5.9.3.   Exemptions
The following activities are exempt from the standards of this section:
   A.   Activity on a bona fide farm;
   B.   Tree removal associated with normal forestry activity that is conducted:
      1.   On land taxed on the basis of its present-use value as forestland pursuant to Chapter 105, Article 12 of the North Carolina General Statutes; or
      2.   In accordance with a forest management plan prepared or approved by a forester registered in accordance with Chapter 89B of the North Carolina General Statutes;
   C.   Development or redevelopment within the DTC and DTP districts;
   D.   Development or redevelopment within the LHO district;
   E.   Construction of an individual single-family detached home on its own lot; and
   F.   Construction of an individual duplex dwelling on one or two individual lots.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)