Unified Development Ordinance

Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined 11.4.3. Illuminated Signs

S PECIAL E VENTS Temporary activities or events conducted by civic, philanthropic, educational, or religious organizations, or activities of a business or organization that is not part of its daily activities and are open to the public. Such activities include, but are not limited to, closeout sales, grand openings, fundraising or membership drives, carnivals, fairs, circuses, and tent revivals. S PECIAL F LOOD H AZARD A REA (SFHA) The land in the floodplain subject to a one percent or greater chance of being flooded in any given year based on current conditions hydrology.

S PECIAL U SE P ERMIT See Section 2.5.5.

S PECIALTY E ATING E STABLISHMENT An establishment selling specialty food or beverage items that normally do not constitute a full meal — including, but not limited to, ice cream parlors, dessert cafés, snack shops, juice and coffee houses, and retail bakeries. Accessory uses may include pick-up facilities for take-out orders, windows for walk-up service, outdoor seating, and where permitted, drive-through service facilities.

S PECIMEN T REE See Tree, Specimen.

S PORTS A CADEMY A private school that provides both specialized sport services and academic education to juvenile athletes. A sports academy may include other uses that generally exist as principal uses – e.g. dormitory. S PORTS T RAINING F ACILITY , I NDOOR A facility providing indoor professional and pre-professional sports instruction. These facilities tend to be fairly large with a significant amount of off-street parking. S PORTS T RAINING F ACILITY , O UTDOOR A facility providing outdoor professional and pre-professional sports instruction. These facilities tend to be fairly large with a significant amount of off-street parking. S TABLE A building in which animals other than cats, dogs, and other small domesticated animals are sheltered and fed. S TACKING L ANE That part of an accessway that accommodates temporary queuing of motor vehicles waiting to enter an off-street parking facility.

S TAND OF T REES See Trees, Stand of.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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