The following zoning districts are declared to be in effect upon all land and water areas included within the boundaries of each district as shown on the Official Zoning Map. After adoption of the UDO, amendments to the Zoning Map shall be made by plat, legal description or metes and bounds description, which shall be the best evidence of the boundaries, amended or created, and shall control unless a scriveners or other error in such plat or description is manifestly contrary to the intent of the amended ordinance.
2.03.1 BASE ZONING DISTRICTS
The following base districts are established.
A. RR – Rural Residential
B. RS20 – Residential Single-Family
C. RS10 – Residential Single-Family
D. RMF – Residential Multi-Family
E. RMX – Residential Mixed Use
F. NMX – Neighborhood Mixed Use
G. O/S – Office & Services
H. CB – Central Business
I. NB – Neighborhood Business
J. GB – General Business
K. LI – Light Industrial
L. HI – Heavy Industrial
M. FRO – Facilities, Recreation and Open Space
2.03.2 OVERLAY DISTRICTS
The following overlay districts are established. The uses allowable by the underlying zoning district shall apply, except as limited by the use requirements of the overlay district.
A. DOD – Downtown Overlay District
B. UROD – Urban Residential Overlay District
C. HOD – Highway Overlay District
D. WPOD – Watershed Protection Overlay District
2.03.3 CONDITIONAL DISTRICTS
A. Conditional districts are districts with conditions voluntarily added only in response to a petition by the owner of all the property to be included in such district. In accordance with G.S. § 160A-382, specific conditions applicable to these districts may be proposed by the applicant or town but only those conditions mutually approved by the town and the applicant may be incorporated into the conditional district zoning.
B. Conditional districts provide for orderly and flexible development under the general policies of this ordinance without the constraints of some of the prescribed standards guiding by-right development. Because conditional district developments are constructed in a comprehensive manner, they may establish their own building, street, block, and lot pattern which may be unique from other surrounding blocks or neighborhoods. Conditional districts may be used in any district but is not intended to relieve hardships that would otherwise be handled using a variance procedure.
C. In addition to modification of specific district provisions (except use), the various provisions detailed in this article may be varied if specifically requested by the petitioner as part of a conditional district application with exception to the following:
Article | Title | Exception to modification: |
II | Zoning District Provisions | Uses permitted may not be added unless the use proposed is not currently defined or contemplated by the Code. Permitted uses may be removed from the petition. |
VI | Subdivisions & Infrastructure | May substitute dedication of public open space for payment-in-lieu per Board of Commissioners approval. Except in areas identified on the Land Use Plan map as public greenways and linear parks. Amount required may not be reduced. |
D. Upon the approval of the petition for a conditional district, the subject property shall be identified on the Official Zoning Map by the appropriate district designation. A parallel conditional zoning designation shall be identified with the underlying general district letters "CD" (example CD-RS10).
(Ord. passed 2-14-2017)