Gaining Ground Information Database

(25 classifications) (86 resources)

Classifications:

Affordable Housing (1)
Aquifer Protection (4)
Coastal Protection (6)
Comprehensive Planning (1)
Disaster Management (2)
Drinking Water Protection (1)
Environmental Compliance (4)
Erosion & Sedimentation Control (2)
Floodplain Protection (2)
Floodplain Regulation (2)
Floodwater Management (1)
Green Buildings & Energy Efficiency (3)
Natural Resource Protection (3)
Overlay District (1)
Pedestrian Oriented Design (POD) (3)
Pre-Application & Consensus Building (1)
Sea Level Rise Adaptation (1)
Stormwater Management (1)
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) (7)
Transportation and Land Use Planning (1)
Vacant & Distressed Properties (1)
Watershed Protection (5)
Wetlands and Watercourse Protection (6)
Wildlife & Fish Habitat (1)
Zoning (3)

Resources:

A Source of Local Authority to Regulate Private Land Use Full Record

This report summarizes North Carolina’s land use statutes that grant authority to local governments to regulate the use of private land. In addition, it briefly reviews underlying home rule and const...

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Adult Entertainment Laws Full Record

Section 160A-181.1 authorizes cities and counties to regulate sexually oriented businesses through zoning ordinances, licensing requirements, or other “appropriate ordinances.” Such regulations may in...

http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents...

Affordable Housing Zoning Full Record

§ 153A-378. Low- and moderate-income housing programs

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Agricultural Land Protection, Cities Full Record

Under the Conservation and Historic Preservation Agreements Act, found at Article 4 within Chapter 121, cities have the authority to acquire conservation easements and other interests in property for ...

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Agricultural Land Protection, Counties Full Record

Counties have all the same powers with regard to agricultural land protection as cities have (see above). Additionally, counties have further authority, not provided to cities, under the Farmland Pres...

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Blue Ridge Parkway Overlay District Full Record

This overlay district applies to all development within 1,320 feet of the centerline of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It presents development standards, height restrictions, and setback requirements for dev...

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Blue Ridge Parkway Overlay District Full Record

The primary purpose of this ordinance is to protect a scenic resource that is also important to the local economy. The ordinance imposes setback, height, and buffer requirements.

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Bona Fide Farm Purposes Full Record

The state’s grant of zoning authority to counties at § 153A-340 prohibits counties from enacting zoning that would affect most property “used for bona fide farm purposes.” The only bona fide farm purp...

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Brownfield Redevelopment Full Record

North Carolina’s Brownfields Property Reuse Act is found within Chapter 130A, Article 9 at Part 5. The Act encourages the redevelopment of brownfield sites by authorizing the Department of Environment...

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Code of Ordinances (Counties) Full Record

This section permits, but does not require a county’s board of commissioners to direct that ordinances establishing or amending the boundaries of zoning districts and zoning areas be codified in offic...

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