<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 18-127. - Definitions.</div>
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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">Automobile graveyard</span> means any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated
               for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, dismantled or inoperable
               motor vehicles which are not being restored to operation, regardless of the length
               of time which individual motor vehicles are stored, or kept at said establishment
               or place of business.
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               <span class="ital">Building</span> means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, and designated or
               intended for the shelter, support, enclosure or protection of persons, animals or
               chattels.
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               <span class="ital">Dwelling</span> means any habitable building used or intended for use as a residence which is connected
               to power and water sources and having adequate provisions for waste water disposal.
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               <span class="ital">Establishment</span> means any place, land, building or structure on which or in which there is operated
               or maintained a business or going concern for profit.
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               <span class="ital">Fence</span> means a continuous, opaque, unperforated barrier extending from the surface of the
               ground to a uniform height of not less than six feet from the ground at any given
               point, constructed of dirt, wood, stone, steel, or other metal, or any substance of
               a similar nature and strength, which will hide the automobile graveyard or junkyard.
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               <span class="ital">Garage</span> means an establishment which is maintained and operated for the primary purpose of
               making mechanical and/or body repairs to motor vehicles and which receives 50 percent
               or more of its gross income from charges made for such repairs.
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               <span class="ital">Gate</span> means a door or other device attached to a fence which, when opened, provides a means
               of ingress and egress of persons and things for which it was intended, and which,
               when closed, forms a continuous barrier as a part of the fence to which it is attached.
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               <span class="ital">Housing unit</span> means a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended
               for occupancy as separate living quarters.
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               <span class="ital">Junk</span> means old or scrapped copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber,
               debris, waste, dismantled or wrecked automobiles or parts thereof, dismantled or broken
               appliances or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous
               materials.
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               <span class="ital">Junkyard</span> means an establishment which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping,
               buying or selling junk regardless of the length of time that junk is stored or kept,
               or for maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, but shall not include
               garbage dumps and county operated sanitary landfills.
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               <span class="ital">Public road</span> means any road or highway which is now or hereafter designated and maintained by
               the state department of transportation as part of the state highway system, whether
               primary or secondary, hard-surfaced or other dependable highways, and any road which
               is a neighborhood public road as defined in G.S. 136-67, which definition is incorporated
               into this article by reference.
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               <span class="ital">Repair shop</span> means an establishment which is maintained and operated for the primary purpose of
               making mechanical and/or body repairs to motor vehicles and which receives 50 percent
               or more of its gross income from charges made for such repairs.
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               <span class="ital">School</span> means any public or private institution for the teaching of children under 18 years
               of age which is recognized and approved by the North Carolina Board of Education.
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               <span class="ital">Service station</span> means any establishment which is maintained and operated for the primary purpose
               of making retail sales of fuels, lubricants, air, water and other items for the operation
               and routine maintenance of motor vehicles and/or for making mechanical repairs, servicing
               and/or washing of motor vehicles, and which receives more than 50 percent of its gross
               income from the retail sale of the aforesaid items and/or from the making of mechanical
               repairs, servicing and/or washing of motor vehicles.
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               <span class="ital">Substantial</span> means ample to satisfy the purpose for which an object is intended.
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               <span class="ital">Vegetation</span> means evergreen trees, including, but not limited to, white pine, evergreen shrubs
               or plants, including but not limited to, red tipped photina and wax myrtle with a
               minimum height of 12 inches when planted, which reach a height of at least six feet
               at maturity.
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               <span class="ital">Visible</span> means capable of being seen without visual aid by a person of normal visual acuity.
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               <span class="ital">Wire fence</span> means a continuous, translucent, perforated barrier extending from the surface of
               the ground to a uniform height of not less than six feet from the ground at any given
               point, constructed of wire, steel, or nylon mesh, or any substance of a similar nature
               and strength, but which perforations or openings are no longer than 16 square inches.
               "Hog wire" fencing and/or poultry net fencing or that fencing of a similar type shall
               not be used.
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               (Ord. of 10-7-1986, Â§ 3; Ord. of 7-2-2003)
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