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. (5) OFFICE, MEDICAL. An establishment where the use is concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, practicing any form of healing or health-building services, and care of human beings needing care at a medical office by appointment or as a walk-in. This term includes medical doctors, chiropractors, osteopathic, podiatrists, optometrists, dentists, orthodontist, naturopaths, homeopaths, nutritionists, licensed therapeutic massage therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, rehabilitation therapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, acupuncturists, urgent care, clinics, or any such specialists or profession, the practice of which is lawful in the State of North Carolina. (6) OFFICE, TEMPORARY REAL ESTATE SALES. The term defining a temporary office either mobile (see MOBILE UNIT ) constructed to commercial standards, meeting the NC State Building Code Regulations or an office in an existing building solely for the purpose of providing on-site agents engaged in the selling, renting or leasing of property, commercial buildings, residential homes, and/or units to interested persons. The temporary real estate sales office shall be on the same premises where the commercial buildings, residential homes, and/or units are located. The temporary real estate sales office shall be removed upon completion of construction.
(7) ONE (1) MILE AREA. See EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
(8) ONE (1)-YEAR, 24-HOUR STORM (Stormwater Management) . The term defining the surface runoff resulting from a 24-hour rainfall of an intensity expected to be equaled or exceeded, on average, once in 12 months and with a duration of 24 hours. (9) OPACITY/OPAQUE . The term defining the quality of screening effectiveness or the state of an object that renders a site or location as impervious to light or the degree of non-transparency expressed in the form of a buffer yard, fence, wall, plant material or combination of such.
(10) OPEN SPACE. The term defining land suitable for recreational, resource protection, amenities and/or buffers, riparian buffers, water areas such as streams and lakes or ponds,
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