This ordinance shall be known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Thomasville, North Carolina.

This ordinance is designed to encourage the protection and development of the various physical elements of the city and its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction in accordance with a comprehensive plan of land use and population density and for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, community accepted standard of morals, and general welfare; promoting the orderly growth, expansion and development of the city and surrounding areas; lessening congestion in the roads and streets; providing adequate light and air; securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers; preventing the overcrowding of land; and facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements.

The provisions of this ordinance are adopted under authority granted by the General Assembly to North Carolina municipalities (G.S. Chapter 160D). The provisions of this ordinance relating to the Watershed Overlay District are also adopted pursuant to NC General Statues 143-214.5.

(Ord. of 1-24-94(1), pt. I; Ord. No. 06-2021-ORD12, § 1(Exh. 1), 6-21-21)