Selma City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 17-100.- Short title.
- Sec. 17-101. - Authority.
- Sec. 17-102. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 17-103. - Jurisdiction.
- Sec. 17-104. - Effective date.
- Sec. 17-105. - Relationship to existing zoning, subdivision, and flood control ordinances.
- Sec. 17-106. - Relationship to land development plan.
- Sec. 17-107. - No use or sale of land or buildings except in conformity with ordinance provisions.
- Sec. 17-108. - Fees.
- Sec. 17-109. - Severability.
- Sec. 17-110. - Computation of time.
- Sec. 17-111. - Repeal of existing ordinances.
- Sec. 17-112. - Conflict with other laws.
- Sec. 17-113. - Miscellaneous.
ARTICLE III
ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - ZONING DISTRICTS
- Sec. 17-300. - Establishment and intent of zoning districts.
- Sec. 17-301. - Residential-Agriculture District established.
- Sec. 17-302. - Low Density Residential District established.
- Sec. 17-303. - Medium Density Residential District established.
- Sec. 17-304. - High Density Residential District established.
- Sec. 17-305. - Transitional Residential District established.
- Sec. 17-306. - Mobile Home Park Residential District established.
- Sec. 17-307. - Commercial districts established.
- Sec. 17-308. - Planned Unit Development District established.
- Sec. 17-309. - Industrial districts established.
- Sec. 17-310. - Conditional zoning districts established.
- Sec. 17-311. - Overlay districts established.
- DIVISION 2. - ZONING MAP
ARTICLE IV
PERMISSIBLE USES
Sections
- PART 1. - GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT PERMISSIBLE USES
- Sec. 17-400. - Intent.
- Sec. 17-401. - Table of Permissible Uses.
- Sec. 17-402. - Use of the designations P or SUP in Table of Permissible Uses.
- Sec. 17-403. - Town Council jurisdiction over uses otherwise permissible with a zoning permit.
- Sec. 17-404. - Permissible uses and specific exclusions.
- Sec. 17-405. - Accessory uses.
- Sec. 17-406. - Permissible uses not requiring permits.
- Sec. 17-407. - Change in use.
- Sec. 17-408. - Combination uses.
- Sec. 17-409. - More specific use controls.
- Sec. 17-410. - Table of Permitted Uses.
- Sec. 17-411. - Zoning map determinations.
- PART 2. - OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- PART 3. - DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS
- Sec. 17-430. - Table of Density and Dimensional Regulations.
- Sec. 17-431. - Principal buildings and accessory buildings.
- Sec. 17-432. - Minimum lot area.
- Sec. 17-433. - Maximum impervious surface ratio per lot or property.
- Sec. 17-434. - Minimum lot widths.
- Sec. 17-435. - Building setback requirements.
- Sec. 17-436. - Accessory building setback requirements.
- Sec. 17-437. - Swimming pool setback requirements.
- Sec. 17-438. - Building height limitations.
- Sec. 17-441. - Density on lots where portion dedicated to Town.
- PART 4. - TEMPORARY USES
- Sec. 17-450. - Purpose.
- Sec. 17-451. - Approval criteria.
- Sec. 17-452. - Real estate development and construction-related temporary uses.
- Sec. 17-453. - No recreational vehicles.
- Sec. 17-454. - Amusement enterprises.
- Sec. 17-455. - Religious events.
- Sec. 17-456. - Special events and activities.
- Sec. 17-457. - Similar and compatible uses not specified.
ARTICLE V
- STANDARDS AND SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- PART 1. - DESIGN STANDARDS
- Sec. 17-500. - Intent.
- Sec. 17-501. - Applicability.
- Sec. 17-502. - Appendices.
- Sec. 17-503. - General site arrangement.
- Sec. 17-504. - Access and circulation.
- Sec. 17-505. - Off-street parking and loading.
- Sec. 17-506. - Drainage and stormwater management.
- Sec. 17-507. - Electricity, water, and sewer.
- Sec. 17-508. - Collection of solid waste.
- Sec. 17-509. - Landscape areas.
- Sec. 17-510. - Outdoor lighting and signage.
- Sec. 17-511. - Accessibility for the handicapped.
- PART 2. - SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS
- Sec. 17-519. - Adult day care.
- Sec. 17-520. - Amateur radio antennas (Ham radios).
