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A Codification of the Unified Development Ordinance of
Gastonia, North Carolina

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Adopted: October 20, 2009
Effective: November 20, 2009

PREFACE

This Unified Development Ordinance constitutes a publication of the Unified Development Ordinance of the City of Gastonia, North Carolina, as published by the City of Gastonia, North Carolina.

Style and Format

The editor has matched the original style and format of the Unified Development Ordinance as closely as possible, while maintaining the ability to incorporate future amendments in an efficient manner.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this publication is the same system used in the original document from which these regulations derive.

Tables

The reader may wish to use the Comparative Table following the Unified Development Ordinance, which lists the disposition of amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Unified Development Ordinance to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Unified Development Ordinance. With this system, the Unified Development Ordinance will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Unified Development Ordinance, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into this Unified Development Ordinance, may be cited as a part hereof.

The successful maintenance of this Unified Development Ordinance will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions.

Acknowledgments

The Unified Development Ordinance of the City of Gastonia was initially prepared by the City of Gastonia Community Planning Department. The publication of this Unified Development Ordinance was under direct supervision of Zanne Ebersole, Supplement Editor, and Aline L. True, Accuracy Management Coordinator, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.