Rowan County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE III
SITE PLANS, SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS, RURAL HOME OCCUPATIONS, SPECIAL USE PERMITS, CONDITIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS, AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE NB DISTRICT2
Sections
- Sec. 21-51.- Purpose.
- Sec. 21-52. - Site plan required.
- Sec. 21-53. - Permitted uses with special requirements and rural home occupations (RHOs).
- Sec. 21-54. - Reserved.
- Sec. 21-55. - General criteria for RHO uses listed as SR in section 21-113.
- Sec. 21-56. - Specific criteria for uses listed as SR in section 21-113.
- Sec. 21-57. - Review and approval of special uses.
- Sec. 21-58. - Review procedures.
- Sec. 21-59. - Evaluation criteria.
- Sec. 21-60. - Special use requirements for specific uses.
- Sec. 21-61. - Conditional districts.
- Sec. 21-62. - Effect of approval for conditional districts.
- Sec. 21-63. - Application re-submittal for special use permits and conditional districts.
- Sec. 21-64. - Conditional district standards for specific uses.
- Sec. 21-65. - General criteria for uses listed as SR in the NB District in section 21-113.
- Sec. 21-66. - General criteria for uses listed as SR in the AI District in section 21-113.
ARTICLE VI
NONCONFORMING SITUATIONS3
Sections
- Sec. 21-131.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 21-132. - General provisions.
- Sec. 21-133. - Continuation of nonconforming use of land.
- Sec. 21-134. - Conditions for continuance for a change in nonconforming situation.
- Sec. 21-135. - Extension, enlargement or replacement of a nonconforming use.
- Sec. 21-136. - Repairing damaged nonconforming structures.
- Sec. 21-137. - Abandonment and discontinuance.
- Sec. 21-138. - Miscellaneous nonconforming situations.
- Sec. 21-139. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 21-140. - Projections into required setbacks.
- Sec. 21-141. - Reserved.
ARTICLE IX
SCREENING AND BUFFERING
Sections
- Sec. 21-211.- Purpose.
- Sec. 21-212. - Applicability.
- Sec. 21-213. - Buffer requirements.
- Sec. 21-214. - Letter of compliance.
- Sec. 21-215. - Required screening type.
- Sec. 21-216. - Screening and buffering.
- Sec. 21-217. - Alternative buffers and screening.
- Sec. 21-218. - Existing vegetation.
- Sec. 21-219. - Applicability of screening and buffering requirements.
ARTICLE X
- NUISANCES
Sections
- Sec. 21-241.- Noise.
- Sec. 21-242. - Fumes and odors.
- Sec. 21-243. - Vibration.
- Sec. 21-244. - Junked motor vehicles.
- Sec. 21-245. - Standards for junked motor vehicles stored at nonconforming automobile repair facilities.
- Sec. 21-246. - Standards for automobile salvage yards.
- Sec. 21-247. - Nonconforming salvage yards existing on February 16, 1998.
- Sec. 21-248. - Removal of junked or abandoned vehicles.
- Sec. 21-249. - Order to remove, disposal by county.
ARTICLE XI
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 21-271.- Generally.
- Sec. 21-272. - Issuance of permits.
- Sec. 21-273. - Type and number of uses permitted in all zones.
- Sec. 21-274. - Visibility at intersections.
- Sec. 21-275. - Antennae.
- Sec. 21-276. - Skirting of manufactured homes.
- Sec. 21-277. - Exceptions and modifications.
- Sec. 21-278. - Skirting in existing manufactured home parks.
- Sec. 21-279. - Exceptions for certain turkey shoots.
- Sec. 21-280. - Construction trailers.
- Sec. 21-281. - Temporary uses.
- Sec. 21-282. - Reserved.
- Sec. 21-283. - Maintenance of manufactured home parks.
- Sec. 21-284. - Location of manufactured homes not provided in the table of uses.
- Sec. 21-285. - Accessory structures.
ARTICLE XII
ADMINISTRATION AND HEARING REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 21-311.- Board of commissioners.
- Sec. 21-312. - Planning board.
- Sec. 21-313. - Board of adjustment (BOA).
- Sec. 21-314. - Planning department.
- Sec. 21-315. - Hearing procedures for zoning map and text amendments, high use and special use permits, variances, and appeals.
- Sec. 21-316. - Exceptions for mailed notice requirements for large-scale rezoning.
- Sec. 21-317. - High density development permit application.
- Sec. 21-318. - Density averaging permit application.