- Sec. 17-521. - Bars, taverns, and nightclubs.
- Sec. 17-522. - Bed and breakfast. (G.S. 130A-247 and 130A-248)
- Sec. 17-523. - Bona fide farms in the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
- Sec. 17-524. - Building design, exterior standards.
- Sec. 17-525. - Bulk petroleum plants; LP gas and storage farms.
- Sec. 17-526. - Cemetery accessory to church.
- Sec. 17-527. - Cemeteries, columbariums and crematoriums.
- Sec. 17-528. - Central Business District (CB) design standards.
- Sec. 17-529. - Child care centers.
- Sec. 17-530. - Convenience stores and gas stations.
- Sec. 17-531. - Dish antennas.
- Sec. 17-532. - Dwelling over a business.
- Sec. 17-533. - Electronic gaming operations.
- Sec. 17-534. - Explosives, use and storage of.
- Sec. 17-535. - Family care homes (group homes).
- Sec. 17-536. - Family child care homes (home daycare).
- Sec. 17-537. - Flea market, permanent.
- Sec. 17-538. - Forestry activities.
- Sec. 17-539. - Golf courses.
- Sec. 17-540. - Housing facility for older persons ("HFOP").
- Sec. 17-541. - Kennels, animal boarding.
- Sec. 17-542. - Land clearing and inert debris landfills and construction and demolition landfills.
- Sec. 17-543. - Livestock.
- Sec. 17-544. - Manufactured homes, single lot.
- Sec. 17-545. - Manufactured home parks.
- Sec. 17-546. - Metal buildings.
- Sec. 17-547. - Micro-brewery, distillery, winery.
- Sec. 17-548. - Mobile food vendors (food trucks).
- Sec. 17-549. - Motor vehicle repair and service.
- Sec. 17-550. - Multi-family development.
- Sec. 17-551. - Outdoor shooting range.
- Sec. 17-552. - Planned Unit Development—Residential.
- Sec. 17-553. - Planned Unit Developments—Business and Industrial.
- Sec. 17-554. - Retail centers, shopping centers and shopping malls.
- Sec. 17-555. - Roadside stands.
- Sec. 17-556. - Sexually oriented business.
- Sec. 17-557. - Sidewalk dining.
- Sec. 17-558. - Solar energy generating facility, accessory.
- Sec. 17-559. - Solar farms.
- Sec. 17-560. - Storing or maintaining of merchandise for sale, lease, or trade on property in commercial zoning districts.
- Sec. 17-561. - Swimming pools.
- Sec. 17-562. - Temporary emergency, construction or repair residences.
- Sec. 17-563. - Temporary health care structures (granny pod).
- Sec. 17-564. - Temporary storage facility (portable storage unit).
- Sec. 17-565. - Tiny house.
- Sec. 17-566. - Traffic impact analysis.
- Sec. 17-567. - Wireless telecommunications facilities.
- Sec. 17-568. - Wind energy generating facility.
- Sec. 17-569. - Wrecking, junk and recycling facility.
- Sec. 17-570. - Recreational vehicle parks.
- PART 3. - MANUFACTURING/PROCESSING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- PART 4. - LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
ARTICLE VI
PERMITS AND FINAL PLAT APPROVAL
Sections
- PART 1. - CERTIFICATES OF ZONING COMPLIANCE AND SPECIAL USE PERMITS
- Sec. 17-600. - Permits required.
- Sec. 17-601. - No occupancy, use or sale of lots until requirements fulfilled.
- Sec. 17-602. - Who may submit permit applications.
- Sec. 17-603. - Applications to be complete.
- Sec. 17-604. - Staff consultation before formal application.
- Sec. 17-605. - Staff consultation after application submitted.
- Sec. 17-606. - Zoning permit applications.
- Sec. 17-607. - Landscape plan procedures.
- Sec. 17-608. - Certificates of zoning compliance.
- Sec. 17-609. - Authorizing use or occupancy before completion of development under a certificate of zoning compliance.
- Sec. 17-610. - Special use permits.
- Sec. 17-611. - Burden of presenting evidence; burden of persuasion.
- Sec. 17-612. - Recommendations on special use permit applications.
- Sec. 17-613. - Town Council action on special use permits.
- Sec. 17-614. - Additional requirements on special use permits.
- Sec. 17-615. - Authorizing use, occupancy, or sale before completion of development under a special use permit.
