the public and intended primarily for rental for temporaryoccupancy by persons on an overnight basis, not including bed and breakfast establishments ora rooming house. Such uses may include microwaves and refrigerators for each guest unit.HOUSING FOR POULTRYEnclosures, coups, and fenced areas intended for the care and keeping of small domesticpoultry as an accessory use to a single-family dwelling unit.HUNTING (OR FISHING) LODGEAn enterprise consisting of one or more buildings wherein there are located not more than 15lodging units designed to provide short term accommodations primarily to persons intendingto participate in hunting or fishing activities. A hunting and fishing lodge does not include arestaurant open to the general public in connection with or on the same premises as the lodge(if a restaurant is so operated, the enterprise shall be classified as a hotel or motel).HYDROLOGIC & HAUDRAULIC ANALYSISThe analyses of how watersheds respond to the conversion of rainfall to runoff, and how thatresponse is translated into stream flows, water depths and water surface elevations. Suchanalyses can be performed for natural and manmade drainage systems, which can be open(stream networks), or closed (pipe networks), or combinations of the two. H&H analyses aregenerally performed with specialized computer software packages such as SWMM, HEC-HMS/HEC-RAS, P-8 Urban Catchment Model, etc.ICE HOUSEA manned or unmanned facility selling packaged ice manufactured off-site to members of thepublic at retail or wholesale.CURRITUCK COUNTY, NC UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE10.60