Unified Development Ordinance - Currituck County Government

Chapter 10: Definitions and MeasurementSECTION 10.5: DEFINITIONSPortable Shipping ContainerPORTABLE SHIPPING CONTAINERA large container, typically intended for transport by large truck, train, or ship, that is used forthe temporary storage and or transport of personal property.PORTICOA large porch usually with a pediment usually associated with an entrance, supported bycolumns.POST-FIRMConstruction or other development for which the “start of construction” occurred on orafter the effective date of the initial Flood Insurance Rate MapPRE-FIRMPREMISESConstruction or other development for which the “start of construction” occurred before theeffective date of the initial Flood Insurance Rate Map.A lot or parcel of real property where a business, profession, service, commodity, product,accommodation, event, attraction or other enterprise or activity or use exists or is conducted,manufactured, sold, offered, maintained or takes place.PRESENT USE VALUEA designation used by the Currituck County Property Appraiser to identify land which is beingused for agricultural purposes.PRIMARY DRIVE AISLEThe main aisle(s) that extends from the street right-of-way, or from the driveway entrance(s)serving a development along the front of the building it serves.PRIMARY ENTRANCEThe place of ingress and egress to a building, parcel, or development used most frequently bythe public.PRIMARY FRONTAL DUNEA continuous or nearly continuous mound or ridge of sand with relatively steep seaward andlandward slopes immediately landward and adjacent to the beach and subject to erosion andover-topping from high tides and waves during major coastal storms. The inland limit of theprimary frontal dune occurs at the point where there is a distinct change from a relativelysteep slope to a relatively mild slope.PRINCIPALLY ABOVE GROUNDAt least 51 percent of the actual cash value of the structure is above ground.PRODUCE STAND OR PRODUCE SALESA building or structure used for the retail sales of fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs orplants grown on the same parcel of land where the stand is located. Such use may also involvethe accessory sales of other unprocessed foodstuffs, home processed food products such asjams, jellies, pickles, sauces or baked goods, and homemade handicrafts. No commerciallypackaged handicrafts or commercially processed or packaged foodstuffs shall be sold. Suchuses also include “pick your own” establishments where customers gather their own producefrom the fields for purchase and off-site consumption.PROJECTING BAYA space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room,often incorporating a window.CURRITUCK COUNTY, NC UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE10.73