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Rowan County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

- PERMITTED AND SPECIAL USES

Sec. 21-111.- Generally.

The range of uses permitted as of right and under prescribed conditions established in this article is summarized in section 21-113. Field entries are as follows:

a.

"P" means the use is "permitted by right" subject to review by planning staff in accordance with applicable ordinance standards.

b.

"P(A)" means the use is "permitted as an accessory use" subject to review by planning staff in accordance with applicable ordinance standards.

c.

"SR" means the use is permitted based on compliance with specific "special requirements" and other applicable ordinance standards subject to review by either planning staff or the board of commissioners as indicated by the requirements.

d.

"SR(A)" means the use is permitted based on compliance with specific "special requirements as an accessory use" and other applicable ordinance standards subject to review by planning staff.

e.

"S" means the use is permitted subject to the issuance of a "special use permit" by the board of commissioners.

f.

"CD" means the use is permitted subject to approval of a "conditional district" by the board of commissioners.

g.

Blank entries mean the use is not permitted in the subject zoning district.

In the event of a conflict between section 21-113 and the text of this chapter, the text shall control.

(Ord. of 1-19-98, § VI; Amend. of 1-17-23)

Sec. 21-112. - Relation to Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual, 1987; executive office of the president, office of management and budget.

Section 21-113, Table of uses, section 21-166, Parking requirements, and section 21-216, Screening and buffering are based on the SIC Manual. SIC codes followed by "(pt)" mean "part" of the uses within the specified group. Specific uses listed under headings in that manual shall be subject to the guidelines prescribed for general use categories as listed in these tables. Where specific uses are not listed, the administrator may apply the standards set forth in this chapter for similar uses.

(Ord. of 1-19-98, § VI; Amend. of 6-21-21)

Sec. 21-113. - Table of uses.

