Definitions 17.3 Use Definitions
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for education (pre-schools, religious education, etc.), recreation (gymnasiums, activity rooms, ball fields, etc.), housing (rectory, parsonage, elderly or disabled housing, etc.) and accessory uses such as cemeteries, mausoleums, offices, soup kitchens, and bookstores. RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY A staffed premises (not a single-family dwelling) with paid or volunteer staff that provides full-time care to more than 6 individuals. Residential care facilities include group homes (NCGS §131D), nursing homes (NCGS § 131E-101), residential child-care facilities (NCGS § 131D-10.2), assisted living residences (NCGS § 131D-2), adult care homes (NCGS §131D-2), retirement housing, congregate living services, assisted living services, continuing care retirement centers, skilled nursing services and orphanages. This term excludes family care homes and halfway houses. RESTAURANT A retail business selling ready-to- eat food and/or beverages for on or off-premise consumption. Customers may be served from an ordering counter (i.e. cafeteria or limited service restaurant); at their tables (full-service restaurant); and, at exclusively pedestrian- oriented facilities that serve from a walk-up ordering counter (snack and/or nonalcoholic bars). To qualify as a restaurant, an establishment's gross receipts from food and nonalcoholic beverages shall be not less than 30% of the total gross receipts from food, nonalcoholic beverages, and alcoholic beverages. RIDING STABLE An establishment where horses are boarded and cared for, and where instruction in riding, jumping, and showing and/or the hiring of horses for riding is offered. SCHOOL – ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY A public or private institution for education or learning including athletic or recreational facilities, which does not include lodging. This institution includes any school licensed by the state and that meets the state requirements for elementary and secondary education. Elementary school shall be considered to generally include pre-kindergarten through eighth grades; secondary school shall be considered to generally include ninth through twelfth grades.
SCHOOL – VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL A public or private institution for education or learning including athletic or recreational facilities, which does not include lodging. These schools offer vocational and technical training in a variety of technical subjects and trades. Training may lead to job-specific certification. (LBCS F6100 and F6140) SHOOTING RANGE, INDOOR An enclosed indoor facility that is designed for the discharging of firearms for recreational or training purposes. SHOOTING RANGE, OUTDOOR A permanently located and improved area that is designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sport shooting in an outdoor environment. Outdoor shooting range excludes any area for the exclusive use of archery or air guns or an enclosed indoor shooting range facility. SMALL EQUIPMENT REPAIR/RENTAL The repair and/or rental of small equipment as a primary use including televisions, computers, cleaning equipment, vacuum cleaners, and other equipment that can be transported by automobile, small truck/van. SPORTS ARENA/STADIUM A structure that is open or enclosed and used for games, concerts, and major events and is partly or completely surrounded by tiers of seats for spectators. STORAGE-OUTDOOR STORAGE YARD The storage of various materials outside of a structure, as a principal use. This includes salvage yards used for the storage and/or collection of any type of equipment. STORAGE – SELF-SERVICE A building containing separate enclosed storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented on an individual basis. STORAGE-WAREHOUSE, INDOOR STORAGE Facilities for the storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature. Includes cold storage. Does not include warehouse, storage, or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public; warehouse facilities primarily used for wholesaling and distribution; or terminal facilities for handling freight. STUDIO – ART, DANCE, MARTIAL ARTS, MUSIC Small facilities for individual and group
Town of Wake Forest Unified Development Ordinance – July 19, 2022
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