Elizabeth City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 17
04 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 17.04.010 - Title.
- 17.04.020 - Purposes.
- 17.04.030 - Interpretation of provisions—Definitions.
- 17.04.040 - Administrative procedure.
- 17.04.050 - Scheduling of meetings by majority vote.
- 17.04.060 - Public meetings and minutes.
- 17.04.070 - Hearings.
- 17.04.080 - Notice of hearing on development application or adoption of master plan.
- 17.04.090 - Notice of applications for development.
- 17.04.100 - Notice concerning master plan.
- 17.04.110 - Effect of mailing notice.
- 17.04.120 - Notice of hearings on development regulations or capital improvement plan revisions.
- 17.04.130 - Filing of development regulations.
- 17.04.150 - Conditional approvals.
- 17.04.160 - Certificates showing approval.
- 17.04.170 - Enforcement.
- 17.04.180 - Sale of land prior to subdivision approval.
- 17.04.190 - Enforcement by building inspector.
- 17.04.200 - Issuance of building permits for variance.
- 17.04.210 - Complaints of violations.
- 17.04.220 - Procedures for abatement of violations.
CHAPTER 17
08 - BUILDING PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
Sections
- 17.08.010 - Building permits required.
- 17.08.015 - Construction permit—Duration of validity.
- 17.08.020 - Application for permits.
- 17.08.030 - Issuance of permits.
- 17.08.040 - Denial of permits—Appeals.
- 17.08.050 - Revocation of permits.
- 17.08.060 - Certificate of occupancy for new uses and new construction.
- 17.08.065 - Zoning permits.
- 17.08.070 - Certificate of occupancy for resale.
- 17.08.080 - Change of use.
- 17.08.090 - Building lot to abut street.
- 17.08.100 - Appeals.
CHAPTER 17
28 - DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
Sections
- 17.28.010 - Approvals required.
- 17.28.020 - Conformance required prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy.
- 17.28.030 - Informal review.
- 17.28.040 - Permissible use inquiry.
- 17.28.050 - Approval procedure.
- 17.28.060 - Rights under preliminary approval.
- 17.28.070 - Rights and effect of final approval.
- 17.28.080 - Filing of plats.
- 17.28.090 - Variances and exceptions.
- 17.28.100 - Simultaneous review.
- 17.28.110 - Jurisdiction for applications.
- 17.28.120 - Incomplete applications.
- 17.28.130 - Time limits for approval.
- 17.28.140 - Failure to decide.
- 17.28.150 - Amended application.
- 17.28.160 - Review by county planning board.
- 17.28.170 - Referral to other agencies.
- 17.28.180 - Findings for approval.
- 17.28.190 - Guaranties required.
- 17.28.200 - Planned development approval procedures.
CHAPTER 17
32 - DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
CHAPTER 17
36 - ZONING DISTRICTS GENERALLY
Sections
- 17.36.010 - Establishment of zones.
- 17.36.020 - Schedules and application.
- 17.36.030 - Supplementary regulations.
- 17.36.040 - Buffers.
- 17.36.050 - Bedroom density.
- 17.36.060 - Performance standards.
- 17.36.070 - Conditional uses.
- 17.36.080 - Prohibited uses.
- 17.36.090 - Nonconformance.
- 17.36.098 - Residential buildings—Elevator requirements.
- 17.36.099 - Calculation of prevailing conditions.
- 17.36.100 - Lot dimensions.
- 17.36.110 - Yard dimensions.
- 17.36.120 - Principal building regulations.
- 17.36.125 - Minimum square footage for commercial space.
- 17.36.130 - Visibility at intersections.
- 17.36.140 - Landscaping.
- 17.36.145 - Design standards for facades within all commercial zones.
- 17.36.150 - Schedule IE, C-5 Commercial Zone.
- 17.36.160 - Schedule IF, Office Commercial-1 (OC-1) Zone.
- 17.36.170 - Office Commercial-2 (OC-2) Zone.
- 17.36.180 - Public (P) Zone.
- 17.36.190 - Highway Commercial (HC) Zone.
- 17.36.200 - Transportation (T) Zone.
- 17.36.210 - Cannabis overlay zones.
- 17.36.215 - Manufacturing, Research, and Commercial 1 (MRC-1) Zone.
- 17.36.220 - Manufacturing, Research, and Commercial 2 (MRC-2) Zone.
- Schedule IA - Permitted Uses.
- Schedule IB-1 - MRC-1 Zone District Controls.
- Schedule IB-2 - MRC-2 Zone District Controls.
- Schedule C - O District Zone Controls.
- Schedule ID - RC District Zone Controls.
- Schedule II - Principal Uses.
- Schedule III - Conditional Uses.
CHAPTER 17
44 - FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE I. - SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
- 17.44.010 - Title.
- 17.44.020 - Scope.
- 17.44.030 - Purposes and objectives.
- 17.44.040 - Coordination with building codes.
- 17.44.050 - Ordinary building maintenance and minor work.
- 17.44.060 - Warning.
- 17.44.070 - Other laws.
- 17.44.080 - Violations and penalties for noncompliance.
- 17.44.090 - Solid waste disposal in a flood hazard area.