P - Permitted by Right
P(A) - Permitted as Accessory Use
SR - Permitted with Special
    Requirements
S - Special Use
CD - Conditional District
Zoning Districts
Residential Nonresidential
Use RA RR RS MHP MFR AI CBI NB INST IND
Residential
SIC Single-family dwelling, site built P P P P P P P
Single-family dwelling, modular P P P P P P P
Manufactured home P
Type I
(1)
P
Type I
(1)
P
Type I, II, III
P
Type I
(1)
P
Type I
(1)
(1) Refer to section 21-284 for exceptions to this criteria, section 21-137 for replacement of nonconforming manufactured homes and section 21-281 for temporary uses.
Duplex, individual P SR P P
Duplexes, triplexes, quadraplexes, other multi-family developments S
Accessory structure, residential P(A) P(A) P(A) P(A) P(A) P(A) P(A)
Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) SR SR SR
Customary home occupations P P P P P P P
Residential clustering S S S S
Family care homes SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
Manufactured home park S
Manufactured home park, family SR SR SR SR
Major Subdivisions for residential use P P P P P
Temporary family health care structure P (A) P (A) P (A) P (A) P (A) P (A) P (A)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
01 Agricultural production—crops P P P P P P P P P
02 Agricultural production livestock and animal specialties P P P P P P P P P
07 Agricultural services, all except P P P P P P P P P
      0741 Veterinary services for livestock SR or S SR or S P SR P
      0742 Veterinary services for animal specialties SR SR P SR P
      0751 Livestock services, except veterinary, all except SR or S SR or S P SR P
      0751
(pt)
Slaughtering, custom S P S P
      0752 Animal specialty services, except veterinary, all except SR or S SR or S P SR P
      0752
(pt)
Boarding horses, training horses, except racing P P P P P
      0752
(pt)
Animal shelter, boarding kennel, and dog pound S P S P
0782 Lawn and garden services SR SR P SR P
0783 Ornamental Shrub and Tree Services SR SR P SR P
08 Forestry P P P P P P P P P
09 Fishing, hunting and trapping P P P P P P P P P
Greenhouses P P P P P
Mining
10 Metal mining S
12 Coal mining S
13 Oil and gas extraction S
14 Mining and quarrying of non-metallic minerals except fuels, all except S
1442 Common sand mining SR SR P P
Construction
15 Building construction - general contractors and operative builders SR SR P SR P
16 Heavy construction other than building construction - contractors SR SR SR P SR P
17 Construction - special trade SR SR SR P SR P
Manufacturing
20 Food and kindred products, all except SR SR P SR P
      201 Meat products P P
      207 Fats and oils P
      208
(pt)
Winery SR or S SR or S P SR P
      2091 Canned and cured fish and seafood P P
      2092 Prepared fresh or frozen fish and seafood P P
21 Tobacco products SR SR P SR P
22 Textile mill products, all except P P
      226 Dying and finishing textiles P
23 Apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar material SR SR P SR P
24 Lumber and wood products, except furniture, all except SR SR P SR P
      241 Logging P P P P P P P P P
      2421 Sawmills and planing mills, general SR P
      2426
(pt)
Dimension, hardwood SR P
2429
(pt)
Sawmills, special product SR P
      2491 Wood preserving P
25 Furniture and fixtures SR SR P SR P
26 Paper and allied products, all except P P
      261 Pulp mills S
      262 Paper mills S
27 Printing, publishing and allied industries SR SR P SR P
28 Chemicals and allied products, all except S
      283 Drugs P P
      284 Soap, detergents, and cleaning preparations; perfumes, cosmetics, and other toilet preparations P P
29 Petroleum refining and related products S
30 Rubber and miscellaneous products SR SR P SR P
31 Leather and leather products, all except SR SR P SR P
      3111 Leather and finishing S
32 Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products, all except SR SR P SR P
      324 Hydraulic cement S
      325 Structural clay products S
      327 Concrete, gypsum and plaster products S
      329 Abrasives, asbestos, non-metallic mineral products S
33 Primary metal industries S
34 Fab. metal products, except machinery and transportation equipment, all except SR SR SR P SR P
      3483 Ammunition except for small arms S
      3489 Ordnance and accessories S
35 Industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment SR SR SR P SR P
36 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, except computer equipment, all except SR SR SR P SR P
      3612 Power distribution and specialty transformers P P
37 Transportation equipment SR SR SR P SR P
38 Measuring, analyzing and controlling instruments SR SR SR P SR P
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries SR SR SR P SR P
Transportation, communications, electric, gas and sanitary services
40 Railroad transportation P
41 Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation SR SR SR P SR P
42 Motor freight transportation and warehousing, all except SR SR SR P SR P
      421 Trucking SR SR P SR P
      4221 Farm product warehousing and storage SR or S SR or S P SR P
Dead storage of manufactured homes SR SR SR SR SR SR
      4226
(pt)
Automobile dead storage S
      4226
(pt)
Oil and gasoline storage caverns for hire and petroleum and chemical bulk stations and terminals for hire SR(A) P P
43 U.S. Postal Service P P P P P P P P P
44 Water transportation, all except P P
      4993
(pt)
Marinas P SR P
45 Transportation by air SR P P
46 Pipelines, except natural gas S S S S S S S S S
47 Transportation services, all except SR P P
      472 Arrangement of passenger transportation SR SR SR P SR P
48 Communications, all except P P
Transmission tower and wireless support structures S S S S S
Co-location of wireless facilities SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
Eligible facilities request SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
Alternative tower structures SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
Public safety tower SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
Satellite earth station SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
Utility wireless support structure SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
      4832 Radio broadcast towers S
      4833 Television broadcast towers S
49 Electric, gas and sanitary services, all except S S
Electric and water distribution lines, gas pipelines P P P P P P P P P
      491
(pt)
Residential solar energy systems SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
      491
(pt)
Nonresidential solar energy systems SR SR SR SR SR
      491
(pt)
Roof-mounted solar energy systems SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
      491
(pt)
Utility scale solar energy systems CD CD S
      494 Water supply P P P P P P P P P
      4952 Sewerage systems S S P P
      4953 Refuse systems, all prohibited except
Dumps: operation of CD S
Garbage: collecting, destroying and processing CD S
Land clearing and inert debris landfill (LCID) CD S
Landfills, sanitary: operation of CD S
Refuse systems CD S
Rubbish collection and disposal CD S
Sludge disposal sites CD S
      4959 Sanitary services, not elsewhere classified S P P
      496 Steam and air-conditioning supply P P
Wholesale trade
50 Wholesale trade - durable goods, all except SR SR P SR P
      5015 Motor vehicles parts, used (outdoor) CD S
      5015 Motor vehicle parts, used (indoor) SR SR
      5032 Brick, stone, and related construction materials P SR P
      505 Metal and minerals, except petroleum P P
      5083 Farm and garden machinery and equipment SR SR P SR P
      5093 Scrap and waste materials S
51 Wholesale trade - nondurable goods, all except SR SR P SR P
      5153 Grain and field beans SR or S SR or S P SR P
      5154 Livestock (wholesale) S
      5159 Farm product raw materials, NEC SR or S SR or S P SR P
      516 Chemical and allied products S
      517 Petroleum and petroleum products S
      5191 Farm supplies SR or S SR or S P SR P
SIC 516 and 517 were removed as special uses in the CBI district as a result of Z-10-04 text amendments.
Retail trade
52 Building materials, hardware, garden supplies, and mobile home dealers SR SR P SR P
53 General merchandise stores SR SR P SR P
54 Food stores SR SR P SR P
55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations SR SR P SR P
56 Apparel and accessory stores SR SR P SR P
57 Home furniture, furnishings and equipment stores SR SR P SR P
58 Eating and drinking places, all except SR SR P SR P
      5813 Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) S P
59 Miscellaneous retail SR SR P SR P
Finance, insurance and real estate
60 Depository institutions SR SR P SR P
61 Nondepository institutions SR SR P SR P
62 Security and commodity brokers SR SR P SR P
63 Insurance carriers SR SR P SR P
64 Insurance agents, brokers and service SR SR P SR P
65 Real estate SR SR P SR P
67 Holding and other investment offices SR SR P SR P
Services
70 Hotels, rooming houses, camps and other lodging places, all except SR SR P SR
      7011 Cabins S S S
      7032 Sporting and recreational camps S S P SR P P
      7033 Campgrounds and RV parks S S S
72 Personal services, all except SR SR P SR P
      7261
(pt)
Crematories P P
73 Business services SR SR SR P SR P
75 Automotive repair, services, and parking SR SR P SR P
      7549
(pt)
Automobile towing with storage CD S
76 Miscellaneous repair services SR SR SR P SR P
78 Motion pictures SR SR P SR P
79 Amusement and recreational services, all except SR SR P SR P
      7948
(pt)
Racetrack operation, including speedways, go-kart tracks and dragstrips S S
Motorsports racing complex CD
      7941 Sports clubs and promoters S S
      7992 Public golf courses S S P
      7996 Amusement parks S S
      7997 Membership sports and recreation clubs, all except SR or S SR or S SR P SR P
      7997
(pt)
Gun clubs, shooting clubs S S S
      7997
(pt)
Baseball club, football club, soccer club, and similar athletic field operation CD S
      7999 Amusement and recreation services, NEC, all except SR P SR P
      7999
(pt)
Archery ranges, shooting ranges, skeet shooting, and trapshooting facilities (outdoor) S S S
      7999
(pt)
Archery and shooting range (indoor) SR SR SR SR
      7999
(pt)
Horse shows, rentals of saddle horses, riding academies and schools, riding stables, rodeo operation S S P SR P
      7999
(pt)
Boat/canoe rental for pleasure or fishing, operation of fishing pier and lake S S P SR P
      7999
(pt)
Day camps, sports instructional schools and camps S S P SR P
      7999
(pt)
Model automobile racing S P SR P
Public parks P P P P P P P P P
80 Health services, all except SR SR P SR P P
      8059
(pt)
Convalescent homes for psychiatric patients S S S
8063 Psychiatric hospitals S S S
      8069
(pt)
Drug addiction rehab, alcohol rehab hospitals S S S
      8093
(pt)
Drug and alcohol treatment, outpatient clinics P P P
81 Legal services SR SR P SR P
82 Educational services, all except P P P SR P P P P
Facilities which provide overnight habitation SR
83 Social services, all except SR SR P SR P P
      8322 Individual and family social services P S P P
      8351
(pt)
Family child care home P P P P P P P
      8351
(pt)
Child care center SR SR P SR P P
      8361 Residential care, all except S S S
      8361
(pt)
Homes for the aged and rest homes with incidental health care SR SR P SR P P
84 Museums, art galleries and botanical gardens, all except SR SR P SR P P
8422 Zoological parks CD S
86 Membership organizations, all except SR SR P SR P P
8641 Civic, service and social fraternities S P SR P P
      8661
(pt)
Churches P P P P P P P P P
87 Engineering, accounting, res. management and rel. services SR SR P SR P
88 Private households P P P P P P P
89 Miscellaneous services SR SR P SR P
Public administration
91 Executive, legislative and general government, except finance SR P P P
92 Justice, public order and safety, all except P P P
9221 Police protection P P P P P SR P P P P
9224 Fire protection P P P P P SR P P P P
Ambulance stations P P P P P SR P P P P
Rescue squads P P P P P SR P P P P
93 Public finance, taxation and monetary policy P P P
94 Administration of human resource programs P P P
95 Administration of environmental quality and housing programs P P P
96 Administration of economic programs P P P
97 National security and international affairs P P P P
Solid waste and recycling convenience center P P P P P P P P P
Unclassified uses
Adult uses S
Event center S S P S P
Major subdivisions for nonresidential use P P P P
Multi-tenant developments SR SR SR SR SR
Construction and demolition landfill S
Residential storage facility SR or S SR or S SR or S P P
SEE ARTICLE III. FOR SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIAL USE CRITERIA FOR SPECIFIC USES.

