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TEXT AMENDMENT CASE # 23-05-PLBD-00048: AMEND ARTICLE 4 (ZONING DISTRICTS) TO ADD SECTION 4.10, SPECIAL PURPOSE LOTS AND AMEND SUBSECTION 5.14.A.2.C WITH THE CORRECT CORRESPONDING SECTION REFERENCE TO SPECIAL PURPOSE LOTS UNDER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWERS
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
J. Leslie Bell
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BACKGROUND
Background
Special purpose lots are lots that are ancillary to and support principal uses and are specific in their application. Thus, these lots would be exempt from certain dimensional standards (e.g., lot size) of the respective zoning district and may be used for non-occupied structures. Special Purpose Lots are intended to allow sites for family or church cemeteries, mail kiosks (in subdivisions or group developments), sewer lift stations, radio, television, and communication towers, off-site sewage treatment, and other similar utility uses (not to include solar farms which are relatively larger) that are supportive and supplementary to the surrounding development.
On January 8, 2025, the Planning Board recommended approval of Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment Case #23-05-PLBD-00048 to the Guilford County Board of Commissioners to add provisions (Section 4.10) for Special Purpose Lots (also included in the previous Guilford County Development Ordinance). This amendment revises Section 5.14.A.2.c. to add the correct section reference for Special Purpose Lots under the Individual Development Standards for wireless communication towers. With this revision, a Special Purpose Lot would be permitted when it is determined by the Director of Planning and Development, after considering comments from the Technical Review Committee (TRC), that the proposed lot’s dimensions accommodate the intended use and planting yards if required per the UDO. An application which includes a Special Purpose Lot shall not be deemed incomplete until it provides the Director with sufficient detail to allow the Director to make this calculation.
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