For the purposes of this Unified Development Ordinance, the town is hereby divided into the following primary zoning districts.
(A) R-15 Residential District. The R-15 Residential District is intended as a single-family residential area with a low to medium population density. Certain structures and uses of governmental, educational, religious and noncommercial recreational natures are either permitted outright or are subject to special conditions intended to preserve and protect the residential character of this district.
(B) R-12 Residential District. The R-12 Residential District is intended as a single-family residential area with a low to medium population density. Certain structures and, uses of governmental, educational, religious and noncommercial recreational natures are either permitted outright or are subject to special conditions intended to preserve and protect the residential character of this district.
(C) R-8 Residential District. The R-8 Residential District is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for single-family, two-family and multi-family residences. The regulations of this district are intended to provide areas of the community for those persons desiring residence and multi-family structures in medium density neighborhoods. The regulations are intended to discourage any use which because of its character would interfere with the residential nature of this district.
(D) R-6 Residential District. The R-6 Residential District is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for single-family, two-family and multi-family residences. The regulations of this district are intended to provide areas in the community for those persons desiring small residences and multi-family structures in relatively high density neighborhoods. The regulations are intended to discourage any use which because of its character would interfere with the residential nature of this district. The R-6 District was in effect prior to the date of adoption of this Unified Development Ordinance and shall continue in effect for those areas following the date of adoption of this Unified Development Ordinance. It is the intention of the town that there will be no additional R-6 zoning.
(E) MFH I Manufactured Home District I. The MFH I Manufactured Home District I is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for double-wide manufactured homes Class “A.”
(F) MFH II Manufactured Home District II. The MFH II Manufactured Home District II is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for Class “B” manufactured homes.
(G) O/I Office and Institutional District. This district is established primarily for office and institutional uses which cause no offensive noises, odors, smoke, fumes, excessive traffic or other objectionable conditions. This district may serve as a buffer between residential and commercial/industrial districts.
(H) NB Neighborhood Business District. The regulations for this district are designed to permit a concentrated development of permitted facilities which are normally adjacent to non-federal highways and routinely adjacent to residential areas.
(I) HC Highway Commercial District. The HC Highway Commercial District is established primarily for those businesses that serve the traveling public, require large areas for displays of goods, and are not oriented to the pedestrian shopper.
(J) ID Industrial District. The ID Industrial District is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for industries which can be operated in a relatively clean and quiet manner and which will not be obnoxious to adjacent residential or business districts. The regulations are designed to prohibit the use of land for heavy industry, which should be properly segregated, and to prohibit any other use that would substantially interfere with the development of industrial establishments in the district.
(K) CRD Conservation Recreation District. This district is established as a district intended to preserve Carolina Shores’ essential open space areas, by protecting/preserving natural resources such as: floodplain areas, existing and proposed residential areas, recreational resources; and limiting impervious surfaces, thereby reducing stormwater runoff. Conservation zoning may be incorporated into surrounding developments. Large lot zoning for single-family residential development is conditionally allowed as an effective way to preserve natural and community open space resources.
(L) PRD Planned Residential District. A Planned Residential District (PRD) is planned and developed as an integral unit in a single development phase or several phases in accord with an initially approved development plan.
(M) AD Agricultural District. The purpose of this district is to provide for areas where the principal use of land is for low density residential and agricultural
purposes. The regulations of this district are intended to protect the agricultural sections of the community from an influx of uses likely to render them undesirable for farms and future residential development.
(Ord. eff. 9-6-2012, § 6.3; Am. Ord. 21-1, passed 9-17-2020)