Intent: The district shall provide for non-urban single-family development as well as agricultural uses. The purpose of the R-2 District is to provide an adequate amount of land for agricultural uses while also making provisions for single-family residential development that is rural in character. Multi-family and commercial uses are not appropriate in this district. Manufactured homes are allowed in the R-2 District only where the Manufactured Home Overlay (MHO) District is present.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Single-family dwellings built in accordance with the N.C. Building Code (Manufactured homes are only allowed where the MHO District is present).
(2) Bona fide farms.
(3) Family care homes.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (see Article F):
(1) Cemeteries.
(2) Churches.
(3) Essential Services 1 and 2.
(4) Government buildings up to five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.
(5) Neighborhood and outdoor recreation.
(6) Parks.
(7) Utility scale solar energy systems.
(8) Temporary health care structures.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Elementary and secondary schools.
(2) Essential Services 3.
(3) Neighborhood business.
d. Permitted building and lot types (See Article E):
(1) Civic building.
(2) Detached house.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Accessory dwellings.
(2) Day care home (small).
(3) Home occupations.
(4) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
2. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
3. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
4. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.
(Ord. of 12-7-04; No. 37-02; Ord. of 10-2-06; No. 21-06; Ord. of 9-4-12; No. 03-12; Ord. of 10-5-15; No. 07-15; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)