Guilford County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
Subsec. 1
General Provisions
Sections
- 1.1 TITLE
- 1.2 PURPOSE
- 1.3 ENACTMENT AND REPEALS
- 1.4 JURISDICTION
- 1.5 AUTHORITY
- 1.6 ABROGATION
- 1.7 INTERPRETATION OF ORDINANCE
- 1.8 COMPLIANCE
- 1.9 RELATION TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
- 1.10 ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
- 1.11 INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
- 1.12 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 1.13 SEVERABILITY
- 1.14 COMMENTARY
Subsec. 2
Administration
Sections
- 2.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT
- 2.2 ADMINISTRATOR
- 2.3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
- 2.4 PLANNING BOARD
- 2.5 TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
- 2.6 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
- 2.7 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
- 2.8 FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR
- 2.9 BUILDING INSPECTOR
- 2.10 FIRE MARSHAL
- 2.11 AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD
- 2.12 VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT PROGRAM
Subsec. 4
Zoning Districts
Sections
Subsec. 5
Development Standards for Individual Uses
Sections
- 5.1 APPLICABILITY
- 5.2 CONFLICT WITH OTHER REGULATIONS
- 5.3 AGRICULTURE/ANIMAL SERVICES
- 5.4 HOUSEHOLD LIVING
- 5.5 GROUP LIVING SOCIAL SERVICES
- 5.6 RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT
- 5.7 CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL & INSTITUTIONAL
- 5.8 BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL SERVICES
- 5.9 LODGING
- 5.10 RETAIL AND TRADE
- 5.11 FOOD SERVICES
- 5.12 FUNERAL AND INTERNMENT
- 5.13 TRANSPORTATION, WAREHOUSING & WHOLESALE TRADE
- 5.14 UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS
- 5.15 WASTE-RELATED USES
- 5.16 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
- 5.17 MANUFACTURING
- 5.18 MINING USES
- 5.19 AIRPORT
- 5.20 TEMPORARY EVENTS/USES
Subsec. 7
Signs
Sections
- 7.1 PURPOSE
- 7.2 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 7.3 COMPUTATION OF SIGN MEASUREMENTS
- 7
- 7.5 PROHIBITED SIGNS
- 7.6 EXEMPTIONS
- 7
- 7.8 SIGN REQUIREMENTS WITHIN OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- 7.9 GENERAL SIGN STANDARDS
- 7.10 LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS
- 7.11 BILLBOARDS (OFF-PREMISE ADVERTISING SIGNS)
- 7.12 MASTER OR COMMON SIGNAGE PLAN
- 7.13 PERMITS TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY SIGNS
- 7.14 COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE
- 7.15 NONCONFORMITIES
Subsec. 9
Environmental Regulations
Sections
- 9.1 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WATERSHED PROTECTION DISTRICTS
- 9.2 SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
- 9.3 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
- 9.4 ILLICIT AND ILLEGAL DISCHARGES
- 9-4.1. Objectives.
- 9-4.2. Jurisdiction.
- 9-4.3. Authority.
- 9-4.4. Abrogation.
- 9-4.5. Definitions.
- CONNECTION
- CONVEYANCE
- DISCHARGE
- DITCH/SWALE
- DRAINAGE
- DRAINAGE EASEMENT
- EASEMENT
- GARBAGE
- HAVING CONTROL OVER
- HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
- HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE
- ILLICIT DISCHARGE
- MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER
- NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
- NEW DEVELOPMENT
- OUTFALL
- PERSON
- REFUSE
- RIPARIAN BUFFER OR STREAM BUFFER
- WATERCOURSE
- 9-4.6. Acronyms.
- 9-4.7. Right of entry.
- 9-4.8. Prohibited discharges.
- 9-4.9. Spill response.
- 9-4.10. Review of Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans.
- 9-4.11. Violations.
- 9-4.12. Civil Penalties.
- 9-4.13. Remedies.
- 9-4.14. Appeal Hearing.
