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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 11-70
Unified Development Ordinance
S
PECIMEN
T
REE
See Tree, Specimen.
S
PORTS
A
CADEMY
A private school that includes all or part of grades six to twelve and provides specialized sport services
and education to athletes. A sports academy may include other uses that generally exist as principal
uses – e.g. dormitory.
S
PORTS
T
RAINING
F
ACILITY
,
I
NDOOR
A facility providing indoor professional and pre-professional sports instruction. These facilities tend to
be fairly large with a significant amount of off-street parking.
S
PORTS
T
RAINING
F
ACILITY
, O
UTDOOR
A facility providing outdoor professional and pre-professional sports instruction. These facilities tend to
be fairly large with a significant amount of off-street parking.
S
TABLE
A building in which animals other than cats, dogs, and other small domesticated animals are sheltered
and fed.
S
TACKING
L
ANE
That part of an accessway that accommodates temporary queuing of motor vehicles waiting to enter an
off-street parking facility.
S
TAND OF
T
REES
See Trees, Stand of.
S
TART OF
C
ONSTRUCTION
For purposes of floodplain management, the date the building permit was issued provided the actual
start of construction, repair, reconstruction, or improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. For
purposes of vesting determination and other construction activities, the actual start means the first
placement of permanent of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings, the installation
of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a
manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as
clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it
include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms;
nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not
occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual
start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the
building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.
S
TATE
The State of North Carolina.
S
TOCKPILING OF
M
ATERIALS
The acceptance, collection, or stockpiling of more than 25 cubic yards of dirt, fill, gravel from off-site
sources.
S
TONE
Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.