Zoning text amendment items in Chatham County, between 12 Oct 2025 and 12 Oct 2026
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| Subject | Items |
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| Zoning text amendment | 37 |
| Data centers and large loads | 9 |
| Environment and sustainability | 7 |
| Parks and recreation | 5 |
| Subdivision and site plans | 5 |
| Farmland and open space | 4 |
| Land conversion and large development | 4 |
| Fire and EMS | 3 |
| State legislative agenda | 3 |
| Housing and affordability | 1 |
| Litigation and settlements | 1 |
| Police and public safety | 1 |
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The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee presents a resolution with its policy slate. It asks the county to apply the 2024 development ordinance's affordable housing districts and incentives under the current zoning ordinance, and to allow accessory dwelling units countywide now. It also suggests lower permit fees fo…
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Old Business 1 Update: Data Centers and Judge's RulingAn update on data centers and a judge's ruling, listed with two questions: what the county's response is, and the status of draft data center regulations. The agenda does not name the case.
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A revision of the county design guidelines recommended by the Appearance Commission, adding a suggested plant list and an invasive plant list for commercial and industrial development.
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Text amendments to the zoning ordinance to keep it in step with G.S. 160D. They update the bona fide farm exemption, remove off-street parking requirements, add townships to the title, add uses to the permitted table, change how staff take part in legislative processes, and drop the waiting period before an applicatio…
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Text amendments to the special use permit process, the table of permitted uses, the board of adjustment section and the amendment procedure, to keep them compliant with G.S. 160D.Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Time reserved for further discussion of the data center text amendments.
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The board continues the line-by-line review of the data center redline from Section D, noise mitigation standards.
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The Appearance Commission's revised design guidelines for commercial and industrial development, with a suggested plant list and an invasive plant list.
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The county's own amendments: update the bona fide farm exemption, remove off-street parking requirements, add townships to the title, add uses to the permitted table, change staff participation in legislative processes, and drop the waiting period before resubmitting an application.
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The 21 September public hearing items, and the special use permit process text amendment.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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Two changes to how data centers are permitted: replacing the special use permit with a conditional use permit, and ending by-right approval where public water and sewer are used.Both sent forward, 7-2, and referred to the county attorney for a second opinion on Senate Bill 382
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A line-by-line review of the redline draft, covering definitions, hazardous materials, generator testing and noise.Reached Section D, noise mitigation standards; continued to 8 September
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Consent agenda Zoning text amendment
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Staff set out two timelines, a longer one finishing recommendations for potential approval in January and a shorter one, and reviewed the legal constraints.
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The planning board has received the committee's core principles and guidance for regulating data centers. The committee discusses revisiting the by-right permit criteria in the zoning ordinance, and what Nash, Warren and Edgecombe counties require.
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The commission votes to send its revised design guidelines to the county commissioners for a public hearing and adoption.
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Staff pointed the board at Section 17.9 of the zoning ordinance, written during the fracking moratorium, which lets the county require a special study by a jointly chosen consultant at the applicant's expense before deciding whether a use meets the ordinance's findings. Adding data centers to the uses subject to it wo…
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The planning department asks to push the new development ordinance's effective date back a year, a consequence of Senate Bill 382.Recommended for approval 8-2; consistency statement adopted 10-0
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An update on implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and the May public hearing items.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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Amends the county's subdivision regulations to incorporate North Carolina State Fire Code standards for improvements, reservations, and design.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Karen Howard, seconded by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, that he amendments to the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations; specifically, section…
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A public hearing to push back the effective date of the county's Unified Development Ordinance from June 2026 to June 2027, a change required by state legislation (S382).referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and the April public hearing items.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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The commissioners and the fire marshal ask to adopt all standards of the North Carolina State Fire Code and Appendix D by reference in section 7 of the subdivision regulations, which governs required improvements, reservations and design.Recommended for approval 11-0
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, the 16 March public hearing items, School of Government training for planning board members, and an update on the data center moratorium.
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The commissioners and the fire marshal ask to adopt the State Fire Code and Appendix D by reference in the subdivision regulations.Postponed 9-0
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Text amendment, requested by Gregory Smith, permitting recreational facilities such as gyms and yoga studios in Industrial Light zoning districts.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Karen Howard, seconded by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, that the legislative request for a text amendment to the Chatham County Zoning Ordinanc…
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, the public hearing process for rezoning applications, and the compact communities rezoning and major subdivision processes.Staff or committee report Land conversion and large developmentRezoningSubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment
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A legislative public hearing, requested by the board and the county Fire Marshal, considered amending the county's Subdivision Regulations to adopt the North Carolina State Fire Code and its Appendix D by reference. The item was referred to the Planning Board rather than decided.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Gregory Smith asks that recreational facilities such as gyms and yoga studios become a permitted use in light industrial districts.Recommended for approval 9-0
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VIII.4 Discuss Chapter 160D-108Discussion item Zoning text amendment
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A public hearing on a zoning text amendment requested by Gregory Smith to allow gyms and yoga studios as a permitted use in Industrial Light districts. The board referred the request to the Planning Board.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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The board pushed back the effective date of the county's newly adopted Unified Development Ordinance from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2026, citing state legislative action S382, and adopted a consistency statement affirming the change supports Plan Chatham's goals.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, to amend the effective date of the adopted Unified Development Ordinance from Dece…Ordinance Zoning text amendment
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, the MoveChatham project, and neighboring jurisdiction updates.
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Zoning text amendment permitting automobile sales and service as a use in Light Industrial districts county-wide.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, to adopt Resolution 26-67 and approve an Ordinance for a Zoning Ordinance text amendment to a…
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