§ 150.16 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   APPROVAL AUTHORITY. The Board of County Commissioners, Board of Adjustment or other board or official designated by ordinance or this chapter as being authorized to grant the specific zoning or land use permit or approval that constitutes a site specific development plan or a phased development plan.

   PHASED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

      (1)   A plan which has been submitted to the county by a landowner for phased development which shows the type and intensity of use for a specific parcel or parcels with a lesser degree of certainty than the plan determined by the county to be a site specific plan. The purpose of submitting the phased development plan to the county is for purposes of obtaining one of the following zoning or land use permits or approvals:

         (a)   Subdivision plan as regulated by § 155.061;

         (b)   Special use permit as regulated by §§ 157.135 through 157.138;

         (c)   Multi-family dwellings as regulated by § 151.50; and

         (d)   Manufactured home rental community plan as regulated by §§ 154.01 through 154.10.

      (2)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither a variance, a sketch plan or any other document that fails to describe with reasonable certainty the type and intensity of use for a specific parcel or parcels of property shall constitute a phased development plan.

   SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

      (1)   A plan of land development submitted to the county for purposes of obtaining one of the following zoning or land use permits or approvals:

         (a)   Subdivision plan as regulated by § 155.075;

         (b)   Special use permit as regulated by §§ 157.135 through 157.138;

         (c)   Multi-family dwellings as regulated by § 151.50; and

         (d)   Manufactured home rental community plan as regulated by §§ 154.01 through 154.10.

      (2)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither a variance, a sketch plan nor any other document that fails to describe with reasonable certainty the type and intensity of use for a specified parcel or parcels of property shall constitute a site specific development plan.

   ZONING VESTED RIGHT. A right pursuant to G.S. § 153A-344.1 to undertake and complete the development and use of property under the terms and conditions of an approved site specific development plan or phased development plan.

(Ord. passed 11-4-1991)