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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZoning Ordinance-1982ZONING ORDINANCE Towy or m&mxp Nottl'x CKWLM DCM COPY DCM COPY lease do not remove!!!!! I Division of Coastal Management ILI • ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF MANTEO, NORTH CAROLINA The revision of this ordinance was done by the Planning and Zoning Board and the Manteo Board of Commissioners with funds provided by the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Office of Coastal Management. Consultants: Randy Hester and Marcia McNally August, 1982 E TABLE OF CONTENTS Article Section Subiect Pace I 1.01 TITLE, ENACTMENT, AND PURPOSE 1 1.01 Title and Enactment 1 1.02 Short Title 1 1.03 Purpose 1 II ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS 3 AND PROVISION FOR ZONING MAP 2.01 Official Zoning Map 3 2.02 Rules Governing the Intepretation 3 of District Boundaries III APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS 5 3.01 Territorial Application 5 3.02 Use, Occupancy, and Construction 5 3.03 Height, Bulk, Density, Lot Coverage, 5 Yards and Open Spaces 3.04 Computation of Required Spaces 5 3.05 Reduction of Lots or Areas Below Minimum 5 3.06 Classification of Added Territory 6 3.07 One Principal Building on Any Lot 6 3.08 Lot Access Requirements 6 3.09 Vision Clearance at Intersections 6- 3.10 Walls and Fences 8 3.11 Structures Excluded from Height Limitations 8 3.12 Reduction of Front Yard Setback 8 Requirements 3.13 Group Development Projects 8 3.14 Conversion of Existing Structures to 11 Condominium Ownership 3.15 Compliance with State Guidelines for 11 Areas of Environmental Concern IV INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION OF TE144S 12 4.01 Interpretation of Common Words and Terms 12 4.02 Definition of Specific Words and Terms 12 U Article Section Subject Page V NON-CONFOMITIES 25 5.01 Intent 25 5.02 Regulation of Non -Conformities 25 VI GENERAL PROVISIONS 30 6.01 Off -Street Parking Requirements 30 6.02 Water Supply and Sewage Disposal 40 Requirements 6.03 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks 40 6.04 Signs and Outdoor Advertising Structures 43 6.05 Outdoor Lighting 47 6.06 Temporary Uses 48 6.07 Flood Damage Prevention 48 6.08 Location of Utilities 53 6.09 Subdivision of Land 54 VII SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGUTATIONS 61 • 7.01 R-1 Low Density Residential 61 7.02 R-2 Medium Density Residential 62 7.03 R-5 General Residential 64 7.04 B-1 village Business District 66 7.05 B-2 General Business District 68 Vill PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS A 71 CONDITIONAL USE 8.01 Concept 71 8.02 Development Plan Review Procedure 74 8.03 PUD Standards and Requirements 79 8.04 Uses Permitted 81 IX AERINISTFATION AND ENFORCEMENT 83 9.01 Enforcement by Planning and Zoning Board 83 9.02 Composition and Terms of Planning and 83 Zoning Board 9.03 Building Permits Required 83 9.04 Application for Building Permit for 84 Permitted Uses • • Article Section Sub!ect Pace 9.05 Duties of the Building Inspector 84 9.06 Application for Permit for 84 Conditional Use 9.07 Certification of Occupancy Required 84 9.08 Violation 86 X PENALTY 87 XI BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 88 11.01 Board of Adjustment Established 88 11.02 Chairman of the Board 88 11.03 Meetings of the Board 88 11.04 Powers and Duties of the Board 89 11.05 Appeals from Decision of the Board of 91 Adjustment XII DUTIES OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, BOARD OF 92 ADJUSTMENT, COURTS AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS TO MATTERS OF APPEAL XIII CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS 93 13.01 Motion to Amend 93 13.02 Protest Against Amendment 93 13.03 Planning -Board Action 93 13.04 Fee 94 XIV LEGAL STATUS PROVISIONS 95 14.01 Effects Upon Outstanding Building Permits 95 14.02 Conflict with Covenants and Other Laws 95 14.03 Validity 95 14.04 Effective Date 95 ZONING ORDINANCE WOF THE TOWN OF MANTEO, NORTH CAROLINA ARTICLE I. TITLE, ENACTMENT AND PURPOSE SECTION 1.01 - TITLE AND ENACTMENT AN ORDINANCE, IN PURSUANCE OF THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES CHAPTER 160A, ARTICLE 19, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROMOTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS AND GENERAL WLEFARE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS WITHIN MANTEO, NORTH CAROLINA; TO REGULATE WITHIN SUCH DISTRICTS THE LOCATION, HEIGHT, BULK, NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE PERCENTAGE OF LOT THAT MAY BE OCCUPIED, THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE, THE DENSITY -OF POPULATION, AND THE USES OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES; TO PROVIDE METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. • NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Manteo, North Carolina, does hereby ordain and enact into law the following Articles and Sections,this the 4th day of April, 1979. This ordinance was revised, this the _ day of , 198. SECTION 1.02 - SHORT TITLE This ordinance shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance." The map herein referred to which is identified by the title "Official Zoning Map of Manteo, North Carolina," shall be known as the "Zoning Map." SECTION 1.03 - PURPOSE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 160A, Article 19 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the Board of Commissioners of Manteo, having designated the Manteo Planning Hoard as the Planning Agency to prepare a Zoning Plan showing proposed district boundaries and recommending a procedure by which the Zoning Regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of the zoning districts shall be • determined, established and enforced, and from time to time amended, 1 supplemented or changed, and having received from the Planning Board a certified plan taking into consideration the character of each district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the town, hereby adopts this zoning Ordinance. The zoning Ordinance has been prepared in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the development of Manteo and is designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic. and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent unnecessary sprawl and the overcrowding of land; to protect the town's natural resources; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; to give reasonable consideration to the expansion and development of the town so as to provide for its orderly growth and development; to preserve those unique qualities, both historic and commonplace, that are important to residents; to improve the economic conditions of the town through the preservation of those village characteristics necessary for tourism; to coordinate new development so that it is consistent with the town's heritage; to encourage citizen involvement in the planning and development of the town; to provide equal access to facilities for all the town's residents; to provide public services in a cost-effective manner; and to • maintain and improve the sense of community in the town. I� • 2 • ARTICLE II. ESTABLISIMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND PROVISION FOR ZONING MAP SECTION 2.01 - OFFICIAL ZONING MAP For the purposes of this ordinance, the Town of Manteo is hereby divided into zones or districts as shown on the "Official Zoning Map of Manteo, N. C.", which, together with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance. The official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor of the Town of Manteo and attested by the Clerk and bearing the Seal of the town under the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map referred to in Article II of the Zoning Ordinance of Manteo, N.C.", together with the date of adoption of this ordinance. • If, in accordance with Article %III of this ordinance changes are made in district boundaries or other matter portrayed on the official Zoning Map, such changes shall be promptly entered on the official Zoning Map after the amendment has been approved by the Board of Commissioners. • Regardless of the existence of purported copies of this official Zoning Map which may be made or published, the official Zoning Map which shall be located in the Manteo Town Hall shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of land and water areas, buildings and other structures in the town. SECTION 2.02 - RULES GOVERNING THE INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the districts as shown on the "Official Zoning Map of Manteo, North Carolina," the following rules shall apply: (1) Boundaries indicated -as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines; 3 • (2) Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines; (3) Boundaries indicated as approximately following corporate limits shall be construed as Following such corporate limits; (4) Boundaries indicated as following shore lines shall be construed to follow such shore lines, and in the event of change in the shore line shall be construed as moving with the actual shore line; boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers, canals, lakes, or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines; (5) Boundaries indicated as parallel -to or•extensigns of features indicated in subsections 1 through 4 above shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official zoning Map shall be determined by the scale of the map; (6) Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official zoning • Map, or in other circumstances not covered by subsections 1 through 5 above, the Board of Adjustment shall interpret the district boundaries. • (7) Where a district boundary line divides a lot which was in single ownership at the time of passage of this ordinance, the Board of Commissioners may permit, as conditional use, the extension of the regulation for either portion of the lot not to exceed 50 feet beyond the district line into the remaining portion of the lot. 4 • ARTICLE III. APPLICATION OF REGULATION SECTION 3.01 - TERRITORIAL APPLICATION The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to all lands and structures and uses thereon, within the corporate limits on the "Official Zoning Map of Manteo, North Carolina." SECTION 3.02 - USE, OCCUPANCY AND CONSTRUCTION No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be constructed except in conformity with all of the regulation herein specified for'the district in which it is located. SECTION 3103 - HEIGHT, BULK, DENSITY, LOT COVERAGE YARDS AND OPEN SPACES • No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed the height or bulk requirements of this ordinances nor to accomodate a greater number of families than allowed by this ordinance; nor to occupy a greater percentage of lot area than allowed by this ordinance; nor to have narrower or smaller front yards, side yards, rear yards; or other open spaces than required by this ordinance; nor shall any building, structure or land be used in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 3.04 - COMPUTATION OF REQUIRED SPACES No part of a yard, or other open space, or off-street parking or loading space required about or in connection with any building for the purpose of complying with this ordinance, shall be included as part of a yard, open space, or off-street parking or loading space similarly required for any other building. SECTION 3.05 - REDUCTION .OF LOTS OR AREAS BELOW MINIMUM No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this 5 • ordinance shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum recuirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this. ordinance shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this ordinance. SECTION 3.06 - CLASSIFICATION OF ADDED TERRITORY All territory not included under the provisions of this ordinance hereafter added to the zoning jurisdiction of the town shall be considered to be in the R-1 Low Density Residential classification until otherwise classified. SECTION 3.07 - ONE PRINCIPAL BUILDING ON ANY LOT Only one (1) principal building and its customary accessory buildings may hereafter be erected on any lot except as authorized • in this ordinance for Planned Unit Development and in Section 3.13, Group Development Projects. SECTION 3.08 - LOT ACCESS REQUIREMENTS No structure requiring a building permit shall be erected on any lot which'does not abut either a public right-of-way or a private street or easement at least 30 feet in width which has been approved by the Manteo Board of Commissioners and recorded by the Register of Deeds of Dare County. SECTION 3.09 - VISION CLEARANCE AT INTERSECTIONS On a corner lot which abuts a state or town maintained right- of-way in any district no planting, structure, fence, wall or other obstruction to vision between three (3) feet and eight (8) feet in height shall be placed or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street right-of-way lines and a straight line connecting points on said street lines each of which is twenty-five (25) feet distance from the point of intersection. Vertical elements will be allowed so lbng as no more that 5% of the area • between three (3) and eight (8) feet is obstructed on all rights- 0 of -way. Proper setback for vision shall be determined by the Planning and Zoning Board but in no case shall the requirement exceed that above. Row C� J The area frorn 3'- 9' high , %5' Ions must be kept AC.e7- .I�wv w6 n� . 0:n'. I TVIIS CUIOWs a VerY1Cal +hrou9h the area if more than 5°1a of t 4 25' not obstruct The area from 5'-51 h19h, zv• long 15 nor i�rl 95010 clear Of visual Ob5tf=c '%0111. ftccmp%avtr, erassAnc.e and cIlrfWA shrub are below tvie 31 siskt line, FA SECTION 3.10 - WALLS AND FENCES The setback requirements of these regulations shall not prohibit any necessary retaining wall or prohibit any wall or fence. However, within or abutting any Residential District, no wall or fence shall exceed eight (8) feet in height within a front or side yard. SECTION 3.11 - STRUCTURE EXCLUDED FROM HEIGHT LIMITATIONS The height limits of these regulations shall not apply to a church spire, belfry, cupola, dome or ornamental tower, monument, water tower, transmission tower, chimney, smoke stack, conveyor, flag pole, radio or television tower, mast or aerial, parapet wall not extended more than four (4) feet above the roof line of the building, necessary mechanical appurtenances, and any other feature not for human occupancy. SECTION 3.12 - REDUCTION OF FRONT YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS In any Residential District, where the average setback distance for existing buildings on all lots located wholly or partly within two hundred (200) feet of any lot, and within the same zoning district and fronting on the same side of the same street as such lot, is less than the minimum setback required in said zoning district, the the setback on said lot may be less than the required setback, but not less than the existing average setback distance for all .lots within the two hundred (200) feet and in no case shall the setback be less than fifteen (15) feet. When lots within the two hundred (200) feet are vacant, those vacant lots shall be considered as having the minimum required setback for the purpose of computing an average setback distance. SECTION 3.13 - GROUP DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Group development projects consisting of two or more principal buildings constructed on a single lot, may be permitted as conditional uses. Such review and approval shall be required for all group development projects. A certified survey plat shall be submitted to allow for review of the size and location of all buildings, structures, streets, drives and Parking spaces and their relationship • to any open spaces and adjacent properties. Such group e • development plans shall also be accompanied by a computation or schedule expressed in square feet, which indicates the area and percentages of the site devoted to: Gross or Total Area, Parking Area, Building Area, Open Space, Easements, Areas of Environmental Concern and Setbacks. Application for Building Permit for Conditional Uses may be referred to in Section 9.05 of this ordinance. A. Design Standards, General 1. Street Access: Any building established as a part of a group development project which cannot properly be served by emergency and service vehicles from an abutting street shall be made accessible to such vehicles by a driveway having a roadbed width of not less than 20 feet, exclusive of parking spaces. 2. Off -Street Parking and Loading Facilities: Off-street parking and loading facilities established in connection with a group development project shall be of such design, is location and arrangement as will not interfere with the efficient flow of traffic through the area and as will not interfere with the access of emergency and service vehicles. 3. Sevaration of Building2: All buildings established as a part of a'group development project shall be separated by not less than 20 feet. • 4. Setback Requirements: Unless otherwise provided by this ordinance for a specific type of group development project shall comply with the front yard setbacks, and the side and rear yard requirements established for the district in which located. 5. Uses Prohibited: In no case shall a use be permitted as a part of a group development project that is prohibited by this ordinance in the district which such project is to be located. B. Design Standards - Grouv Housing: In addition to the other standards set forth in this section, group housing shall comply with the following additional requirements: 0 • 1. Setbacks: All buildings established as a part of group housing shall be set back not less than twenty- five (25) feet from any side or rear property line. 2. Location: No dwelling structure established as a part of group housing shall be located within twenty (20) feet of another dwelling structure within the development. 3. Lot Size: Group housing shall be permitted only on a lot or plot or ground having an area of not less than 20,000 square feet. C. Common Areas: An area or architectural feature designated on the site plan of a Group Development as "common area" or as an area to be held in separate ownership for the use and benefit of residents occupying specified lots shown on such plan may be approved as part of the plan, provided that it meets the following requirements: 1. It shall be conveniently accessible to all residents of the development. 2. It shall be made available in its improved state as set • forth on the site development plan in accordance with an approved time schedule. 3. It shall be maintained in accordance with an approved maintenance plan specifying what such maintenance shall consist of, whose responsibility it shall be, and assuring satisfactory ,execution of maintenance. 