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Public Art: Any visual work of art, accessible to public view, on public or private property within the Town of Cary. Public art can take a wide range of forms, sizes, and scales, and can be temporary or permanent. It can include murals, sculpture, memorials, integrated architectural or landscape architectural work, community art, digital new media, and even performances and fes vals. Public art is o en site-specific, meaning it is created in response to the place and community in which it resides. It o en interprets the history of the place, its people, and perhaps addresses a social or environmental issue. Railroad Corridors: The land adjacent to or surrounding a railroad line. Reclaimed Water: Highly treated wastewater, suitable for irriga on, water features, and other uses as determined by the presiding water district. Recrea on Facili es: Public or private spaces designated for recrea onal use and enjoyment, such as basketball and tennis courts. Redevelopment Corridors: A linear, con guous strip of land designated for revitaliza on or other physical changes aimed at improving appearance and value. Redevelopment: Any proposed expansion, addi on, renova on, or major change to an exis ng building, structure, or aspect of development. Regional Commuters: Persons traveling between two dis nct regions, such as from the suburb to the city center, typically between their place of residence and place of work. Retrofi ng: To improve or reconstruct an exis ng facility with the intent of bringing it into compliance (or where that is not feasible, more nearly into compliance) with modern standards for such facili es. Ridership: The number of passengers using a par cular form of public transporta on. Right-of Way: An area owned or maintained by the Town, the State of North Carolina, a public u lity, a railroad, or a private concern for the placement of such u li es and/or facili es for the passage of vehicles or pedestrians, including roads, pedestrian walkways, u li es, or railroads. Runoff: That por on of the precipita on from a drainage area or watershed that is discharged from the area in stream channels or by overland flow; types include surface runoff, groundwater runoff, or seepage. O en carries pollutants from surface over which it flows downstream into water bodies. Single-family Housing: Any development where: (1) no building contains more than one dwelling unit, (2) every dwelling unit is on a separate lot, and (3) where no lot contains more than one dwelling unit. Site Circula on: The internal and external pa erns of connec on and movement for pedestrian, vehicular, and bicycle transporta on systems. Smart Grid: An electricity supply network that uses digital communica ons technology to detect and react to local changes in usage. Smart Meters: An Internet-capable device that measures energy, water or natural gas consump on of a building or home. Solar Shading: The extent of the shadow cast by large buildings on smaller adjacent buildings. Stepping Down: Gradually reducing density along a transect to ensure the compa bility of adjacent uses. Stormwater Reten on: The permanent on-site maintenance of stormwater, usually in a natural or man-made pond. Stormwater: The flow of water which results from a rainfall event. Stream Buffers: The area of natural or planted vegeta on through which stormwater runoff flows in a diffuse manner so that the runoff does not become channelized and which provides for infiltra on of the runoff and filtering of pollutants, The buffer is measured landward from the normal pool eleva on of impounded structures and from the bank of each side of streams, rivers, or lakes. Street Crossing Treatments: Any change to design, layout, or technology, which improves the safety of bikers and pedestrians crossing a given intersec on. Street Orienta ons: The physical design and direc on of building facades in rela on to the street. Streetscapes: A design term referring to all the elements that cons tute the physical makeup of a street and that, as a group, define its character, including building frontage, street paving, street furniture, landscaping, including trees and other plan ngs, awnings and marquees, signs, and ligh ng. Strip Development: Commercial, retail, or industrial CHAPTER 10:APPENDIX 280 COUNCIL FINAL PUBLIC MEETING DRAFT [JAN. 24, 2017]