- 17.44.100 - Abrogation and greater restrictions.
- ARTICLE II.- APPLICABILITY
- ARTICLE III.- DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR
- 17.44.140 - Floodplain administrator designation.
- 17.44.150 - General.
- 17.44.160 - Coordination.
- 17.44.170 - Duties.
- 17.44.180 - Use of changed technical data.
- 17.44.190 - Other permits.
- 17.44.200 - Determination of local design flood elevations.
- 17.44.210 - Requirement to submit new technical data.
- 17.44.220 - Activities in riverine flood hazard areas.
- 17.44.230 - Floodway encroachment.
- 17.44.240 - Floodway revisions.
- 17.44.250 - Watercourse alteration.
- 17.44.260 - Engineering analysis.
- 17.44.270 - Alterations in coastal areas.
- 17.44.280 - Development in riparian zones.
- 17.44.290 - Substantial improvement and substantial damage determinations.
- 17.44.300 - Department records.
- 17.44.310 - Liability.
- ARTICLE IV.- PERMITS
- ARTICLE V. - SITE PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
- ARTICLE VI.- INSPECTIONS
- ARTICLE VII.- VARIANCES
- ARTICLE VIII.- VIOLATIONS
- ARTICLE IX.- DEFINITIONS
- ARTICLE X. - SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
- ARTICLE XI.- SITE IMPROVEMENT
- 17.44.590 - Encroachment in floodways.
- 17.44.600 - Prohibited in floodways.
- 17.44.610 - Coastal high hazard areas (V Zones) and coastal A Zones.
- 17.44.620 - Sewer facilities.
- 17.44.630 - Water facilities.
- 17.44.640 - Storm drainage.
- 17.44.650 - Streets and sidewalks.
- 17.44.660 - Limitations on placement of fill.
- 17.44.670 - Limitations on sites in coastal high hazard areas (V Zones) and coastal A Zones.
- 17.44.680 - Hazardous materials.
- ARTICLE XII.- MANUFACTURED HOMES
- ARTICLE XIII.- RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
- ARTICLE XIV.- TANKS
- ARTICLE XV.- OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING WORK
- 17.44.790 - General requirements for other development and building work.
- 17.44.800 - Requirements for habitable buildings and structures.
- 17.44.810 - Garages and accessory storage structures.
- 17.44.820 - Fences.
- 17.44.830 - Retaining walls, sidewalks, and driveways.
- 17.44.840 - Swimming pools.
- 17.44.850 - Roads and watercourse crossings.
- 17.44.860 - Other development in coastal high hazard areas (Zone V) and coastal A Zones.
- 17.44.870 - Nonstructural fill in coastal high hazard areas (Zone V) and coastal A Zones.
- ARTICLE XVI.- TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND TEMPORARY STORAGE
- ARTICLE XVII.- UTILITY AND MISCELLANEOUS GROUP U
CHAPTER 17
48 - SIGNS
Sections
- 17.48.010 - Definitions.
- 17.48.020 - Exemptions.
- 17.48.030 - Permit application, fee, issuance and fines.
- 17.48.040 - Structural regulations.
- 17.48.050 - Maintenance and appearance—Aesthetic considerations.
- 17.48.060 - Permitted uses in zoning districts.
- 17.48.061 - Sign specifications.
- 17.48.070 - Gas stations and shopping centers with off-street parking.
- 17.48.080 - General provisions.
- 17.48.090 - Prohibited signs.
- 17.48.100 - Nonconforming signs, awnings, canopies and marquees.
- 17.48.110 - Violations and penalties.
- 17.48.120 - Portable signs prohibited.
- 17.48.130 - Exceptions.
- 17.48.150 - Portable signs—Manufacturing, constructing and storing.
- 17.48.160 - Monument signs.
- 17.48.170 - Pole mounted signs.
CHAPTER 17
52 - FEES
Sections
- 17.52.010 - Public hearings.
- 17.52.020 - Municipal fees for applications for development.
- 17.52.030 - Subdivision certificates.
- 17.52.040 - List of adjoining property owners.
- 17.52.050 - Duplicate recordings of hearings.
- 17.52.060 - Fee schedule certificate of occupancy for resale.
- 17.52.065 - Fees for zoning permits.
- 17.52.070 - Documents.
- 17.52.080 - Special meeting.
- 17.52.090 - Exemptions.
- 17.52.100 - Fees for professional services—Deposits with municipality—Escrow—Interest.
CHAPTER 17
56 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND ANTENNAS
Sections
- 17.56.010 - Purpose.
- 17.56.020 - Definitions.
- 17.56.030 - Locational and land use priority for towers and antennas.
- 17.56.040 - Limitations on antennas and towers in certain zoning districts.
- 17.56.050 - Accessory uses and structures.
- 17.56.060 - Visual compatibility requirements for the installation of antennas and wireless telecommunications equipment compounds.
- 17.56.070 - Supplementary regulations for the location of towers.
- 17.56.080 - Site plan application requirements for the installation of towers and antennas.
- 17.56.090 - Antenna modifications, tower certification and abandonment.
- 17.56.100 - Application fees.