A. Comprehensive plan. The City of Marion Comprehensive Plan shall serve as the basic policy guide for the administration of the UDO. The City Council shall adopt and reasonably maintain the Comprehensive Plan in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 160D-5-1. The goals, policies, and strategic actions of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan may be amended from time to time to meet changing requirements of the City in accordance with the standards and procedures in Sec. 3-6.1. The map designating areas of future land use activity shall be titled the "Future Land Use Map (FLUM) of the City of Marion".
Except as provided for in N.C.G.S. 160D-913, the UDO shall apply to all development and use of land and structures located within the corporate boundaries of the City of Marion, North Carolina, and extraterritorial jurisdiction, as denoted on the official boundary map maintained in the office of the City Clerk, and as may be amended from time to time, as provided by law. This map and its boundaries are incorporated into and made part of the UDO.
B. Technical documents. The City Council may adopt guidelines, handbooks, manuals, or other technical documents referenced in the UDO that provide technical guidance, standards, and specifications for typical development improvements. All development shall comply with the standards contained therein or with City approved alternatives prior to issuance of certificate of compliance, certificate of occupancy or release of performance or warranty bonds. The City may amend these technical documents as required to maintain them in conformance with industry best practices.
C. Building code regulations.
1. All buildings or structures and connected appurtenances which are constructed, reconstructed, erected, altered, extended, enlarged, repaired, altered, occupied, used, demolished, or moved shall conform to the requirements, minimum standards, and other provisions of either the North Carolina Building Code, or the North Carolina Residential Code, whichever is applicable, or both if applicable. Where the provisions of this Chapter conflict with any of the technical codes listed above, the more restrictive provisions shall apply.
2. Every building or structure intended for human habitation, occupancy, or use shall have plumbing, plumbing systems, or plumbing fixtures installed, constructed, altered, extended, repaired, or reconstructed in accordance with the minimum standards, requirements, and other provisions of the North Carolina Plumbing Code.
3. All mechanical systems consisting of heating, ventilating, air conditioning or refrigeration systems, fuel-burning equipment, incinerators, and other energy-related systems, their fittings, appliances, fixtures, and appurtenances shall be installed, erected, altered, replaced, repaired, used, and maintained in accordance with the minimum standards, requirements, and other provisions of the North Carolina State Mechanical Code.
4. All electrical wiring, installations and appurtenances shall be erected, altered, repaired, used, and maintained in accordance with the minimum standards, requirements, and other provisions of the North Carolina Electrical Code.
5. All construction, alterations, repairs, replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings, and appurtenances made or installed to any building or structure, other than one and two-family dwellings and townhouses, shall conform to the provisions of the North Carolina Accessibility Code.
6. The installation of gas piping systems extending from the point of delivery to the inlet connections of equipment served, and the installation and operation of residential and commercial gas appliances and related accessories shall conform to the provisions of the North Carolina Fuel Gas Code.
7. All manufactured housing shall be constructed, repaired, altered, installed, erected, replaced, or moved to another site in conformance with the provisions of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act and the State of North Carolina procedural and reference codes for mobile homes, modular dwelling units, and other factory building structures, and all regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
8. All construction, alterations, repairs, replacement, equipment, and maintenance hereinafter made or installed to any building or structure, other than one- and two-family dwelling and townhouses, shall conform to the provisions of the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code.
9. The thermal envelope of the building and installation of energy systems, including alterations, repairs, replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings, and appurtenances, ventilation, cooling, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, incinerators, and other energy-related systems shall conform to the provisions of the North Carolina Energy Code.
10. All alterations, repairs, replacement, rehabilitation or change of occupancy of any existing building shall conform to applicable provisions of the North Carolina Building Code Volume IX - Existing Buildings or other applicable technical codes.
(Ord. No. O-21-06-15-5, §1, 6-15-21)