mitigate the effects of one land-use on the other. For purposes of this term the landscape buffer is prepared using evergreen trees and/or shrubs to provide a year-round dense screen; however intermittent deciduous plant material may be incorporated with the evergreen material with approval by the Town. (8) LANDSCAPE EASEMENT. The term defining an area of a specific dimension in width that may, or may not, be a part of a zoning lot for the specific purpose of providing a landscape buffer using existing or new plant material as a distinct transition between two (2) land uses or public rights-of-way. (9) LANDSCAPE ISLAND. The term defining an area designated and dispersed within a parking lot that is of a specific size and location which contains a large shade tree, and ground cover or mulch. (10) LARGE COMMON PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT (Stormwater Management) . The term defining any area where multiple separate and distinct construction or land disturbing activities will occur under one plan. A plan is any announcement or piece of documentation (including but not limited to a sign, public notice or hearing, sales pitch, advertisement, loan application, drawing, permit application, zoning request, or computer design) or physical demarcation (including but not limited to boundary signs, lot stakes, or surveyor markings) indicating that construction activities may occur on a specific plot. (11) LAYDOWN YARD . An outdoor area at a worksite for a public utility, as regulated by the North Carolina Utilities Commission, where equipment and material may be stored for a temporary construction project that may be on or offsite. Laydown yards shall not be defined as contractor storage yards. Laydown yards shall comply with the following:
A. Part 8 – Offenses of the Town Code of Ordinances;
B. the site shall be returned to its original state or as in compliance with the Land Development Ordinance upon the abandonment of the laydown yard use;
C. all permits as required by the State of North Carolina or other authorizing agencies.
(12) LEGISLATIVE HEARING. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation as allowed by this Ordinance, or by the N.C. Gen. Stat. It also includes the decision to approve, amend, or rescind a development agreement consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance.
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