(a)

Intent. The intent of the B-2 general business district is to serve both permanent residents and visitors with a broad range of services, commodities, and uses, including residential neighborhoods and an "everyday town center," as described in the Manteo Plan Update of 2004.

Single-family residential subdivisions are allowed. To promote compatibility with other zones, new construction and additions shall conform to design guidelines in the Manteo Way of Building. New subdivisions should be platted on the Manteo street grid and require connectivity with adjoining properties and existing neighborhoods to promote better traffic circulation. Single-family lots shall have a minimum of 7,500 square feet.

Multi-family uses are allowed to achieve diversity in housing types. Maximum density shall not exceed six dwelling units for each buildable acre.

The limitation of buildings to 20,000 square feet or less shall promote a vital, thriving, and locally based service and retail economy.

Running down the center of this district is the Roanoke Voyages Corridor, comprising US 64 Business. A tree-lined streetscape with vegetated buffers between residential and commercial uses sets the tone of a busy, yet pleasant experience for people as they walk, drive, or ride bicycles in the district. To enhance the streetscape, buildings rather than parking lots should be placed in proximity to the corridor, in accordance with the Comprehensive Development Code. Pedestrian and bicycle travel is encouraged, as well as other transportation options to reduce vehicular traffic. Curb cuts along the corridor shall be kept to a minimum, shared by properties, or eliminated wherever possible, to reduce the number of traffic conflict points. Stormwater runoff shall be managed on site and shall be prohibited from entering public trust waters. Engineered storm water plans shall be required.

Lighting shall be kept to the lowest possible candlepower to avoid light pollution, while maintaining a pleasant and safe nighttime experience.

All proposed development in the B-2, general business district shall be consistent with the principles stated in the Town of Manteo Plan Update and the adopted design guidelines entitled Design Guidelines: The Manteo Way of Building, particularly "Everyday Town Center." Where differences occur over interpretation of uses and requirements set forth in the zoning regulations, the companion documents in the Comprehensive Development Code shall be used as a guide for resolving conflicting points of view. Where town jurisdiction overlaps with that of the Roanoke Voyages Corridor Committee, site review of landscaping, signs, curb cuts, and utilities shall be coordinated between the two jurisdictions, with the more stringent regulations of the two being applicable.

(b)

All proposed development in the B-2 zone shall:

(1)

Maintain or enhance the public health, safety and welfare;

(2)

Maintain or enhance the value of adjacent property or be a public necessity;

(3)

Comply with the general intent of the B-2 zone for the physical development of the area;

(4)

Contribute architecturally to the traditional village-like atmosphere of the historic town; and

(5)

Comply with all other regulations contained in this ordinance.

(Ord. of 9-14-2005, § 8.1)

Commercial use:

(a)

Minimum lot size: Commercial lots shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate siting for structures and to provide off-street parking, loading, and maneuvering space for vehicles and meet all of the other requirements of this ordinance.

(b)

Minimum front yard: 15 feet.

(c)

Minimum side yard: Ten feet. An additional five feet side yard adjacent to the street is required for a corner lot.

(d)

Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.

(e)

Maximum allowable lot coverage: 55 percent. All lot coverage calculations must exclude all areas identified by C.A.M.A. as Coastal Wetlands and all areas identified as wetlands by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;

(f)

Height limitation: 36 feet to the top plate of the highest habitable space, not to exceed three habitable floors;

(g)

A sidewalk at least five feet wide is required for all uses. Sidewalks as wide as ten feet may be required for high use areas.

(h)

Maximum square footage: Shall not exceed 20,000 square feet of total building area (this does not include schools, colleges, universities, community colleges, churches, or government buildings), whether on one floor or multiple floors, including porches, decks, and accessory uses under one roof except any building and its use existing on or before June 2002 shall be grandfathered and allowed to remain and/or be rebuilt at the pre-existing square footage provided the new structure meets other applicable zoning requirements. Separate buildings may not be connected when the total square footage of the connected structures exceeds 20,000 square feet. Separate buildings shall be separated by at least 20 feet.

Mixed use residential above commercial.

The Town of Manteo encourages year around residential dwelling units above commercial uses in its B-2 zone and offers a lot coverage bonus from 55 percent to 70 percent if for every 1,000 square feet of first floor commercial, a minimum of 500 square feet of residential dwelling units are provided on the second floor. The entire first floor shall be commercial use.

(a)

Maximum density: Shall not exceed six dwelling units per acre.

(b)

Minimum lot size: For mixed use residential above commercial, the lots shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate siting for structures and to provide off-street parking, loading, and maneuvering space for vehicles and meet all of the other requirements of this ordinance;

(c)

Minimum front yard: 15 feet.

(d)

Minimum side yard: Ten feet. An additional five-foot side yard adjacent to the street is required for a corner lot.

(e)

Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.

(f)

Maximum allowable lot coverage: 55 percent but may be increased to 70 percent if for every 1,000 square feet of first floor commercial, a minimum of 500 square feet of residential dwelling units are provided on the second floor. All lot coverage calculations must exclude all areas identified by C.A.M.A. as Coastal Wetlands and all areas identified as wetlands by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(g)

Height limitation: 36 feet to the top plate of the highest habitable space, not to exceed three habitable floors.

