1. Planning (Administration);
2. Planning (Current Planning);
3. Engineering and Inspections (Engineering);
4. Parks and Recreation;
5. Fire Department;
6. Transportation;
7. Water Resources (Engineering); and
8. Water Resources (Stormwater).

1. Ordinance Text Amendments (30-4-4);
2. Zoning Map Amendments (30-4-5.7);
3. Establishment of Original Zoning (30-4-9); 
4. Zoning Map Amendments for overlay zoning districts and Design Manuals for overlay zoning districts (30-4-8);
5. GSO 2040 Comprehensive Plan Amendments (30-4-3);
6. Street Name Changes. (30-4-23);
7. Street, Alley and Walkway Closings (30-4-22);
8. Designation of Redevelopment Areas; 
9. Type 4 and Type 5 Modifications (30-4-11); and 
10. Department of Housing and Urban Development Consolidated Plan: 
    1. To review and provide recommendations concerning programs contained in the Consolidated Plan covering the Community Development Block Grant, HOME and Emergency Shelter Grant Program for the City;
    2. To provide professional expertise for developing program goals and policy; and
    3. To gather information from the public, development and business communities with respect to the Consolidated Plan..

1. Zoning Map Amendments (30-4-5.6);
2. Unified Development Plans (30-4-6.6);
3. Traditional Neighborhood Development Plans (30-4-7);
4. Type 3 Modifications (30-4-11); and
5. Site Specific Development Plans (30-4-25).

1. Subdivision Preliminary Plats (30-4-17);

2. Site Plans (30-4-15); and

3. Type 1 and Type 2 Modifications (30-4-11).

The Planning and Zoning Commission shall form a Tree Conservation and Landscaping (Tree Board) subcommittee, composed of three members, and led by a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission to perform the following powers and duties: 

1. To provide professional expertise for developing program goals and policy related to tree conservation and landscape;

2. To review and provide recommendations for the long term tree management and maintenance plan for the city;

3. To evaluate and monitor current regulations for effectiveness, and recommend appropriate changes regarding the tree conservation and landscape provisions of this ordinance to the city council; and

4. To gather information from the public, development and business communities with respect to the tree conservation and landscape provisions of this ordinance.
   
   (Amended by Ord. 20-099 on 9/1/20)

1. Variances (30-4-13);
2. Special Exceptions (30-4-14); 
3. Changes of Use for Nonconforming Uses (30-2-3.4) or Alterations of Nonconforming Uses (30-2-3.2(D)); and
4. Special Use Permits (30-4-10).

1. An affirmative vote of 4/5 of the appointed members shall be required to grant a variance from the provisions of this ordinance. Vacant positions on the board and members who are disqualified from voting on a quasi-judicial matter shall not be considered members of the board for calculation of the requisite majority if there are no qualified alternates available to take the place of such members.
2. An affirmative vote of the majority of members is required:
   1. To grant a special exception as may be assigned by this ordinance;
   2. To reverse or modify any order, requirement, decision, determination, or interpretation of an appeal of an administrative officer charged with enforcing this ordinance; and
   3. To decide in favor of the applicant any other matter upon which the Board of Adjustment is required to pass under this ordinance.
3. Vacant positions on the board and members who are disqualified from voting on a quasi-judicial matter shall not be considered members of the board for calculation of the requisite majority if there are no qualified alternates available to take the place of such members.

1. Designation of Local Historic District overlay district including design guidelines and zoning map amendments (see Historic District Preservation Manual and Design Guidelines);
2. Designation of Landmark Signs (30-4-12.2);
3. Ordinance Text Amendments, when required (30-4-4);
4. Zoning Map Amendments, when required (30-4-5 through 30-4-8);
5. Special Use Permits, when required (30-4-10);
6. Special Exceptions, when required (30-4-14);
7. Variances, when required (30-4-13); and
8. Street, Alley and Walkway Closings, when required (30-4-22).

1. The Historic Preservation Commission has final decision-making authority for a certificate of appropriateness (30-4-12.4) when the subject property is located within a designated local historic district.
2. The Historic Preservation Commission has final decision-making authority for designation of landmark signs (30-4-12.2).

