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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 2 -Rules of Construction and Definitions CONDITIONAL USE - A use which, because of its unique characteristics, cannot be properly classified as a permitted use and warrants review by the Planning and Zoning Commission, serving as Board of Adjustment. CONDOMINIUM - Real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely 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. CONFORMING USE - A use that is permitted within the applicable zoni istrict. CONSERVATION EASEMENT - A non - possessory interest of a holder i al property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations for conservation purposes` or to preserve the historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural aspects of the real property. CONTIGUOUS - Bordering or adjoining. CONTRACTOR'S STORAGE YARD - An outside area where construction materials are stored for jobs, inclusive of the contractor's office, if on site. } CONTRACTOR OR TRADE SHOP - Establishments primarily engaged in providing contracted services for customers off site. These establishments may include an office and a storage area of less than 10,000 square feet for materials to be used at job sites. CONTROLLED - ACCESS FACILITY - A State highway, or section of State highway, especially designed for through traffic, and over, from, or to which highway, owners or occupants of abutting property, shall have only a controlled right or easement of access. CONVENIENCE STORE WITH PETROLEUM SALES - A store offering for sale a limited selection and quantity of groceries and other articles normally found in grocery stores, and which may also offer delicatessen or fast food items, and whose business is mostly dependent on quick stops by its customers and self - service gasoline sales. CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT PETROLEUM SALES - A store offering for sale a limited selection and quantity of groceries and other articles normally found in grocery stores, and which may also offer delicatessen or fast food items, and whose business is mostly dependent on quick stops by its customers. CONVENTION CENTER FACILITY - A large civic building, or group of buildings, designed for conventions, industrial shows, and the like, having large unobstructed exhibit areas and often including conference rooms. CONVEYANCE PLAT - A plat that may be used for the transfer of land qualifying as a minor subdivision as defined in the Cabarrus County Subdivision Ordinance. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY - A building, or group of buildings, for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc. CUL -DE -SAC - A short street having but one end open to traffic and with a vehicular turnaround at the other end. Chapter 2 Page 7 of 29 Revised 2013 Attachment number 2 G -1 Page 294