§ 152.028 USES BY DISTRICT.

(A) Permitted and special uses.

RESIDENTIAL

Uses

R-1

R-1-U

R-2

M-U

C-1

C-1P

C-2

M-E

RC

G-O

CUD

CZD

Accessory buildings or structures

P

S

-

P

-

Accessory dwelling/apartment

P

S

-

S

-

Bed and breakfast inns

-

S

-

S

-

P

-

Bed and breakfast homes

S

-

S

-

S

-

P

-

Bed and breakfast village

S

-

Cluster subdivisions

P

-

P

-

Family care home

P

S

-

P

-

Farms and related agricultural uses

S

-

S

-

S

-

Greenhouses, non-commercial

P

S

-

P

-

Halfway house2

P

-

Home occupations

P

S

P

S

-

S

-

Manufactured home parks

-

S

-

Manufactured homes on individual lots - doublewide

S

-

Modular home

P

S

-

P

-

Multi-family dwellings (apartments, condominiums, townhouses, duplexes and the like), not exceeding four dwelling units per building

S

S1

Planned residential and craft developments

-

S

-

S

-

S

-

Planned residential developments

-

S

-

S

-

Single-family dwellings - detached

P

S

-

P1

P

-

NOTES TO TABLE:

(-) Not permitted

(P) Permitted by right

(S) Special; see §§ 152.185 through 152.190 and 152.205 through 152.229 of this chapter for additional requirements

1 Developed in accordance with the dimensional standards of the R-2 District

2 Pursuant to G.S. § 160D-907 shall not be located within 1/2 mile of another facility of like manner

OFFICE, INSTITUTIONAL AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES

Use

R-1

R-1-U

R-2

M-U

C-1

C-1P

C-2

M-E

RC

G-O

CUD

M-l

CZD

Accessory uses to medical and educational facilities: pharmacies, snack bars, rental/sale of medical supplies, florist and gift shops, not to exceed 25% of total floor area

S

Airports

S

-

S

-

Animal hospital or veterinary clinic, excluding open kennels on the premises

-

S

-

P

-

Assembly halls, gymnasiums and similar structures as the principle use

-

S

-

S

P

-

P

Assisted living residences; residential care facilities

S

P

-

Assisted living facilities; residential care facilities

-

S

-

S

P

-

Banks and financial institutions

-

S

P

-

Cemeteries

S

-

S

-

Civic organizations, lodges and fraternal organizations

-

S

P

S

-

P

Colleges, vocational and trade schools

-

S

P

-

P

Community centers

S

-

P

-

P

-

P

Dormitories; student staff housing under direct supervision of college/residential child care institutions

-

S

-

S

-

EMS

-

S

-

P

-

P

-

P

Fire and police stations

S

P

-

P

-

P

Funeral homes

-

P

-

Golf course, with or without associated country club

S

-

P

-

P

-

Golf or baseball driving ranges, miniature golf

-

S

-

P

-

Government buildings and land (excluding correction centers and jails), including public utility buildings and facilities

S

P

Hospitals, medical clinics and offices (not to include drug or alcohol treatment facilities)

-

S

-

S

P

-

Incubator

-

S

-

Libraries, museums and art galleries

-

S

P

-

P

Memorial gardens

S

-

S

-

S

Music and dance studios

-

S

-

P

-

P

Newspaper offices and printing plants incidental to such offices

-

P

-

P

-

Offices - business, professional and public (including doctors, dentists and the like)

-

S

P

-

S

Private kindergartens or day care

-

S

-

P

-

S

-

S

Public parks with associated facilities such as playgrounds, swimming pools

S

P

-

P

Religious institutions

S

-

Schools - public elementary, junior high and high schools, including private schools having a similar curriculum

S

P

S

NOTES TO TABLE:

(-) Not permitted

(P) Permitted by right

(S) Special; see §§ 152.185 through 152.190 and 152.205 through 152.229 of this chapter for additional requirements

RETAIL AND SERVICE

Use

R-1

R-1-U

R-2

M-U

C-1

C-1P

C-2

M-E

RC

G-O

CUD

M-l

CZD

Accessory uses and structures located on the same lot as main structure

-

S

-

Accessory solar energy collection system, small scale

S

Accessory solar energy collection system, utility scale

-

S

-

S

Antique and consignment shops

-

S

P

-

S

Appliance sales and service, electrical repair no outside storage

-

S

P

-

Auto sales

-

S

-

Auto repair and paint shops, excluding open storage of wrecked cars, discarded tires, auto parts, or similar materials, with exception of temporary storage of a wrecked car for a period not to exceed 30 days

S

Bakery (sold on premise)

-

S

P

-

S

Bicycle sales and repair

-

S

-

P

-

Billiard and pool halls

-

S

P

S

-

Bowling alleys

-

S

-

S

-

Brewery, brew pub, craft brewery, microbrewery

-

S

-

S

-

C

-

Building supply stores, building specialty shops, and equipment sales; not to exceed 50,000 sq. ft.