4. Provisions to insure its continuing availability shall be included in the deed to each parcel to be served by such common area. A conformed copy of laid deed shall be presented to the Planning and Zoning Hoard for record. D. Additional information Additional information may be required by the Planning Hoard or the Commissioners to determine the impact of the proposed development of the town. E. Approval of Site Development Plans No building permit shall be issued in such development unless and until the Planning Hoard and Board of Commissioners shall have approved site development plans and reports for the development as a whole or stages or portions thereof • 10 • deemed satisfactory in relation to total development. No structure or use other than as indicated in approved site development plans and reports shall be permitted. F. Modification of Approved Plans After review by the Planning Board, the Board of Commissioners may permit changes in an approved site development plan, but only on a finding that such changes are in accord with applicable current regulations. SECTION 3.14 - CONVERSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES TO CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP Existing structures not in condominium ownership shall comply with'the Unit Ownership Act of the State of North Carolina. SECTION 3.15 - COMPLIANCE WITH STATE GUIDELINES FOR AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN • Prior to the issuance of any initial zoning permit, zoning change permit, or conditional use permit, the zoning administrator and local AEC Permit Officer in consultation with the State AEC Field Consultant, shall determine whether the proposed use or structure is located within an Area of Environmental Concern. This determination shall result from an on -site investigation. If the proposed use or structure is located in an Area of Environmental Concern, the zoning administrator and local AEC Permit Officer shall certify that the proposed use or structure complies with development standards of the State Guidelines for Areas of Environmental Concern prior to issuing any zoning permit. u 11 0 ARTICLE IV. INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION OF TERMS For the purpose of this ordinance certain words or terms used herein shall be interpreted as follows: SECTION 4.01 - INTERPRETATION OF COMMON WORDS AND TERMS words used in the present tense include the future tense. Words used in the singular number shall include the plural and words used in the plural shall include the singular. The word "person" includes a firm, copartnership, company, organization, trust, association, or corporation as well as an individual. The word "lot" includes the words "plat", "plot", "parcel", or "tract". The word "building" includes the word "structure". • The word "used" or 'occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied". The word "shall" is always mandatory. The word "may" is permissive. SECTION 4.02 - DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC TEPNS AND WORDS Accessory Use: A use which is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with the principal use and located on the same lot with such principal use. Alley: A minor right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes. Avartment: A portion of a building used or designed as a residence for one or more housekeeping units, living independently of each other; contained under one roof; individual units 12 being connected by a dividing partition or having the ceiling structure of the lower unit the floor structure of the unit above. Area of Environmental Concern: Those natural resources as stated in the State Guidelines for Areas of Environmental Concern (subchapter 7H). In Manteo, these resources include estuarine waters, coastal wetlands, public trust areas, estuarine shorelines, fragile natural and cultural resource areas, in Dough's Creek or Shallowbag Bay. Buffer, Opaque Screen: A device of material and/or space used to provide sight and sound screening from adjoining properties. When an opaque screen buffer is called for in this ordinance, it shall mean a screen that is opaque from the ground to a height of six feet, with intermittent planted trees from the opaque portion to a height of at least twenty feet. An opaque screen is intended to exclude completely all visual contact between uses and to create a strong impression of spatial separation. The opaque screen may be composed of a wall, fence, landscaped earth berm, planted vegetation, or existing vegetation. If planting is used, the screen shall be 90% opaque after two (2) years. Compliance of intermittent visual obstruction planting • or natural vegetation will be judged on the basis of the average mature height and density of foliage of the subject species, or field observation of existing vegetation. The opaque portion of the screen must be opaque in all seasons of the year. At maturity, the portion of intermittent visual obstructions should not contain any completely unobstructed openings more than ten feet wide. The portion of intermittent visual bbstructions may contain deciduous plants. The required height and width of buffers and the materials used in construction may vary according to use, where a buffer is required under the provisions of this ordinance, it shall be approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. The Board may consider other factors such as slope, sound, and solar access in making a judgment of the appropriateness of a buffer. 13 dt • Sm,al trees planted thirty C30) feet- on center t_acry�e trees glavrted forty C40) feel- on ce4r-y- evergreen trees , staggered Flanting , vulth branchee touching the 9rou-nd.� OFA%Ua to s%% (C-) feet' above the ground. Each of Opaque the above is acceptable as an Screen Puff er 14 Building: Any structure enclosed and isolated by exterior walls constructed or used for residence, business, industry or public purposes. Building. Accessory: A subordinate building consisting of walls and a roof, the use of which is clearly incidental to that of a principal building on the same lot. Accessory buildings may be placed in any rear or side yard but may be no closer than five (5) feet from any. property line. Building, Principal: A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located. Building Setback Line: A line parallel to or concentric with the street right-of-way establishing the minimum allowable distance between such right-of-way and the nearest portion of any building, excluding the outermost three feet of any uncovered porches, steps, eaves, gutters and similar fixtures. Caliper: The diameter as measured at a height of four feet. Condominium: Ownership in common with others of a parcel of land and certain parts of a building thereon which would normally be used by all the occupants together with individual • ownership in fee of a particular dwelling unit%in such building. Cottage Industry: The sales and production of goods on the same site, consistent with the historic village character. Development: Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations. Dwelling Unit: one room, or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities for a single family. Dwelling, Single -Family: A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family. Dwelling, Two -Family (Duplex): A detached building, divided horizontally or vertically, and designed for or occupied by two single-family housekeeping units contained entirely under one roof and having one dividing partition common to each unit, or having the ceiling -structure of the lower unit the floor • I 15 • structure of the unit above. Dwelling, Multiple: A building or portion thereof used or designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking therein, including apartment houses. Existing Mobile Home Park: A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more mobile home lots for rent or sale for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lot on which the mobile home is to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and the construction of streets) is completed before the effective date of this ordinance. Expansion to an Existing Mobile Home Park or Mobile Home Subdivision: The preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the mobile homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities,whether final site grading or pouring of concrete pads, or the construction of streets). • Fast Food: Any place or premises used for sale, dispensing, or serving of food, refreshments, or beverages; including those establishments where customers may serve themselves and may eat or drink the food, refreshments or beverages on the premises or in automobiles. Family: One or more persons occupying a single family dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood or marriage, no such family shall contain more than five (5) persons. Flood or Flooding: A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from: (1) The overflow of inland or tidal waters; (2) The unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source. Flood Hazard Boundary Map: An official map of a community, issued by the Federal Insurance Administration, where the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazard have been. designated as Zone A. Flood Insurance Rate Map: An official map of a community, on • which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones applicable to the community. 16 n L� Flood Insurance Study: The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration. The report contains flood profiles, as well as the Flood Hazard Boundary-Floodway Map and the water surface elevatipn of the base flood. Habitable Floor: Any floor useable for living purposes, which includes working, sleeping, eating, cooking or recreation, or a combination thereof. A floor used for storage purposes only is not a "habitable floor". Home Occupation: A profession or occupation carried on by a member of a family or a member of a recognized.profession residing on the premises, provided that no merchandise or commodity other than that produced on the premises is sold . on the premises and provided further that less.than fifty (50) percent of the total actual floor area of all permissable structures is used for home occupations or professional purposes. Lot: A parcel of land which fronts on and has ingress and egress by means of a public right-of-way or an approved private street and which is occupied or intended to be occupied by a building . or groups of buildings as provided herein with the customary accessories and open spaces. For the purposes of this ordinance "plat", "lot", "parcel", "plot", and "tract" shall be considered synonomous. Lot Area: The total horizontal area included within lot lines. Lot. Corner: A lot of which at least two adjoining sides abut for their full lengths on a street, provided that the interior angle at the intersection of two such sides is less than 135 degrees. Lot Depth: The average distance from the street line of the lot to its rear line measured in a general direction of the side lines of the lot. Lot Lines: The lines bounding a lot as defined herein: (1) Lot Line, Front: The line separating said lot from that street which is designated as the front street on the building permit, certificate of occupancy or subdivision plat. (2) Lot Line, Rear. The lot boundary opposite and most distant from the front line. In the case of a • pointed or irregular lot, it shall be an imaginary line parallel to and farthest from the front lot line, 17 not less than 30 feet long and wholly within the lot. (3) Lot Line, Side: A side lot line is any lot boundary lot not a front lot line or rear lot line. Lot Width: The width of a lot at the required building setback line measured at right angles to its depth. Lot of Record: A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the Dare County Register of Deeds, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description which has been recorded. Mean Sea Level: The average height of the sea for all stages of the tide. Medical Clinic: A building.or structure or portion thereof where medical services are provided for out patients -only. Mobile Home (Includes Double -Wide and Triple -Wide Homes): A modular unit built on a chassis, with body width exceeding 8 feet or body length exceeding 32 feet, designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when • connected to the required utilities. A travel trailer is not to be considered as a mobile home. Mobile Home Park: A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes for dwelling purposesr provided that all mobile home parks existing at the time of passage of this ordinance and not meeting the minimum requirements established herein for mobile home parks, shall be considered a non -conforming use, and further provided that one or two mobile homes on a lot.with a principal building or use, or on a separate lot, shall not be considered a non -conforming mobile home park and when such mobile homes are removed from said lots they may not be replaced with another mobile home. Modular Unit:' A factory fabricated transportable building designed to be used by•itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a building site into a modular structure. The term is intended to apply to major assemblies and does not include prefabricated panels, trusses, plumbing trees, and other prefabricated subelements which are to'be incorporated into a structure at the site.' New Construction: Structures for which the "start of construction" • commenced on or after the effective date of this ordinance. 18 New Mobile Home Park or Mobile Home Subdivision: A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more mobile home lots for rent or sale for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lot on which the mobile home is to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and the construction of streets) is completed on or after the effective date of this ordinance. Non -Conforming Use: A use of building or land which does not conform with the regulations of the district in which such building or land is situated but was lawful before adoption of this ordinance. Open Space: An unoccupied space open to the sky. Oven Storage: Unroofed storage area, whether fenced or not. Outdoor Market: The sale of goods in an open lot. Planned Unit Development: Complete development of land which is under central control or for which central control mechanisms have been established. The plan will'be in accordance with • such guides and objectives as may be established by the Planning Board and Board of Commissioners in Article VIII of this ordinance. Parking Space: A vehicular storage space of not less than nine (9) feet by eighteen (18), plus the necessary access space. It shall always be located outside any dedicated right-of-way. Sand Dunes: Naturally occurring accumulations of sand in ridges or mounds landward of the beach. Sign: Any surface, fabric or device bearing lettered, pictorial or sculptured matter designed to convey information visually and exposed to public view, or any structures including flags, banners, billboards and poster panel, designed to carry visual information. (1) Outdoor Advertising Sign and Structure: A sign and structure which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered: (a) only elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is displayed; or (b) as a minor or incidental activity upon the • premises where the sign is displayed. 19 (2) Business Sian: A sign which directs attention to a business, profession or industry located upon the premises where the sign is displayed, to type of products sold, manufactured or assembled, and/or to service or entertainment offered on said premises; but not a sign pertaining to the preceeding if such activity is only minor and incidental to the principal use of the premises. (3) Identification Sian: A sign, used to identify only: the name of the individual, family, organization or enterprise occupying the .premises; the profession of the occupant; the name of the building on which the sign is displayed. (4) Bulletin Board: A sign used to announce meetings or programs to be held on the premises of a church, school, auditorium, library, museum, community recreation center or similar non-commercial places of public assembly. (5) Directional Sian: Signs which contain only the name of the establishment to which direction is given and is directional information. Sian Area: The area of signs composed in whole or in part of free standing letters, devices or sculptured matter not mounted on a measurable surface shall be construed to the area of the least square, rectangle or circle that will enclose the letters, devices and/or sculptured matter. The area of a double-faced sign shall be the area of one face of the sign, provided that the two faces are of the same size and are parallel to one another with no more than twenty-four (24) inches between each sign face. Skirting Area: That area beneath a mobile home from the underside of the floor area to the ground. Start of Construction: The first placement of permanent construction of a structure (other than a mobile home) on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings or any work beyond the stage of excavation, including the relocation of a structure. Permanent construction does not include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not • occupied as dwelling units or not as part of the main structure. NN • For a structure (other than a mobile home) without a basement or poured footings, the "start of construction" includes the first permanent framing or assembly of the structure or any part thereof on its piling or foundation. For mobile homes not within a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision, "start of construction" means the affixing of the mobile home to its permanent site. For mobile homes within mobile home parks or mobile home subdivisions, "start of construction" is the date on which the construction of facilities for servicing the site on which the mobile home is to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the construction of streets, either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and installation of utilities) is completed. Street: A street is any permanent dedicated public right-of- way which has been accepted for maintenance by the N.C., Department of Transportation or the Town of Manteo. Structure: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground, or attachment to something having location on the ground. Subdivider: Any person who subdivides or develops any land . deemed to be a subdivision as defined in this section; Subdivision: Any division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites or other divisions, for„the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, including any division of land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets; provided,,that the following shall not be included within this definition, nor shall they be subject to the regulations prescribed by Section 6.09 of this ordinance. • (1) The combination or recombination of portions of previously platted lots, if the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the county as established by Section 6.09 of this ordinance. (2) The division of land into parcels greater than ten acres if no street right-of-way dedication is involved. (3) The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or opening of streets. 