Land Development Ordinance - Amended 6-3-2024

(79) STORM DRAIN SYSTEM . The term defining a system of inlets, conduits, channels, dikes, and appurtenances which is designed to serve, collect and carry natural storm and surface water drainage through and from a given drainage area. (80) STORMWATER RUNOFF (Erosion & Sedimentation Control)(Stormwater Management). The term defining the surface flow of water resulting from precipitation in any form and occurring immediately after rainfall or melting. (81) STORMWATER SYSTEM (Stormwater Management). All engineered stormwater controls and conveyances owned or controlled by a person that drain to the same outfall. A system may be made up of one or more engineered stormwater controls. (82) STREET/ROAD. The term defining a local urban thoroughfare of low-speed and high- capacity for vehicular traffic, that affords the principal means of access to abutting properties or lots. (83) STREETSCREEN (Formed-Based Districts). The term defining a freestanding wall built along the frontage line with the façade of a building. It may mask a parking lot from the public frontage, provide privacy to a side yard, and/or strengthen the spatial definition of the public realm. This term includes street-walls.

(84) STREET TREE. The term defining a tree planted that is an element of the public realm and thoroughfare assembly.

(85) STREET/ROAD ADDRESS. The term defining the combination of numbers and street or road name assigned by the Town of Fuquay-Varina which uniquely identifies a particular building or lot for the public, general services and emergency services. (86) STREET STUB. The term defining a non-permanent dead-end street intended to be extended in conjunction with the subdivision and development of adjacent un-platted land. Access from the stub street shall be permitted only along the frontage of such street to the lots in the subdivision containing the stub street. (87) STREET VENDOR. The term defining any activity by any person involving the display, sale, offering for sale, offering to give away, or giving away of anything of value including any food, beverage, goods, wares, merchandise, or services on a street, sidewalk, or alley for a special event.

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