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Article 3: Zoning Districts
Article 3: Zoning Districts
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Article 3.1 - Zoning Districts Established
Article 3.2 - General Districts
3.2.1 Rural District (R)
3.2.2 Transitional Residential District (TR)
3.2.3 General Residential District (GR)
3.2.4 Neighborhood Residential District (NR)
3.2.5 Neighborhood Center District (NC)
3.2.6 Town Center District (TC)
3.2.7 Highway Commercial District (HC)
3.2.8 Campus Institutional District (CI)
3.2.9 Corporate Business (CB)
3.2.10 Special Purpose District (SP)
3.2.11 Traditional Neighborhood Development
3.2.12 Passenger Vehicle Sales District (VS)
3.2.13 Transit-Oriented Development – Residential
3.2.14 Transit-Oriented Development – Employment
Article 3.3 - Overlay Districts
3.3.1 Manufactured Home Overlay District (MH-O)
3.3.2 Mountain Island Lake Watershed Overlay
3.3.2-A Critical Areas (CA-1, CA-2, CA-3, CA4)
3.3.2-B Protected Areas (PA-1, PA-2)
3.3.2-C Appeals and Variances in MIL-O District
3.3.3 Lake Norman Watershed Overlay District
3.3.3-A Critical Area (CA)
3.3.3-B Appeals & Variances in LN-O District
Article 3.1 - Zoning Districts Established
Article 3.2 - General Districts
3.2.1 Rural District (R)
3.2.2 Transitional Residential District (TR)
3.2.3 General Residential District (GR)
3.2.4 Neighborhood Residential District (NR)
3.2.5 Neighborhood Center District (NC)
3.2.6 Town Center District (TC)
3.2.7 Highway Commercial District (HC)
3.2.8 Campus Institutional District (CI)
3.2.9 Corporate Business (CB)
3.2.10 Special Purpose District (SP)
3.2.11 Traditional Neighborhood Development
3.2.12 Passenger Vehicle Sales District (VS)
3.2.13 Transit-Oriented Development – Residential
3.2.14 Transit-Oriented Development – Employment
Article 3.3 - Overlay Districts
3.3.1 Manufactured Home Overlay District (MH-O)
3.3.2 Mountain Island Lake Watershed Overlay
3.3.2-A Critical Areas (CA-1, CA-2, CA-3, CA4)
3.3.2-B Protected Areas (PA-1, PA-2)
3.3.2-C Appeals and Variances in MIL-O District
3.3.3 Lake Norman Watershed Overlay District
3.3.3-A Critical Area (CA)
3.3.3-B Appeals & Variances in LN-O District
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