Sections

• GENERAL PROVISIONS
  • Sec. 152.001 - Title and purpose.
  • Sec. 152.002 - Definitions.
  • Sec. 152.003 - Minimum regulations.
  • Sec. 152.004 - Authority.
  • Sec. 152.005 - Jurisdiction.
  • Sec. 152.006 - Effective date.
  • Sec. 152.007 - Existing provisions.
  • Sec. 152.008 - Relationship to official zoning map and development plans.
  • Sec. 152.009 - No use or sale of land or buildings except in conformity with provisions.
  • Sec. 152.010 - Interlocal agreements between town and county for the provision of floodplain management, fire inspection and building inspections.
  • Sec. 152.011 - Fees.
  • Sec. 152.012 - Remedies.
  • Sec. 152.013 - Complaints regarding violations.
  • Sec. 152.014 - Adoption by reference.
• ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISMS
  • Sec. 152.025 - Planning board.
  • Sec. 152.026 - Board of adjustment.
  • Sec. 152.027 - Ordinance administrator.
  • Sec. 152.028 - Board of commissioners.
  • Sec. 152.029 - General use district rezoning and text amendments.
  • Sec. 152.030 - Conditional zoning.
  • Sec. 152.031 - Appeals, variances and interpretations.
  • Sec. 152.032 - Hearing procedures for appeals and applications.
  • Sec. 152.033 - Enforcement and review.
• PERMITS AND FINAL PLAT APPROVAL
  • Sec. 152.045 - Zoning, special use and conditional use permits.
  • Sec. 152.046 - Major and minor subdivisions.
• NONCONFORMING SITUATIONS
  • Sec. 152.060 - Definitions.
  • Sec. 152.061 - Continuation of nonconforming situations and completion of nonconforming projects.
  • Sec. 152.062 - Nonconforming lots.
  • Sec. 152.063 - Extension or enlargement of nonconforming situations.
  • Sec. 152.064 - Repair, maintenance and reconstruction.
  • Sec. 152.065 - Change in use of property where a nonconforming situation exists.
  • Sec. 152.066 - Abandonment and discontinuance of nonconforming situations.
  • Sec. 152.067 - Completion of nonconforming projects.
  • Sec. 152.068 - Nonconforming freestanding signs.
• ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP
  • Sec. 152.080 - Residential.
  • Sec. 152.081 - Commercial.
  • Sec. 152.082 - Industrial districts.
  • Sec. 152.083 - Watershed protection overlay district.
  • Sec. 152.084 - Planned unit development.
  • Sec. 152.085 - Floodplain and floodway districts.
  • Sec. 152.086 - Conditional zoning districts.
  • Sec. 152.087 - Landfill district.
  • Sec. 152.088 - Official zoning map.
  • Sec. 152.089 - Amendments to official zoning map.
• TABLE OF PERMISSIBLE USES
  • Sec. 152.100 - Definitions.
  • Sec. 152.101 - Use of the designations P, S, C.
  • Sec. 152.102 - Board of adjustment jurisdiction over uses otherwise permissible with a zoning permit.
  • Sec. 152.103 - Permissible uses and specific exclusions.
  • Sec. 152.104 - Accessory uses.
  • Sec. 152.105 - Permissible uses not requiring permits.
  • Sec. 152.106 - Change in use.
  • Sec. 152.107 - Combination uses.
  • Sec. 152.108 - More specific use controls.
  • Sec. 152.109 - Table of permissible uses.
• SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS
  • Sec. 152.120 - Planned residential developments.
  • Sec. 152.121 - Planned unit developments.
  • Sec. 152.122 - Temporary emergency, construction or repair residences.
  • Sec. 152.123 - Special events and theaters.
  • Sec. 152.124 - Sexually oriented businesses.
  • Sec. 152.125 - Multi-family downtown development.
  • Sec. 152.126 - Temporary vehicle storage, accessory use.