Subsec. 11
Nonconformities
Sections
Subsec. 12
Definitions
Sections
- 12.01 GENERAL
- 12.02 INTENT
- 12.03 ACRONYM ABBREVIATIONS
- 12.04 DEFINITIONS
- BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
- DRAINAGE AND WATERSHED PROTECTION
- ACCESS TRAILS
- BUILT-UPON AREA (BUA)
- CHANNEL
- DBH
- DEVELOPMENT
- DEVELOPMENT, EXISTING
- LANDFILL, DISCHARGING
- DITCH OR CANAL
- DRAINAGEWAY AND OPEN SPACE EASEMENT
- DRAINAGE, REQUIRED CHANNEL
- DRAINAGE, TYPICAL REQUIRED CHANNEL SECTION
- DRAINAGEWAY
- GREENWAY/HIKING TRAILS
- HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
- HIGH DENSITY OPTION
- HIGH VALUE TREE
- JORDAN NUTRIENT STRATEGY OR JORDAN WATER SUPPLY NUTRIENT STRATEGY
- JORDAN RESERVOIR
- JORDAN WATERSHED
- LOW DENSITY OPTION
- NEW DEVELOPMENT
- REDEVELOPMENT
- SHORELINE STABILIZATION
- SLUDGE
- STORMWATER CONTROL MEASURE (SCM)
- STORM DRAINAGE FACILITIES
- STORM, TEN (10)-YEAR
- STORM, ONE-HUNDRED (100)-YEAR
- STORMWATER RUNOFF
- STREAM
- STREAM BUFFER
- STREAM, EPHEMERAL
- STREAM, INTERMITTENT
- STREAM, PERENNIAL
- STREAM RESTORATION
- STUMP DIAMETER
- SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
- SURFACE WATERS
- TEMPORARY ROAD
- TREE
- VARIANCE, MAJOR WATERSHED
- VARIANCE, MINOR WATERSHED
- VELOCITY
- WALL, RETAINING
- WATER DEPENDENT STRUCTURES
- WATERSHED, CRITICAL AREA (WCA)
- WATERSHED, WATER SUPPLY
- DWELLING
- ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU)
- CONDOMINIUM
- DWELLING UNIT (DU)
- DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY
- DWELLING, MODULAR HOME
- DWELLING, PRINCIPAL
- DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
- DWELLING, TENANT
- DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE
- DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
- DWELLING, MFGR. (HUD) HOME (MOBILE HOME)
- DWELLING PARK, MFGR. (HUD) HOME (MOBILE HOME)
- DWELLING SPACE, MFGR. (HUD) HOME (MOBILE HOME)
- ROOMING UNIT
- SHELTER, HOMELESS
- SHELTER, EMERGENCY
- SHELTER, TEMPORARY
- EASEMENTS
- EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
- ACT
- ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION
- AFFILIATE
- AREA, UNPROTECTED
- BEING CONDUCTED
- BERM, EROSION CONTROL
- BORROW
- BUFFER
- BUFFER ZONE
- COMMISSION
- COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT
- DEPARTMENT
- DIRECTOR
- DISCHARGE POINT
- DISTRICT
- ENERGY DISSIPATOR
- EROSION
- EROSION, ACCELERATED
- EROSION CONTROL MEASURE, STRUCTURE OR DEVICE, ADEQUATE
- EROSION, NATURAL
- FACILITIES, STORM DRAINAGE
- GRADING
- GRADING, PHASE OF
- GROUND COVER
- HIGH QUALITY WATERS
- HIGH QUALITY WATER (HQW) ZONES
- LAKE or NATURAL WATERCOURSE
- LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- PARENT
- PERSON
- PERSON CONDUCTING LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY
- PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR LAND DISTURBING VIOLATION
- PLAN
- PLAN, GRADING
- PROTECTED AREA
- SEDIMENT
- SEDIMENTATION
- SILTATION
- SITE or TRACT
- STORM, TEN-YEAR
- STORM, TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR
- STORM WATER RUNOFF
- SUBSIDIARY
- UNCOVERED
- UNDERTAKEN
- VELOCITY
- WASTE
- WORKING DAYS
- FARM & AGRICULTURE
- FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
- ADDITION (TO AN EXISTING BUILDING)
- ADMINISTRATOR, FLOODPLAIN
- APPEAL
- BASEMENT
- BASE FLOOD
- BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE)
- ELEVATED BUILDING
- ENCROACHMENT
- EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION
- FACILITY, CHEMICAL STORAGE
- FLOOD or FLOODING
- FLOOD INSURANCE
- FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM)
- FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (FIS)
- FLOODPLAIN
- FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
- FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
- FLOODPROOFING
- FLOODWAY
- FLOOD ZONE
- FREEBOARD
- FUNCTIONALLY DEPENDENT FACILITY
- HIGHEST ADJACENT GRADE (HAG)
- LOWEST ADJACENT GRADE (LAG)
- LOWEST FLOOR
- MANUFACTURED HOME
- MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION
- MARKET VALUE
- MEAN SEA LEVEL
- NEW CONSTRUCTION
- NON-ENCROACHMENT AREA
- POST-FIRM
- PRE-FIRM
- PRINCIPALLY ABOVE GROUND
- RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV)
- REFERENCE LEVEL
- REGULATORY FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION
- REMEDY A VIOLATION
- RIVERINE
- SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA)