21 • (4) The division of a tract of land in single ownership, the entire area of which is no greater than two acres, into not more than three lots, where no street right-of- way dedication is involved, and if the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the county as established by Section 6.09 of this ordinance. Sustantial Improvement: For a structure built prior to the enactment of this ordinance, any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent of the market value of the structure either before the improvement or repair is started, or if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition "substantial improvement" is considered to occur, when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not, however, include either any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health,.,sanitary, or safety code specifications which are solely ' , necessary to assure safe living conditions, or any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of Historic Places. • Townhouse: A single-family dwelling on its own individual lot but connected on two sides, by means of a common wall for at least ten (10) feet of its length, to two other single-family dwellings or an end dwelling of a row of such dwellings. No more than six (6) such dwelling units may be attached in a single group. Trailer: Shall include any of the following: (1) Travel Trailer: A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation uses, and, when factory equipped for the roads, it shall have a body width not exceeding eight (8) feet, and a body length not exceeding thirty-two (32) feet. (2) Pick -Ma Coach: A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, and vacation. (3) Motor -Home: A portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation, and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle. 22 u (4) Camping Trailer: A folding structure of canvas or other material mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation, and vacation use. Trailer Park: A parcel or tract of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for this temporary placement of campers or trailers as a service to the traveling public. All trailer parks existing at the time of passage of this ordinance which do not meet the minimum requirements established for, trailer parks by this ordinance shall be considered a non -conforming use. Use: A "use" is: (1) Any purpose for which a building or other structure or a tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied; or, (2) Any activity, occupation, business, or operation carried on, or intended to be carried on, in a building or other structure or on a tract of land. • Use, Conditional: A conditional use is a use that would not be appropriate generally or without restriction throughout a particular zoning district but which, if controlled as to number, area, location or relation to the neighborhood, would preserve the intent of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare. Specific provisions are made for conditional uses which may be permitted in certain zones and the procedures for application are set out in Article IX, Section 9.05 of this ordinance. Variance: A variance is a relaxation of the terms of the zoning ordinance where such variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of the ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue hardship. As used in this ordinance a variance is authorized only for height, area, and size of structure or size of yards and open spaces. The establishment or expansion of the use otherwise prohibited shall not be allowed by variance, nor shall a variance be granted because of the presence of non -conformities in the zoning district or uses in an adjoining zoning district. Yard: A required open space other than a court unoccupied and unobstructed by any structure or portion of a structure from • 30 inches above the general ground level of the graded lot 23 upward, provided however that fences, walls, poles, posts, and other customary yard accessories, ornaments, and furniture may be permitted in any yard suject to height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility or any other requirement of this ordinance, and further provided that customary accessory buildings may be located in any side or rear yard no closer than five (5) feet to any property line and subject to other limitations of this ordinance. (1) Yard, Front: A yard extending between side lot lines across the front of a lot adjoining the public street. Depth of required front yard shall be measured at right Angles to a straight line joining the foremost points of the side lot lines. The foremost point of the side lot line, in the case of rounded property corners at street intersection, shall be assumed to be the • point at which the side and front lot lines would have met without such rounding. Front and rear yard lines shall be essentially parallel. (2) Yard, Rear: A yard extending across the rear of the lot between side lot lines. Depth of a required rear yard shall be measured in such a manner that the • yard established is a strip of the minimum width required by district regulations with its inner edge parallel with the rear lot line. • (3) Yard, Side: A yard extending from the rear line of the required front yard to the rear yard. Width of a required side yard shall be measured in such a manner that the yard established is a strip of the minimum width required by district regulations with its inner edge parallel with the side lot line. 24 • AMCLE V. NON-CONFOR4ITIES SECTION 5.01 - INTENT Within the districts established by this ordinance or amendments that may later be adopted there exist lots, structures, uses of land and structures, and characteristics of use which were lawful before this ordinance was passed or amended, but which would be prohibited, regulated, or restricted under the terms of this ordinance or future amendments. It is the intent of this ordinance to permit these non -conformities to continue until they are removed, but not to encourage their survival. It is further the intent of this ordinance that non -conformities shall not be enlarged upon, expanded or extended, nor be used as grounds for adding other structures or uses prohibited elsewhere in the same district. To avoid undue hardship, nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to require a change in the plans, construction, or designated use of any building on which actual construction was • lawfully begun prior to the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance and upon which actual building construction has been carried on diligently. Actual construction is hereby defined to include the placing of construction materials in a permanent position and fastened in a permanent manner. Where excavation or demolition or removal of an existing building has been substantially begun preparatory to rebuilding, that excavation, demolition, or removal shall be considered to be actual construction, provided that work shall be carried on diligently. SECTION 5.02 - REGULATION OF NON-MNFOR41TIES A. Non -Conforming Lots of Record 1. In any district in which single-family dwellings are permitted, a single-family dwelling and customary accessory buildings may be erected on any single lot of record at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance, even though limitations may be imposed by other provisions of this ordinance. The lot must be in separate ownership and not be continuous frontage with other lots in the same ownership. This provision shall apply even though the lot fails to meet the requirements • or width, or access, that are generally applicable 25 • in the district, provided that yard dimensions and requirements other than these applying to area or width, or access, of the lot shall conform to the regulations for the district in which such lot is located. variance of yard requirements shall be obtained only through action of the Board of Adjustment as . established in Article XI of this ordinance. 2. If two or more lots or combinations of lots and portions of lots with continuous frontage in single ownership are of record at the time of passage or amendment of the this ordinance, and if all or part of the lots do not meet the requirements established for lot width and area, the lands involved shall be considered to be an undivided parcel for the purposes of this ordinance, and no portion of said parcel shall be used or sold in a manner which diminishes compliance with lot width and area requirements established by this' ordinance, nor shall any division of any parcel be made which creates a lot with width or area below the requirements stated in this ordinance. B. Non -Conforming Uses of Land • Where at the time of passage of this ordinance lawful use of land exists which would not be permitted by the regulations imposed by this ordinance, and where the use involves no individual structure with a replacement cost exceeding $1,000, the use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, provided: 1. No such non -conforming use shall be enlarged or increased, nor extended to occupy a greater area of land than was occupied at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance; 2. No such non -conforming use shall be moved in whole or in part to any portion of the lot or parcel other than that occupied by such use at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance; 3. If any such non -conforming use of land ceases for any reason for a period of more than 30 days, anysubsequent use of such land shall conform to the regulations specified by this ordinance for the district in which the land is located. 4. No additional structure not conforming to the requirements of this ordinance shall be erected in • connection with the nonconforming use of land. 26 • C. Non -Conforming Structures Where a lawful structure exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance that could not be built under the terms of this ordinance by reason of restrictions on area, lot coverage, height, yards, its location on the lot, or other requirements concerning the structure, the structure may be continued so long as it remains lawful, subject to the following provisions: 1. No such non -conforming structure may be enlarged or altered in a way which increases its non -conformity, but any structure or portion of it may be altered to decrease its nonconformity. 2. If any such nonconforming structure or non -conforming portion of structure is destroyed by any means to an extent of more than 50 percent of its replacement cost at time of destruction, it shall not be reconstructed except in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance. 3. If any such structure is moved for any reason for any distance whatever, it shall then conform to the • regulations for the district in which it is located after it is moved. D. If lawful use involving buildings with a replacement cost of $1,000 or more, or of building and premises in combination, exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance, that would not be allowed in the district under the terms of this ordinance, the lawful use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions: 1. No existing structure devoted to use not permitted by this ordinance in the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered except in changing the use of the structure to a use permitted in the district in which it is located; 2. Any non -conforming use may be -extended throughout any parts of a building which were mainfestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption or • amendment of this ordinance, but no such use shall be 27 • extended to occupy any land outside such building; 3. If no structural alterations are made, any non- conforming structure or use of structures may be changed to any conforming use, or with the approval of the Town Commissioners to any use more in character with uses permitted in the district. In permitting such a change, the Hoard of Commissioners must find that the proposed use is more appropriate or equally as appropriate to the district as the existing nonconforming use and shall require appropriate conditions and safeguards necessary to ensure that the change is in keeping with provisions and spirit of this ordinance; 4. Any structure, or structure and land in combination, in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter conform to the regulation for the district, and the non -conforming use may not thereafter be resumed; 5. When a non -conforming use of a structure, or structure and premises in combination, is discontinued or abandoned for ten consecutive months (except when • government action impedes access to the premises), the structure, or structure and premises in combination, shall not thereafter be used except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located; ' 6. where non -conforming use status applies to a structure and premises in combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall eliminate the non -conforming status of the land. Destruction for the purpose of this subsection is defined as damage to an extent of more than 50 percent of the replacement cost at time or destruction. However, a nonconforming structure or use existing at the date of passage of this ordinance may be restored to its original condition if destroyed or damaged by any means prior to the year 1999. E. Revairs and Maintenance 1. In any nonconforming structure or portion of a structure containing a non -conforming use, work may be done in ,any period of 12 consecutive months on ordinary repairs, or on repair or replacement of non -bearing walls, fixtures, wiring, or plumbing, to an extent not exceeding 10 percent of the current replacement cost of the non- conforming structure or non -conforming portion of the • structure as the case may be, provided that the cubic content existing when it became non -conforming shall not be increased. 2. If a non -conforming structure or portion of a structure containing a non -conforming use becomes physically unsafe or unlawful due to lack of repairs and maintenance, and is declared by the Building Inspector to be unsafe or unlawful by reason of physical condition, it shall not thereafter be restored, repaired, or rebuilt except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located. 3. Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to prevent the strengthening or restoring to a safe condition of any building or part thereof declared to be unsafe by any official charged with protecting the public safety, upon order of such official. F. Uses Under Conditional Use Provisions Not Non -Conforming Any use which is permitted as a conditional use in a district under the terms of this ordinance shall not be deemed a non -conforming use in such district, but shall without Isfurther action be considered a conforming use. 29 ARTICLE VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 6.01 - OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS At the time of erection of any building or structure, or at the time any main building or structure is enlarged or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, seats or floor area, or before conversion from one zoning use or occupancy to another, permanent off-street parking space whall be provided according to• the amounts and specification provided by this ordinance. A. General Provisions 1. Each parking space shall have a minimum length of eighteen (18) feet and a minimum width of nine (9) feet. It shall have vehicular access to a publicly dedicated street or alley, except as authorized in d this ordinance for Planned Unit Development. 2. With the exception of required spaces for single-family and two-family dwelling units, sufficient maneuvering,, • space shall be provided so that no vehicle will be required to back into the public right-of-way. 3. No parking spaces for residential use,.except for single-family and two-family use, shall be located in the required front yard. 4. Required parking spaces and driveways for other than single-family and two-family uses shall be graded, improved and maintained in a manner which will provide a dust -free surface permitting safe and convenient use in all weather conditions. 5. Required off-street parking spaces are permanent areas and shall not be used for any other above ground purpose. 6. For uses not specifically mentioned herein, off-street parking requirements shall be applied by the Planning and Zoning Board based upon requirements for similar uses, established herein. % All space requirements which are based upon employment shall be computed on the basis of the greatest number of persons on duty at any one period during the day or • night. In instances where calculations indicate a 30 • portion of one (1) space is required, an additional full space shall be provided. 8. Each application for a building permit or certification of occupancy submitted to the Planning and Zoning Board shall include information as to the location and dimensions of odf-street parking and loading space and the means of ingress and egress to such space. This information shall be in sufficient detail to enable the Planning and Zoning Board to determine whether or not the requirements of this Section are met. 9. The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one lot but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to another use, except that one-half of the parking space required for churches, theatres,; or assembly halls whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night or on Sundays. 10. If the off-street parking space required by this ordinance in any district except a Residential District cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot • on which the principal use is located, such space may be provided on any land within four hundred (400) feet of the main entrance to such principal use. Said land shall be used for no other purpose so long as no other adequate provisions of parking space meeting the requirements of this ordinance have been made for the principal use. In such cases, the applicant for a permit for the principal use shall submit with his application for a building permit an instrument duly executed and acknowledged, which subjects said land to parking use in connection with the principal use for which it is made available for a period of 20 years with an option for renewal for an additional period of 10 years. The applicant shall cause said instrument to be registered in the office of the Register of Deeds of Dare County. 11. Any off-street parking space required by any use permitted in any Residential District shall be provided on -the same lot with the use by which it is required. Off-street parking space in conjunction with commercial and industrial uses in other districts shall not be permitted in a Residential District. 12. Where off-street parking is provided adjacent to a is street right-of-way for any business use, a buffer 31 of at least five (5) feet width, at least three (3) feet height after two yearn, and with trees of at least three (3) inch caliper every fifteen (15) feet shall be provided adjacent to such street right-of-way. Curb cuts through such buffers shall be located no closer together than fifty (50) feet unless otherwise approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. B. Requirements for Parking Lots Where parking space for five (5) or more cars is permitted or required, the following provisions shall be complied with: 1. Yards: No parking lot shall be located closer than five (5) feet to a public right-of-way. The area between the.parking lot and street right-df-way shall be planted and maintained with vegetation at least five (5) feet wide, at least three (3) feet high after two years, and with trees of at least three (3) inch caliper every fifteen (15) feet unless otherwise approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. • 2. garb Bumpers: The required front and side yards shall be set off from the parking area by a fixed curb approved by the Zoning Administrator, not less than six (6) inches or more than two feet high. • 3. Lighting: Any lighting shall be so arranged as to direct the light and glare away from the streets and adjacent property. 4. Surface and Drainage: Parking lots shall be constructed with a surface which will permit safe and convenient 'passage of vehicles in all weather conditions. Storm water run-off shall be retained on site to the maximum extent feasible. Suggested methods for accomplishing this are through the use of porous: asphalt or paving block similar to "Turf Stone" or its equivalent. If impermeable asphalt or concrete is used for the parking lot surface, medians, perimeter strips or islands within the parking area must be used as collectors and reservoir for -storm water run-off. No water shall drain onto or across public streets or sidewalks or into adjacent property except into a drainage easement or natural watercourse. th • 5. Markings: Each parking space shall be marked off and maintained so as to be distinguishable. 6. Entrances: On all corner lots, no vehicular openings shall be located at closer than fifteen (15) feet from the point of intersection of the established street right-of-way lines. No entrance or exit, whether on a corner lot or not, shall exceed twenty-four (24) feet in width at the property line, or thirty-six (36) feet at the curb line. There shall be a minimum distance between driveways of fifty (50) feet measured along the curb line. on a corner lot adjacent to a major thoroughfare, the Planning and Zoning Board may require that one vehicular opening be provided to each street. 7. Internal Circulation: The internal circulation plan of parking lots shall be approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. 8. Solid Waste Container Requirements: Sufficient space shall be provided on the premises for the location of a solid waste container or containers as required by the ordinance of the town which regulates the • collection and disposal of trash and garbage. Such solid waste container location may be in a required parking lot provided, however, that such location does not occupy a required parking space or maneuvering space and further provided that such solid waste container location shall provide convenient and safe access to the servicing vehicle. In addition, where parking space for thirty (30) or more cars is permitted or required, this provision must be complied with: 9. Planting: within the parking area but excluding surrounding buffers (see A. 12 in this Section), not less than 5% of the area of any parking lot shall be planted and maintained with vegetation interspersed in the parking area in areas no less than eighty (80) square feet. The vegetation shall be at least three (3) feet high. A tree of at least three (3) inch caliper shall be planted within the planting area in the parking area for every ten (10) parking spaces. These trees shall be planted'no'closer than fifteen feet on center. In such case, the total parking requirement may be reduced by up to 10% by the Planning and Zoning Board. 33 n U E U Liv■oz� C-2 C'3 > Acceptable. Forty-faLLr (44) spaces re��Wed Five (5) Pexcent of tI le ciren Fla"ted Ve.9etati on +nree (3) feet Kish Four (4) trees of three (3) inch csdiper Trees at least fifteen(is)feet o.c. Board may affrove �r-�y(.lo�spaces % Acce.?P't"0-IOIG Ford - fa.,Lr(44) spaces Fite. (5) Percent Ve,5etation thre Four(4)+rees of Trees o- Ica5r recu� �red of the area, planted e (3) fee}- high +hree(3) inch calmer fiftccn(15) feet- o, c . board may arFroYe fatty (4o)s ces ) UnaCC. epl-aible Forty- four(4) spaces rewired Not e-vnoush area. planted Trees too close -Fore-ther 34 n U • C. Minimum Parking Requirements - The number of off-street parking spaces required by this section shall be provided on the same lot with the principal use except as provided' in A. 10 in this Section and the required number of off-street parking spaces specified for each use shall be considered as the absolute minimum. where a fraction of a space is required by this ordinance the next whole number shall be provided. In addition, a developer shall evaluate his own needs to determine if they are greater than the minimum specified by this ordinance. 1. Residential and Related Uses Single-family detached dwelling units and Townhouses: Multi -family residence Group Housing projects and Condominiums: Hotel, Tourist home, Motel, Motor court, Rooming or Hoarding house• Doctor's or Dentist's office in own residence: Professional office (other than doctor or dentist) in own residence: Required Parking Two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit. 1.5 parking spaces on the same lot for each unit. 1.25 parking spaces for each room to be rented plus one (1) additional parking space for each three (3) employees. Three (3) parking spaces per doctor in addition to residence requirements. Two (2) parking spaces for office or home occupation in addition to residence requirements. 2. Public and Semi -Public Uses Required Parking Hospital: One (1) parking space for each two beds intended for patient use, one (1) space for each resident physician and one (1) space for each two (2) employees. 35 • Public and Semi -Public Uses, continued_ Required Parking Clinic: Ten (10) parking spaces minimum plus five (5) parking spaces for each doctor assigned plus one (1) parking space for each employee. Nursing Home: One (1) parking space for each five (5)-beds intended for patient use, and one (1) space for each three (3) employees. Churches: One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the sanctuary. Elementary School and One (1) parking space for Junior High School: each classroom and administrative office. • Senior High School: One (1) parking space for each five (5) students for which the building was designed plus one (1) parking space for each classroom and administrative office. Stadium: One (1) parking space for each three (3) spectator seats. Auditorium: One (1) parking space for each three (3) seats in the largest assembly room. • Public or Private One (1) parking space for Clubs: each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor space. Public Utility One (1) parking space for Buildings: each employee. With customer service facilities, a minimum of five (5) additional spaces. 36 • • • 3. Retail and Office Uses Required Parking General or Professional One (1) parking space for Offices and Banks: each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor space plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees. Doctor's or Dentist's office, not more than two (2) doctors or dentists (for more than Z, see Clinic): Restaurant, Cafe or Public eating place: Five (5) spaces per doctor plus one (1) per staff member. One (1) parking space for every three (3) customer seats, plus one (1) additional parking space for each three (3) employees. Fast Food: Thirty (30) parking spaces in addition to the requirements for a restaurant, cafe or public eating place. Furniture, Appliance and One (1) parking space for Grocery Stores: each 500 square feet of gross floor area. Indoor Entertainment facilities including Bowling Alleys, Dance Halls, Skating Rinks, Amusement Arcades and similar facilities: One (1) parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area and one (1) additional space for each two (21� employees. Outdoor Entertainment One (1) parking space for facilities including each one hundred (100) square Amusement Parks, Minature feet of gross ground area Golf Course, and exclusive of the area required similar facilities: for parking and buffering and one (1) additional space for each two (2) employees. Theatres: 37 One (1) parking space for each three (3) seats in the auditorium. • Retail and Office Uses continued Required Parking Funeral Home: One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the chapel or parlor. Retail uses not One (1) parking space for otherwise listed: each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area with a minimum of five (5) spaces. 4. Wholesale Uses and Warehouses Required Parking Wholesale uses: One (1) parking space for each employee on the largest shift. Industrial use: Two (2) parking spaces for each three (3) employees on the largest shift. • D. Off -Street Loading • Where off-street loading space is required under the dimensional requirements of a particular district, one or more loading berths or other space shall be provided for standing, loading and unloading operations either inside or outside a building and "on the same or adjoining premises with every building or structure erected after the enactment of this ordinance all to be in accordance with the requirements of the following table. A loading berth shall have minimum plan dimensions of 12 feet by 25 feet and a 14 foot overhead clearance. A loading space need not be necessarily a full berth but shall be sufficient to allow normal loading and unloading operations of a kind and magnitude appropriate to the property served thereby. The Planning and Zoning Board shall determine the sufficiency of loading space but in no case shall the use of such space hinder the free movement of vehicles and pedestrians over a street, sidewalk or alley. 38 • Use Classification • Retail operation, including restaurant and dining facilities within hotels and office buildings, with a total useable floor area of 20,000 square feet or more devoted to that purpose. Retail operations, and all first floor non-residential uses, with a gross floor area of less than 20,000 square feet and all wholesale and light industrial operations with a gross floor area of less than 10,000 square feet. Space Requirements One (1) loading berth for every 20,000 square feet of floor area. A loading space (not necessarily a full berth) as defined in this Section. Office buildings and hotels One loading berth for with a total usable area of every 10,000 square 100,000 square feet or more feet of floor area. devoted to such purposes. Industrial and wholesale minimum number of loading operations with a gross berths required: floor area of 10,000 square feet or over and as follows: 10,000 - 40,000 square feet ... 1 40,000 - 106,000 square feet ... 2 100,000 - 160,000 square feet ... 3 160,000 - 240,000 square feet ... 4 240,000 - 320,000 square feet ... 5 320,000 - 400,000 square feet ... 6 Each 90,000 square feet above 400,000 square feet ............. 1 39 SECTION 6.02 - WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL For requirements of water supply and sewage disposal refer to separate water and sewer ordinances in the town code. SECTION 6.03 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING MOBILE HOME PARKS AND TRAILER PARKS All mobile homes, trailers and campers shall hereafter be located for occupancy in a mobile home park or trailer park only as provided herein. A. Applicability of Future Zoning Ordinances and Subdivision Regulations A mobile home or a mobile home park shall be located only within those districts or areas where permitted or where it is a conditional use. B. Location of Mobile Homes Restricted to Home Parks; Exceptions, and Conditions_ Governing Exceptions It shall be unlawful for any persons to place or maintain any trailer used for human habitation or to use any trailer for living, sleeping or business purposes on any premises or property within the town,except upon premises located within a trailer park, a permit for which has been granted pursuant to the requirements of this chapter affecting trailer parks;provided, that one trailer may be parked temporarily or stored on any premises outside of a trailer park for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours; provided further, that no living quarters are maintained or any business conducted therein nor any person occupy the same while such trailer is so parked or temporarily stored; and provided further, that.a trailer or mobile office used by a contractor for the purpose of storing tools, materials, and equipment may be temporarily located and parked on a lot and property upon which a building is being erected by such contractor, but such trailer or mobile office shall be removed thereafter immediately upon completion thereof; and provided further, that a trailer or mobile office designed and modified for use as an office or place of business may be temporarily located and parked on a lot and property owned by the operator of the business to be conducted thereon • and used only as a temporary place of business or office for 40 a period not exceeding twelve months pending the construction thereon during such period of a permanent building or buildings to which the business will be moved and from which the same will conducted and the trailer or temporary mobile office shall thereupon be removed immediately upon completion thereof. Any person desiring to locate and use such a trailer or mobile office on a temporary basis for business purposes shall first apply to and obtain from the Board of Commissioners a permit therefor, which permit may be declined by the Board of Commissioners upon finding that the applicant therefor is not acting in good faith and that his application is for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter. The permit may also be revoked at any time prior to the expiration thereof in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners upon finding of the Board of Commissioners determining that the holder of such permit obtained it for the purpose of evading the provisions of -this Section or is otherwise violating the terms and provisions of this Section. Any trailer or mobile office authorized to be placed upon • any lot pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be subject to the ordinances, rules and regulations of the Town and the Boards of Health of the County of Dare and the State with respect to water supply, sanitary and sewage system. C. Parkin of Trailers on Streets and in Public Places No person shall park, place or leave any mobile home or trailer on any street or other public place in the town; provided that, this Section shall not be construed to prohibit the standing or parking of trailers and mobile hones while passing through the town and which are not in violation of any traffic law or regulation. D. Mobile Home Parks 1. Permit Recuired: It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, lease, operate or use any lot or parcel of land or any building or structure thereon within the town for a trailer park until application has been made to, and a peziait therefor has been issued by, the Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners shall, prior to issuing a permit, inquire and determine if all requirements of this Section have been complied with. 41 • 2. Considerations Bearing on Granting of Permit: Park Plan; Area. Location and Other Dimensional Requirements: Mobile home parks shall comply with the area, location, and other dimensional requirements of this Section. Prior to granting a permit for a trailer park, the Board of commissioners shall require the owner or developer to submit a complete plan of the proposed park, showing the location of the boundaries of the trailer park property, proposed vehicle exits, entrances and off-street parking spaces, trailer space layout, and such other information as the Board of Commissioners may deem necessary in order to determine if all requirements of this and other applicable chapters of this code and other ordinances are to be met. Site requirements for all trailer parks shall be as follows: (a) The minimum size lot, tract or parcel of land to be used for a trailer park shall not be less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, and such site shall have an average width of not less than one hundred feet. (b) The minimum size trailer site, area or separate lot to be occupied by one trailer shall be thirty-five (35) feet in width by fifty (50) feet in depth, and such site • shall be identified by markers placed at each corner. (c) No trailer shall be placed within five (5) feet of its individual trailer site or lot line as established in (b) above or within ten (10) feet of any other trailer side -to -side and not less than fourteen (14) feet of any other trailer end -to -end. E (d) No trailer shall be located within thirty-five (35) feet of any street'or ten (10). feet of any exterior boundary line of the trailer park. (e) One off-street Parking space shall be provided on the site in an approved manner for each separate trailer unit. Such off-street parking space shall be set aside in a location convenient to the occupants of the trailer units and shall have ingress and egress by means of driveways or roadways provided by the owner of the trailer park for the common use of the occupants of each trailer. where parking areas are provided adjacent to a public street, egress'and ingress thereto shall be made accessible only through driveways or openings not exceeding twenty-five (25)'feet in width at the curb line of the street. 42 • (f) There shall be at least a thirty (30) foot wide row with a paved street providing access to any mobile home site. 3. Revocation of Permit: Continuance of Business after Revocation of Permit Prohibited: • A trailer park permit may be revoked by the Board of Commissioners upon a finding of fact that a violation of the requirements of this chapter exists; provided, that the permit holder be given five (5) days notice of such violation before the revocation of his permit becomes effective; and after the revocation of a trailer park permit has become effective it shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, lease, operate or use any lot or parcel of land or -any building or structure'thereon within the town under color of.such. revoked permit. 4. Required Utilities, Water Suooly and Sewer: All trailer parks shall be connected with the municipal water and sewer system of the town. SECTION 6.04 - REUMATIONS COVERING SIGNS AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES All signs and outdoor advertising structures shall be erected, altered and maintained in accordance with the following provisions: A. Building Permit Required No sign or outdoor advertising structure shall hereafter be erected or attached to, suspended from, or supported on a building or structure nor shall any existing sign or outdoor advertising structure be structurally altered, remodeled or relocated until a building permit for same has been issued by the Building Inspector. No permit is required for signs enumerated in F of this Section or any sign not exceeding three (3) square feet in area. B. Material and Design All signs and outdoor advertising structures shall be constructed and designed according to generally accepted engineering practices, to withstand wind pressures and load 43 • distribution as specified in the North Carolina Building Code, as amended. C. Inspection Required Each sign or outdoor advertising structure subject to the regulations of A of this Section may be subject to an annual inspection by the Building Inspector for the purpose of assuring that the structure is maintained in a safe condition. The fee for the annual inspection shall be in accordance with a regularly adopted fee schedule of the Town of Manteo. When a sign or outdoor advertising structure becomes ' structurally unsafe, the Building Inspector shall give written notice to the owner of the sign or outdoor advertising structure that the sign or outdoor:advertising structure be made safe or removed within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice. D. Illuminated Signs All signs or outdoor advertising structures in which electrical wiring and connections are to be used shall require a permit and shall comply with the Electrical Code of the State of North Carolina and be approved by the Building Inspector. All lighting must be oriented or shielded so that light and glare reflects away from streets and adjacent property. E. Prohibited Signs 1. No sign or outdoor advertising structure shall be erected or maintained which is a copy or imitation of an official highway sign and carrying the words "STOP" or "DANGER". No sign shall be erected or maintained which involves flashing or intermittent red, green, or amber illumination and is in direct line of vision with any traffic control signal;or resembles a traffic control signal or sign. 2. Any sign or outdoor advertising structure that obstructs corner visibility or visibility at a driveway between a height of two (2) feet and ten (10) feet. 3. Any sign to be posted on any telegraph, telephone, or electric light poles or on any tree along any street; provided, that this shall not apply to any street name sign. 44 4. Any sign or outdoor •advertising structure that obstructs ingress and egress to any window, door, fire escape,, stairway, ladder or opening intended to provide light, air, ingress or egress for any room or building as required by law. 5. Any sign or outdoor advertising structure that violates any provision of any law of the State of North Carolina relative to outdoor advertising. 6. No sign, business sign, or outdoor advertising structure shall be erected which contains, employs or utilizes lights or lighting which rotates, flashes, moves or alternates. 7. No sign shall be located within a public right-of-way or within 30 feet of the center line of any public thoroughfare except as provided in paragraph G. 5. 8. No advertising sign or business sign shall be located within 100 feet of any' historical site or monument. 9. No sign shall be placed on the roof of any structure. . F. Signs Permitted in Residential Districts 1. Signs permitted in R-1, R-2 and R-5 districts; (a) An indirectly lighted name plate or professional sign not over one (1) square foot in area and attached flat against the building shall be permitted in association with an incidental home occupation. (b) Temporary real estate signs, not exceeding ;two (2) square feet in area, directing the way to premises which are for sale, rent, or lease; provided such signs shall be neatly painted or printed and shall property has been sold, rented or leased. (c) Directional signs not over four square feet in area indicating the location of churches, schools, hospitals, parks, scenic or historic places, or other places of of general interest. Any such sign and mounting shall not exceed three (3) feet in total height. (d) One name sign or 'bulletin board not exceeding twelve (12) square feet for any permitted church, school, or other semi-public institution, which sign or board • may be indirectly lighted and shall be set back at least fifteen (15) feet from the property line. 45 (e) One temporary real estate sign or two for a corner lot not exceeding six (6) square feet in area, advertising the sale, rent or lease of the premises on which located; provided, such sign shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet from any street or lot line, shall not be illuminated, shall be•neatly painted and maintained,.and shall be removed within fourteen (14) days after the property has been sold, leased or rented. (f) Temporary non -illuminated signs not exceeding six (6) square feet in area advertising the general contractor, contractor, sub -contractor, archtect, landscape architect or other such professional persons or organizations engaged in or associated with the lawful construction, alteration, remodeling, or demolition of any building or use; provided, that such signs shall be limited to one to each organization involved and shall be set back from the property line at least fifteen (15) feet or the distance of the minimum front yard whichever is the -less restrictive and provided further, that all such signs shall be removed before fourteen (14) days after the completion of the general contract. • (g) One sign not to exceed two (2) square feet in area announcing the owner, occupant, location or name of a dwelling unit. ri U (h) Non -illuminated signs not more than thirty-two (32) square feet and not more than six (6) feet high announcing the name of a subdivision or group housing project located on the premises at major entrances provided, that such signs are neatly constructed and maintained; limited to announcing only the name of the subdivision or group housing project and do not obstruct corner visibility. (i) Directional signs in parking lots if required by Section 6.01. G. Signs permitted in B-1 and B-2 Districts For each lot, tract or parcel in Business Use, three (3) square feet of business sign area for each lineal foot of frontage on a public right-of-way may be allowed not to exceed a total of six hundred (600) square feet. Such sign area may be in a single sign or in a combination of signs subject to the following limitations: 46 • 1. Wall signs placed against the exterior walls of buildings shall not extend more than six (6) inches beyond the building wall surface and shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the exposed finished wall surface area including openings. 2. Only one free standing sign per lot may be located either temporarily or permanently on the ground but shall not exceed thirty-five (35) square feet in area and shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in height above street grade except that for a lot which has frontage on more than one public right-of-way there may be two (2) such signs neither of which may exceed thirty-five (35) square feet in area. 3. Roof signs or roof lighting shall not be permitted. 4. Window signs shall be placed only inside a commercial building and shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the glass area of the pane upon which the sign is displayed. 5. Projecting signs may project from the building over • the -street right-of-way, alley or other public space provided the sign does not extend beyond a vertical plane twenty-four (24) inches inside the curb line; and the bottom clearance of such sign shall be at least .eight (8) feet above the finished grade of the sidewalk along the street and at least sixteen (16) feet above grade at alleys and corners. • H. Removal of Existing Signs All signs existing at the date this ordinance is passed must be removed or modified to comply with the ordinance by April 4, 1984. SECTION 6.05 - OUTDOOR LIGHTING Outdoor lighting for yards, signs, advertising structures, parking lots and other areas must be oriented or shielded so that the light and glare reflects away from streets and adjacent property. 47 LJ SECTION 6.06 - TEMPORARY USES The Board of Commissioners may approve as conditional uses under the application provisions of. Section 9.05 the following temporary uses notwithstanding other restrictions of this Ordinance but including such additional conditions and safeguards as may be required by the Commissioners as a provision of such approval. 1. Temporary Real Estate Sales Offices may be permitted in any residential district for on -site sales of land or residence. located only within the subdivisions within which such office is located. Any such temporary use must be terminated no more than thirty (30) days from the date that eighty (80) percent of the lots or residences within that subdivision are sold. 2. Temporary construction offices may be permitted in any district to provide on -site quarters for the management and security of construction projects consisting of 20,000 square feet or more within the project. Any such temporary use must be terminated no more than fourteen (14) days from the date that construction is completed. SECTION 6.07 - FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION A. Findings of Fact 1. The flood hazard areas of the Town of Manteo are subject to periodic inundation which results in loss of life, property, health and safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and'relief, and impairment of the tax base, all of which adversely affect the public health, safety and general'welfare. 2. These flood losses are caused by the cumulative effect of obstructions in flood plains causing increases in flood heights and velocities, and by the occupancy in flood hazard areas by uses vulnerable to floods or hazardous to other lands which are inadequately elevated, flood -proofed, or otherwise protected from flood damages. 48 • B. Statement of Purpose It is the purpose of this Section to promote the public health,. safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisionsdesigned to: 1. 1%etrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety and property due to water or erosion or in flood heights or velocitiesi 2. Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction; 3. Control the alteration of natural flood plains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers which are involved in the accomodation of flood waters; 4. Control filling, grading, dredging and other development which may increase erosion of flood damage; and, 5. Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert flood waters or which.- may increase flood hazards to other lands. C. Objectives The objectives of this Section are: 1. To protect human life and health; 2. To minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects; 3. To minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public; 4. To minimize prolonged business interruptions; 5. To minimize damage to public facilities and utilities such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines, streets and bridges located in flood plains; 6. To help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood prone areas in such a manner as to minimize future flood blight areas; and, 49 • 7. To insure that potential home buyers are notified that property is in a flood area. D. General Provisions 1. Land to Which This ordinance Applies: This ordinance shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of the Town of Manteo. 2. Basis for Establishing the Areas of Special Flood Hazard: The areas of special flood hazard identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in its Flood Hazard Boundary Map, H-01, dated January 5, 1973, and any revision thereto are adopted to reference and declared to be a part of this Section or other areas defined by a governmental agency. 3. Establishment of Development Permit: A development permit shall be required in conformance with the provisions of this ordinance. 4. Compliance: No structure of land shall hereafter be located, extended, converted, or structurally altered without full compliance with the terms of this ordinance and other applicable regulations.' S. Abrogation and Greater Restrictions: This ordinance is not intended td repeal, abrogate or impair any existing easements, covenants, or deed restrictions. However, where this ordinance and another conflict or overlap, whichever imposes the more stringent restrictions shall prevail. 6. Interpretation: In the interpretation and application of 'this ordinance all provisions shall be: considered as minimum requirements; liberally construed in favor of the governing body; and, deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted under state statutes. 7. warning and Disclaimer of Liabilitv: The degree of flood protection required by this ordinance is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes' and is based on scientific and engineering consideration. Larger floods can and will occur on rare occasions. Flood heights may be increased by man-made or natural causes. This ordinance does not imply that land outside the areas of special flood hazard or uses permitted within such areas will be free from flooding or flood damages. This • ordinance shall not create liability on the part of 50 • the Town of Manteo or by any officer or employee thereof for any flood damages that result from reliance on this ordinance or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder. E. Administration This ordinance shall be administered in accordance with the rules of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Manteo. F. Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction 1. General Standards: In all areas of special flood hazard the following provisions are required: (a) All new construction and substantial improvements shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the structure. (b) All new construction and substantial improvements shall be constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage. • (c) All new construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed by methods and practices that flood damage. (d) All new and replacement water supply systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the system; (e) New and replacement sanitary sewage systems whall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems and discharges from the systems into flood waters. (f) On -site waste disposal systems shall be located to avoid impairment to them or contamination from them during flooding. (g) Any alteration, repair, reconstruction, or improvement to a structure on which the start of construction was begun after the effective date of this ordinance, shall meet the requirements of "new construction" as contained in this ordinance. Further details on all types of flood proofing techniques in flood hazard areas may be referenced in the Federal • Flood Coastal Construction Manual. 51 • 2. Specific Standards: 2n all areas of special flood hazard where base flood elevation data has been provided as set forth in this Section, the following provisions are required: (a) Residential Construction: New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above base flood elevation. (b) Non -Residential Construction: New construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial or other non-residential structure shall either have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to the level of the base flood elevation, or together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities, be flood -proofed so that below the base flood level the structure is , water tight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components having' the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and effects of buoyancy. A registered professional engineer or architect shall certify that the standards of this Section are satisfied. Such certification shall • be provided to the Planning and Zoning Board. (c) Mobile Homes- (1) No mobile home shall be placed in a floodway or Coastal High Hazard Area, except in an existing mobile home park -or existing mobile home subdivision. (2) All mobile homes shall be anchored to resist flotation, collapse, or lateral movement by . providing over -the -top and frame ties to ground anchors. Specific requirements shall be that: a. Over -the -top ties be provided at each end of the mobile home, with one additional tie per side at an intermediate location on mobile homes of less than fifty feet and one additional tie per side for mobile homes of fifty feet or more. b. Frame ties be provided at each corner of the home with four additional ties per side at intermediate points for.mobile homes less than fifty feet long and one additional tie for mobile homes of fifty feet or longer. 52 • c. All components of the anchoring system be capable of carrying a force of 4,800 pounds; and, 11 d. Any additions to the mobile home be similarly anchored. (3) For new mobile home parks and subdivisions; for expansions to existing mobile home parks and subdivisionst for existing mobile home parks and subdivisions where the repair, reconstruction or improvement of streets, utilities and pads equals or exceeds fifty percent of value of the streets, utilities and pads before the repair, reconstruction or improvement has commenced; and, for mobile homes not placed in a mobile home park or subdivision require: a. Stands or lots are elevated on compacted fill or on pilings so that the lowest floor of the mobile home will be at or above the base flood level; b. Adequate surface drainage and access for the hauler are provided; and, c. In the instance of elevation on pilings: lots are large enough to permit steps; piling foundations are placed in stable soil no more than ten feet apart; and, reinforcement is provided for pilings more than six feet above the ground level. SECTION 6.08 LOCATION OF UTILITIES A. Agreement with Company Electric power, telephone, cable television and natural gas linesare to be installed by agreement between the property owner and the appropriate utility company, and such installation must conform to the standards provided by the respective utility company. The execution of such agreement by the property owner and the utility company, even though such lines are not physically installed at the time of submission .of plans to the Planning and Zoning Board for review, may be deemed necessary by the Planning and Zoning Board for the purpose of final approval. 53 B. Location of Electric. Telephone and Television Lines The installation of electric power, cable television and telephone lines beneath the surface of the ground is mandatory. SECTION 6.09 - SUBDIVISION OF LAND A. Authority The authority as to regulation of land subdivision generally is granted by the N.C.G.S. Chapter 160A-371-376. B. Purpose The purpose of this Section is to establish procedures and standards for the development and subdivision of real estate within the town in an effort to, among other things, insure proper legal description, identification, monumentation and recordation of real estate boundaries; further the orderly layout and appropriate use of land; provide safe, • convenient and economic circulation of vehicular traffib; provide suitable building sites which drain properly and are readily accessible to emergency vehicles; assure the proper installation of roads and utilities; promote the eventual elimination of unsafe or unsanitary conditions arising from undue.concentration of population; and help , conserve and protect the physical and economic resources of the Town of Manteo. C. Platting and Approval Procedures 1. 'Generally: (a) (1) Prior to preliminary plat application, the subdivider may submit to the Planning and Zoning Board or such other persons as may be designated by the Board 6 copies, at least seven days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting, bf a sketch plan of the proposed subdivision. Included with the sketch plan shall be a sketch vicinity map, showing the subdivision in relation to the surrounding area. At the meeting at which the proposed development • is to be reviewed, the subdivider should discuss 54 the proposed subdivision and become familiar with the regulations affecting the land to be subdivided. (2) The subdivider shall submit to the Planning and Zoning Board, or such other office as may from time to time be designated as the office of the Planning and Zoning Board for deposit and filing of maps and other documents, at least fifteen days prior to the regularly scheduled meeting. (b) Submission of and Action on Final Plat: Where a permit is required for the construction of any building or other improvement, such permit shall not be issued unless and until the requirements of this Section shall have been complied with and the final plat shall have been approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. The procedure for obtaining final plat approval is as follows: (1) The subdivider shall submit to the Planning and Zoning Board, within 90 days of the date of the preliminary plat approval and at least seven days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board, at least 6 black or blueline prints. (2) The final plat shall be properly signed and executed as required for recording by the County Register of Deeds. (3) Should the Planning and Zoning Board disapprove the final plat, the reasons for such action shall be noted in the Board's minutes, and reference shall be made to the specific section of this chapter with which the plat does not comply, and the subdivider shall be so notified. (c) Recording of Final Plat: Within 90 days after the final plat is approved by the Board of Commissioners, it shall have been recorded by the subdivider with the Register of Deeds of the county. Should the 90 days time limit expire before the plat is recorded, it must be resubmitted to the Planning and Zoning Board for reprocessing The Register Of Deeds shall not file or record a plat of.a subdivision located within the subdivision jurisdiction of the town until such plat has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. Without the approval of the Board, the filing or recording of • a subdivision plat shall be null and void. No officer 55 of the county shall order or direct the recording of a plat where'such recording would be in conflict with this Section. 2. Form and Contents of Plats: (a) Sketch Plan: A simple sketch plan shall be drawn and shall show the tentative street layout, approximate right-of-way widths, lot arrangements, drainage and utility easements, sites for schools, parks, churches and other nonresidential uses, existing structures, watercourses, wooded areas, number of acres devoted to each use, total acres, average lot sizes, approximate number of lots and existing zoning both on the land to be subdivided and the land immediately adjacent to the proposed development. (b) Preliminary Plat: The preliminary plat shall be drawn on a sheet eighteen inches by twenty-four inches or such other size as may be required for registration by the County Register of Deeds. The preliminary plat shall be prepared by an engineer or registered surveyor and land planner and shall show the following information: • (1) The location of existing and platted property lines, streets, buildings, watercourses, railroads, transmission lines, sewers, bridges, culverts and rainpipes, water mains, town limit lines and any other utility easements. • (2) Boundaries of tract, shown with bearings and distances. (3) Wooded areas, marshes and any other features which should be considered in development of the site. (4) names of owners of adjoining property or subdivisions. (5) Zoning classification, if any, both on the land subdivided and on adjoining lands. (6) Proposed streets, street names, rights -of -way and pavement widths. (7) The location of proposed utilities (sewer, water, gas, electricity, telephone and fire hydrants), showing connection to existing systems. 56 (8) Other proposed rights -of -way easements, locations, widths and purposes. (9) Proposed lot lines, lot and block numbers and approximate dimensions. (10) Proposed parks, school sites or other public open spaces, if any. (11) Title, date, magnetic north point and graphic scale. (12) Name of owner, engineer or registered surveyor and land planner. (13) Site data, including the following: a. Acreage in total tract. b. Acreage in park or other land usage. . c. -Total number of lots. •1 d. Lineal feet in streets. • (14) Compliance with area of environmental concern standards, as set forth in Section 3.15 of this ordinance. (c) Final Plat: Generally, the final plat shall constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the subdivider proposes to record and develop at the timer provided, that such portion conforms to all requirements of this Section. The final plat shall be prepared by an engineer or registered surveyor and land planner and shall show the following information: (1) The right-of-way lines of all roads. (2) Lot lines and lot numbers. , (3) Reservations, easements,.alleys and any areas to be dedicated to public use or sites for other than residential use, With notes stating their purpose and any limitations. (4) Utility layouts. 57 • (5) Sufficient data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground the location, bearing and length of every road line, lot line, boundary , line, block line and building line, whether curved or straight, and including magnetic north point. (6) All dimensions to the nearest 1:5,000 of a foot and angles to the nearest thirty seconds times the square root of the number of angles turned. (7) Accurate location and description of all monuments and markers. Where the map is the result of a survey, one or more corners shall, by a system of azimuths or courses and distances, be accurately tied to a monument of some United States or state agency survey system, such as the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Systems, where such monument is within two thousand feet of such corner. Where the North Carolina Grid System coordinates of such monument have been published by the State Department of Natural and Economic Resources, the coordinates of the referenced • corner shall be computed and shown in X and Y ordinates on the map. Where such a monument is not available, the tie shall be made to some pertinent and permanent recognizable landmark or identifiable point. (8) The names and locations of adjoining roads, and the location and ownership of adjoining property.. (9) Name of subdivider, engineer or registered surveyor and land planner. (10) Compliance with area of environmental concern standards, as set forth in Section 3.15 of this ordinance. (d) Installation of Improvements: Before the Planning and Zoning Board shall approve the final plat for recording and before any permits will be issued by the Town, the subdivider shall have complied with the following requirements: (1) Road Improvements: Road rights -of way shall be graded, properly drained and prepared with a proper minimum base of eight inches of clay or • other approved material, properly disked and 58 • compacted to six inches and topped with one and one-half inches of compacted asphalt or such other r� L material as may be approved. (2) Utilities:. All water and sewerage systems shall be installed by the subdivider in accordance with plans of the Town of Manteo Water and Sewer Department. D. General Requirements and Minimum Design Standards 1. General Requirements: The following general requirements shall apply to all subdivisions approved pursuant to this Section. (a) Conformity of proposed Roads to Existing Maps or Plans: The location and width of all proposed roads shall be in conformity with official plans or maps of the town and with existing or amended plans of the Planning and Zoning Board. (b) Continuation of Existing Roads: The proposed road layout shall be coordinated with the existing road system of the surrounding area and, where possible, existing principal roads shall be extended. (c) Access to Adjacent Properties: Where, in opinion of the Planning and Zoning Board, it is desirable to provide access to an adjoining property, proposed roads shall be extended by dedication to the boundary of such property, and a temporary turnaround shall be provided. (d) Lots: All lots shall front upon a public road. Double frontage lots should be avoided. (e) Road Names: Proposed roads which are obviously in alignment with existing roads should be given the same name. In assigning new names, the Planning and Zoning Board shall recommend names to the Board of Commissioners for approval. (f) Solid Waste Collection: The Planning and Zoning Board may require for each 12 lots an easily accessible site not exceeding four hundred square feet to be reserved for the location of solid waste containers for unrestrained use for public or private waste collection. 59 • r� 2. Design Standards: The following design standards shall be considered minimum requirements: (a) Roads: The design standards for roads within the town are as follows: (1) Right -of -Way Widths: Right-of-way widths shall be as shown on the major road plan and shall not be less than 36 feet. The Planning and Zoning Hoard may require wider right-of-way widths depending upon location. (2) Paving Widths: Curbs and gutters must be provided and the paving widths back-to-back of curbs shall not be less than 22 feet. The Planning and Zoning Board may require wider paving widths depending upon location. (b) Utlities: Utilities shall be placed underground in conformance with Section 6.08 of this ordinance. WI ARTICLE VII. SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS Regulations limiting the use of buildings and land and the bulk and arrangement of buildings within the various districts established by this ordinance are hereby adopted for the Town of Manteo, North Carolina. These District Regulations may be amend -ad as provided in Article XIII of this ordinance. SECTION 7.01 - R-1 LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT A. Intent The R-1 District is intended to encourage the development of permanent low -density residential neighborhoods. These districts are located primarily in areas which are protected from more intensive uses of land. Maximum density 'shall not exceed 3.5 dwelling units per acre in Planned Unit Development. B. Permitted Uses • The following uses are permitted by right: 1. Detached single-family dwellings (not including modular units or mobile homes). 2. Customary accessory buildings including private swimming pools and tennis courts. C. Conditional Uses Permitted The following are uses permitted subject to the requirements of this district and additional regulations and requirements imposed by the Board of Commissioners as provided in Article IX: 1. Churches and cemeteries. 2. Fire stations, schools and other public buildings. 3. Home occupations as defined in Section 4.02 of this ordinance. 4. Private clubs, including boat launching areas, golf courses, tennis courts, community centers, libraries, picnic areas, and concessions integral thereto provided • that there is no open commercial activity and no sign 61 • other than a directional sign is allowed. 5. Public utlity facilities (must provide an opaque screen buffer where the facility abuts a residential lot or use as per requirements set forth in Section 4.02) . 6. Planned Unit Development under the provisions of Article Vill. , 7. Group Development, Projects. D. Dimensional Requirements for R-1 Low density Residential Districts 1. Minimum lot size: 15,000 square feet. 2. Minimum lot width: 75 feet (measured at the building setback line). 3. Minimum front yard: 25 feet. 4. Minimum side yard: 10 feet. An additional 10 foot side yard adjacent to the street is required for a corner lot. 5. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet. 6. Maximum allowable lot coverage by principal use and all accessory structures: 30%. 7. Height limitation: 35 feet to bottom of ceiling joist of top habitable space.' SECTION 7.02 - R-2 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT A. Intent The R-2 District is intended to encourage the development of moderate density residential neighborhoods with a mix of housing types. The maximum density shall not exceed 6 dwelling units per acre in Planned Unit Development. B.' Permitted Uses The following uses shall be permitted by right: 62 1. Detached single-family dwellings. 2. Duplexes. 3. Customary accessory buildings including private swimming Poole. 4. Mobile home provided: (a) It is placed on a foundation and anchored according to the N.C. Building Code,for mobile homes in a hurricane area- (b) The requirements oflthe Building Inspector regarding skirting material and skirting area are complied with. C. Conditional Uses Permitted The following uses are permitted subject to the requirements of this district, additional regulations and requirements imposed by the Board of Commissioners as provided in Article IX: • 1. Churches and cemeteries! 2. Fire stations, schools and other public buildings. 3. Home occupations as defined in Section 4.02 of this ordinance. 4. Private clubs including boat launching areas, golf courses,' tennis courts, community centers, libraries, picnic areas, and concessions integral thereto provided that there is no open commercial activity and no sign other than a directional sign is allowed. 5. Public utility facilities (mast provide an opaque screen buffer where the facility abuts a residential lot or use as.per requirements set forth in Section 4.02). 6. Mobile home parks under the provisions of Section 6.03. 7. Planned Unit Development under the provisions of Article Vill. 8. Townhouse developments under the provisions of Section 3.13 with a density of not more than six (6) dwelling • units per acre. 63 L • 9. Group Development Projects. D. Dimensional Requirements for R-2 Medium Density Residential District 1. Minimum lot size for a single-family detached residence is 10,000 square feet, for a duplex is .15,000 square'feet. 2. Minimum lot width: 70 feet, measured at the building setback line. 3. Minimum front yard: 25.feet. 4. Minimum side yard: 10 feet. An additional 5 foot side yard adjacent to the street is required for a corner lot. 5. Minimum rear yard: 20%. of lot depth but need not exceed 25 feet. 6. Maximum Allowable lot coverage by principal use and all accesory structures: 30%. 7. Height limitation: 35 feet to bottom of ceiling joist of top habitable space. SECTION 7.03 - R-5 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT A. Intent The R-5 district is established to provide for permanent residential neighborhoods in areas where the level of municipal facilities is very high. At a minimum these facilities shall include public water and sewerage systems and curbed and guttered streets with sidewalks. The maximum density shall not exceed 8 dwelling units per acre in Planned Unit Development. B. Permitted Uses The following uses shall be permitted by right: 1. Detached single-family dwellings (not including modular units, mobile homes or trailers). 2. Customary accessory buildings including private swimming pools. 64 • C. Conditional Uses The following uses are permitted subject.to the requirements of this district and additional conditions and requirements imposed by the Board of Commissioners as provided in Article IX of this ordinance: 1. Duplexes. 2. Multi -family dwellings. 3. Townhouses, under the provisions of Section 3.13. 4. Churches and cemeteries. 5. Fire stations, schools, and other public buildings. 6. Home occupations as defined in Section 4.02 of this ordinance. 7. Public utility facilities (must provide an opaque screen buffer where the facility abuts a residential lot or use as per requirements set forth in Section • 4.02). • 8. On waterfront lots; fishing, boating, boat building or repair and crab -shedding. 9. Group Development Projects. 10. Planned Unit Development under the provisions of Article VIII. D. Dimensional Requirements for R-5 General Residential District 1. Minimum lot size: 7,500 square feet. For duplexes or multi -family dwelling units or townhouses, the lot must contain at least 5,000 square feet per dwelling unit. 2. Minimum lot width: 50 feet, measured at the building setback line. 3. Minimum side yard: 8 feet, except that a side yard adjacent to a street on a corner lot must be at least 15 feet. 4. Minimum front yard: 30 feet. 65 of • 5. Minimum rear yard: 20 % of lot depth except that no rear yard shall be required to exceed 20 feet in depth. 6. Maximum allowable lot coverage by principal use and all accessory structures: 30%. 7. Height limitation: 35 feet to bottom of ceiling joist of top habitable space. SECTION 7.04 - VILLAGE BUSINESS DISTRICT A. Intent The B-1 district is established to provide for a centrally located commercial and service area and governmental center for the town and region. These regulations are designed to encourage the continued use of land for commercial and governmental purposes, to insure continued local use and historic tourism, to maintain the village character and to permit a concentrated mixed -use development of the village Business Dstrict. Maximum density shall not exceed 40 dwelling units per acre in Planned Unit Development. B. Uses The following uses shall be allowed subject to the requirements of this district and additional regulations and requirements imposed by the Board of Coimnissioners through conditional use procedures as provided in Article IX. 1. Offices including: business governmental financial medical and professional 2. Primary retail stores, including: books and printing cameras candy clothing craft goods drugs dry goods flowers food stores gifts hardware hobby goods jewelry leather goods magazines musical instruments notions souvenirs sporting goods toys ff-1 • 3. Secondary retail stores, including: antiques household appliance and furniture 4. Service establishments, including: barber and beauty shops marinas (excluding on -land display and sales but including boat building) cafeterias churches dry cleaning and laundry pick-up stations (including laundromats) retail seafood market parking lots restaurants and take-out food hotels shoe repair theatres rentals for water -oriented recreation 5. Single-family dwellings only (not to include mobile • homes or trailers) according to the dimensional requirements of the R-5 General Residential District, as per Section 7.03. 6. Townhouses, apartment units and condominiums or a combination of any of these and retail stores, as long as the first floor is a commercial use. 7. Public utility facilities (must provide an opaque screen buffer where the facility abuts a residential lot of use as per requirements set forth in Section 4.02). S. Group Development Projects 9. Outdoor markets 10. Cottage industry 11. Planned Unit Development under the provisions of Article Vill. D. Requirements in the Village Business District 1. Minimum lot size: Lots created after the date of passage of this ordinance shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate siting for structures and to provide loading • and maneuvering space for vehicles. Off-street parking 67 • may be a condition of the permit. 2. Front yard and sidewalk requirement: A six foot sidewalk is required adjacent to the street for all uses. In the case of non -single family residential uses there shall be no minimum front yard. 3. Minimum side yard: The minimum side yard for non - single family residential uses shall be five feet except if buildings are constructed with a common wall, according to common wall standards. 4. Height limitation: Thirty-five (35) feet to the bottom of the ceiling joist of the top habitable space. Where ground -level parking is a condition of the permit, the height limitation is increased by eight feet. SECTION 7.05 - B-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT A. Intent The B-2 district is established to provide for the development of business facilities to furnish a broad range of services and commodities for the permanent community and visitors. Maximum density shall not exceed 20 dwelling units per acre in Planned Unit Development. B. Permitted Uses 1.. Automobile sales and service 2. Outdoor recreation activities 3. Indoor recreation activities 4. Building supply and equipment sales 5. Plumbing supply and equipment sales 6. Cabinet and woodworking shops 7. Motels.and hotels S. Building cont-actors' offices and storage areas 9. Offices; including business, financial, governmental, • professional and medical. m 10. Single-family dwellings according to the requirements of the R-5 General Residential district 11. Boat display and sales 12. Ice manufacture and sales 13. Duplexes according to the dimensional requirements of the R-2 Medium Density Residential District 14. Funeral homes 15. Radio and television broadcast studios 16. Bus terminals 17. Marinas with on -land sales 18. Primary retail'stores, including: books and printing hardware cameras hobby goods • candy jewelry clothing leather goods craft goods magazines drugs musical instruments dry goods notions flowers souvenirs food stores sporting goods gifts toys • 19. Secondary retail stores, including: antiques household appliance and furniture 20. Service establishments, including: barber and beauty shops cafeterias churches " dry cleaning, laundry pick-up station and laundromats retail seafood market parking lots restaurants and take-out food shoe repair theatres m • C. Conditional Uses The following uses shall be permitted subject to the requirements of this district and additional regulations and requirements imposed by the Board of Commissioners as provided in Article IX. 1. Automobile service station, provided that no principal or accessory building shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a residential use or district that there shall be no storage of wrecked or abandoned cars, and that no portion of a service station building, equipment or gas pumps shall be nearer than twenty-five feet to any right-of-way. 2. Public utilitiy facilities (must provide an opaque screen buffer where the facility abuts a residential lot or use as per requirements set forth in Section 4.02). i 3. Townhouses and condominiums as per Section 3.13. 4. Group Development Projects. 5. Planned Unit Development under the provision of Article • Vi D. Dimensional Requirements for B-2 -General'. Business District 1. Minimum lot size: Commercial lots shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate siting for structures, and to provide off-street parking, loading and maneuvering space for vehicles as required by Section 6.01 of this ordinance. In addition an opaque screen buffer must be provided where a commercial use or zone abuts a residential use or zone, as per Section 4.02. 2. Minimum front yard: 15 feet. 3. Minimum side yard: 10 feet. No side yard required if commercial building constructed with a common wall. An additional 5 foot yard adjacent to the street is required for a corner lot. 4. Minimum rear yard: 20 feet. 5. Maximum allowable lot coverage by principal use, all accessory structures, parking and roadways, 75%. 6. Height limitation: 35 feet to the bottom of the ceiling • joist of the top habitable space. 70. ARTICLE VIII. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS A CONDITIONAL USE The special regulations which are established in this article are intended to provide a means of regulating development which can achieve flexibility of design, the integration of mutually compatible uses, and optimum land planning with greater efficiency, convenience, and amenity than the procedures and regulations under which it is permitted as of right under conventional zoning requirements. SECTION 8.01 - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) CONCEPT A. Definition For the purpose of these regulations, a planned unit development is defined as the complete development of land which is under central control, or for which central control mechanisms have been established. The plan will be in accordance with the guides and objectives established by the Planning and Zoning Board and the Board of Commissioners. • B. Intent Within all districts created by this ordinance it is intended to permit, on application and•on approval of detailed site, use, building and development plans, establishment of planned development in areas which are suitable with respect to location, size and physical character for development as units. Suitability of tracts for the planned development proposed shall be determined primarily by. reference to the goals and objectives of the Land Development Plan, by the physical characteristics of the site, and by.the nature of the surrounding development. Within Planned Unit Developments, regulations adapted to unified planning and development are intended to accomplish the purposes of zoning and other applicable regulations to the same degree as in districts in which regulations are intended to control development on a lot -by -lot rather than unified basis. It is the intent of these regulations to promote economical and efficient land use, a higher level, of amenities, appropriate and harmonious variety in physical development, creative design and an improved living and working environment. In view of the substantial public advantages of planned development, it is the intent of these regulations to promote and encourage development in this form where • 71 . appropriate in location and character. C. Relation of PUD Regulations to General Zoning Subdivision or Other Regulations Where there are conflicts between the special PUD provisions of this Article and general zoning, subdivision, compliance standards for areas of environmental concern or other regulations or requirements; these special regulations shall apply in PUD's unless the Hoard of Commissioners shall find, in the particular case: 1. That these provisions do.not serve public purposes to a degree at least equivalent to general zoning, subdivision ;or other regulations or requirements, or 2. That actions, designs or solutions proposed by the applicant, do not satisfy public purposes to at least an equivalent degree. It is specifically provided, however, that wheredwelling unit density, floor area and similar ratios have been established by these regulations, the Hoard shall not act in a particular case to alter these ratios. Except as indicated above, the procedures and requirements set forth in this Article and in guides and standards adopted as partof these, regulations for a particular Planned Unit Development shall apply in the approved PUD and to issuance of any permits -required. D. Where Permitted Planned Unit Developments may be established as a conditional use in specified zones where tracts suitable in location and character for the uses and structures proposed are to be planned and developed as units, according to the requirements and procedures set forth'in this Article:. PUD's shall be appropriately located with respect to intended functions, to the pattern and timing of development existing or proposed in the plans of the Town, and to public and private facilities, existing or clearly to be available by the time development reaches the stage where they will be needed. E. Procedures on PUD Arproval Applications for PUD approval shall be submitted as for other conditional uses. Material submitted with the application • or on request by the Planning and zoning Hoard or the Hoard 72 • of Commissioners shall include all plans, maps, studies, and reports which may reasonably be required to make the determinations called for in the particular case, with sufficient copies for necessary referrals and records. In addition to the necessary steps required as in conditional use permits, the following steps are required and outlined below: 1. Pre -application conference (sketch plan proposal); 2. Consideration and recommendation by the Manteo Planning and Zoning Board; 3. Optional public hearing and approval by Board of Commissioners; 4. Final approval of detailed site development plan(s) by the Planning and Zoning Board; 5. Issuance of permits by Town Building Inspector; 6. Changes in Approved Site Development Plans; 7. Expiration of Time Limits on PUD. • F. Approval of Site Development Plans No building permit shall be issued in a Planned Unit Development unless and until the Planning and Zoning Board and the Board of Commissioners have approved site development plans and reports for the development as a whole or stages or portions of it which are satisfactory to them in relation to total development. No 'structure or use other than as indicated in approved site development plans and reports shall be permitted. • Approval of site development plans and reports shall be based on: 1. Compliance with regulations applying at the time the preliminary development plan was approved, including applicable provisions of the Subdivision Regulations, unless conflicting with these regulations, and related capital improvement requirements of the Town regarding .construction of physical improvements and bonding thereof and any specific modifications which were made by the Board of Commissioners in the approved action, or 2. At the option of the applicant, in accordance with regulations applying currently. 73 Upon approval of site development plans and reports, building permits shall be issued in the same manner as for building permits generally, provided that any requirements concerning the order or location in which building permits are to be issued in the particular development shall be observed. Except as provided below, final plans and reports approved shall be binding on the applicant and any successors in interest so long as planned development status applies to the land. SECTION 8.02 - DEVEIAPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCEDURE All development plans for PUD will proceed as provided by ordinance for processing conditional use permits, with additional steps as outlined below: A. Pre-Acolication Conference (Sketch Plan Proposal) 1. On request by applicants, members of the Planning and Zoning Board shall meet with applicants to review the original application, including the developer's report, if submitted, and the sketch plan of the proposed • Planned Unit Development. The purpose of such pre -hearing conference shall be to assist in bringing the report, if submitted, and the sketch plan as nearly as possible into conformity with these or other land development regulations applying in the case, and to define special variations from -regulations otherwise applicable which seem justified as serving the public purposes of those regulations to an equivalent degree. 2. In the course of pre -application conferences, any recommendations for change shall be recorded in writing, and shall become part of the record in the case. (a) All such recommendations shall be supported by stated reasons for the proposal for change. (b) Applicants may indicate in writing their agreements -to such recommendations, or their disagreement. (c) If there is disagreement, applicants shall indicate in writing their reasons for disagreement. • (d) Responses by applicants shall also be included in the record. 74 • 3. Sketch plans may be drawn to minimize initial expense and encourage sufficient design flexibility to accomodate required changes, without undue hardship to the developer. (a) All plans submitted shall be drawn to scale, and (b) Shall show the locations of all lots, streets, drives, off-street parking areas and other pertinent features, together with building locations, common areas and other amenities. 4. Developer may submit preliminary subdivision.plats in lieu of sketch development plans. B. Consideration and Recommendation by Manteo Planning and Zoning Board 1. Following the pre -application conference, the Planning and Zoning Board shall review the application for Planned Unit Development, including sketch plan(s) or preliminary subdivision plat(s) if submitted in lieu thereof, together with written or sketched changes left.unresolved after the pre -application conference. At this time, the following additional information shall be provided by the developer for review: (a) A map or maps showing the proposed development in relation to its surrounding area defining the relative size and location of streets, utilities, public facilities and commercial facilities expected to serve the area. (b) A survey report covering soil condition, drainage, topography, location and character of surface water, flora and fauna and other such information as may be required to determine if the site is suitable for Planned Unit Development without hazards to occupants or adjoining properties. (c) An overall preliminary development plan which shall show- (1) proposed major vehicular and pedestrian circulation systems; (2) proposed land uses including residential densities and non-residential uses; (3) proposed plans and regulations for major isreservations of land for parks, parkways, playgrounds, school sites and other public uses or facilities; 75 • (4) relationship to existing land uses in surrounding areas. (d) Common Areas: An area designated on the site development plan of a PUD as "common area" and on the subdivision plan as an area to be held in separate ownership for the use and benefit of residents occupying specified lots shown on the subdivision plan may be approved provided that it meets the following requirements: (1) It shall be conveniently accessible to all residents of the development;, (2) It shall be made available in its improved state as set forth on the site development plan in accordance with an approved time schedule; (3) It shall be maintained in accordance with an approved maintenance plan specifying what such maintenance shall consist of, whose responsibility it shall be, and assuring satisfactory execution of maintenance; • (4) Provisions to insure its continuing availability shall be included in the deed to each parcel to be served by the common area. (e) Additional Information: Additional information may be required by the Planning and Zoning Board or the Board of Commissioners to determine the impact of the proposed development on the Town. • 2. The Planning and Zoning Board, or its representative, may seek the advice of the County Health Department, State Department of Transportation, U.S. Soil Conservation Service or other agencies, or "expert witness" as necessary, to accomplish a complete review of any - development plans. 3. Whenever the Planning and Zoning Board determines that the characteristic of a proposed development should be modified to protect the occupants of such development, or to protect the public interest, the .Board may recommend reasonable modifications in building location, driveway location or design, locating of recreation areas or open spaces, lot sizes or any other elements of any development plan. 76 4. The Planning and Zoning Board may recommend approval, conditional approval or denial of PUD applications. In its action, the Planning and Zoning Board shall reflect its views upon issues left unresolved in the pre - application conference. 5. The Planning and Zoning Board shall forward its recommendations to the Town Board of Commissioners in accordance with established procedures for conditional use permits. C. Optional Public Hearing and Approval by the Manteo Board of Commissioners The review and approval of site development plans or changes in approved plans not requiring ordinance amendment are administrative and do not require public notice and hearing. However; the Planning and Zoning 'Board or the Board of Commissioners may hold any hearings which are considered desirable. 1. A public hearing, as provided by ordinance for rezoning hearings, may be advertised and held before the Board • of Commissioners, for any Planned Unit Development proposed to be established in any appropriate zoning district. 2. The, Board of Commissioners may either approve the application in accord with PUD and general regulations; may conditionally approve the application; may return the application to the Planning and Zoning Board for further consideration of specific suggested changes; or may deny the application. 3. Upon approval of the Board of Commissioners, the developer is required to submit final detailed plans of the proposed PUD to the Planning and Zoning Board, as,provided below. D. Final_A=rova of Detailed Plan by Manteo Planning and Zoning Board 1. Following approval of a proposed Planned Unit Development development plan and the approval of all required zoning actions, if any, by the Board of Commissioners, detailed plan(e) for the PUD shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Board by the developers provided, however, that a preliminary subdivision plat may be submitted in place of detailed plan proposals, if necessary • information is submitted with the plat to show proposed building locations, streets, utilities, public facilities, 77 • as well as the additional information irequired in part B.1 of this Section. 2. Review of detailed plan proposal(s), or preliminary subdivision plats if they are submitted instead, shall follow procedures established in the Subdivision Regulations for all developments, including those proposing private common open spaces or private amenities. E. Issuance of Building Permits by the Planning and Zoning Board 1. When a detailed development plan or preliminary subdivision plat has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Board and approved by the Board of Commissioners, it shall be so certified to the Planning and Zoning Board. 2. Building Permits shall be issued by the Planning and Zoning Board only for improvements and developments on a Planned Unit Development site which conform to the approved development plan or subdivision plat. • F. Changes in Approved Site Development Plans After review by the Planning and Zoning Board, the Board of Commissioners may permit changes on application by the developer, but only on a finding that the changes are in accord with all regulations in effect at the time the site -development plan or plat was approved, and in accord with the general interest and purpose of the plans of the Town in effect at that time, provided that the applicant may elect to proceed in accord with the regulations and plans currnetly in effect. Changes other than as indicated above shall be made only by new PUD application. G. Expiration of Time Limit on PUD if actions required in the PUD are not taken within time limits set, the Planning and Zoning Board shall review the circumstances and recommend to the Board of Commissioners that: 1. PUD approval for the entire aiea be continued with revised time•limitst or 2. PUD approval be continued for part of the area with revised time limits and the remainder returned to • 78 • conventional zoning control; or 3. PUD approval be removed from the entire project. The recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Board shall include proposals for appropriate action with respect to any legal instruments, dedications, contributions or guarantees in the case. SECTION 8.03 - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS All planned unit development shall conform to the following standards and requirements: A. Minimum Size of Site A Planned Unit Development site shall not be less than five (5) acres in size. B. Maximum Unit Density In computing maximum unit density, fractional allocations shall be rounded down to the next lower whole number of • dwelling unitq per acre. 1. The maximum unit density permitted in a PUD created in a R-1 (Low Density Residential) zone shall be 3.5 dwelling units per acre. 2. The maximum unit density permitted in any PUD created in an R-2 (Medium Density Residential) zone shall be six (6) dwelling units per acre. 3. The maximum unit density permitted in any PUD created in a R-5 (General Residential) zone shall be 8 dwelling units per acre. 4. The maximum unit density permitted in any PUD created in a B-1 (Village Business District) zone shall be 40 dwelling units per care. 5. The maximum unit density permitted in any PUD created . in a B-2 (General Business District) zone shall be 20 dwelling units per acre. C. Number of Buildings • More than one (1) principal building may be permitted on 79 • a lot in a Planned Unit Development, provided each principal building is designed and arranged to conform with a development plan approved by the Planning Board and the Board'of dommissioners. D. Minimum Lot Area • Minimum lot area.per dwelling unit shall be twelve hundred (1200) square feet. E. Minimum Lot Width Minmum lot width shall be eighteen (18) feet. F. Minimum Buffer Required Within a PUD, no structure, parking area or other use, except open spaces for recreational or decorative purposes, shall be erected or established within a distance of thirty- five (35) feet from any Planned Unit Development project exterior boundary line or perimeter line. However, no such restriction shall apply to any interior development line or "phaee'line", or to any exterior boundary line or perimeter Line which abuts a non-residential zoning district boundary line. G. Off -Street Parking and Loading Facilities All off-street parking and loading facilities established as part of a Planned Unit Development shall conform to the requirements and design standards established by Section 6.01 of this ordinance. H. Preservation of Noteworthy Features In all Planned Unit Developments the maximum reasonably practicable effort shall be made to preserve sand dunes, historic sites, "sacred structure" as set forth by the latest guidelines for development, scenic points, large trees and other natural growths, watercourses and other water areas, and other features worthy of preservation, either as portions of public sites and open spaces, or in such other form as to provide amenity to the neighborhood. 1..• Large trees or other desirable natural growth located in public or private rights -of -way or public or private easements shall not be removed unless such removal is necessary for the installation of utilities or drainage structures of for other purposes in the 80 • public interest. 2. Such removal may be prohibited if the amenity of adjacent property, or the amenity of the general neighborhood, is adversely affected. SECTION 8.04 - USES PERMITTED A. Additional uses permitted to be established in a special Planned Unit Development shall only be those uses permitted in the Low Density Residential (R-1) zoning district, except that: 1. In developments comprising one hundred (100) or more dwelling units, "convenience" commercial establishments may be permitted to be established to provide the following services and facilities for residents of the development and their guests. (a) food stores (b) drug stores (c) barber or beauty shops (d) restaurants (e) professional offices 2. Total maximum floor area of all convenience commercial uses established as part of any project shall not exceed five (5) percent of the total floor area of the project, or twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet, whichever is less. 3. Off-street parking areas shall be provided for each .use as required by Section 6.01 of this ordinance. 4. Uses established shall be designed and scaled to meet only the needs of residents of the development and their guests. S. One non -illuminated sign shall be permitted per use established. Maximum sign area shall be ten (10) square feet. 6. No con ercial use, or sign established therewith, shall be visible from any adjacent street. B. Building permits shall be issued for "convenience shopping facilities only after permits have been obtained by the • I 81 • developer for the minimum number of dwelling units required as a prerequisite for those facilities. • C. Business licenses shall be issued for "convenience" shopping operations only after at least fifty (50) B construction has been completed on all the minimum required dwelling units. 82 ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT SECTION 9.01 - ENFORCEMENT BY PIANNING AND ZONING BOARD The Planning and Zoning Board designated by the Board of Commissioners shall administer and enforce this ordinance. The Planning and Zoning Board may be provided with the assistance of such other persons as the Board may direct and shall have all necessary authority to administer and enforce the zoning ordinance, including the ordering in writing of the remedying of any condition found in violation of the ordinance, and bringing legal action to insure compliance with ordinance, including the injunction, abatement, or other appropriate action or proceeding. SECTION 9.02 - COMPOSITION AND TERMS OF PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD The Planning and Zoning Board shall consist of 5 members, the chairman being a member of and appointed by the Town Board of Commissioners. The Planning and Zoning Board members shall be residents • of the Town of Manteo and shall serve two (2) year terms. Terms shall be staggered with half of the members being appointed or reappointed each year. • SECTION 9.03 - BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED No building or other structure shall be erected or moved, nor shall any existing building or structure hereafter be altered in any manner; unless a building permit has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. The Building Permit shall expire by limitation, six (6) months from date of issuance if work authorized by the Permit has not commenced. If after commencement the work is discontinued for a period of six (6) months, the permit for it shall immediately expire. No work authorized by any permit that has expired shall then be performed until a new permit has been secured. The Planning and Zoning Board shall have the power of technical review of all construction in the Town of Manteo requiring a, Building Permit. 