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Smithfield City Zoning Code

Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections

OFFICIALS of

the TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION

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PREFACE TO

THE REPUBLICATION

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SUPPLEMENT HISTORY

TABLE

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ARTICLE 1

- PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

Sections

  • Sec. 1.3. - Jurisdiction and Exemptions.
  • Sec. 1.8. - Violation of UDO Regulations.
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ARTICLE 2

- GENERAL REGULATIONS

Sections

  • Sec. 2.2. - Interpretation.
  • Sec. 2.3. - Identification of Official Zoning Map.
  • Sec. 2.7. - Fees.
  • Sec. 2.8 - Computation of Time.
  • Sec. 2.9. - No Use or Sale of Land or Buildings Except in Conformity with Article Provisions.
  • Sec. 2.29. - Miscellaneous Regulations.
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ARTICLE 3

- PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

Sections

  • Sec. 3.1.- UDO Administrator.
  • Sec. 3.2. - Ethics.
  • Sec. 3.3. - Planning Board.
  • Sec. 3.4. - Board of Adjustment.
  • Sec. 3.5. - Historic Preservation Commission.
  • Sec. 3.6. - Town Council.
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ARTICLE 4

- LEGISLATIVE/QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Sections

  • PART I. - GENERAL PROVISIONS
    • Sec. 4.2. - Hearing Required.
    • Sec. 4.3. - Notice of Hearing.
    • Sec. 4.5. - Effect of Permit on Successors and Assigns.
  • PART II. - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES
    • Sec. 4.6. - Amendment/Rezoning Procedures.
    • Sec. 4.7. - Establishment of Vested Rights.
  • PART III. - QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
    • Sec. 4.9. - Special Use Permits.
    • Sec. 4.10. - Appeals and Variances.
    • Sec. 4.11. - Preliminary Subdivision Plats (Master Plans).
    • Sec. 4.12. - Procedures For Quasi-Judicial Hearings.
    • Sec. 4.14. - Appeals of Quasi-Judicial Decisions.
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ARTICLE 5

- DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS

Sections

  • Sec. 5.4. - Pre-Application Meeting and Sketch Plan.
  • Sec. 5.6. - Site Plan Requirements.
  • Sec. 5.7. - Major Subdivision Plats.
  • Sec. 5.8. - Construction Drawing Review Requirements.
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ARTICLE 6

- ZONING DISTRICTS

Sections

  • Sec. 6.4. - Conditional Zoning Districts.
  • Sec. 6.5. - Overlay Zoning Districts.
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ARTICLE 7

- SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS

Sections

  • Sec. 7.2. - Site Development and Operations Standards within the LI and HI Districts.
  • Sec. 7.3. - Accessory Uses or Structures.
  • Sec. 7.4. - Child Care Facilities.
  • Sec. 7.5. - Dwelling in Principal Business as an Accessory Use.
  • Sec. 7.7. - Customary Home Occupations.
  • Sec. 7.13. - Temporary Office Units/Modular Office Units.
  • Sec. 7.15. - Bed and Breakfast.
  • Sec. 7.16. - Family Care Homes.
  • Sec. 7.17. - Manufactured Home, on Individual Lot.
  • Sec. 7.18. - Manufactured Home Park.
  • Sec. 7.19. - Temporary Emergency, Construction, and Repair Residences.
  • Sec. 7.21. - Adult- and Sexually-Oriented Businesses.
  • Sec. 7.22. - Automobile Service Stations; Gas Pumping Stations.
  • Sec. 7.27. - Flea Market/Vendor Market.
  • Sec. 7.32. - Churches/Places of Worship, Club or Private Lodge Meeting Halls and Indoor Storage Facilities.
  • Sec. 7.33. - Recreational Vehicle Parks.
  • Sec. 7.34. - Residential Cluster Development.
  • Sec. 7.35. - Multi-Family/Townhouse/Apartment/Condominium.
  • Sec. 7.36. - Animal Hospitals/Veterinarians.
  • Sec. 7.37. - Drive-In Facilities.
  • Sec. 7.38. - Automobile Repair.
  • Sec. 7.39. - Car Wash.
  • Sec. 7.40. - Mini-Storage.
  • Sec. 7.41. - Outdoor Storage Accessory to Principal Use.
  • Sec. 7.42. - Assembly Uses/Event Centers.
  • Sec. 7.43. - Public Utility Pump Station/Utility Substation/Switchstations.
  • Sec. 7.44. - Outdoor Vehicle Storage, Sales and Display.
  • Sec. 7.45. - Kennels.
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ARTICLE 8

