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In this zone, mobile home parks or courts shall be allowed pursuant to the following regulations.
(A) If either a community water or community sewer system is provided by the developer, then each mobile home space shall be at least 15,000 square feet of ground area.
(B) If both a community water and a community sewer system are provided, then each mobile home space shall be at least 10,000 square feet of ground area.
(C) Each mobile home shall be located at least 35 feet from any other mobile home, ten feet from any other building within the mobile home park and ten feet from all property lines.
(D) Each mobile home shall abut upon a paved street with a right-of-way of at least 40 feet with a minimum width of 18 feet paved, which paved street shall have direct access to a public street or road.
(E) One automobile space shall be provided adjacent to each mobile home and one guest automobile parking space shall be provided in the mobile home park for each two mobile home spaces.
(F) At least 200 square feet for each mobile home space in the park shall be provided in one or more locations for recreation purposes.
(G) If any mobile home park or court in this residential zone shall have ten or more lots, it shall have an on-site manager.
(H) All mobile home spaces within any mobile home park or court shall be under single ownership and no lots contained therein may be for sale to others.
(1993 Code, § 91.019) Penalty, see § 153.999
The purpose of this zone shall be to maintain lots of sufficient size to insure that residential development not having access to public water supplies and dependent upon septic tank systems for sewage disposal will occur at sufficiently low density to insure a healthful environment. The R20 Residential- Agricultural Zone is established as a Zone to promote a compatible mixture of single-family residential and agricultural uses in areas outside town limits and where development is occurring. In this zone, a building or land shall be used only for one or more of the following purposes:
(A) Uses permitted.
(1) Any use permitted in the R6 Residential Zone;
(2) Agriculture, including the sale and processing of products produced on the premises;
(3) Cemeteries;
(4) Forestry;
(5) Mobile home dwellings, provided that only one mobile home shall be allowed per residential lot and in no case shall a mobile home be allowed to a lot occupied by any other principal building;
(6) Parks and historic sites;
(7) Plant nurseries;
(8) Public safety or public utility facilities, including public sewage disposal facilities; and
(9) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.
(B) Building height limit. No structure shall exceed 35 feet in height unless the depth of front and total width of side yards required herein shall be increased five feet for each story, or fraction thereof, of building height in excess of 35 feet.
(C) Building site area required for residences.
(1) The minimum building site area shall be one lot or parcel of land 20,000 square feet in area for each main building. Such parcel of land shall have average width of at least 100 feet at the front building line. When a lot or parcel of land has an area of less than the above required minimum area and width and was of record at the time of passage of this chapter, said lot may be occupied by only one family; provided, however, that the minimum side and front yard requirements set out in this section are conformed to regardless of pre-existing lot size.
(2) Multiple-family dwellings may be constructed, provided that the overall site provides a minimum of 20,000 square feet per development, plus 6,000 additional square feet for each family unit in the complex.
(D) Front yard required. There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 40 feet measured from the front of the street or road right-of-way to the front line of the main building. Provided, that when the geographic grade or contour of a lot is such that compliance with this section is impossible or will impose an undue hardship upon the property owner, the Board of Adjustment will establish a front yard depth suitable and practical for such lot. Where a lot fronts on two streets, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(E) Side yard required. There shall be a side yard on each side of the main residential building having a width of not less than 20 feet. No accessory building shall be located nearer than ten feet to any interior lot line and shall not be located less than 40 feet from the street or road right-of-way of either street or road on corner lots.
(F) Residential development setbacks.
(1) All residential subdivisions or individually sold residential lots shall be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from any existing livestock or poultry facility using lagoon sewage disposal facilities. All residential subdivisions or individually sold residential lots shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from an existing livestock or poultry facility using waste disposal systems other than lagoons.
(2) This prohibition shall not apply to the construction of residential dwellings as a part of or located on a farm tract, when said residential lots are not to be separately deeded from the entire farm tract. These setbacks shall be measured from the point of the residential building nearest the facility to the edge of the facility building or lagoon that is nearest to the residential building.
(G) Livestock and poultry facility setbacks. Livestock or poultry facilities using lagoon sewage disposal facilities shall be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from any existing residential building located on property owned by a person or legal entity other than the owner of the livestock or poultry facility. Livestock and poultry facilities using waste disposal systems other than lagoons shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from any existing residential building located on property owned by a person or legal entity other than the owner of the livestock or poultry facility. These setbacks shall be measured from the point of the residential building nearest the facility to the edge of the facility building or lagoon that is nearest to the residential building.
(H) Prohibited uses and structures.
(1) The use of any property in this zone which would result in noise, odor, dust or chemical residues which would create or establish a nuisance or trespass. All livestock or poultry waste disposal systems of whatever type shall be operated according to guidelines established by the Agricultural Waste Management Committee, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service;
(2) The commercial processing of any livestock or poultry not grown on the premises;
(3) The raising of livestock or poultry in open pens or ranges. All livestock and poultry shall be grown in livestock or poultry facilities with waste disposal systems set out in guidelines established by the Agricultural Waste Management Committee (or its successor) of the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. Exceptions to this general rule are as follows:
(a) Poultry or livestock grown for personal use or consumption by residents of the tract in question;
(b) Livestock grazed on permanent pasture, not to exceed five head per acre of permanent pasture. Said pasture shall not be more than 100 feet from the property line; and
(c) Livestock temporarily grazed in corn or other grain fields, not to exceed ten head per acre. The temporarily fenced area shall be more than 100 feet from the property line and shall not be used for more than 60 days during the months of September and January.
