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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 11-86
Unified Development Ordinance
V
EHICLE
U
SE
A
REA
Any area of the site where motor vehicles (including trucks, buses, cars, and motorcycles) are driven or
stored. This includes parking spaces, drive aisles, loading docks, service drives, and entrance and
internal drives.
V
EHICULAR
T
OWING
S
ERVICE
An establishment operated for the purpose of towing and temporarily storing wrecked or inoperable
motor vehicles. If an establishment regularly stores inoperable vehicles for more than 90 days, stacks
vehicles, or dismantles vehicles to sell parts, it is not a vehicular towing service but is considered to be a
recycling facility.
V
ETERINARY
C
LINIC
/H
OSPITAL
A facility used for the care, diagnosis, and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm, or injured animals and
preventive care for healthy animals. Accessory uses may include animal grooming services, short-term
boarding that is incidental to medical care or treatment, and limited retail sales of pet-related
merchandise.
V
IOLATION
The failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with the provisions of this
Ordinance. (See
Section 10.2, Violations and Responsible Persons.). For purposes of floodplain
management, a structure or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications, or
other evidence of compliance required in Divisions 4 and 5 is presumed to be in violation until that
documentation is provided.
V
ISIBLE
L
IGHT
T
RANSMITTANCE
An optical property that indicates the amount of visible light transmitted. The higher the visible
transmittance, the more light is transmitted. A high visible transmittance is desirable to maximize
daylight.
W
ALKWAY
Any improved pedestrian accessway that is separate from vehicular accessways and traffic. Walkways
include sidewalks alongside streets and off-street paved walkways and graded trails with durable
surfacing.
W
ALL
See Fence or Wall.
W
ALL
P
ACK
A type of light fixture typically flush-mounted on a vertical wall surface.
W
AREHOUSING
/D
ISTRIBUTION
A facility primarily engaged in the storage and distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and
equipment, excluding bulk storage of petroleum products or other materials that are flammable or
explosive or that present hazards or conditions commonly recognized as offensive.
W
ATER
S
URFACE
E
LEVATION
(WSE)
The height, in relation to mean sea level, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the
floodplains of coastal or riverine areas.