- ZONING DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARDS

Sections

  • Sec. 8.1.- R-20A Residential-Agricultural District.
  • Sec. 8.2. - R-10 Single-Family Residential District.
  • Sec. 8.3. - R-8 Single-, Two-, and Multi-Family Residential District.
  • Sec. 8.4. - R-6 High Density Single-, Two-, and Multi-Family Residential District.
  • Sec. 8.5. - R-MH Manufactured Home Residential District.
  • Sec. 8.6. - O/I Office/Institutional District.
  • Sec. 8.7. - B-1 Central Business District.
  • Sec. 8.8. - B-2 General Business District.
  • Sec. 8.9. - B-3 Highway Entranceway Business District.
  • Sec. 8.10. - LI Light Industrial District.
  • Sec. 8.11. - HI Heavy Industrial District.
  • Sec. 8.12. - AD Airport District.
  • Sec. 8.13. - Notes to the Zoning District Design Standards.
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ARTICLE 9

- NONCONFORMING SITUATIONS

Sections

  • Sec. 9.4. - Repair, Maintenance, and Reconstruction.
  • Sec. 9.5. - Change in Use of Property Where a Nonconforming Situation Exists.
  • Sec. 9.7. - Completion of Nonconforming Projects.
  • Sec. 9.9. - Nonconforming Signs.
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ARTICLE 10

- PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Sections

  • PART I. - OFF-STREET PARKING AND OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS
    • Sec. 10.2. - General.
    • Sec. 10.4. - Vehicle Stacking Areas.
    • Sec. 10.5. - Off-Street Loading Requirements.
    • Sec. 10.6. - Driveways.
  • PART II. - LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS
    • Sec. 10.10. - Installation.
    • Sec. 10.13. - Parking Facility Requirements.
    • Sec. 10.15. - Additional Requirements.
  • PART III. - REGULATIONS FOR SIGNS
    • Sec. 10.20. - Applicability.
    • Sec. 10.21. - Sign Computations.
    • Sec. 10.22. - General Provisions.
    • Sec. 10.23. - Sign Illumination and Signs Containing Lights.
    • Sec. 10.24. - Permitted District Signs. (Note: Refer to Appendix A, Definitions for graphic examples of signs.)
    • Sec. 10.25. - Supplemental Sign Standards for the O/I, B-1, B-2, B-3, and PUD Districts.
    • Sec. 10.26. - Temporary Signs.
    • Sec. 10.27. - Signs not Requiring a Permit.
    • Sec. 10.32. - Reconstruction of Damaged Signs or Sign Structures.
  • PART IV. - LIGHTING ORDINANCE
    • Sec. 10.34. - Outdoor Lighting.
    • Sec. 10.35. - Street Lighting.
  • PART V. - TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY
    • Sec. 10.43. - Applicability; Exceptions to Applicability.
    • Sec. 10.44. - Interpretation.
    • Sec. 10.45. - Design Manual.
    • Sec. 10.46. - Stormwater Permit Application Process and Review Procedures.
    • Sec. 10.47. - Stormwater Permit Application For Approval.
    • Sec. 10.48. - Approvals.
    • Sec. 10.49. - Appeals.
    • Sec. 10.50. - General Standards.
    • Sec. 10.51. - General Standards for Maintenance.
    • Sec. 10.52. - Operation and Maintenance of Engineered Stormwater Controls.
  • Division I. - Statutory Authorization, Findings of Fact, Purpose and Objectives.
    • Sec. 10.57. - Findings of Fact.
  • Division II. - General Provisions.
  • Division III. - Administration.
    • Sec. 10.69. - Floodplain Development Application, Permit and Certification Requirements.
    • Sec. 10.71. - Corrective Procedures.
    • Sec. 10.72. - Variance Procedures.
  • Division IV. - Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction.
  • Division V. - Legal Status Provisions.
  • PART VIII. - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
    • Sec. 10.86. - Approvals Required for Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures.
    • Sec. 10.87. - Administrative Review and Approval Process.
    • Sec. 10.88. - Special Use Permit Process.
    • Sec. 10.90. - Miscellaneous Provisions.
    • Sec. 10.91. - Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures in Existence on the Date of Adoption of this Ordinance.
  • PART IX. - OVERLAY DISTRICTS
  • PART X. - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
    • Sec. 10.99. - Final Plats For All Subdivisions.
    • Sec. 10.102. - Recombination of Land.
    • Sec. 10.105. - Suitability Of Land.
    • Sec. 10.119. - Final Plat Certifications and Other Documentation.
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APPENDIX A—DEFINITIONS

Sections

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CODE COMPARATIVE

TABLE

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