(4) All other structures and uses not specifically permitted in the above list of permitted uses.
(1993 Code, § 91.020) Penalty, see § 153.999
Within the Community Shopping Zone, as indicated on the zoning map, no lot, building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected which is intended or designed for any other than one or more of the following specified purposes.
(A) Uses permitted.
(1) Agriculture, including the sale, storage and processing of products;
(2) Auto parts and supplies, new;
(3) Bakeries;
(4) Banks and financial institutions, including loan and finance companies;
(5) Barber and beauty shops;
(6) Churches;
(7) Clubs and lodges;
(8) Convenience stores;
(9) Drug stores;
(10) Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats;
(11) Electric, radio and television repair shops;
(12) Floral and gift shops;
(13) Food stores and meat markets;
(14) Hardware, paint and floor covering stores;
(15) Health and medical facilities;
(16) Internet cafés;
(17) Motels;
(18) Offices, business, professional and public;
(19) Public safety and utility facilities;
(20) Restaurants;
(21) Sale and repair of new and used automobiles and other services incident to the operation of an automobile dealership;
(22) Service stations; and
(23) Signs constructed and placed in accordance with the ordinances of the town.
(B) Prohibited uses and structures.
(1) The use of any property in this zone as a used car junkyard;
(2) The use of any property in this zone for the sale or storage of used motor vehicles or equipment parts; and
(3) All other structures and uses not specifically permitted in the above list of permitted uses.
(C) Area and yard regulations.
(1) Buildings erected in the Community Shopping Zone for dwelling purposes exclusively shall comply with the requirements of the R6 Residential Zone.
(2) Where a building is erected for mixed use, namely for both dwelling and shopping purposes, each story of such building used in any part for dwelling purposes shall, if more than two rooms in depth, be provided with two side yards, one on each side of the building, neither of which shall be less than six feet in width.
(3) There are no minimum lot requirements in this zone.
(4) Where a Community Shopping Zone abuts a residential district, there shall be a side or rear yard, as the case may be, of at least ten feet in width. This yard shall be planted with evergreen trees and shrubbery to act as a buffer strip. Maintenance shall be provided by the property owner at all times.
(D) Off-street parking and loading.
(1) Required off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot as the use for which provided or within a distance of 300 feet from the lot provided that such parking space land is owned by the same owner as the use lot. Each application for zoning certificate shall include information as to the location and dimensions of off-street parking and loading space and the means of ingress and egress. Each automobile parking space shall not be less than 200 square feet exclusive of access drives and maneuvering space.
(2) For motels built within this zone, one space shall be provided for each sleeping unit and one space for each employee.
(3) For all other uses permitted within this zone, one space shall be provided for each 200 square feet of gross floor area of the structure.
(4) Every building or structure used for trade or business shall provide space for the loading and unloading of vehicles. These spaces shall be designed so that the vehicles loading and unloading shall not rest upon or across any public street right-of-way. All off-street loading spaces shall be at least 12 feet wide, 30 feet long and have an overhead clearance of 14 feet. Adequate means of ingress and egress must also be provided. Retail and wholesale establishments shall provide one off-street loading and unloading space for the first 2,500 square feet of gross floor space and one additional space for each additional 20,000 square feet of gross floor space.
(1993 Code, § 91.021) (Ord. passed 2-6-2006; Ord. passed 12-3-2012) Penalty, see § 153.999
Within the Business Zone, as indicated on the zoning map, no lot, building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected which is intended or designed for any other than one or more of the following specified purposes.
(A) Uses permitted.
(1) Any use permitted in the R8 and R6 Residential Zones;
(2) Offices, restaurants, banks, theaters, retail stores and retail stores conducting incidental and secondary wholesale departments;
(3) Public buildings or other public use and public utility uses;
(4) Signs constructed and placed in accordance with the ordinances of the town;
(5) Newspaper or printing plants, radio and television stations;
(6) Dry-cleaning and pressing plants, laundries;
(7) Freezer lockers, cold storage plants, produce markets;
(8) Billiard or pool rooms, bowling alleys, dance halls and other forms of public amusements;
(9) Wholesale and storage warehouses and building materials supply and sales warehouses or yards necessarily incidental to a permitted use in this zone;
(10) Automobile, truck, tractor and implement sales and service. Automobile repair garages and parking lots;
(11) Taxicab, bus and motor freight terminals;
(12) Hotels, motels, tourist homes;
(13) Accessory buildings and uses customarily and necessarily incident to the above specified uses; and
(14) In general, business not creating or likely to create either smoke, odor, gas, dust, noise or vibration harmful to abutting property in this zone.
(B) Area and yard regulations.
(1) Buildings erected in the Business Zone for dwelling purposes exclusively shall comply with the requirements of the R6 Residential Zone.
(2) Where a building is erected for mixed use, namely, for both dwelling and business purposes, each story of such building used in any part for dwelling purposes shall, be more than two rooms in depth, be provided with two side yards, one on each side of the building, neither of which shall be less than six feet in width; provided, however, that this regulation shall not apply to the street side of a corner lot.
(3) Where a lot abuts upon the side of a lot zoned residential, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet in width.
(1993 Code, § 91.022) (Ord. passed 4-6-1981) Penalty, see § 153.999
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