 

(Ord. of 1-19-98, § VI; Ord. of 4-20-98; Ord. of 2-1-99(1), § 13; Ord. of 10-18-99(2), § 3; Ord. of 7-9-01; Ord. of 3-18-02(2); Ord. of 3-18-02(3); Ord. of 6-17-02; Ord. of 8-19-02(2); Ord. of 4-21-03; Ord. of 5-19-03; Ord. of 8-16-04; Amend. of 3-7-05; Amend. of 7-1-05; Amend. of 2-20-06(1); Amend. of 4-21-08; Amend. of 6-16-08; Amend. of 10-4-10; Amend. of 9-6-11; Amend. of 3-5-12; Amend. of 3-4-13; Amend. of 8-19-13; Amend. of 12-2-13; Amend. of 4-21-14; Amend. of 9-6-16; Amend. of 2-6-17; Amend. of 1-16-18; Amend. of 6-4-18; Amend. of 10-15-18; Amend. of 2-4-19; Amend. of 9-3-19; Amend. of 7-13-20(1); Ord. of 4-5-21(1); Amend. of 6-21-21; Amend. of 6-20-22; Amend. of 9-19-22; Amend. of 10-16-23; Amend. of 3-18-24; Amend. of 12-02-24; Amend. of 12-02-24; Amend. of 9-15-25; Amend. of 9-15-25)