-

S

-

Bus terminals

-

S

-

Car wash

-

P

-

Coffee shops and dairy bars

-

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S

-

S

-

S

Commercial campgrounds

S

-

S

-

Convenience store, without gas sales

-

S

-

Convenience store with gas sales

-

S

-

Distillery

-

S

-

S

-

S

-

Dry cleaning, laundry services, tailor (pick-up only)

-

P

-

S

Farm machinery assembly, sales and repairs

-

P

-

Feed and seed stores

-

P

-

Fitness centers

-

S

-

P

-

S

Food trucks

-

P

-

P

-

P

S

Florist

-

S

P

-

S

Gift/novelty shop

-

S

P

-

S

General merchandise stores - less than 10,000 sq. ft.

-

S

P

-

General merchandise retail stores 10,000 - 50,000 sq. ft.

-

S

-

General merchandise retail stores - 50,000 sq. ft. or more

-

Greenhouse, commercial

-

P

-

Grocery stores (no wholesale)

-

S

P

-

Gunsmith

-

P

-

Hotels, condominium hotel, retail stores and ancillary uses to a hotel, conference facility, health club and day spa

-

S

-

S

P

-

Hydroelectric power

-

Locksmith

-

S

P

-

S

Manufactured home/ building sales

-

S

-

Medical supply stores

-

P

-

Miniature golf course

-

S

-

S

Mobile sales and rentals

-

P

-

Monument sales

-

P

-

Motels

-

S

-

S

-

S

-

Office supply and equipment - sales and service

-

P

-

S

Parking lot (as principle use)

-

S

-

S

Pawn shops

-

S

P

-

S

Personal care services - hair, nails, tanning, weight loss

-

S

P

-

S

Pharmacy

-

S

-

P

-

S

Photographic studios and camera supply store

-

S

P

-

Planned commercial developments

-

S

-

Pre-form metal structures

S

-

Radio and television stations, studios, offices

-

S

P

-

P

-

Recreational vehicle park

-

S

-

Restaurants - carry-out, delivery (drive thru excluded)

-

S

-

S

-

S

Restaurants - drive thru

-

S

-

Restaurants - sit down (drive thru excluded)

-

S

-

S

-

Skating rinks

-

S

-

P

-

Sexually oriented businesses

-

S

-

Shoe repair

-

S

P

-

Sign painting and fabricating shops

-

P

-

Small wireless facilities (concealed)

S

Spa

-

S

-

Tattoo parlor

-

P

-

Taxi service

-

S

-

Telecommunications Structures

S

Theaters, indoor

-

S

P

-

S

Wind energy system

S

-

S

-

S

Winery

- .

-

S

-

S

-

S

-

MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL

Use

R-1

R-1-U

R-2

M-U

C-1

C-1P

C-2

M-E

RC

G-O

CUD

M-l

CZD

Automobile wrecking, junk and salvage yards

-

P

-

Bottling plants

-

S

-

P

-

Brewery, brew pub, craft brewery, microbrewery

-

S

-

S

-

S

-

Cold storage and freezer lockers

-

S

-

_

-

P

-

Contractors offices, including sheet metal, machine, roofing, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, but excluding open storage

S

P

Dairy bars and ice cream manufacturing

-

S

-

P

-

Distillery

-

S

-

S

-

S

-

Equipment machinery repair and service

-

P

-

Fabricating shops less than 10,000 sq. ft., such as woodworking, cabinet and upholstery shops

-

S

-

P

-

Food manufacturing

-

P

-

P

-

Lumber yards, building materials storage

-

P

-

Manufacturing establishments whose manufacturing operations are wholly and permanently conducted within an enclosed building and are of a non-polluting nature

P

Material recovery site

-

S

-

S

-

Municipal maintenance facilities

-

S

-

S

Printing, publishing and reproducing establishments

-

S

-

P

-

Propane filling station for retail purposes

-

S

-

Public utility lines and transformer stations, transmission towers, water tanks and towers with storage in cabinets or buildings

P

Radio and television towers

-

P

-

Recycling center/refuse collection facilities

-

S

-

Tire recapping

-

_

-

_

P

-

Trucking terminals

-

P

-

Water treatment laboratories

-

S

-

Wholesale storage for oil, fuel and gasoline

-

P

-

Wholesale and warehousing establishments, except for the storage of dangerous or offensive items such as uncured hides, explosives, oil, gasoline and the like

S

P

Winery

-

S

-

S

-

S

-

NOTES TO TABLE:

(-) Not permitted

(P) Permitted by right

(S) Special; see §§ 152.185 through 152.190 and 152.205 through 152.229 of this chapter for additional requirements

(B) Dimensional requirements by district.

