The county and its planning jurisdiction are divided into zoning districts as enumerated in this section. The use regulations and intensity regulation applicable for such zoning districts are designated in division 2 of this article.
(1) Agricultural-residential district (AR). The agricultural-residential district is intended to encourage the continuance of agricultural uses as well as to ensure that residential development of appropriate intensities that are consonant with the suitability of land, availability of public services, accessibility to major activity centers, and transportation systems, and that are compatible with surrounding development, will occur at appropriate density to provide a healthful environment.
(2) Resort-residential district (RR). The resort residential district is intended to provide for specific residential needs as well as to ensure that specific residential development of appropriate intensities consonant with the suitability of land and transportation systems, and that are compatible with surrounding development, will occur at sufficient density to provide a healthful environment.
(3) Residential-mobile home park district (R-MHP). The residential-mobile home park district is intended to provide for affordable residential development that addresses residential needs as well as to ensure that specific residential development of appropriate intensities consonant with the suitability of land and transportation systems, and that are compatible with surrounding development, will occur at sufficient density to provide a healthful environment.
(4) Office/institutional district (OI). The office and institutional district is intended to provide for office, institutional, educational, research, public service uses and their necessary support functions, while minimizing conflicts with adjoining land uses.
(5) Neighborhood business district (NB). The neighborhood business district is intended to provide for the development of commercial and service centers that serve the daily commercial needs, are accessible by residents from the immediate neighborhood, and are of such a nature so as to minimize conflicts with surrounding residential areas.
(6) Community business district (CB). The community business district is intended to provide for the development of commercial and service centers that serve communities' commercial needs, are accessible by residents from the community and surrounding neighborhoods, and are of such a nature so as to minimize conflicts with surrounding residential areas.
(7) General business district (GB). The general business district is intended to provide for the development of commercial and service centers that serve community, countywide, or regional commercial needs, are accessible by residents from surrounding neighborhoods, and are of such a nature so as to minimize conflicts with surrounding residential areas.
(8) Industrial-1 district (I-1). The industrial-1 district is intended to provide public and private uses of a wholesale, distribution, warehousing, fabrication, and processing of a light industrial production nature.
(9) Industrial-2 district (I-2). The industrial-2 district is intended to provide public and private uses of a wholesale, distribution, warehousing, fabrication, and processing of a heavy industrial production nature.
(10) Overlaying districts. It is the intent of this chapter to provide for an airport height hazard district (AHH), an environmentally sensitive area district (ES), an interstate highway interchange district (IHI), a water supply watershed protection district (WSW), municipal transition district (MTD), and other districts which shall overlay the zoning districts enumerated in subsections (1) through (9) of this section, and which shall provide for special review of development with such overlay districts in accordance with the intents, procedures, and standards established for the zoning district.
(11) Conditional zoning districts (CZ). For the zoning districts described in this section, parallel conditional zoning districts are authorized for establishment, pursuant to G.S. 160D-703. To be created, a conditional zoning district must be proposed by all of the property owners of the applicable land and customized to the context of a particular development project or land use on a particular site. Each conditional zoning district includes one or more conditions of approval that help the project conform to the county’s adopted ordinances and plans, and mitigate the impacts reasonably expected to be generated by the development or use of the site.
(Amend. of 12-06-2010; Amend. of - - )