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Date of Approval: The date of approving authority action.

Day-Night Average Sound Level: The average noise level over a 24-hour period, weighted by 10 dB between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Day Treatment Facility: A facility licensed through the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, which provides supplemental therapeutic or clinical services coordinated with academic and/or vocational services for adults, children, or adolescents with mental health or substance abuse treatment needs, and their families. No overnight accommodations are provided.

Dedication: The transfer without payment of ownership or other interest in real property from a private entity to a public agency.

Density: The number of dwelling units per gross acre, excluding accessory residences or dwelling units, or any other exclusion within this Ordinance.

Developer: Pursuant to NCGS 160D-102, a person, including a governmental agency or redevelopment authority, who undertakes any development and who is the landowner of the property to be developed or who has been authorized by the landowner to undertake development on that property.

Development: Pursuant to NCGS 160D-102, any of the following:

A. The construction, erection, alteration, enlargement, renovation, substantial repair, movement to another site, or demolition of any structure.

B. The excavation, grading, filling, clearing, or alteration of land.

C. The subdivision of land as defined in NCGS 160D-802.

D. The initiation or substantial change in the use of land or the intensity of use of land.

Development Plan: A type of plan that becomes part of the zoning of a property that establishes the level of development allowed absent further zoning action except as otherwise allowed or required under this Ordinance.

Diameter at Breast Height (dbh): The diameter of a tree measured four and one-half feet above the ground.

Diet House or Diet Facility: A facility housing a dietary treatment program supervised by trained professionals which can also contain temporary living quarters for clients.

Discharge Point: That point at which runoff leaves a tract of land.

Disposal: When used in reference to Sec. 8.4, Floodplain and Flood Damage Protection Standards, is defined as in NCGS 130A-290(a)(6), the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that the solid waste or any constituent part of the solid waste may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters.

Distance Learning Center: An educational facility where teaching and learning is specifically designed to be carried out remotely, typically by using electronic communication.

Drive-Through Facility: An establishment that dispenses products or services to patrons who remain in vehicles. Fuel sales are not included.

Driveway: A private roadway located on a parcel or lot used for vehicle access.

Drop-In/Short-Term Childcare Centers: Retail businesses that provide care for individuals on an hourly basis, do not offer enrollment, and do not require child care licensing by the State.

Durham Inventory, Natural Inventory, or Inventory: The Durham County Inventory of Important Natural Areas, Plants and Wildlife, which in the case of a conflict may be superseded or supplemented by more current information from the North Carolina Heritage Program as determined by the Planning Director. The Durham Inventory does not include the Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory; the Durham County Archaeological Inventory; the Durham County Inventory of Cultural and Natural Resources; or the Durham County and Durham ETA Inventories of Historic Sites, which are referenced separately in the Ordinance.

Dwelling Unit: A single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.