(h)

A sidewalk at least five feet wide is required for all uses. Sidewalks as wide as ten feet may be required for high use areas.

(i)

Maximum square footage: Shall not exceed 20,000 square feet of total building area, whether on one floor or multiple floors, including porches, decks, and accessory uses, under one roof. Separate buildings may not be connected when the total square footage of the connected structures exceeds 20,000 square feet. Separate buildings shall be separated by at least 20 feet. However, by a four-fifths majority vote of the Planning and Zoning Board and the Board of Commissioners a ground level one story open covered walkway may be approved.

Multi-family use:

(a)

Maximum density: shall not exceed six dwelling units per acre.

(b)

Minimum lot size: Multi-family use lots shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate siting for structures and to provide off-street parking, loading, and maneuvering space for vehicles and meet all of the other requirements of this ordinance.

(c)

Minimum front yard: 15 feet.

(d)

Minimum side yard: Ten feet. An additional five-foot side yard adjacent to the street is required for a corner lot.

(e)

Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.

(f)

Maximum allowable lot coverage: 35 percent. All lot coverage calculations must exclude all areas identified by C.A.M.A. as Coastal Wetlands and all areas identified as wetlands by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(g)

Height limitation: 36 feet to the top plate of the highest habitable space, not to exceed three habitable floors.

(h)

A sidewalk at least five feet wide is required for all uses. Sidewalks as wide as ten feet may be required for high use areas.

(i)

Maximum square footage: Multi-family buildings shall not exceed 20,000 square feet of total building area, whether on one floor or multiple floors, including porches, decks, and accessory uses under one roof. Separate buildings may not be connected when the total square footage of the connected structures exceeds 20,000 square feet. Separate buildings shall be separated by at least 20 feet.

Single-family.

(a)

Minimum lot size: 7,500 square feet.

(b)

Minimum lot width: 50 feet, measured at the building setback line.

(c)

Minimum front yard: 15 feet.

(d)

Minimum side yard: Ten feet. An additional five-foot side yard adjacent to the street is required for a corner lot.

(e)

Minimum rear yard: 20 percent of the lot depth, not to exceed 20 feet.

(f)

Maximum allowable lot coverage 30 percent except that the lot coverage may be increased by eight percent providing the increased lot coverage is in detached structures such as garages, barns, accessory dwelling units, and other customary outbuildings.

(g)

Height limitation: 36 feet to the top plate of the highest habitable space, not to exceed three habitable floors.

(h)

Maximum square footage: Shall not exceed 20,000 square feet of total building area, whether on one floor or multiple floors, including porches, decks, and accessory uses under one roof. Separate buildings may not be connected when the total square footage of the connected structures exceeds 20,000 square feet. Separate buildings shall be separated by at least 20 feet.

(Ord. of 9-14-2005, § 8.2; Ord. No. 2008-3Z, 9-3-2008; Ord. No. 2020-08Z, § III(Pt. I), 11-18-2020)

The following uses are permitted by right and may be approved by the zoning administrator:

(1)

Single-family detached residence only (not including mobile homes.

(2)

Duplex.

(Ord. of 9-14-2005, § 8.3; Ord. of 4-4-2007(2), § 5; Ord. No. ZTA-2022-03Z, Art. III, Pt. 2, 9-7-2022)

The following uses are permitted by right and may be approved by the Planning and Zoning Board:

(1)

Home occupations;

(2)

Temporary structures used in connection with the construction of a permanent building or for some non-recurring purpose;

(3)

Accessory dwelling units;

(4)

Automobile parking lots, not located on a lot on which there is another principal use to which the parking is related.

(Ord. of 9-14-2005, § 8.4; Ord. No. 2009-3Z, 1-7-2009)

The following are uses that may be permitted by the issuance of a special use permit, subject to the requirements of this district and additional regulations and requirements imposed by the town commissioners:

(1)

Hotels, motels, and similar businesses or institutions providing overnight accommodations;

(2)

Conference and event hotels;

(3)

Multi-family residences;

(4)

Mixed use residential above commercial;

(5)

Retail, such as antiques, books and printing, cameras, candy, clothing, craft goods, drugs, dry goods, flowers, furniture, gifts, hardware, hobby goods, jewelry, leather goods, magazines, musical instruments, notions, souvenirs, sporting goods, and toys;

(6)

Restaurants, eat-in, carry out or delivery service; no drive-through service allowed;

(7)

Grocery stores;

(8)

Appliance stores;

(9)

Convenience stores without fuel pumps;

(10)

Service, such as barber and beauty shops, seafood markets, and shoe repair;

(11)

Day care centers;

(12)

Offices, including business, financial, governmental, medical and professional;

(13)

Banks with drive-in windows;

(14)

Boat manufacturing, in a structure less than 3,000 square feet;

(15)

