Section
General Provisions
153.001 Authority and enactment clause
153.002 Short title
Jurisdiction
153.015 Jurisdiction
153.016 Purpose
Definitions
153.030 Interpretation of terms and words
153.031 Definitions of specific terms and words
General Requirements
153.045 Customary home occupations
153.046 Screening
153.047 Landscaping
153.048 Screening and landscaping required prior to issuance of certificate of compliance
153.049 Fences or walls permitted
153.050 Lot to abut a dedicated street
153.051 One principal building
153.052 Visibility at intersections
153.053 Temporary structures and uses
153.054 Height calculations and exceptions
153.055 Relief of front yard setback for certain dwellings
153.056 Outdoor lighting
153.057 Accessory structures
153.058 Construction begun prior to adoption of chapter
153.059 Reduction of lot and yard areas prohibited
153.060 Use of manufactured homes and similar structures
153.061 Uses not expressly permitted or subject to prescribed standards
153.062 Location of required yards on irregular lots
153.063 Vibration
153.064 Noise
153.065 Odor
153.066 Yard sales
153.067 Yard requirements not applicable to essential services, Class I
153.068 Accessory day care center
153.069 Commercial vehicles
153.070 Canopies in NB, GB, CC, HB, PB, GMC and GI Districts
153.071 Canopies and awnings in CB, CBT District
153.072 Reserved
153.073 Reserved
153.074 Supplementary requirements for development in the Central Business and Transitional Business Districts
153.075 Reserved
153.076 Bona fide farms in extraterritorial jurisdiction
Establishment of Zoning Districts
153.090 Introduction
153.091 General zoning districts
153.092 Overlay districts
153.093 Conditional districts
Zoning District Regulations
153.105 R-25 Rural Residential District
153.106 R-15 Single-Family Low Density Residential District
153.107 R-10 Single-Family Medium Density Residential District
153.108 R-8 Single and Two-Family Medium Density Residential District
153.109 RMF Residential Multi-Family District
153.110 R-O Residential Office District
153.111 O-I Office Institutional District
153.112 N-B Neighborhood Business District
153.113 C-B Central Business District
153.114 CBT Central Business Transitional District
153.115 G-B General Business District
153.115.1 HC Highway Commercial District
153.116 P-B Planned Business District
153.117 GMC General Manufacturing and Commercial District
153.117.1 GI General Industrial District
153.118 ROS Residential Office Single-Family
153.119 MHO Manufactured Home Overlay District
153.120 SH Special Highway Overlay District
153.121 WSW Water Supply Watershed Overlay District
153.122 Historic Overlay HO District
153.123 PRD Planned Residential Development District
153.124 PUD Planned Unit Development District
153.125 TND Traditional Neighborhood Developments
153.126 TID Transitional Infill Developments
153.127 Application requirements, review procedures and watershed overlay cluster developments
153.128 MHP Manufactured Home Park District
153.129 CC Commercial Center District
153.130 Supplementary requirements for certain uses
Nonconformities
153.135 Purpose and applicability
153.136 Nonconforming uses other than manufactured home parks, signs and junk yards
153.137 Nonconforming structures
153.138 Nonconforming accessory structures and uses
153.139 Nonconforming lots
153.140 Screening and landscaping
153.141 Nonconforming off-street parking and/or loading
153.142 Nonconforming manufactured home (mobile home) parks
153.143 Nonconforming signs
153.144 Exceptions to required removal after a specified period of time (amortization)
153.145 Nonconforming junkyards
Signs
153.160 General intent
153.161 Sign illumination
153.162 Unsafe signs
153.163 Sign area
153.164 Sign height
153.165 Permit required and code compliance
153.166 Signs not requiring permit
153.167 Prohibited signs
153.168 Signs permitted in all Residential (R) Districts
153.169 Signs permitted in the OI, NB, GB, CC, HB, PB, GMC and GI Districts
153.170 Signs permitted in the C-B Central Business District and the CBT Central Business Transitional District
153.171 Signs in the SH Special Highway Overlay District
153.172 Specifications for signs requiring a permit
153.173 Hotel and lodging facilities sign provisions
153.174 Additional provision for church signs
153.175 Fence wraps
Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
153.185 Off-street parking requirements
153.186 Driveways for all uses other than one or two-family residential
153.187 Off-street loading requirements
153.188 Off-street parking for nonresidential uses in residential zones
Zoning Administration
153.255 Administrator
153.256 Certificate of compliance
153.257 Designation of Class A status for placement of manufactured homes on individual lots
153.258 Site plan review requirements
153.259 [Reserved]
153.260 [Reserved]
153.261 Complaints regarding violations
153.262
Violations
153.263 Enforcement intent
153.264 Enforcement procedures
153.265 Penalties and remedies
153.266 Civil penalties; assessment and procedures
153.267 Permit revocation
153.268 Judicial review
Board of Adjustment
153.275 Powers, duties and procedures
153.276 Administrative review
153.277 Variances
153.278 Relief to dimensional regulations for authentic restoration or reconstruction of off-street parking requirements in an HO Historic Overlay District
153.279 Nonconformities
153.280 Application procedure
153.281 Appeals from the Board of Adjustment
Historic District Commission
153.295 Creation
153.296 Tenure
153.297 Qualifications
153.298 Meetings
153.299 Attendance of meetings
153.300 Rules of procedure
153.301 Annual report, required
153.302 Meeting minutes
153.303 Commission powers
Amendments
153.315 Amendments to text and map
153.316 Additional provisions pertaining to parallel conditional use zoning amendments
Legal Status Provisions
153.330 Conflict with other laws
153.331 Separability
153.332 Effective date
Implementation of the Statutory Vested Right Provisions of G.S. §
§ 160D-108
153.345 Purpose
153.346 Definitions
153.347 Establishment of a zoning vested right
153.348 Approval; procedures and approval authority
153.349 Duration
153.350 Termination
153.351 Voluntary annexation
153.352 Limitations
153.353 Repealer
153.354 Effective date
Subdivision Regulations
153.370 Authority, purpose and conflict with other laws
153.371 Plats to be approved
153.372 Thoroughfare plan
153.373 School sites on land use plan
153.374 Zoning and other plans
153.375 General procedure for plat approval
153.376 Statement by owner
153.377 Issuance of building permits on subdivision lots
153.378 Waivers and modifications
153.379 Plat shall be required on any subdivision of land
153.380 Approval prerequisite to plat recordation
153.381 Appeals
153.382 Procedure for review of minor subdivisions
153.383 Submission and review procedure for major subdivisions sketch plan
153.384 Preliminary major subdivision plat submission and review
153.385 Final subdivision plat submission and review
153.386 Planning unit developments (PUDs) and planned residential developments (PRDs)
153.387 Information to be contained in or depicted on preliminary and final plats
153.388 Recombination of land
153.389 Resubdivision procedures
153.390 General
153.391 Suitability of land
153.392 Name duplication
153.393 Subdivision design
153.394 Easements
153.395 Street standards
153.396 Water and sewer systems
153.397 Stormwater drainage systems
153.398 Other requirements
153.999 Penalty
Statutory reference:
Authority to enact zoning provisions, see G.S. § 160D.702