(A) "Manufacturing sector" means establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products, including, but not limited to, plants, factories, or mills, and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment.

(B) "Transportation and warehousing sector" means industries providing transportation of passengers and cargo, warehousing and storage for goods, scenic and sightseeing transportation, and support activities related to modes of transportation by air, rail, water, road, and pipeline.

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(C) "Manufacturing or industrial facility" means any facility that operates in a manufacturing sector or transportation and warehousing sector, including, but not limited to, any land, building, structure, pond, impoundment, appurtenance, machinery, or equipment used for manufacturing, processing, distribution, warehousing, and technology intensive operations. Facilities that are covered under Chapter 45 of Title 46 of the 1976 Code are not manufacturing or industrial facilities for the purposes of this chapter.

(D) "Reasonably expand" or "reasonable expansion" means any change in operations or facilities that does not result in a material and substantial change in the affected landowner’s use and enjoyment of property.