1. Review proposed nominations of National Historic Districts and sites;
2. to undertake an inventory of properties of historical, prehistorical, architectural, and/or cultural significance;
3. to acquire by any lawful means the fee or any lesser included interest, including options to purchase, to properties within established historic districts or to any such properties designated as landmarks; to hold, manage, preserve, restore, and improve the same; and to exchange or dispose of the property by public or private sale, lease, or otherwise, subject to covenants or other legally binding restrictions which will secure appropriate rights of public access and promote the preservation of the property;
4. to restore, preserve, and operate historic properties;
5. to conduct an educational program with respect to historic properties and districts within its jurisdiction;
6. to prepare and recommend adoption of a preservation plan;
7. to negotiate at any time with the owner of a building, structure, site, area, or object for its acquisition or its preservation when such action is reasonably necessary or appropriate;
8. to cooperate with the state, federal, and local governments in historic preservation activities. The City Council or the Historic Preservation Commission when authorized by the City Council may contract with the state of federal government or with any other organization, provided the terms are not inconsistent with state or federal law;
9. to enter, solely in performance of its official duties and only at reasonable times, upon private lands for examination or survey thereof. However, no member, employee, or agent of the Historic Preservation Commission may enter any private building or structure without the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof; and
10. to exercise other powers and authority provided to it by the City Council, this ordinance, and State law. 

1. to recommend to the City Council, building, structures, sites, areas, or objects within the corresponding zoning jurisdiction to be designated by ordinance as landmarks;
2. to recommend to the City Council that landmark designation of any building, structure, site, area, or object as a historic property be revoked or removed.

1. to acquire by any lawful means the fee or any lesser included interest, including options to purchase, to any such historic properties; to hold, manage, preserve, restore, and improve the same; and to exchange or dispose of the property by public or private sale, lease, or otherwise, subject to covenants or other legally binding restrictions which will secure appropriate rights of public access and promote the preservation of the property;
2. to restore, preserve, and operate such historic properties;
3. to negotiate with the owner of a designated historic property for its preservation as allowed by NCGS Article 2 of Chapter 160D when such action is reasonably necessary or appropriate for the preservation;
4. to conduct an educational program on historic properties within its jurisdiction;
5. to cooperate with the state, federal, and local governments in pursuance of the purposes of this section. The Commission when authorized by the City Council may contract with the state or the federal government, or with any agency or with any other organization, provided the terms are not inconsistent with state or federal law;
6. to enter, solely in performance of its official duties and only at reasonable times, upon private lands for examination or survey thereof. However, no member, employee, or agent of the Commission may enter any private building or structure without the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof;
7. to act as, establish, or designate a group, body, or committee to give advice to property owners concerning the treatment of the historical and visual characteristics of their properties such as color schemes, gardens and landscape features, and minor decorative elements;
8. to take steps, during the period of postponement of demolition or alteration of any historic property, to ascertain what the City Council can or may do to preserve such properties including consultation with private civic groups, interested private citizens, and other public boards or agencies and including investigation of potential acquisition by the City Council when the preservation of a given historic property is clearly in the interest of the general welfare of the community and such property is of certain historic and architectural significance;
9. to propose to the City Council changes to this or any other ordinance and propose new ordinances or laws relating to historic properties or relating to a total program for the protection and/or development of the historic resources of the County, the municipalities therein, and its environs;
10. to communicate with other boards or commissions or with agencies of the local government or other governmental units to offer or request assistance, aid, guidance, or advice concerning matters under its purview or of mutual interest;
11. to publish information about or otherwise inform the public of any matters pertinent to its purview, duties, organization, procedures, responsibilities, functions, or requirements as its budget may allow;
12. to report violations of this ordinance or the building code with respect to historic properties to the city's Planning Director;
13. to accept funds granted to the Commission for preservation purposes from private individuals and organizations;
14. to organize itself and conduct its business; and
15. to exercise other powers and authority provided to it by the City Council and state law.

1. Comprehensive Plan Amendments (30-4-3);
2. Ordinance Text Amendments (30-4-4);
3. Establishment of Original Zoning (30-4-9);
4. Zoning Map Amendments (30-4-5 through 30-4-8);
5. Special Use Permits (30-4-10);
6. Variances (30-4-13);
7. Special Exceptions (30-4-14);
8. Site Specific Development Plans (30-4-25);
9. Local Historic District Designations (30-4-12);
10. Sign Permits (30-4-26.5);
11. Tank Permits; and
12. Other permits and certificates as per this ordinance.

1. Type 1 Modifications (30-4-11);
2. Plot Plans (30-4-15);
3. Minor Subdivision Preliminary Plats (30-4-17);
4. Final Subdivision Plats (30-4-17);
5. Administrative Interpretations (30-4-2);
6. Zoning Map Interpretations (30-1-10.2):
7. Change of Nonconforming Use (30-2-3.4); and
8. Expansion or alteration of a Nonconforming Structure (30-2-3.2).