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evuh 16 131 Article II, Definitions, Guilford County Development Ordinance 001.1 (AG) VELOC= The average velocity offlaw through thecross section of the main channel at the peak flow of the storm of interest The cross section of the main channel shall be that area defined by the geometry of the channel plus the area of flow below the flood height defined by vertical lines at the main channel banks. Overload flows are not to be included for the purpose of computing velocity of flow. (AH) ""ODIFI 'AnON_ MA TOR WATERSHED. Modification of the existing regulation3 that does not meet the definition of a Minor Watershed Motimcation. (Al) u.nnrrrr -C"T MINOR WATERSHED Modification of the casting regulations that meets one of the fo criteria: (A) Modification of any standard present in the Ordinance but not in the State Water Supp Watershed Protection Rules; (B) Modification of any standard on which the level of performan ce required by the Ordinance exrcaeds that regt»red by the cm, .riding section of the State Water Supply Watershed Protection Rules, provided that approval of the modification does not lower the level of perforiitancc below that required by the State re gulations; or (C) Modification of any standard expressed as a distance. (AJ) Structures for which the use requires access or proximity to or shins within surface waters to fulfill its basic purpose, such as boat ramps, boat houses, docks, and bulkheads. Ancillary facilities such as restaurants, outlets for boat supplies, parking lots, and commercial boat storage areas are not water dependent structures. (AK) WATERSHED WATER SUPPLY. The entire area contributing drainage to Lake Townsend Lake Brandt, Lake Higgins, Oak Hollow Lake, High Point City Lake, Polecat Creek Lake, Reidsville Reservoir, Lake Mackintosh, Ramseur Reservoir, Madison intake, and the proposed Randleman Dam reservoir. (AL) . That portion of the watershed within the lake basin of the water supply reservoir as delineated in Article VII (Environmental Regulations). (AM) A pond that has a permanent pool and also collects stormwater runoff, filters the water, and releases it slowly over a period of days. 2-1.3 Dwelling (A) ACCF4SO2Y DWE1 i TNC i 1Ni f A dwelling unit that exists either as part of a principal dwelling. or as an accessory building, and is secondary and incidental to the use of the property as single family residential. (B) C QNDOMINIUM• Portions of real estate which are de i ted for separate ownership, and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership sole by the owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners. (C) DWEi t TNG i 10I One or more rooms, designed. occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities provided therein. Units in dormitories, hotels. motels, shelters for the homeless, or other structures designed for transient residents are not dwelling units. tonn DWEI.t rNr, A dwelling that 1) is composed of one o stantially assembled in a manufacturing plant and designed to chassis; Z) exceeds forty feet in length and eight feet in width: 3) nal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards; ith the standards of the North Carolina Uniform Residential BDwellings. t (D) sowm9t; 1) Class AA: A manufactured home constructed after July 1, 1976 that meets or exceeds the construction standards promulgated by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that were in effect at the time of construction, and that satisfies the following additional criteria: a) Is occupied only as a single family dwelling; b) Hasa minimum width of sixteen (16) feet; c) lHas a ongest lax axis, and width meassurfour (4) times its e petpendiculaz to the'1 lwith ongest ax is at the narrow st parr ter. pace _°-5