Zoning text amendment items in Chatham County
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| Zoning text amendment | 77 |
| Comprehensive plan | 13 |
| State legislative agenda | 13 |
| Data centers and large loads | 9 |
| Environment and sustainability | 8 |
| Farmland and open space | 8 |
| Subdivision and site plans | 8 |
| Ethics and transparency | 6 |
| Land conversion and large development | 6 |
| Parks and recreation | 6 |
| Rezoning | 5 |
| Fire and EMS | 3 |
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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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A planning department request to move the adopted ordinance's effective date back a year, following Senate Bill 382.
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and neighboring jurisdiction updates.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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Staff asked to push the UDO's effective date back a year because a state downzoning law has stalled implementation, and a new law requires rezonings in Voluntary Agricultural Districts to go through a 180-day Agricultural Advisory Board review.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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A zoning ordinance text amendment adding automobile and automobile accessory sales and service as a permitted use in Section 10.13.Approved 10-0 on consent
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Recommended for approval 10-0
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referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Held to the September meetingDiscussion item Zoning text amendment
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, neighboring jurisdiction updates, and the August 18 public hearing items.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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A sixth amendment to the consultant contract for the Unified Development Ordinance.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, that an amended contract with White & Smith LLC (dba White Smith Cousino) for the Unified De…
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Scheduling the Planning Board's legislative public hearing on amendments to the ordinance establishing the Planning Board.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, to schedule a legislative public hearing by the Chatham County Planning Board for amendments…Public hearing Zoning text amendment
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and neighboring jurisdiction updates.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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Moving the Unified Development Ordinance's effective date, on the Planning Board's 5-4 recommendation of May 6.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, that 25-30 Resolution amending the effective date of the adopted Unified Development Ord…
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A planning department request forced by Senate Bill 382, which removed local downzoning authority and blocked the implementation work.Recommended 5-4 with a consistency statement; the chair, Lyons, Mayer and Chiosso opposed, Andrews abstaining
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Amendments drafted by a working group and reviewed by the county attorney, forwarded to the commissioners.Approved 10-0
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, neighboring jurisdiction updates, and an introduction to the historic survey project.
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A hearing on moving the Unified Development Ordinance's effective date from July 1 to December 31, 2025, because Senate Bill 382 removed local downzoning authority and blocked the implementation work. Nobody signed up to speak, and the item went to the Planning Board.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Work on amendments to the ordinance the commissioners had asked the board to review, pending the county attorney's review.
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and neighboring jurisdiction updates.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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The Planning Board asked to amend the ordinance that establishes it. Staff described the changes as housekeeping, and the board's consensus was for staff to work with the Planning Board and bring back a redline for approval.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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25-0102 Vote to approve a contract amendment with White & Smith LLC (dba White Smith Cousino) for the UDOA contract amendment with the consultant on the Unified Development Ordinance.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, that a contract amendment with White & Smith LLC (dba White Smith Cousino) for th…
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The development ordinance is still blocked by state law, with at least twenty bills filed to undo it; the sticking point is the ban on downzoning.
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and neighboring jurisdiction updates.
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The board can amend its own rules and code of ethics, but can only recommend changes to the ordinance that establishes it. Open questions were the timing of officer elections, the timing of terms, and the annual report to the commissioners.
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and a new staff effort to track projects in the towns and report regularly to the board.Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
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What Senate Bill 382 does to the newly adopted Unified Development Ordinance. Staff said the legislature would return to it in the long session, that the downzoning provision might draw little attention, and that the result could be a narrower but still restrictive definition, or repeal.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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The Agriculture Advisory Board's work on the development ordinance, and the Pittsboro downtown advisory council.
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382.
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A text amendment to the subdivision regulations, sections 2.3, 5.2 and 7.7, on concept plan reviews and approvals.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that this 24-62 Resolution amending the Chatham County Subdivision Regulations; sp…
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The new agricultural zoning district would protect prime soils and working farms north and south of Siler City, but the county must rezone itself to match and no process or timeline had been approved. A new bill in the legislature would affect the whole implementation.
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What 2025 would take if the veto override failed: reviewing the new zoning district map, a draft to the commissioners, then rezoning through public hearings, legal notices, posted signs and mass mailings to every property owner.
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The Recode Chatham Unified Development Ordinance, adopted in two votes after four years of work and the Planning Board's 7-1 recommendation. Senate Bill 382 blocked its implementation three weeks later.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, to adopt the 24-59 resolution for the Recode Chatham Unified Development Ordinance. Th…
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Amendments to sections 2.3, 5.2 and 7.7, prompted by concern that a concept plan submittal was being used under the permit choice statute to create a perpetual vested right in the old rules.Recommended for approval 8-0
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The last open questions on the Unified Development Ordinance before adoption: open space density, general use and conditional districts, and affordable housing, worked through with the consultants from the Planning Board's motions and staff input, with modeled scenarios on two real sites.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed
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An overview of the Unified Development Ordinance process and its next steps, three weeks before adoption.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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Public input and Planning Board recommendations on the Unified Development Ordinance, with the consultants to bring more to the next meeting.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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A hearing on amendments to the subdivision regulations on concept plan reviews. Under the permit choice statute an applicant may pick which version of a rule applies when it changes mid-application, and staff found concept plan submittals being used to lock in the old rules indefinitely.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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VI.1 Evaluate the draft Unified Development Ordinance and recommend whether the commissioners adopt itThe consultant's presentation and the board's own review, taken as a series of votes on concerns to attach to its recommendation: staffing, open space enforcement, cross references, notice, sliding scale density, climate change in the design principles, a safeguard against state preemption, and riparian footpaths.Recommended for approval in principle 7-1, Smith opposed, subject to the attached list; consistency statement 7-1
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The final draft of the Unified Development Ordinance, reviewed at length with staff and the consultants, who were asked to return on October 21 with more information.
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The public hearing on the draft Unified Development Ordinance, at which eleven people spoke.referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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