(A) In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Unified Development Ordinance, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public safety, health, convenience, prosperity and general welfare. It is not intended by this Unified Development Ordinance to interfere with, abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between parties.
(B) When the requirements of this UDO, made under the authority of G.S. Chapter 160D, require a greater width or size of yards or courts, or require a lower height of a building or fewer number of stories, or require a greater percentage of a lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the regulations made under authority of G.S. Chapter 160D shall govern. When the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation requires a greater width or size of yards or courts, or require a lower height of a building or a fewer number of stories, or require a greater percentage of a lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of G.S. Chapter 160D, the provisions of that statute or local ordinance or regulation shall govern.
(Ord. eff. 9-6-2012, § 1.5; Am. Ord. 21-1, passed 9-17-2020)