  • Sec. 152.127 - Landfills.
  • Sec. 152.128 - Reoccurring special events.
  • Sec. 152.128.1 - Electronic gaming operations
  • Sec. 152.128.2 - Solar farms.
  • Sec. 152.129 - Industrial/processing performance standards.
  • Sec. 152.130 - Fences.
  • Sec. 152.131 - Junkyards and salvage yards.
  • Sec. 152.132 - Recycling operations.
• DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS
  • Sec. 152.140 - Minimum lot size.
  • Sec. 152.141 - Residential density.
  • Sec. 152.142 - Minimum lot widths.
  • Sec. 152.143 - Building setback requirements.
  • Sec. 152.144 - Accessory building setback requirements.
  • Sec. 152.145 - Cluster subdivisions.
  • Sec. 152.146 - Multi-family residential subdivisions.
  • Sec. 152.147 - Density on lots where portion dedicated to town.
• RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACE
  • Sec. 152.160 - Mini-parks required.
  • Sec. 152.161 - Mini-parks: purpose and standards.
  • Sec. 152.162 - Usable open space.
  • Sec. 152.163 - Ownership and maintenance of recreational areas and required open space.
  • Sec. 152.164 - Dedication of open space.
  • Sec. 152.165 - Homeowners associations.
  • Sec. 152.166 - Flexibility in administration authorized.
• STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
  • Sec. 152.180 - Street classification.
  • Sec. 152.181 - Access to lots.
  • Sec. 152.182 - Access to arterial streets.
  • Sec. 152.183 - Entrances to streets.
  • Sec. 152.184 - Coordination with surrounding streets.
  • Sec. 152.185 - Relationship of streets to topography.
  • Sec. 152.186 - Street width, sidewalk and drainage requirements in subdivisions.
  • Sec. 152.187 - General layout of streets.
  • Sec. 152.188 - Street intersections.
  • Sec. 152.189 - Construction standards and specifications.
  • Sec. 152.190 - Public streets and private roads in subdivisions.
  • Sec. 152.191 - Road and sidewalk requirements in unsubdivided developments.
  • Sec. 152.192 - Attention to handicapped street and sidewalk construction.
  • Sec. 152.193 - Street names and house numbers.
  • Sec. 152.194 - Bridges.
  • Sec. 152.195 - Utilities.
• UTILITIES
  • Sec. 152.205 - Utility ownership and easement rights.
  • Sec. 152.206 - Lots served by town/county owned water or sewer lines.
  • Sec. 152.207 - Sewage disposal facilities required.
  • Sec. 152.208 - Determination of compliance.
  • Sec. 152.209 - Water supply systems required.
  • Sec. 152.210 - Determination of compliance.
  • Sec. 152.211 - Lighting requirements.
  • Sec. 152.212 - Dark sky illumination required.
  • Sec. 152.213 - Telephone service.
  • Sec. 152.214 - Utilities.
  • Sec. 152.215 - As-built drawings required.
  • Sec. 152.216 - Fire hydrants.
  • Sec. 152.217 - Sites for and screening of dumpsters.
• FLOODWAYS, FLOODPLAINS, DRAINAGE AND EROSION
  • Sec. 152.230 - Definitions.
  • Sec. 152.231 - Artificial obstructions within floodways prohibited.
  • Sec. 152.232 - Designation of the floodplain administrator.
  • Sec. 152.233 - Construction within floodways, non-encroachment areas and floodplains.
  • Sec. 152.234 - Special provisions for subdivisions.
  • Sec. 152.235 - Water supply and sanitary sewer systems in floodways and floodplains.
  • Sec. 152.236 - Additional duties of flood plain administrator related to flood insurance and flood control.
  • Sec. 152.237 - Location of boundaries of floodplain and floodway districts.
  • Sec. 152.238 - Natural drainage system utilized to extent feasible.
  • Sec. 152.239 - Developments must drain properly.
