Land Development Ordinance - Amended 9-2-2025

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(22) LIVE/WORK UNIT. A mixed-use unit consisting of a ground floor nonresidential use and a residential use above the ground floor where the occupant of the dwelling unit and the proprietor of the nonresidential use are one in the same or a permanent employee occupies the dwelling unit as a rental unit, and where the access to the dwelling unit may be from the nonresidential use, as permitted by the North Carolina State Building Code. This term shall also include caretaker quarters, security quarters and accessory dwelling unit (where located in a nonresidential zoning district). (23) LOAD (Stormwater Management). Means the mass quantity of a nutrient or pollutant released into surface waters over a given time period. Load in this ordinance refers to pounds of nitrogen per year. (24) LOADING RATE (Stormwater Management). Means the mass quantity of a nutrient or pollutant released from a given area into surface waters over a given time period. Loading rate in this ordinance refers to pounds of nitrogen per acre per year. (25) LOCAL STREET . The term defining a street that connects residential collectors to loop streets, marginal/secondary access streets, non-through streets, rear access streets, and alleys. Local streets shall not end unless in the form of a stub-out street or cul-de-sac.

(26) LODGING. The term defining a premises available for daily and weekly renting of bedrooms.

(27) LOT. For zoning purposes, as covered by the Land Development Ordinance, a lot is a parcel of land of sufficient size to meet minimum zoning lot requirements for use, coverage, and area, and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are herein required in the Land development Ordinance. Such lot shall have frontage on an improved public street, and may consist of:

A. A single lot of record; or,

B. A portion of a lot of record; or,

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