PLANNING AND ZONING

TRADITIONAL VALUES,   PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP

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Residential Districts:

R-20                   Single family - min. lot size 20,000 sq. ft.

R-15                   Single family-min. lot size 15,000 sq. ft.

R-12                   Single family - min. lot size 12,000 sq. ft.

R-9                     Single family - min. lot size 9,000 sq. ft.

R-15MF             Multi-family - lot area varies based on type of uses and number of dwellings.

R-12MF             Multi-family - lot area varies based on type of uses and number of dwellings.

R/I                      Residential/Institutional - min. lot size 2 acres.          

R-MH                 Manufactured Home - min. 20' separation between structures.

 

Non-residential Districts:

0-15                    Office - min. lot size 15,000 sq. ft.

0-9                      Office - min. lot size 9,000 sq. ft.

AU                     Adult Uses - no min. lot size.

B-l                      Neighborhood Business, no min. lot size.

B-2                     General Business - no min. lot size.

B-3                     High-Rise Business - min. lot size 1 acre.

B-D                    Business Distributive - no min. lot size.

HUC                  Historic Urban Core for downtown commercial area. No min. lot area.

1-1                      Light Industrial - no min. lot size.

I-2                      Heavy Industrial - no min. lot size.

 

Special Provision Districts:

RU                     Rural - min. lot size 40,000 sq. ft. for residential and 15,000 sq. ft. for other use.

CrC                    Crestdale Conservation for Crestdale Neighborhood. Min. lot area varies based on size                             of land developed.

 

Overlay districts (used in conjunction with underlying zoning designation):

DOD                  Downtown Overlay District including Precincts 1 & 2 Design Guidelines & Streetscape

                          Improvements -

                          Downtown Master Plan.

HO                     Highway Overlay District - 500' to 1,000' each side of NC HWY 51 right-of-way.

 

Conditional Districts:

B-1SCD             Shopping Center District - min. lot 100,000 sq. ft. commercial space.

R-PUD               Planned Unit Development - lot area varies by use. Min lot area combined is 36 acres.

R-VS                   Residential Varied Style - Higher-Density Single-Family Residential.

Conditional       Conditional Zoning- a designation no longer in the ordinance but a hold-over from

                          mid-80s zoning actions (East Point, Windsor Square, Matthews Festival area, etc.).

 

*            Each of the above districts may be followed by (CD) indicating it is a Conditional District.

**           The single-family designations may also follow a cluster (CL) design process and be so noted on a

             zoning map, although cluster is not officially a separate zoning designation.

Zoning Designations & Subdivision Plats

SUBDIVISION Plats             Bellasera Villas, Phase 6, Map 6                     Bennington Forest Sketch Plan   

                 Bugriyev Estates (Phillips Road) Sketch Plan                   Council Station B&C                    Crestdale Manor        Donald Real Estate

                 Forest Brook              Greylock, Rev Site Plan               Mara Woods              Margaret Wallace Sketch            McKee Farms— A-2

                 Mecklenburg Medical Park           Pleasant Ridge            Reverdy End               Rice Road Sketch Plan                 Silver Oaks

                 Sunrise Crossing                          Estates at Wynchase Revised       Vill St. Andrews Map 4