- START OF CONSTRUCTION
- STRUCTURE
- SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
- SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
- VIOLATION
- WATER SURFACE ELEVATION (WSE)
- WATERCOURSE
- GENERAL
- ADDRESS
- AIRPORT AND FLYING FIELD, COMMERCIAL
- ASSEMBLY
- ATHLETIC FIELD
- AUTO TOWING AND STORAGE SERVICES
- AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SERVICES, MAJOR
- AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES, MINOR
- BASEMENT
- BED AND BREAKFAST HOMES
- BLOCK
- BOARDING HOUSE
- CALIPER INCHES
- CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (COA)
- CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY (CO)
- CHILD CARE
- COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
- COMMON AREA(S)
- COMMUNITY SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
- COMMUNITY/SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY
- COMMUNITY WELL SYSTEM
- COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
- CONGREGATE CARE FACILITY
- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
- COUNTY
- CRITICAL ROOT ZONE
- DENSITY CREDIT
- DEVELOPER
- DEVELOPMENT, DENSITY OF
- DORMITORY, PRIVATE
- DOWNZONING
- DRIPLINE
- EQUIPMENT REPAIR/RENTAL, HEAVY
- EQUIPMENT REPAIR/RENTAL, LIGHT
- ESTABLISHMENTS OR USES, ADULT-ORIENTED
- FACILITY, AGRICULTURAL TOURISM
- FACILITY, GROUP CARE
- FAMILY
- FAMILY CARE HOME
- FENCE
- FLOOR AREA, GROSS (GFA)
- GARDEN CENTER OR RETAIL NURSERY
- GRADE, FINISHED
- GRADE, NATURAL
- GREENWAY
- GROUP DEVELOPMENT
- HISTORIC STRUCTURE
- HOME OCCUPATION
- HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTIES
- JUNK/SALVAGE YARD
- LANDFILL, BENEFICIAL FILL AREA
- LANDFILL, CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION DEBRIS (C-D) (MAJOR)
- LANDFILL, CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION DEBRIS (C-D) (MINOR)
- LANDFILL, LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS (LCID) (MAJOR)
- LANDFILL, LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS (LCID) (MINOR)
- LANDFILL, SANITARY/SOLID WASTE
- LOT, NONCONFORMING
- MANUFACTURING, LIGHT
- MANUFACTURING, HEAVY
- MIXED DEVELOPMENT
- MOTOR VEHICLE
- MOTOR VEHICLE, ABANDONED
- MOTOR VEHICLE, JUNKED
- NONCONFORMING
- NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOME
- ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
- OFF-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
- OPEN SPACE
- OWNER
- PERSON
- PERSONAL SERVICES
- PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
- PLAT
- PLAT, FINAL
- PLAN PRELIMINARY
- PRIVATE CLUB RECREATION
- RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV)
- RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK
- RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SPACE
- RECYCLING FACILITY
- RESERVATION
- ROOF LINE
- SEWER, PRIVATE
- SEWER, PUBLIC
- SITE PLAN
- SLOPE
- SOIL SCIENTIST
- SOLAR COLLECTOR (ACCESSORY)
- SOLAR COLLECTOR (PRINCIPAL)
- S
- STUDIO (ARTIST & RECORDING)
- SUBDIVIDER
- SUBDIVISION
- SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
- SUBDIVISION, MINOR
- SWIMMING POOL
- SWIMMING POOL, NONPERMANENT
- STRUCTURE, NONCONFORMING
- TATTOO PARLOR
- TENANT
- TRACT
- TREE, CANOPY
- TREE, UNDERSTORY
- USE
- USE(S), ACCESSORY
- USE, MIXED
- USE, NONCONFORMING
- USE(S), PRINCIPAL
- UTILITY EQUIPMENT & STORAGE YARD
- UTILITY, MAJOR
- UTILITY, MINOR
- VARIANCE
- VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL
- WAIVER
- WATER, PRIVATE
- WATER, PUBLIC
- WAREHOUSE (GENERAL STORAGE, ENCLOSED)
- WAREHOUSE (SELF-SERVICE)
- WORK OF ART
- ZONING DISTRICT
- ZONING VESTED RIGHT
- HAZARDOUS WASTE
- HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND DISTRICTS
- LIGHTING
- LOT AND DIMENSIONS
- SIGNS
- ANIMATED SIGN
- BANNER SIGN
- BILLBOARD
- HISTORICAL OR MEMORIAL MARKER
- CANOPY SIGN
- DIRECTIONAL SIGN
- ELECTRONIC CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN
- FREESTANDING SIGN
- GOVERNMENTAL SIGN
- IDENTIFICATION SIGN
- INFORMATION BOARD.
- INSTRUCTIONAL AND WARNING SIGN
- MARQUEE
- MARQUEE SIGN
- NONCONFORMING SIGN
- OFF-SITE DIRECTIONAL REAL ESTATE LEAD-IN SIGN
- PENNANT
- PLAYBILL
- PORTABLE SIGN
- PROJECTING SIGN
- ROOF SIGN
- SIGN
- SIGN OWNER
- SPECIAL PROMOTION
- SUSPENDED OR PROJECTING SIGN
- TEMPORARY SIGN
- TEMPORARY EVENT SIGN
- VEHICLE SIGN
- WALL SIGN
- WARNING SIGN
- WINDOW SIGN
- STREETS