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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 2 -Rules of Construction and Definitions SECTION 2 -1 GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION The following rules of construction shall govern the application and interpretation of this Ordinance: 1. When the text of this Ordinance conflicts with any caption, figure, illustration, table or map, the text shall control. 5. Words used in the present tense include the future tense. 6. Words used in the singular number include the plural number and the plural number includes the singular number, unless the context of the particular usage clearly indicates otherwise. 7. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine gender. SECTION 2 -2 BASIC TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ABANDONED VEHICLE - Any motor vehicle that is left or abandoned 1. On public grounds or county -owned property in violation of a law or ordinance prohibiting parking; 2. For longer than 24 s on property owned or operated by the county; 3. For longer than two hours on private property without the consent or the owner, occupant, or lessee of the property; and /or, 4. Left for Ion r than seven days on public grounds ABUT - Having property, district lines, rights -of -way or easements in common; lots abut if they have property lines, in common. ACCESS - A way, a aching or entering a property from a street. ACCESSORY BUILDING - A building located on the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT - A structure, used as a residence, located on the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building. ACCESSORY USE - A subordinate use of a building or use of land which is: 1. Conducted on the same Lot as the principal Use to which it is related, and 2. Clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with the principal use of the building, structure or land. Chapter 2 Page 1 of 29 Revised 2013 Attachment number 2 G -1 Page 288