Libraries, museums, art galleries, art centers, historic sites, youth centers, and similar uses, including associated educational and instructional activities;

(16)

Elementary, middle, and high schools, including associated grounds and athletic and other facilities;

(17)

Colleges and universities, including associated facilities such as dormitories (suites without a cook stove is not considered a dwelling unit for density), offices, buildings, athletic fields;

(18)

Churches, synagogues and temples, including associated residential structures for religious personnel, and associated buildings;

(19)

Social, fraternal clubs and lodges;

(20)

Indoor athletic and exercise facilities;

(21)

Movie theaters;

(22)

Publicly-owned and operated outdoor recreational facilities such as athletic fields, tennis courts, and skateboard parks;

(23)

Assisted-living, progressive care and nursing homes (assisted-living apartments without a cook stove is not considered a dwelling unit for density);

(24)

Veterinarian, animal clinic, animal boarding facility;

(25)

Police stations;

(26)

Fire stations and fire department training facility;

(27)

Rescue squad; ambulance service;

(28)

Post offices;

(29)

Traditional fishing operations;

(30)

Dry cleaners, laundromat, laundries;

(31)

Municipal utility facilities;

(32)

Private utility facilities;

(33)

Electric substation;

(34)

Towers and related structures;

(35)

Bus station;

(36)

Taxi operation, water or land;

(37)

Commercial greenhouse or nursery;

(38)

Subdivisions;

(39)

Supplementary uses (see Article XII):

a.

Adult entertainment establishments or sexually oriented businesses (refer to G.S. § 14-202.10; .11; and .12);

b.

Auto sales, auto repair, auto body shop, boat sales and boat service;

c.

Car or boat storage;

d.

Self-service storage;

e.

Marina;

f.

Storage;

g.

Telecommunication towers;

h.

Automobile service stations and convenience stores with fuel pumps;

i.

Internet Sweepstakes establishments.

(40)

Farm, produce and craft markets, seafood;

(41)

Craft distillery;

(42)

Pawnshops;

(43)

Tattoo parlor/studio.

(Ord. of 9-14-2005, § 8.5; Ord. No. 2009-3Z, 1-7-2009; Ord. No. 2012-10Z, 11-7-2012; Ord. No. 2013-10Z, 12-18-2013; Ord. No. 2015-02Z, 3-4-2015; Ord. No. 2017-06Z, 10-4-2017; Ord. No. 2019-02Z, 10-2-2019; Ord. No. ZTA-21-02, Art. III(Pt. 34), 6-16-2021; Ord. No. ZTA-21-03, 8-4-2021; Ord. No. ZTA-2022-04Z, Art. III, Pt. I, 9-7-2022; Ord. No. 2025-3ZTA, Art. III(Pt. II), 7-16-2025)

Editor's note— Ord. No. ZTA-21-02, Art. III(Pt. 34), adopted June 16, 2021, changed the title of § 8-5 from "Conditional uses permitted by town commissioners" to read as herein set out.

(a)

Refer to the Design Guidelines: The Manteo Way of Building. In addition to the requirements in the Guideline, Architectural character of the building shall conform to the following:

(1)

Facades in excess of 50 horizontal feet must have visual breaks and incorporate physical recesses and projections of roof or wall. Recesses shall extend at least four feet inward from a line drawn through the basic facade plane on the site plan. Projections shall extend at least four foot outward from a line drawn through the basic facade plane on the site plan. There shall be a recess or a projection at least every 50 feet of the basic facade.

(2)

At least two of the following are required in addition to traditional pitched roofs:

a.

Windows;

b.

Porches;

c.

Canopies or porticos, integrated with the building's massing and style;

d.

Arcades, minimum of eight feet clear in width;

e.

Clock or bell towers or other such roof treatments (dormers, belvedere, cupolas, etc.);

f.

Other design elements not listed are subject to consideration and approval of the Planning and Zoning Board and the town commissioners.

(b)

Materials: Exterior materials shall be traditional outer banks building materials such as horizontal siding, wood shingles, common red brick, and board and batten. All sides must be of the same material.

(c)

Pedestrian safety: Internal pedestrian walkways must be distinguished from vehicular surfaces through the use of special pavers, bricks, exposed aggregate, or scored concrete for pedestrian safety. A continuous pedestrian walkway shall be provided from the perimeter sidewalk to the principal customer entry.

(d)

Colleges, universities and community colleges: Site design for colleges, universities and community colleges shall refer to the guideline and the remainder of this section except for the following matters:

(1)

Exterior brick foundations need not be red brick if the remainder of the structure is a modern interpretation of Outer Banks building materials such as horizontal siding and the same materials need not be used on all sides of the building.

(2)

Buildings may exceed 20,000 square feet.

(3)

Parking may be provided between the front of the building or campus and the street, and the building need not front a public right-of-way.

(4)

Building façade materials may be scaled to the size of the building or a maximum of an eight-foot dimension.

(5)

Parking areas need not be permeable pavement.

(Ord. of 9-14-2005, § 8.6; Ord. No. 2020-08Z, § III(Pt. III), 11-18-2020)