  • Sec. 152.240 - Storm water management.
  • Sec. 152.241 - North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ) storm water permit required.
  • Sec. 152.242 - Storm water management facility maintenance agreement.
  • Sec. 152.243 - Storm water management facility approval prior to certificate of occupancy.
  • Sec. 152.244 - Sedimentation and erosion control.
• SIGN REGULATIONS
  • Sec. 152.255 - Purpose; applicability; definitions.
  • Sec. 152.256 - Signs excluded from regulation.
  • Sec. 152.257 - Prohibited signs.
  • Sec. 152.258 - Permit procedure.
  • Sec. 152.259 - Signs which do not require a permit.
  • Sec. 152.260 - On premises sign regulation.
  • Sec. 152.261 - Signs permitted in R-8, R-10, R-20 and RA-40 districts.
  • Sec. 152.262 - Signs permitted in the CBD district.
  • Sec. 152.263 - Signs permitted in the TBD district.
  • Sec. 152.264 - Signs permitted in the industrial district.
  • Sec. 152.265 - Sign regulations for commercial developments.
  • Sec. 152.266 - Temporary signs.
  • Sec. 152.267 - Permitted sign fixtures.
  • Sec. 152.268 - Exceptions and modifications.
  • Sec. 152.269 - Business set back from its major access road by 200 feet or more.
  • Sec. 152.270 - Signs permitted by special use permit.
  • Sec. 152.271 - Maintenance of signs.
  • Sec. 152.272 - Relocation of signs.
• PARKING
  • Sec. 152.285 - Definitions.
  • Sec. 152.286 - Number of parking spaces required.
  • Sec. 152.287 - Parking requirements.
  • Sec. 152.288 - Flexibility in administration required.
  • Sec. 152.289 - Parking space dimensions.
  • Sec. 152.290 - Required widths of parking area aisles and driveways.
  • Sec. 152.291 - General design requirements.
  • Sec. 152.292 - Vehicle accommodation area surfaces.
  • Sec. 152.293 - Joint use of required parking spaces.
  • Sec. 152.294 - Satellite parking.
  • Sec. 152.295 - Special provisions for lots with existing buildings.
  • Sec. 152.296 - Loading and unloading areas.
  • Sec. 152.297 - Gross leasable area of building.
• SCREENING AND TREES
  • Sec. 152.310 - Board of commissioners findings; screening requirements.
  • Sec. 152.311 - General screening standard.
  • Sec. 152.312 - Compliance with screening standard.
  • Sec. 152.313 - Descriptions of screens.
  • Sec. 152.314 - Flexibility in administration required.
  • Sec. 152.315 - Combination uses.
  • Sec. 152.316 - Subdivisions.
  • Sec. 152.317 - Board of commissioners findings and declaration of policy on shade trees.
  • Sec. 152.318 - Required trees along dedicated streets.
  • Sec. 152.319 - Retention and protection of large trees.
  • Sec. 152.320 - Shade trees in parking areas.
• LANDFILL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
  • Sec. 152.330 - Purpose.
  • Sec. 152.331 - Definitions.
  • Sec. 152.332 - Conditional use rezoning required.
  • Sec. 152.333 - Supplementary use regulations.
  • Sec. 152.334 - Board approval.
  • Sec. 152.335 - Inspection.
  • Sec. 152.336 - Injunction.
• MANUFACTURED (MOBILE) HOME PARK REGULATIONS
  • Sec. 152.350 - Purpose.
  • Sec. 152.351 - Intent.
  • Sec. 152.352 - Definitions.
  • Sec. 152.353 - Development of a manufactured home rental community plan.
  • Sec. 152.354 - Review and approval of the plan.
  • Sec. 152.355 - Design standards.
  • Sec. 152.356 - Inspections.
  • Sec. 152.357 - Existing manufactured home rental communities.
  • Sec. 152.358 - Request for annexation.
  • Sec. 152.999 - Penalty.