Land Development Ordinance - Amended 9-2-2025

(11) NON-ENCROCHMENT AREA (Flood Damage Prevention). The term defining the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one (1) foot as designated in the Flood Insurance Study Report. (12) NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. The term defining any building or structure or portions of a building or structure occupied or intended to be occupied, in whole or in part, for a use within the following categories on Table – Permitted Uses: Commercial Uses, Public & Civic Uses (excluding the Parks & Open Space category), Industrial Uses & Services, Miscellaneous Uses, and Agriculture & Animal Related Uses. (13) NON-THROUGH STREET . The term defining a short street designed to have one (1) end permanently closed or looped, terminating and originating with intersections off of the same street. Non-through streets include cul-de-sacs and "T" intersections, and small loop streets. o. (1) OCCUPANT (Building) . The term defining any person who is a tenant or has actual possession of a nonresidential building or structure or part thereof. (2) OCCUPANT (Minimum Housing) . The term defining any person over one (1) year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit. (3) OFFICIAL MAPS/PLANS. The term defining any maps, plans and/or documents adopted by the Town of Fuquay-Varina Board of Commissioners as a guide, goal, objective, requirement or regulation for the development of land within the Town’s corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction, consisting of maps, charts, tables, graphs, and graphic illustrations, and written documents. (4) OFFICE, BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL . An establishment providing executive, management, administrative, business, or professional services, the transaction of general business, but not involving medical or dental services, manufacturing or the sale of merchandise, except as incidental to an office, business or professional use. Typically uses include property and financial management firms, insurance agencies, employment agencies, travel agencies, advertising agencies, secretarial and telephone services, professional consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting and similar professions; and business offices of private companies, nonprofit organizations, utility companies contractor's office without storage yard, public agencies and trade associations.

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