Cary City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 1.4 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OTHER PLANS AND MANUALS
- 1.5 ZONING MAP
- 1.6 JURISDICTION AND APPLICABILITY
- 1.8 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
- 1.10 TRANSITIONAL RULES
CHAPTER 2
REVIEW AND DECISION-MAKING BODIES
Sections
- 2.1 SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW ROLES
- 2.2 TOWN COUNCIL
- 2.3 PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
- 2.4 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
- 2.5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
- 2.6 PARKS, RECREATION, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD
- 2.7 PUBLIC ART ADVISORY BOARD
- 2.8 STAFF DEPARTMENTS
CHAPTER 3
REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES
Sections
- 3.1 COMMON REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES
- 3.2 AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
- 3.3 AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
- 3.4 REZONINGS
- 3.5 ACCESSORY USE PERMITS
- 3.7 TEMPORARY USES
- 3.8 SPECIAL USES
- 3.9 SUBDIVISIONS PLATS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- 3.11 RE-USE/REDEVELOPMENT PLANS
- 3.12 DEVELOPMENT IN FLOOD HAZARD AREA
- 3.13 GRADING PERMITS
- 3.14 BUILDING PERMITS
- 3.15 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
- 3.16 SIGN PERMITS
- 3.17 SITE-SPECIFIC VESTING PLANS; VESTED RIGHTS
- 3.19 MINOR MODIFICATIONS
- 3.20 VARIANCES
- 3.21 APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
- 3.24 REIMBURSEMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- 3.25 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- 3.26 ZONING COMPLIANCE PERMIT
- 3.27 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
CHAPTER 4
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- 4.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 4.2 GENERAL USE DISTRICTS
- 4.3 CONDITIONAL USE DISTRICTS
- 4.4 OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
- 4.5 FLEXIBLE USE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 5
USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- 5.1 TABLES OF PERMITTED USES
- 5.2 USE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS
- 5.3 ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- 5.4 TEMPORARY USES AND STRUCTURES
CHAPTER 6
DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS
Sections
- 6.1 TABLES OF DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
- 6.2 LOT MEASUREMENT AND REQUIREMENTS
- 6.3 SETBACK MEASUREMENT AND REQUIREMENTS
- 6.4 HEIGHT MEASUREMENT AND REQUIREMENTS
- 6.5 BULK MEASUREMENT AND REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 7
DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- 7.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 7.2 LANDSCAPING, BUFFERING, SCREENING, AND TREE PROTECTION
- 7.3 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
- 7.6 NUISANCE AND HAZARD CONTROL STANDARDS
- 7.7 BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS
- 7.8 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
- 7.9 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 7.10 CONNECTIVITY
- 7.11 TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT FEES
CHAPTER 8
STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS AND USES REQUIRING SITE PLANS
Sections
- 8.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 8.2 RECREATION AREAS
- 8.3 PRIVATE OPEN SPACE
- 8.4 ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT OPTION: CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS
- 8.5 ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT OPTION: TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 10
NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- 10.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 10.2 NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES AND/OR SITES
- 10.3 NONCONFORMING USES
- 10.4 NONCONFORMING LOTS OF RECORD
- 10.5 NONCONFORMING SIGNS
CHAPTER 11
ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 11.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 11.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT AND APPEALS
- 11.3 SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS
- 11.4 REMEDIES AND PENALTIES FOR EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL VIOLATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION
- 11.5 REMEDIES AND PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO OTHER SECTIONS OF THE LDO
- 11.6 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
- 11.7 ENFORCEMENT OF SIGN REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 12
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION, USE CLASSIFICATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 12.2 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION
- 12.3 USE CLASSIFICATIONS
CHAPTER 14
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
Sections
- 14.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 14.2 NUISANCE AND HAZARD CONTROL STANDARDS
- 14.3 ILLEGAL DISCHARGES TO THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM
- 14.4 SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
- 14.5 TREE CLEARING CERTIFICATE
- 14.6 URBAN TRANSITION BUFFER REGULATIONS
- 14.7 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION