North Carolina Administrative Code

10A NCAC 29C .0205 RESIDENTIAL (R-3) APARTMENT DISTRICT Within a (R-3) apartment district multi-family housing designed to be occupied by three or more families shall be permitted on lot areas of no less than one acre and developed to a maximum density of 15 units per acre. Histo…

10A NCAC 29C .0206 RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME PARK (R-4) DISTRICT Within a (R-4) mobile home park district mobile homes or trailers shall be permitted only when located within a mobile home park which conforms with the regulations set forth in Section .0800 of this Subchapter. Histo…

10A NCAC 29C .0207 CENTRAL BUSINESS (B-1) DISTRICT Within a (B-1) central business district only the following uses shall be permitted: (1) stores retailing groceries, meats, vegetables, fruits, drugs, hardware, clothing, shoes, home furnishings, sporting goods, musical instrumen…

10A NCAC 29C .0208 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS (B-2) Within the (B-2) neighborhood business district only the following uses shall be permitted: (1) offices rendering professional services such as governmental, legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural and accounting services;…

10A NCAC 29C .0209 SECONDARY BUSINESS (B-3) DISTRICT Within a (B-3) secondary business district only the following uses shall be permitted: (1) lumber supply, (2) farm implement, (3) automobile garages, (4) machinery repair, (5) electrical fixtures and supplies, (6) plumbing fixt…

10A NCAC 29C .0210 MANUFACTURING (M-1) DISTRICT (a) Within a (M-1) manufacturing district uses shall be limited to those industries which in the judgment of the committee shall not be significantly injurious or offensive to Butner or to the occupants of adjacent premises. (b) The…

10A NCAC 29C .0211 INSTITUTIONAL (I-1) DISTRICT Within an (I-1) institutional district only the following uses shall be permitted and shall be developed on lot areas of not less than five acres: (1) public parks, parkways, land reserves; (2) public golf courses, play grounds, pla…

SECTION .0300 - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 10A NCAC 29C .0301 MISCELLANEOUS BUILDING Swimming pools, bomb shelters, automobile or garden storage units and similar types of construction shall meet the requirements for accessory buildings. (see Rule .0202 …

10A NCAC 29C .0302 LIGHTING All lighting used to illuminate entrances, exits, service roads, parking aisles, or buildings must be so arranged to avoid glare or reflection into adjacent streets or property. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B-10; Eff. March 21, 1980; Pursuan…

10A NCAC 29C .0303 OUTDOOR STORAGE No outdoor storage shall extend into any required yard nor be placed on the front side of any principal building. Outdoor storage on any side street shall be enclosed by a fence. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B-10; Eff. March 21, 1980;…

10A NCAC 29C .0304 UTILITIES The applicant shall submit satisfactory evidence that every possible effort has been made with the serving utilities to install underground all new facilities necessary to furnish utility service to the proposed development. History Note: Authority G.…

10A NCAC 29C .0305 LANDSCAPING Provisions for landscaping shall be included with each application plot plan showing proposed development. These shall include, but are not limited to, provisions for screen planting, lawn areas, trees, shrubs, fences, and walls. It shall be the res…

10A NCAC 29C .0306 DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE The committee may require the applicant to submit a proposed progress schedule for development indicating that the improvements described in the development plan will be made prior to occupancy of the structure. History Note: Authority G.S.…

10A NCAC 29C .0307 PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES REQUIRED All site plans, subdivision layouts, and plot plans showing the arrangement of business, manufacturing or institutional buildings shall be prepared by recognized members of the city planning, landscape architecture, archite…

SECTION .0400 - DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR OPEN SPACE 10A NCAC 29C .0401 OPEN SPACE REQUIRED Open space on the same lot with a principal building shall be provided that is unoccupied and unobstructed by structures excepting the following encroachments: (1) Architectural…

10A NCAC 29C .0402 OPEN SPACE A MATTER OF RECORD All open space requirements shall be placed on the official description or plat of any property. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B-10; Eff. March 21, 1980; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive …

10A NCAC 29C .0403 FRONT YARD Open space in the front of a principal building or structure and adjacent to the street property line shall adhere to the following requirements: (1) 30 feet for all single and two family residences, (2) 50 feet for all multi-family apartments, (3) 1…

10A NCAC 29c .0404 CORNER LOTS On corner lots, the applicant shall specify the front of the lot and open space of half the depth required shall be provided on the other public street frontage. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B-10; Eff. March 21, 1980; Pursuant to G.S. 150…

10A NCAC 29c .0405 SIDE YARDS (a) Open space between a building and the side lot line extending from the front of the property to the rear shall adhere to the following requirements: (1) 15 feet for any single or two family residences, (2) 20 feet for any multi-family apartments,…

10A NCAC 29c .0406 REAR YARDS Open space measured from the rear property line shall adhere to the following requirements: (1) 20 feet for any single family residences, (2) 20 feet for any multi-family residences, (3) 15 feet for any business or manufacturing establishments, and (…

SECTION .0500 - DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR STREETS AND BLOCKS 10A NCAC 29c .0501 PERMIT REQUIRED No applications or permits issued shall be approved except in conformity with the following standards for street design and development. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95;…

10A NCAC 29c .0502 STREETS (a) Official Plan. In any new residential area streets shall generally conform to the arrangement and locations indicated on the latest official plans or maps as officially adopted for Butner. In areas for which such plans have not been completed, stree…

10A NCAC 29C .0503 BLOCKS (a) Blocks shall be laid out with special attention given to the type of use contemplated. (b) Blocks shall not exceed 1,500 feet in length or be less than 500 feet. (c) Blocks shall have sufficient width to provide for lots fronting on each street. Buff…

10A NCAC 29C .0504 LOTS (a) Lot sizes, shapes, and locations shall be made with due regard to topographic conditions, contemplated use, and the surrounding area. (b) Every lot shall front or abut on a public street. (c) Corner lots shall have extra width to facilitate an adequate…

SECTION .0600 - DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING 10A NCAC 29C .0601 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRED Off-street automobile parking or storage shall be provided for every establishment on every lot or in case no parking space can be reasonably provided on the sam…

10A NCAC 29C .0602 COMBINED LOTS PERMISSIBLE The required parking space for any number of separate establishments may be combined in one lot, but the required spaces assigned to one establishment may not be assigned to another establishment at the same or any other time, except t…

10A NCAC 29c .0603 MINIMUM REQUIRED SPACES (a) Each automobile parking space shall be not less than 200 square feet in area exclusive of adequate access drive and maneuvering space. Such space shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley. Such use shall not therea…

10A NCAC 29C .0604 PARKING BAYS NOT PERMITTED Except for residential service on minor or collector streets, no parking bays shall be allowed and all off-street parking lots shall be so arranged that egress is by forward motion of the vehicle. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; …

10A NCAC 29C .0605 SCREEN REQUIRED On the street fronts of all off-street parking facilities a screen of hedge or fence shall be provided to shield headlights, fumes, heat, blowing papers and dust. In addition all areas not used for loading, access ways, or pedestrian walks shall…

10A NCAC 29c .0606 LIGHTING REQUIRED Parking lots and access ways shall be properly lighted to provide pedestrian safety. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B-10; Eff. March 21, 1980; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. Aug…

10A NCAC 29c .0607 TRAILER PARKING Multi-family residences should provide additional space for travel or boat trailers. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B-10; Eff. March 21, 1980; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. Augus…

SECTION .0700 - DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR OFF-STREET LOADING 10A NCAC 29c .0701 PERMITS REQUIRED Every building or structure used for business, trade, or manufacturing establishments shall hereafter provide off-street space as indicated herein for the loading and unloa…

10A NCAC 29c .0702 MINIMUM SIZE An off-street loading space shall have a minimum dimension of 12 feet by 40 feet with an overhead clearance of 14 feet. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B-10; Eff. March 21, 1980; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substa…

10A NCAC 29c .0703 LOADING SPACES REQUIRED Off-street loading spaces shall be provided according to the following schedule: (1) One space shall be provided for the first 5,000 square feet building floor area or fraction thereof. (2) One additional space shall be provided for each…

SECTION .0800 - MOBILE HOME PARK DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 10A NCAC 29c .0801 GENERAL PROVISIONS (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain any mobile home or any vehicular relocatable structure, built on a chassis, designed as a dwelling for unlimited pe…

10A NCAC 29c .0802 MOBILE HOME PARK DESIGN REQUIREMENTS The mobile home park plan of the entire site, drawn to scale, shall show all existing conditions, the proposed site development and all the following requirements: (1) Size of Mobile Home Park. All mobile home parks shall be…

10a NCAC 29c .0803 GENERAL MOBILE HOME REQUIREMENTS (a) Minimum Size of Mobile Homes. No mobile home shall be placed in said park which is less than 8 feet by 30 feet size or does not contain a built-in bathroom with water closet, lavatory and shower or tub which are in working c…

SECTION .0900 - REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS 10A NCAC 29C .0901 IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED No zoning and development permit shall be issued nor any application approved unless the following improvements either have been constructed or a performance bond accepted guaranteeing the proper insta…

10a NCAC 29c .0902 MONUMENTS Permanent concrete monuments four inches in diameter or square, three feet long, shall be placed at not less than two corners of the subdivision provided that additional monuments shall be placed where necessary so that no point within the subdivision…

10A NCAC 29c .0903 PROPERTY CORNER TIE At least one corner of the property surveyed shall be designated by course and distance (tie) from a readily discernible reference marker. If a corner is within 2,000 feet of a U.S. coast and geodetic station or N.C. grid system coordinated …

10a NCAC 29c .0904 MARKERS All lot corners, all points where the street lines intersect the exterior boundaries of the subdivision, all angle points and points of curve in each street shall be marked with an iron pipe not less than three-fourths of an inch in diameter and 30 inch…

10A NCAC 29c .0905 GRADING All street rights-of-way shall be cleared and graded so as to provide the required street width, an eight foot shoulder and drainage ditches on each side of the roadway. Finished grades, cross sections and profiles shall be approved by the manager. Hist…

10A NCAC 29c .0906 PAVEMENTS All streets shall be surfaced to pavement widths set forth under Rule .0502 of this Subchapter, and shall conform to specifications acceptable to the manager and to the North Carolina State Highway Commission. History Note: Authority G.S. 122-95; 143B…

10A NCAC 29c .0907 DRAINAGE An adequate drainage system, including necessary open ditches, pipes, culverts, intersectional drains, drop inlets, bridges, etc., shall be provided for the proper drainage of all surface water. Plans, specifications and finished construction shall con…

10A NCAC 29c .0908 CURBS AND GUTTERS Rolled concrete curbs or integral concrete curbs and gutters shall be required in all new subdivisions except when all lots of a subdivision have a minimum width of 110 feet at the property line and a minimum area of 20,000 square feet. Histor…

10A NCAC 29c .0909 WATER AND SEWER Each lot or other site shall be connected to a public or semi-public water and sanitary sewerage system by lines of sufficient size to accommodate the anticipated requirements. Lot service connections shall be stubbed in so that there will be no…

SECTION .1000 - BUILDING: ELECTRICAL: PLUMBING AND FIRE CODES 10A NCAC 29c .1001 ADOPTING CONSTRUCTION CODES The following codes as heretofore adopted and revised, are hereby adopted to apply to all construction and installations, including any expansion of existing construction …