For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. For the purposes of this chapter, non-residential uses may include specific uses found throughout the town that do not encompass single-family or multi-family residential dwellings. These uses may exist within a residential zoning district, but by actual use, are not residential in nature. Examples of these uses include, but are not limited to, public or private schools; country, athletic, and social clubs; medical or dental offices and campuses.
ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATOR. For the purposes of this chapter, the ordinance administrator charged with administration, inspection, review, and enforcement is the Town Manager or his or her designee.
OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES. Leisure-time activities, usually of a formal nature and often performed with others, requiring equipment, and taking place at prescribed non-residential places, sites, or fields. Active recreational uses and supporting services include swimming, tennis, golf, baseball and other field sports, track, and playground activities.
PROTECTED TREE. A protected tree is any tree six inches or more in diameter at a height of four and one-half feet from the ground (DBH-diameter at breast height) that is in sound, healthy condition.
RECOMMENDED PLANTING LIST (RPL). A list developed and updated by the town arborist that includes preferred species based on the tree being removed and acceptable replacement locations. For all replanting requirements, a minimum of 50% of the total replacement trees must come from the RPL with 25% of the total replacement trees being those species identified as trees of preference, as
defined below. A minimum of one tree scheduled for replacement shall come from the tree of preference (TOP) list as defined below. The replanting list may be updated periodically and is available on the town’s website.
RESIDENTIAL USES. For the purposes of this chapter, residential uses include single-family detached dwelling units found within the R-1, R-2, and R-3 zoning districts and includes attached multi-family residential units found within the R-1, R-2, and R-3 zoning districts.
SETBACKS. The minimum yard setback requirement found in § 153.007. INSIDE SETBACK AREA is the length found from the street or property line, and OUTSIDE SETBACK AREA is the remainder of the property area. An example of setback locations are shown below.
TREES OF PREFERENCE (TOP ). Trees that warrant additional attention and regulation due to being a preferred native species or having distinctive height and/or diameter. TREES OF PREFERENCE include any healthy, living tree with the following characteristics.
(1) Has a trunk diameter at breast height (DBH) of 36 inches or more;
(2) Any tree native to North Carolina per the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Plants Database with a trunk DBH of 30 inches or more.
UNPROTECTED TREE. A tree that is six inches or more in diameter at a height of four and one-half feet from the ground, and is dead, produces no foliage during normal growing seasons, or a tree that is diseased or damaged to the extent that it is structurally compromised and poses a safety hazard, or a tree that, for any other reason, poses a safety hazard. Safety hazard concerns are evaluated by the town arborist in accordance with best management practices developed by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA).
UNREGULATED TREE. A tree that is less than six inches in diameter, regardless of height or species, is to be unregulated and not subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 2023-06, passed 10-9-2023)