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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance <br />Chapter 2 -Rules of Construction and Definitions <br />HEIGHT - The vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of any portion of a <br />structure. <br />HIGH SCHOOL - A school which embraces a high school department above the elementary <br />grades and which offers at least the minimum high school course of study prescribed by the <br />State Board of Education. <br />HOME OCCUPATION, GENERAL - A business, profession, occupation, or trade which is <br />conducted within a residential building for the economic gain or support of a resident of the <br />dwelling, and which is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the lot, and which <br />does not adversely affect the character of the lot or surrounding area. See Chapter 7 for list of <br />permitted general home occupations. <br />HOME OCCUPATION, RURAL - An accessory use subordinate to the primary residential use of <br />the property operated by persons residing in the principal building on the same parcel of land <br />upon which the home occupation is located. Additionally, such use may be carried out in no <br />more than one building separate from the principal building on the same parcel of land. See <br />Chapter 7 for list of permitted rural home occupations. <br />HOSPITAL - A public or private institution which is primarily engaged in providing to <br />inpatients, by or under supervision of physicians, diagnostic services and therapeutic <br />services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or <br />rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons. <br />HOTEL - Any building containing guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are <br />used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by <br />guests. <br />ICE PLANT - Establishments primarily engaged in the production of ice. <br />ICE PRODUCTION, ICE DISPENSING - A self- contained plant that produces, stores, bags and <br />sells ice to customers through a vending system. <br />IMPERMEABLE OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE - Refers to land area which, by virtue of an outer <br />coating, no longer permits the penetration of water. <br />INN - A commercial establishment, typically a smaller facility, that provides lodging and <br />food for the public and whose primary customers are travelers. <br />INTERSTATE - A multi -lane express route with limited access connecting or existing <br />between two or more states. <br />IRON WORKS - A building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and /or steel <br />products are made. <br />JUNK VEHICLE - Any motor vehicle that: <br />1. Does not display a current license tag and registration; or <br />2. Is partially dismantled or wrecked; or <br />3. Cannot be self propelled or moved in a manner in which it originally was intended to <br />move; or <br />Chapter 2 Page 12 of 29 <br />Revised 2013 <br />Attachment number 2 <br />G -1 Page 299 <br />