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Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions
Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined
11.4.2. Exceptions and Variations
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 11-28
Unified Development Ordinance
C
ONDITIONAL
R
EZONING
See Sectio
n 2.5.3.C
ONGREGATE
L
IVING
F
ACILITY
A facility that provides housing, shared dining and recreational opportunities, limited medical care,
personal services, and significant social facilities to meet the needs of the residents. The use may include
facilities for elderly, their spouses, and surviving spouses, as well as facilities for persons who are
developmentally disabled or orphaned. For purposes of calculating residential density, each bedroom
shall be considered the equivalent of .25 dwelling unit.
C
ONSTRUCTION
The erection of any building or structure or any preparations (including land disturbing activities) for the
same.
C
ONSTRUCTION
P
LAN
A
PPROVAL
See Sectio
n 2.5.8.C
ONSTRUCTION
T
RAILER
A manufactured structure temporarily placed on or adjoining the site of new construction and used
during the construction process as an office for construction management and site security.
C
ONSTRUCTION
-R
ELATED
A
CTIVITIES
Activities related to the building industry, such as storage of construction equipment and materials, bulk
material storage, such as bricks, pavers, stone, and mulch, and retail sales of associated merchandise,
provided the principal commodity sold is a construction-related material.
C
ONTRACTORS
/C
ONSTRUCTION
S
IGN
See Sign, Contractors/Construction.
C
ONTINUING
C
ARE
R
ETIREMENT
C
OMMUNITY
An integrated development that offers senior citizens a full continuum of housing options and assistance,
ranging from fully independent dwelling units, to assistance with personal care in assisted living facilities,
to long-term skilled nursing care in a nursing home facility.
C
ONVENIENCE
S
TORE
A retail establishment that offers for sale, primarily, the following types of articles: bottled drinks,
candy, canned foods, bread, milk, cheese, tobacco products, beer, wine, papers and magazines, and
general hardware articles. Fast food may be offered as a secondary activity of the convenience store.
A convenience store use is frequently combined with an automobile service station use and sometimes a
restaurant or specialty eating establishment.
C
ORNICE
The uppermost horizontal molded projection or other uppermost horizontal element located at the top of
a building or a portion of a building.
C
ORPORATE
L
IMITS
The boundaries of the Town, established and amended from time to time in accordance with Articles 4
and 4A of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes.