CHAPTER 157: ZONING
Section
Title, Enactment and Purpose
   157.001   Title, enactment and preamble
   157.002   Short title
   157.003   Purpose
Establishment of Zoning Districts and Provision for Zoning Map
   157.015   Official zoning map
   157.016   Zoning map changes
   157.017   Replacement of official zoning map
   157.018   Responsibility for maintenance of the official zoning map
   157.019   Rules for interpretation of zoning district boundaries
Exemptions
   157.030   Bona fide farm operations exempt
Definitions of Terms
   157.045   General interpretations
   157.046   Word and term definitions
Establishment of Zoning Districts
   157.060   Districts established
   157.061   R-15, Residential District
   157.062   R-15A, Residential District
   157.063   R-25, Residential District
   157.064   R-25A, Residential District
   157.065   R-35A, Residential District
   157.066   RMH-15, Residential Manufactured Home District
   157.067   RMH-25, Residential Manufactured Home District
   157.068   RMH-35, Residential Manufactured Home District
   157.069   C-1, Commercial District
   157.070   I-1, Industrial District
   157.071   I-2, Industrial District
   157.072   A-1, Agricultural District
   157.073   A-2, Agricultural District
   157.074   O&I, Office and Institutional District
   157.075   M-F, Multi-Family District
   157.076   P-1, Prison District
Application of General Regulations
   157.090   Use
   157.091   Only one principal building, one principal use on lot and orientation of a building
   157.092   Minimum yards
   157.093   Lot subdivision
   157.094   Certificate of occupancy
District Regulations
   157.105   Table of permitted uses
   157.106   Formulation of permitted uses table
   157.107   Notes to the table of permitted uses
Table of Area, Yard and Height Requirements
   157.120   Table of area, yard and height requirements
   157.121   Notes to the table of area, yard and height requirements
Provisions for Uses Allowed as Special and Conditional Uses
   157.135   Objectives and purposes of special use permits
   157.136   Special use permits
   157.137   Additional restrictions imposed on certain special and conditional uses requirements
   157.138   Additional restrictions imposed on certain special and conditional uses
Development Standards
   157.150   Off-street parking and off-street loading requirements
   157.151   Minimum parking requirements
   157.152   Landscaping and buffer yards
   157.153   Landscape and design standards for street yard buffers
   157.154   Landscaping within parking areas
   157.155   Property line buffers
   157.156   Additional buffer yards and screening
   157.157   Features allowed within buffer yards
   157.158   Plant materials
   157.159   Plant installation and maintenance
Nonconforming Situations
   157.170   Definitions
   157.171   Continuation of nonconforming situations and completion of nonconforming projects
   157.172   Nonconforming lots
   157.173   Extension or enlargement of nonconforming situations
   157.174   Change in kind of nonconforming use
   157.175   Abandonment or discontinuance of nonconforming situations
   157.176   Termination of nonconforming situations
   157.177   Completion of nonconforming projects
Administration and Enforcement
   157.190   Administration and enforcement
   157.191   Technical review committee
   157.192   Site plan approval
   157.193   Zoning certificate
   157.194   Building permits
   157.195   Certificate of occupancy/compliance
   157.196   Compliance with state guidelines for areas of environmental concern
   157.197   Vested rights
Board of Adjustment
   157.210   Creating the Board of Adjustment
   157.211   Jurisdiction of Board of Adjustment
   157.212   Rules for proceedings of the Board of Adjustment
   157.213   Powers of Board
   157.214   Appeal to the Board of Adjustment
   157.215   Appeal from decision of the Board of Adjustment
Adoption and Amendment Procedures
   157.230   Purpose and scope
   157.231   Planning board review
   157.232   Initiation of amendments
   157.233   Amendment by petition
   157.234   Public hearing
   157.235   Notice requirements
   157.236   Consistency and reasonableness statements
   157.237   Pending applications
   157.238   Down-zoning
   157.239   Moratoria
Legal Status Provisions
   157.250   Validity
   157.251   Separability
   157.252   Effective date
 
   157.999   Penalty
TITLE, ENACTMENT AND PURPOSE
§ 157.001 TITLE, ENACTMENT AND PREAMBLE.
    A chapter, in pursuance of the authority granted by G.S. Chapter 160D, for the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, morals and general welfare; to provide for the establishment of zoning districts within the county, to regulate within those districts the location, height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the required open space, the density of population, and the uses of land, buildings, and other structures; to provide methods of administration of this chapter; to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof; and to supersede any ordinances in conflict herewith.
   (A)   Whereas, the County Commissioners deem it necessary, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the county to enact such an ordinance; and
   (B)   Whereas, the County Commissioners have created a Planning Board to prepare a proposed zoning ordinance, including both the full text of such ordinance and zoning maps showing proposed district boundaries; and
   (C)   Whereas, the Planning Board has divided the county into districts and has prepared regulations pertaining to such districts in accordance with a comprehensive plan and appropriate land use studies, and designed to lessen congestion, to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; and
   (D)   Whereas, the Planning Board has given reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses, with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land through those areas of the county under the jurisdiction of this chapter; and
   (E)   Whereas, the Planning Board has certified its proposed zoning ordinance to the County Commissioners; and
   (F)   Whereas, the County Commissioners have given due public notice of hearings relating to adopting the zoning ordinance in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and G.S. Ch. 160D, Art. 18, and have held such public hearings; and
   (G)   Whereas, all requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, with regard to the preparation of the proposed ordinance by the Planning Board in accordance with a comprehensive plan, and subsequent action of the County Commissioners have been met;
   (H)   Now therefore, the Board of Commissioners of the county, does hereby ordain and enact into law throughout the areas designated on the official zoning map(s) of the county except as otherwise provided in G.S. Chapter 160D the following articles and sections, this the 21st day of June, 2021.
(Ord. passed 6-21-2021)
§ 157.002 SHORT TITLE.
    This chapter shall be known as the “Zoning Ordinance of Pasquotank County, North Carolina.” The zoning map(s) herein referred to, which is identified by the title “Official Zoning Map of Pasquotank County, North Carolina,” shall be known as the “Zoning Map.”
(Ord. passed 6-21-2021)
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