83 0 SECTION 9.04 - APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PEI;MT FOR PERUTTED USES Anyone requiting a Building Permit must submit their plans and specifications to the Town Clerk one week prior to the regular meeting (first Thursday of each month at 7.30 p.m.). These will be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board as a whole. Two sets of certified plans should be submitted to include: site plan to include a survey showing location of building, flood elevation and parking if applicable; floor plant and working drawings. SECTION 9.05 - DUTIES OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR The Building Inspector shall issue building permits after: thorough review of the applicants plans and specifications to determine conformance with structural and safety regulations included in the N.C. State Building Code and, after the Planning and Zoning Board (or member of said Board delegated with such authority) has also determined that the applicant's plans are in compliance with zoning regulations. . The Building Inspector alone has complete and total responsibility • for inspection of construction, alteration and repair to buildings for conformance to the state building code as amended for Dare County, flood elevation certification and issuance of certificate of occupancy. • SECTION 9.06 - APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PEMIT The Board of Commissioners may approve permits for conditional uses. The Board of Commissioners may impose reasonable and appropriate conditions and safeguards upon these conditional uses permits to insure that the spirit and intent of this ordinance is preserved and that the conditional use will.not adversely affect the public. A. Written application for a conditional use permit shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Board no later than ten days preceding the next regular monthly meeting of. said Board. The written application shall indicate the Section of this ordinance under which a permit is being sought and shall contain the information required by the appropriate section and any other information which may be required to insure compliance with this ordinance. 84 • B. The Planning and Zoning Board shall review the application for a conditional use permit and shall submit its recommendation as to approval or disapproval along with any additional conditions or safeguards it may consider necessary to the Board of Commissioners. C. When it is considered desirable by the Planning and Zoning Board or the Board of Commissioners a public hearing may be held on any conditional use. Notice by means of a placard posted -on the property concerned shall be given at least fifteen (15) days in advance of public hearing. D. Any party may appear in person or be represented by agent, or attorney. E. Before they may grant any conditional use permit, the Board of Commissioners shall make findings.that:. the applicant has met the requirements of the ordinance; granting the permit will -be in general conformity with the town's Land Use Plan and the latest guidelines for development; the proposed use will be compatible with the area in which it is to be located if developed under the conditions specified in the ordinance and those additionally required by the Commissioners. • F. Denial of a conditional use permit must be based upon competent, material and substantial evidence which shall be made a part of the record in the case. The applicant shall have an opportunity to examine such evidence and present a rebuttal or contrary evidence. G. Violation of any conditions and safeguards, when made a part of the terms under which the conditional use permit is granted, shall be considered a violation of this ordinance and punishable under Article XVII of this ordinance. The Board of Commissioners may prescribe a time limit within which the conditional use permit is required shall be begun or completed, or both. Failure to comply within the time limit set shall void the conditional use permit. SECTION 9.07 - CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY REQUIRED No land shall be used or occupied and no.building hereafter structurally altered, erected or moved shall be used or its use changed until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Inspector stating that the building and/or the proposed • use thereof complies with the provisions of this ordinance. A like 85 • certificate shall be issued for the purpose of renewing, changing, or extending a non -conforming use. A certificate of occupancy, either for the whole or a part of a building, shall be applied for coincident with the application for a building permit and shall be issued within 10 days after the erection or structural alterations of such building, or part, shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance. A record of all ceritficates shall be kept on file in Town Hall. • A temporary certificate of occupancy may be issued by the Building Inspector for a period not exceeding 6 months during alterations or partial occupancy of a building pe nding its completion, provided that such temporary certificate may require such conditions and safeguards as will protect the safety of the occupants and the public. SECTION 9.08 - VIOIATION If any of the provisions of this ordinance are being violated, notification shall be made in writing to the person responsible for such violations, indicating the nature of the violation, and ordering the action necessary to correct it. The Building'Inspector shall order a discontinuance of illegal use of land, buildings, or structures; removal of illegal buildings or structures or of additions, alterations, or structural changes thereto; discontinuance of any illegal work being done; or shall take any other action authorized by this ordinance to insure compliance with or to prevent violations of its provisions. 86 n • • ARTICLE X. PENALTY If any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this ordinance, the Building Inspector, or any appropriate authority in addition to other remedies may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises. Violations of the provisions of these Regulations shall be a misdemeanor under the N.C.G.S. 14-4 and each day's continuing violation shall be a separate offense. Notwithstanding the criminal penalties, the Planning and Zoning Board may institute a civil action against the offender seeking enforcement by appropriate equitable remedy, injunction and order of abatement or by any remedy authorized by N.C.G.S. 160 A-175 and 160 A-389, as amended. 87 • ARTICLE XI. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT • SECTION 11.01 - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ESTABLISHED A Board of Adjustment is hereby established. The word "Board" when used in this Article shall be construed to mean the Board of Adjustment. The Board shall have five (5) regular members and two(2) alternates who shall be citizens of the Town of Manteo appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Commissioners.one' of the initial members shall be appointed for a term of one year; two for terms of two years; and two members and the two alternates for terms of three years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years, vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Members may be removed for cause by the Board of Commissioners upon written charges and after public hearing. The members of the Board may be compensated according to a schedule adpoted by the Board of Commissioners from time to time. SECTION 11.02 - CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD The Mayor shall designate one (1) of the members as chariman and another as vice-chairman who shall serve for one (1) year. The Board shall adopt from time to time such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Section. SECTION 11.03 - MEETINGS OF THE BOARD All meetings of the Board shall be held at a regular place and shall be open to the public. A quorum of four members shall be present at the designated meeting place before a vote is taken or final disposition of any appeal is made upon which the Board is required to pass. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, an indication of that fact. The final disposition of appeals shall be by recorded resolution indicating the reasons of the Board. All of the minutes, deliberations and records of the Board shall be a public record. In the event a regular member shall be absent, an alternate member shall be notified to serve in the place of the regular member. 88 SECTION 11.04 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT The concurring vote of four members of the Board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of the Planning and Zoning Board to decide in favor of the applicant any matter upon which it is required to pass under this ordinance or to affect any variation of this ordinance. A. Administrative Review and Interpretation 1. Administrative Review: The Board of Adjustment may hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the Planning and Zoning Board in thelenforcement of this ordinance. i An appeal from the decision of the Planning and Zoning Board may be taken to the Board of Adjustment by any person aggrieved, or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the town affected by such decision. The appeal must be taken within thirty days by filing with the Zoning Administrator and with the Board of Adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds for it. The • Planning and Zoning Board shall promptly transmit to the Board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from,.unless the Planning and Zoning Board certifies to the Board after the notice of appeal shall have been filied with him that: by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property; or that, because the violation charged is transitory in nature, a stay would seriously interfere with enforcement df the ordinance. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order, which may be granted by the Board or by a court of record on application, on notice to'the Zoning Administrator and due cause shown. In excercising the above mentioned powers, the Board of Adjustment may, so long as the action is in conformity with the terms of this ordinance, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination that in its opinion ought to be made, and so shall have the powers of the Zoning • Administrator. 2. Interpretation: The Board of Adjustment shall interpret the Zoning Map and pass questions of lot lines or district boundary lines and similar questions that may arise in the administration of the ordinance. W 0 B. Variances: Conditions Governing Applications: Procedures: Fee The Board of Adjustment may authorize upon appeal in specific cases a variance from the dimensional requirements of this ordinance which will not be contrary to the public interest where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance would result in unnecessary hardship. A fee in accordance with a regularly adopted fee schedule of the town shall be paid to the town for each application for variance to cover the administrative expenses involved. A variance from the terms of this ordinance shall not be granted by the Board of Adjustment unless and until: 1. A written application for a variance is submitted demonstrating: (a) That special conditions and circumstances exist which are peculiar to the land, structure, or building involved and which are not applicable to other lands, structures, or buildings in the same district; (b) That literal interpretation of the provisions of this ordinance would deprive the applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this ordinance; (c) That the special conditions and circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicantf (d) That granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege that is denied by this ordinance to other lands, structures or buildings in the same district; (e) No nonconforming use of neighboring lands, structures, or buildings in the same district, and no permitted use of lands, structures, or buildings in other districts shall be considered grounds for the issuance of a variance. 2. Notice shall be given at least fifteen (15) days in advance of public hearing. The owner of the property for which the variance is sought or his agent shall be notified by mail. Notice of the hearings shall be posted on the property for which the variance is sought at least fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing. • 3. The public hearing shall be held as advertised. Any 0 • party may appear in person or be represented by Agent or by Attorney. 4. The Board of Adjustment shall make findings that the requirements of Section 11.04 B.1 have been met by the applicant for a variance. 5. The Board of Adjustment shall further make a finding that granting the variance will be in general conformity with the town'-- plan of development and will not be injurious to the neighborhood, or otherwise detrimental to the public. In granting any variance, the Board of Adjustment may prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity with this ordinance. violation of such conditions and safeguards, when made a part of the terms under which the variance is granted, shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and punishable under Article X of this ordinance. Under no circumstances shall the Board of Adjustment grant .a variance to allow a use not permissable under the terms of this ordinance in the district involved, or any other use expressly or by implication prohibited by the terms of this ordinance in said district. SECTION 11.05 - APPEALS FROM DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Any appeal from a decision of the Board of Adjustment to Superior Court shall be taken within thirty (30) days after the decision is filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Manteo or after a copy of the decision is delivered to the appellant by registered mail, whichever is later. Decisions of the Board of Adjustment shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and a copy sent by registered mail to the appellant on the next working day after a decision is rendered. 91 • 0 ARTICLE XII. DUTIES OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, COURTS AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS TO MATTERS OF APPEAL It is the intention of this ordinance that all questions arising in connection with the enforcement of this ordinance shall be presented first to the Planning and Zoning Board and that questions shall be presented to the Board of Adjustment only on appeal from the Planning and Zoning Board. From the decision of the Board of Adjustment recourse shall be had to courts as provided by law. The duties of the Board of Commissioners in connection with the ordinance shall not include the hearing and passing upon disputed questions that may arise in connection with the enforcement of it. The procedure for determining those questions shall be set out in this ordinance, and the duties of the Board of Commissioners in connection with this ordinance shall be only the duty of considering and passing upon any proposed.amendment or approving any conditional use permit as provided by this ordinance. 92 • ARTICLE XIII. CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS z • • SECTION 13.01 - MOTION TO AMEND The Board of Commissioners may, on its own motion or upon motion or upon petition by any person within the zoning jurisdiction of the Town of Manteo, after public notice and hearing, amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal the regulations herein established or the maps which are part of this ordinance, subject to the rules prescribed in this ordinance. No regulation or map shall be amended, supplemented, changed, modified or repealed until after a public hearing is held in relation to it, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. A notice of the hearing shall be given once a week for two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Manteo. The notice shall be published the first time not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than twenty-five (25) days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing. SECTION 13.02 - FROTEST AGAINST AMENDMENT In case of a protest against an amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal signed by the owners of twenty (20) percent or more either of the area of the lots included in the proposed change, or of those immediately adjacent to it either in the rear of it or on either side of it, extending one hundred (100) feet from it, or of those directly opposite extending one hundred (100) feet from the street frontage of the opposite lots, the amendment shall not become effective except by favorable vote of three -fourths of all the members of the Board of Commissioners. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any amendment which initially zones property added to the territorial coverage of this ordinance as a result of annexation or otherwise. SECTION 13.03 - PLANNING BOARD ACTION Every proposed amendment, supplement, change, modification or repeal to this ordinance shall be referred to the Planning and Zoning Board within five (5) days from the filing of the proposal with the Zoning Administrator or Town Clerk. All petitions for a change in the zoning map shall include a legal description of the property 93 u involved and the names and addresses of current abutting property owners. SECTION 13.04 FEE A fee according to a regularly adopted fee schedule of the town shall be paid to the Town of Manteo, North Carolina for each application for an amendment to this ordinance or map to cover the costs of advertising and other administrative expenses involved. 94 aARTICLE XIV. LEGAL STATUS PROVISIONS SECTION 14.01 - EFFECTS UPON OUTSTANDING BUILDING PEMITS Nothing contained in this ordinance shall require any change in the plans, construction, size, or designated use of any building, structure or part of one for which a building permit has been granted by the Building Inspector prior to the time of passage of this . ordinance. However,.where construction is not begun under any outstanding permit within a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days subsequent to the passage of this ordinance or where it has not been prosecuted to completion, the permit shall expire and any further construction or use shall be in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 14.02 - CONFLICT WITH COVENANTS AND OTHER LAWS It is not intended by this ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements, covenants, or other agreements between parties. Where this ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon the use of • building or premises or upon the height of buildings, or requires larger open spaces than are imposed or required by other ordinances, rules, regulations, or by easements, covenants, or agreements, the provisions of this ordinance shall govern. Where the provisions of any other ordinance, law, or covenant require more restrictive standards, such provisions shall govern. 10 SECTION 14.03 - VALIDITY If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance if for any reason held to be invalid, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Board of Commissioners declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each Article, Section, Clause, and Phrase of it even if any one or more Articles, Sections, Clauses, or Phrases may be declared invalid. SECTION 14.04 - EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Manteo. 95