District	Minimum Lot Size (sq. ft.)	Minimum Setback Requirements			Impervious Surface* (% of usable area under 29% slope)	Max. Height (feet)
District	Minimum Lot Size (sq. ft.)	Front (feet)	Side (feet)	Rear (feet)	Impervious Surface* (% of usable area under 29% slope)	Max. Height (feet)
G-O	-	20	10	10	60 to 90h	35
CZD	-	20	10	10	60 to 90h	35
HDO	g	g	g	g	NA	35
R-1	20,000a 15,000b 10,000c	20	10	10	40e	35
R-1-U	20,000a 15,000b 10,000c	20	10	10	45e	35
**R-2	20,000a 15,000b 10,000c	20	10	10	45e	35
M-U	NA	30	15	20	70e	35
C-1	-	d	d	d	80 to 90e	35
C-1P	-	d	d	d	80 to 90e	35
C-2	10,000	30	15	20	60e	35
M-E	40,000	35	20	25	60	35
RC	20,000a 15,000b 10,000c	f	f	f	50	35
M-I	40,000	35	20	25	60	35
NOTES TO TABLE: * For maximum percentage of impervious surfaces, see division (C) below ** Multi-family units are limited to 4 units per building (quadraplex) (1) All corner lots shall have an additional width of 10 feet (2) Where a side yard abuts a street, the setback requirements for said side yard shall be the same as the front yard setback requirements for abutting property on the side street (3) 30% of pervious surface calculation may be other materials that are pervious, remaining 70% must be natural green plantings.
(a) Refer to division (A) above for multi-family as a special use
(b) Lots which are served by a public or community water system, but no public or community sewer system: Each single-family unit shall require the minimum lot size. The first multi-family unit permitted shall require the minimum lot area for the district in which it is located, plus an additional 5,500 square feet for each additional multi-family unit
(c) Lots which are served by a public or community water and sewer system: Each single-family unit shall require the minimum lot size. The first multi-family unit permitted shall require the minimum lot area for the district in which it is located, plus an additional 4,000 square feet for each additional multi-family unit
(d) No front, side or rear yard shall be required, except as follows: (i) Where the lot abuts a street, a 10-foot setback shall be provided from the edge of the adjacent street (ii) Where a side or rear yard is provided, the width of such yard shall be not less than 4 feet (iii) Where the lot abuts upon property zoned for residential use a densely planted buffer strip shall be provided and maintained along the side and/or rear lot line of such abutting residential property. Such buffer shall not be less than 8 feet in depth along the full length of the abutting lot line and shall be composed of evergreen trees or shrubs, which at maturity will not be less than 8 feet in height
(e) The total impervious surface on any parcel shall not exceed 90% of the total square footage of the lot in the C-1, C-1P and G-O Districts and shall not exceed 45% of the total square footage of the lot in R-1, R-1-U and R-2 Districts. In the event that on site engineered storm water facilities, which capture the first inch of rain are presented as a function of the development project, the amount of impervious surface can be 90% of the lot in the C-1P, C-1 and 70% in the M-U Districts only, and then only upon a recommendation from the Planning Board and approval of a special use permit by the Board of Adjustments
(f) The minimum lot size for an RC development shall be 8 acres; provided that, within such development all uses allowed as permitted uses and special uses shall conform to the area and dimensional requirements in the R-2 District. All special uses shall conform to the 8-acre minimum and shall conform to the R-2 dimensional setbacks along the exterior boundary of the property
(g) Buildings constructed within the Heritage District Overlay shall have a maximum front building setback of 35 feet; other dimensional requirements of the underlying district apply
(h) 60% to 90% for properties dedicated to providing emergency or civil services in a governmental capacity may waive this requirement if deemed essential for their operation

(C) Steep slope maximum density requirement.

Zoning District	Average Natural Slope of Parcel by Acre
	Under 20%	21% to 30%	31% to 40%	41% to 50%	Over 51%
	Maximum Allowable Percent of Impervious Surfaces/Dwelling Units Per Acre of Land Including the Removal of Active Recreation Area, Section 312
R-1	40%	35%	30%	25%	Geotechnical engineer required
R-2 R-1-U	45%	40%	35%	30%	Geotechnical engineer required
C-1 C-1P	80% to *90%	75%	70%	65%	Geotechnical engineer required
C-2	60%	55%	50%	45%	Geotechnical engineer required
G-O	60% to *90%	55%	50%	45%	Geotechnical engineer required
M-E	60%	55%	50%	45%	Geotechnical engineer required
CZD	60% to *90%	55%	50%	45%	Geotechnical engineer required
M-U	70%	65%	60%	55%	Geotechnical engineer required
RC	50%	45%	40%	35%	Geotechnical engineer required
NOTES TO TABLE: -The percentage of the slope is to be determined for the whole acreage of a parcel. -A bond must be posted as a guarantee for any improvements proposed to be dedicated to the town; contact the Zoning Administrator for more details * Up to 90% for properties dedicated to providing emergency or civil services in a governmental capacity may waive this requirement if deemed essential for their operation -30% of pervious surfaces may be pervious materials such as permeable pavers, turf block, artificial turf. The remaining 70% must be natural green planting, i.e. grass, flower beds.

(Ord. passed 3-14-2005; Ord. passed 5-9-2005; Ord. passed 2-12-2007; Ord. passed 4-13-2007; Ord. 6-11-2007; Ord. passed 10-16-2007; Ord. passed 5-13-2013; Ord. passed 10-10-2016; Ord. passed 3-14-2019, § 308; Res. passed - -2022)