§ 152.481 ZONING ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE.
   (A)   Affirmation of existing zoning. Property located within the Historic District will continue to be subject to all Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Swansboro. This Ordinance shall not be construed as impairing the Zoning Ordinance in any manner.
   (B)   Required conformance to dimensional regulations. Any erected in the Historic District shall be subject to the dimensional and other regulations of the Zoning Ordinance, except as follows:
      (1)   No or part thereof shall extend nearer to or be required to be set back farther from the than the average distance of the of the nearest (s) within 100 feet on each side of such and fronting on the same side of the ;
      (2)   No shall exceed a maximum height established by §§ 152.195 through 152.196 without a from the and recommendations for from the Historic Preservation Commission; and
      (3)   The Commission shall place emphasis on adherence to and preservation of appropriate historic scale, mass, height, and architectural detail of the Historic District. However, if the property for which a certificate of appropriateness is sought is located in a hazard area, or in any other area such that the first of the replacement must be elevated above the elevation of the first of the , the Historic Preservation Commission shall give due regard to balancing the mass and scale of the with the increased height of the , and to balancing the mass, scale, and height of the with the mass, scale, and height of other in the Historic District by the use of and other creative architectural and landscaping designs to create a which complies with this § 152.481.
(Ord. 2005-O3, passed 3-15-2005)