(A)(1) The city has divided its territorial jurisdiction into districts that have been deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this part; and within those districts it regulates and restricts the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures, or land. Such districts include, but shall not be limited to, general use districts, in which a variety of uses are permissible in accordance with general standards; overlay districts, in which additional requirements are imposed on certain properties within one or more underlying general districts; and conditional use districts in which uses are permitted only upon approval of their proposed use and design, for which site plan is required.
(2) Property may be placed in a conditional zoning district only in response to a petition by the owners of all the property to be included. Specific conditions to those defined in each conditional zoning district section herein may be proposed by the petitioner or the city or its agencies, but only those conditions approved by the city and consented to by the petitioner in writing may be incorporated into the zoning regulations or permit requirements. Unless consented to by the petitioner in writing, in the exercise of the authority granted by this section, the city may not require, enforce, or incorporate into the zoning regulations any condition or requirement not authorized by otherwise applicable law, including, without limitation, taxes, impact fees, building design elements within the scope of G.S. 160D-702(b) driveway-related improvements in excess of those allowed in G.S. 136-18(29) and G.S. 160A-307, or other unauthorized limitations on the development or use of land. Conditions and site specific standards imposed in a conditional district shall be limited to those that address the conformance of the development and use of the site to city ordinances and an officially adopted comprehensive or other plan and those that address the impacts reasonably expected to be generated by the development or use of the site.
(3) A statement analyzing the reasonableness of the proposed rezoning shall be prepared for each petition for a rezoning to a conditional use district or other rezoning. Except as authorized by the foregoing, all regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
(B) For the purpose of this subchapter, the city and its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction are hereby divided into 16 districts and 2 overlay designated as follows.
Residential Districts
R-15 Conservation Residential District - Low Density.
R-10 General Residential District-Low Density.
R-8 Neighborhood Residential District - Medium Density.
R-6 Urban Residential District - High Density.
Mixed Use Districts
R-O Residential-Office Re-Use District.
R-4 Traditional Neighborhood Design District - Conditional Use.
NBD Neighborhood Business District.
CBD Central Business District.
Non-Residential Districts
NS Neighborhood Shopping District.
GHBD General Highway Business District.
SCD Shopping Center District.
MUSCD Mixed Shopping Center District.
HMD Hospital-Medical Center District.
LID Light Industrial District.
HID Heavy Industrial District.
I-O Institutional and Office District.
Overlay Districts
NEC Northeast Corridor Overlay District.
Downtown Albemarle Local Historic District
(‘58 Code, § 19-70) (Ord. 79-12, passed 8-20-79; Am. Ord. 90-10, passed 8-6-90; Am. Ord. 98-01, passed 1-20-98; Am. Ord. 06-08, passed 4-3-06; Am. Ord. 21-02, passed 1-19-21; Am. Ord. 21-03, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 21-26, passed 7-12-21)