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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 2 -Rules of Construction and Definitions LOT DEPTH (LENGTH) - The length (or depth) of a lot shall be: 1. If the front and rear lines are parallel, the shortest distance between such lines. 2. If the front and rear lines are not parallel, the shortest distance between the midpoint of the front lot line and the midpoint of the rear lot line. 3. If the lot is triangular, the shortest distance between the front lot line and the line parallel to the front lot line, not less than ten feet long lying wholly within the lot. LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE- A lot having frontage on two streets. LOT, FLAG - A lot having no frontage or access to a street, right -of -way or pl (�xc t�by a narrow strip of land. LOT FRONTAGE - The distance for which a lot abuts a street. LOT LINE - Any boundary or h- -clary line which provides the r►nfinAd limits r parcel or tract. LOT WIDTH, AVERAGE- Measurement of average lot width shall be on an individual basis, not over several lots. For a regularly shaped lot (basically rectangular), two measurements shall be taken; at the front lot line (street frontage) and the rear lot line. The arithmetic mean lot size shall be used to determine average lot Width. When a lot has multiple street frontages, the required lot width shall be measured along the narrowest street lot line (street frontage). Irregularly shaped lots shall be measured three times, with the arithmetic mean taken from those measurements. Measurement points will be determined on a case by case basis, but shall be roughly at the front, rear, and middle points of the lot. MACHINE SHOP- Establishmentz.. , I, _ .nvolved with a form of subtractive manufacturing in which a collection of material - woeking processes utilizing power- driven tools such as lathes, milling machines, and drill presses, are used with a sharp cutting tool to physically remove material to achieve a desired geometry. MAINTENANCE - The 'replacintg or repairing of a minor part or parts of a building or structure which have degraded by ordinary wear or tear or by the weather. MAJOR SUBDIVT!3�10N,. All land subdivisions that are not exempted by state statute or previously destr[bed` under the minor subdivision procedures shall be processed as a major subdivision. MANUFACTURED HOME - A dwelling unit that: (i) is not constructed in accordance with the standards of the North Carolina Residential Building Code for One- and Twolfamily Dwellings; (ii) is composed of one or more components, each of which was Nbstantially assembled in a manufacturing plant and designed to be transported to the home site on its own chassis; and (iii) exceeds forty feet in length and eight feet in width. Manufactured homes consist of only a single section or multi section. See State of North Carolina Regulations for Manufactured Homes. Chapter 2 Page 15 of 32 Attachment number 2 G -1 Page 141