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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 11-64
Unified Development Ordinance
S
ALVAGE
Y
ARD
See “Junkyard or Recycling Facility.”
S
ANDWICH
B
OARD
S
IGN
See Sign, Sandwich Board.
S
ATELLITE
D
ISH
A round or parabolic antenna and its supporting structure used to send or receive radio or
electromagnetic signals.
S
CHOOL
, B
USINESS OR
V
OCATIONAL
A facility that provides special on-site teaching or training related to industrial, clerical, managerial, or
artistic skills focused on specific trades or occupations. The use does not include schools offering a
complete educational curriculum (e.g., colleges or universities, or elementary, middle, or high schools).
S
CHOOL
, E
LEMENTARY
, M
IDDLE
,
OR
H
IGH
A public or private educational facility providing instruction in accordance with the compulsory education
laws and regulations of the State of North Carolina. Such uses include classrooms, laboratories,
auditoriums, libraries, cafeterias, after school care, athletic facilities, dormitories, and other facilities that
further the educational mission of the institution.
Elementary schools generally provide instruction for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Middle
schools generally provide instruction to students in sixth through eighth grade. High schools generally
provide instruction for students in ninth through twelfth grade.
S
EASONAL
E
NERGY
E
FFICIENCY
R
ATIO
(S.E.E.R.)
A measure of the seasonal efficiency of an air conditioning cooling system. S.E.E.R. ratings increase as
cooling system efficiency increases. Cooling systems sold in the United States are required to reach a
S.E.E.R. rating of 12.
S
EMI
-C
UTOFF
A fixture light distribution where no more than five percent of a lamp’s light
intensity is emitted at or above a horizontal plane drawn through the
bottom of the fixture and no more than 20 percent of the lamp’s light
intensity is emitted at or above an angle ten degrees below that horizontal
plane, at all lateral angles around the fixture.
S
ERVICE
E
STABLISHMENT
Offices for agencies rendering specialized professional services such as legal, engineering, architectural,
surveying, accounting services, real estate, banks, insurance, computer training, and similar services not
involving retail trade or the maintenance of a stock of goods or other merchandise for sale. This use also
includes businesses that provide services to customers at another location, such as a locksmith,
exterminator, or contractor.
S
ERVICE
E
STABLISHMENT
, P
ERSONAL
A business primarily engaged in the provision of frequent or recurrent needed services of a personal
nature that are not medically related. This use includes, but is not limited to, travel agencies,
drycleaners, laundries, tailors, hair stylists, cosmeticians, toning or tanning salons, nail care stores,
clothing rental establishments, postal stations, package delivery drop-off and pick-up stations,
photocopy centers, shoe repair shops, appliance and electronics repair shops, interior design studios,
and dance and martial art studios. A personal care establishment does not include an adult
establishment.