Land Development Ordinance - Amended 6-3-2024

commercial, industrial, storage or any use of a building or structure that impacts the public health, safety and welfare of the public.

(7) CHEMICAL STORAGE FACILITY (Flood Damage Prevention) . The term defining a building, portion of a building, or exterior area adjacent to a building used for the storage of any chemical or chemically reactive products.

(8) CIVIC. The term defining non-profit organizations dedicated to arts, cultural, education, recreation, open space, government, transit, and municipal parking.

(9) CIVIC CLUB/LODGE. An incorporated or unincorporated association for civic, social, cultural, fraternal, literary, political, recreational, or like activities, operated on a nonprofit basis for the benefit of its members. This term includes fraternal clubs and lodges.

(10) CIVIC SPACE (Form-Based Districts). The term defining an outdoor, informal or formal area, permanently dedicated for public use or open space.

(11) CLEAR CUTTING (Clear Cutting/Tree Protection). The term defining a method of timber harvesting in which all suitable trees within a designated area are removed, leaving ground material in place along with stumps and leftover woody debris or any activity, including timber harvesting that is associated with the conversion of forest land to non-forest use. (12) CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT (Watershed Protection Areas). The term defining the grouping of buildings in order to conserve land resources and provide for innovation in the design of a project. The term includes nonresidential development, single-family residential subdivisions, and multi-family developments, which do not involve the subdivision of land, or Planned Unit Developments. (13) CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER . The code enforcement officer of the Town of Fuquay-Varina or any agent of the Inspections Director or Planning Director who is authorized by the Inspections Director or Planning Director to enforce the provisions of the Land Development Ordinance. (14) COLLECTOR STREET . The term defining a street intended to collect and carry traffic from local streets within a development to the major arterial thoroughfare and may serve as the principal entrance street for a residential development for circulation within such residential development.

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