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Appearance. In 2019, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted Chapter 160D Local Planning and Development Regulation .The chapter unified existing city and county planning and development regulations into a single chapter, and required local jurisdictions to bring their ordinances into conformance by July 1, 2021. [1]
Zoning is a law that divides a jurisdiction's land into districts, or zones, and limits how land in each district can be used. [1][2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property.
Under the text changes to the city’s unified development plan, adopted in 2013, Woodcrest is prime real estate for redevelopment. Just inside the Beltline, it’s about a 10-minute drive ...
Retrieved April 10, 2021. Single-family zoning, a form of exclusionary zoning, traces its roots in the U.S. to Berkeley in 1916, when city leaders sought to segregate white homeowners from apartment complexes rented by minority residents. It's become the default policy in cities and suburbs across the country.
In North Carolina, particularly in its fast-growing cities, there is an acute shortage of affordable housing. The median home price rose by 25 percent in 2021 and bumped up an estimated 5 percent ...
The North Carolina Planned Community Act, Chapter 47F of the North Carolina General Statutes, is a statute that governs the creation, operation, and destruction of a planned community in the state of North Carolina. According to the Homeowners Association of North Carolina, presently in the state there are over 18,000 homeowner associations ...
Planned unit development. A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of flexible, non- Euclidean zoning device that redefines the land uses allowed within a stated land area. PUDs consist of unitary site plans that promote the creation of open spaces, mixed-use housing and land uses, environmental preservation and sustainability, and ...
A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission, usually from a local council. The main purpose of building codes is to protect public health ...