<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 54-64. - Specific definitions.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
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               <span class="ital">Commissioners</span> or <span class="ital">board of commissioners</span> means the Burke County Board of Commissioners.
               
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               <span class="ital">Comprehensive plan</span> means the comprehensive plan, land use plan, small area plan, neighborhood plan,
               transportation plan, capital improvement plan, official map, and any other plans regarding
               land use and development that have been officially adopted by the governing board.
               
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               <span class="ital">County</span> means the County of Burke, North Carolina.
               
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               <span class="ital">Developer</span> means a person, including a governmental agency or redevelopment authority, who intends
               to undertake any development and who has a legal or equitable interest in the property
               to be developed.
               
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               <span class="ital">Development</span> means the planning for or carrying out of a building activity, the making of a material
               change in the use or appearance of any structure or property, or the dividing of land
               into two or more parcels. The term "development," as designated in a law or development
               permit, includes the planning for and all other activity customarily associated with
               it unless otherwise specified. When appropriate to the context, the term "development"
               refers to the planning for or the act of developing or to the result of development.
               Reference to a specific operation is not intended to mean that the operation or activity,
               when part of other operations or activities, is not development. Reference to particular
               operations is not intended to limit the generality of this item.
               
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               <span class="ital">Development permit</span> means a building permit, zoning permit, subdivision approval, conditional use permit,
               variance, or any other official action of local government having the effect of permitting
               the development of property.
               
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               <span class="ital">Governing body</span> means the Burke County Board of Commissioners.
               
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               <span class="ital">Land development regulations</span> means ordinances and regulations enacted by the appropriate governing body for the
               regulation of any aspect of development and includes zoning, subdivision, or any other
               land development ordinances.
               
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               <span class="ital">Laws</span> means all ordinances, resolutions, regulations, comprehensive plans, land development
               regulations, policies, and rules adopted by a local government affecting the development
               of property, and includes laws governing permitted uses of the property, density,
               design, and improvements.
               
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               <span class="ital">Local government</span> means any county or municipality that exercises regulatory authority over and grants
               development permits for land development or which provides public facilities.
               
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               <span class="ital">Local planning board</span> means any planning board established pursuant to G.S. 153A-321.
               
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               <span class="ital">Person</span> means an individual, corporation, business, or land trust, estate, trust, partnership,
               association, two or more persons having joint common interest, state agency, or any
               legal entity.
               
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               <span class="ital">Property</span> means all real property subject to land use regulation by a local government and
               includes any improvements or structures customarily regarded as a part of real property.
               
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               <span class="ital">Public facilities</span> means major capital improvements, including, but not limited to, transportation,
               sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage, potable water, educational, parks and recreational,
               and health systems and facilities.
               
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               (b)
               
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               The term "lot" includes plot or parcel. The term "building" includes structure. The
               terms "shall" and "will" are always mandatory. The term "used" or "occupied," as applied
               to any land or building, shall be construed to include the words "intended," "arranged,"
               or "designed to be used or occupied."
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§Â§ 54-65, 54-66; Ord. of 5-15-2007(1), art. II, Â§Â§ 2001, 2002)
               
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