- Sec. 17-616. - Completing developments in phases.
- Sec. 17-617. - Expiration of permits.
- Sec. 17-618. - Effect of permit on successors and assigns.
- Sec. 17-619. - Amendments to and modifications of permits.
- Sec. 17-620. - Reconsideration of town council action.
- Sec. 17-621. - Applications to be processed expeditiously.
- PART 2. - MAJOR AND MINOR SUBDIVISIONS[3]
- Sec. 17-650. - Regulation of subdivisions.
- Sec. 17-651. - No subdivision without plat approval.
- Sec. 17-652. - Special purpose subdivisions.
- Sec. 17-653. - Minor subdivision approval.
- Sec. 17-654. - Major subdivision approval process.
- Sec. 17-655. - Endorsements on major subdivision plats.
- Sec. 17-656. - Plat approval not acceptance of dedication offers.
- Sec. 17-657. - Protection against defects.
- Sec. 17-658. - Maintenance of dedicated areas until acceptance.
- Sec. 17-659. - Other subdivision requirements.
- PART 3. - VESTED RIGHTS
ARTICLE XI
SIGNS
Sections
- Sec. 17-1100.- Purpose.
- Sec. 17-1101. - Permit required, permitting procedures.
- Sec. 17-1102. - Definitions.
- Sec. 17-1103. - Substitution clause.
- Sec. 17-1104. - Severability clause.
- Sec. 17-1105. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 17-1106. - Government signs.
- Sec. 17-1107. - Calculations and measurements necessary to determine sign dimensions.
- Sec. 17-1108. - Temporary sign regulations by district.
- Sec. 17-1109. - Permanent signs.
- Sec. 17-1110. - Outdoor advertising sign overlay district.
- Sec. 17-1111. - Illumination.
- Sec. 17-1112. - Signs regulated by other agencies.
- Sec. 17-1113. - Election or political signs in the rights-of-way.[4]
- Sec. 17-1114. - Discontinuation of use.
ARTICLE XIII
NONCONFORMING SITUATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 17-1300.- Intent.
- Sec. 17-1301. - Definitions.
- Sec. 17-1302. - Continuation of nonconforming situations and completion of nonconforming projects.
- Sec. 17-1303. - Nonconforming lots.
- Sec. 17-1304. - Extension or enlargement of nonconforming situations.
- Sec. 17-1305. - Repair, maintenance and reconstruction.
- Sec. 17-1306. - Change in use of property where a nonconforming situation exists.
- Sec. 17-1307. - Abandonment and discontinuance of nonconforming situations.
- Sec. 17-1308. - Completion of nonconforming projects.
ARTICLE XIV
APPEALS, VARIANCES, AND EVIDENTIARY HEARING PROCEDURES
Sections
- PART 1. - APPEALS AND VARIANCES
- PART 2. - HEARING PROCEDURES FOR APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS
ARTICLE XV
ENFORCEMENT AND REVIEW
Sections
ARTICLE XVII
AMENDMENTS
Sections
- PART 1. - GENERAL USE DISTRICT REZONING AND TEXT AMENDMENTS
- Sec. 17-1700. - Amendments in general; non-substantive errors.
- Sec. 17-1701. - Initiation of amendments.
- Sec. 17-1702. - Planning board consideration of proposed amendments.
- Sec. 17-1703. - Hearing required, notice.
- Sec. 17-1704. - Town council action on amendments.
- Sec. 17-1705. - Ultimate issue before the council on amendments.
- Sec. 17-1706. - Reconsideration of zoning map amendments.
- Sec. 17-1707. - Public comments.
- PART 2. - CONDITIONAL ZONING DISTRICT REZONING
- PART 3. - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- Sec. 17-1755. - Authorization.
- Sec. 17-1756. - Definitions.
- Sec. 17-1757. - Approval of Town Council required.
- Sec. 17-1758. - Size and duration.
- Sec. 17-1759. - Hearing.
- Sec. 17-1760. - Content and modification.
- Sec. 17-1761. - Vesting.
- Sec. 17-1762. - Breach and cure.
- Sec. 17-1763. - Amendment or termination.
- Sec. 17-1764. - Change of jurisdiction.
- Sec. 17-1765. - Recordation.
- Sec. 17-1766. - Applicability of procedures to approve debt.