Cumberland County Unincorporated

Special recreational event means either: (1) A special event held more than four (4) times a year and not sponsored by a non-profit organization; or (2) An event or gathering at which (a) more than one hundred fifty (150) people are reasonably expected to be in attendance at any one (1) point in time; (b) the event or similar event is held two (2) or more times a year; and (c) each event or similar event is held over two (2) or more consecutive days.

Setback means the minimum distance by which any building or structure must be separated from the front, side or rear lot lines, or from the centerline of any road right-of-way on any designated primary highway or from the centerline of any secondary road right-of-way or street right-of-way for any private road.

Cemetery, family or church means a family, individual, or church owned place for the final disposition of human remains. A survey of the bounds of the cemetery, with confirmation of state code requirements being met, and showing a five-foot setback from any adjacent properties and a one hundred-foot setback from any active wells must be recorded with the Circuit Court Clerk prior to establishment of the cemetery.

Pen means a small enclosure used for the concentrated confinement and housing of animals or poultry; a place for feeding and fattening animals; a coop, enclosed pasture or range with an area in excess of one hundred (100) square feet for each hog or two hundred (200) square feet for each larger animal shall not be regarded as a pen.

General store means a single store, the ground floor area of which is four thousand (4,000) square feet or less and which offers for sale primarily most of the following articles: bread, milk, cheese, canned and bottled foods and drinks, tobacco products, candy, paper and magazines, and general hardware articles.

Boarding, rooming or lodging house means a dwelling, in which the operator resides, other than a hotel or bed and breakfast inn, where, for compensation, meals or lodging are provided for three (3) to ten (10) non-transient guests and containing no more than five (5) sleeping rooms.

Group home (sheltered care facility) means a dwelling unit shared by four (4) to twenty (20) unrelated handicapped persons, including resident staff, who live together as a single housekeeping unit... The minimum lot size for a group home shall be based on the number of residents (including resident staff) proposed to be housed in the facility, as set forth below:

Transitional home means a dwelling unit, other than a group home, shared by four (4) to twenty (20) unrelated persons, including resident staff, who live together temporarily as a single housekeeping unit... The minimum lot size for a transitional home shall be based on the number of residents (including resident staff) proposed to be housed in the facility, as set forth below:

Family or single-family means an individual or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a group of not more than three (3) unrelated persons, occupying a single dwelling unit.

Private garage means an accessory building designed or used for the storage of not more than three (3) automobiles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory. On a lot occupied by a multiple-unit dwelling, the private garage may be designed and used for the storage of one and one-half (1½) times as many automobiles as there are dwelling units.

Canopy tree means a tree that shall measure a minimum of three (3) inches in caliper and ten (10) feet in height at the time of planting. Evergreen tree means a tree that has foliage and that remains green and functional year-round. Such tree shall measure a minimum of two (2) inches in caliper and six (6) feet in height at the time of planting.

Service business means a contractor firm such as a painter, carpenter, plumber or electrician that requires only an office and/or storage for materials and equipment, generally not accessible by the public and with less than three (3) staff or employees on-site at any time. Service businesses also include professional offices that require infrequent access by the public. Such professional offices may have no more than three (3) total on-site staff with customary hours of operation beginning no earlier than 7:00 a.m. and ending no later than 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Inert waste means the establishment of a landfill to handle stumps, roots, limbs, brush, leaves, and inert waste which means solid waste which is physically, chemically and biologically stable from further degradation and considered to be non-reactive waste which includes rubble, concrete, broken bricks, rocks and road pavement. All of which can be deported without a liner providing it is five foot above the water table.

Automobile graveyard means any lot or place which is exposed to the weather upon which more than five (5) motor vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated, and which it would not be economically practical to make operative, are placed, located or found.

Subdivision means the division of a parcel of land into three (3) or more lots or parcels of less than five (5) acres each for the purpose of transfer of ownership of building development, or if a new street is involved in such division, any division of a parcel of land.

Nonbuildable lot means a lot intended for the following uses: Wells, septic systems (including conventional drain fields), stormwater management facilities, open space, noncommercial family cemeteries, but which is not used for residential purposes and does not meet one (1) or more of the dimensional requirements of this chapter.

Flag lot means a residential building lot that utilizes unique physical features but does not have the required lot width at the normal setback line. Flag lot configurations are prohibited.

Basement means a story having part but not more than one-half (½) of its height below grade. A basement shall be counted as a story, for the purpose of height regulations, if it is used for business purposes, or for dwelling purposes by other than a janitor employed on the premises.

Cellar means a story having more than one-half (½) of its height below grade and which may not be occupied for dwelling purposes.

Half story means a space under a sloping roof, which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level, and in which space not more than two-thirds (⅔) of the floor area is finished off for use.