Town of Peachland

Peachland Zoning Ordinance

ARTICLE 1

AUTHORITY AND ENACTMENT CLAUSE

>Zoning provisions enacted herein are under the authority of NCGS 160A-381, which extend to cities the authority to enact regulations that promote the health, welfare and safety of the community. It is further authorized under NCGS 160A-382 that cities are allowed to regulate and restrict the erection, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land. This section further authorizes the establishment of overlay districts in which additional regulations may be imposed upon properties that lie within the boundary of that district. North Carolina general statutes also require that all such regulations be uniform for each class or type of building throughout each district, but that the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.

NOW, THEREFORE, The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Peachland, North Carolina, do ordain as follows:

ARTICLE 2

SHORT TITLE AND EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 2.1   Short Title

   This ordinance is "The Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Peachland, North Carolina" and shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance"; and the map referred to which is identified by the title "Official Zoning Map, Peachland, North Carolina", shall be known as the "Zoning Map". The zoning map is hereby made a part of this Zoning Ordinance and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2.2   Effective Date

This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after January 1, 2006.

ARTICLE 3

JURISDICTION

Section 3.1   Area of Enforcement

   These regulations shall govern the use of all land and the development thereof within all of the incorporated area of the Town of Peachland, North Carolina and within that unincorporated area of Anson County lying within a radius of one (1) mile Town limits of Peachland but such area shall include only the area so identified on the Zoning Map as allowed by law. Said area outside the Town limits shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Extraterritorial Area."

Section 3.2   Bona Fide Farms Exempt

   This Ordinance shall in no way regulate, restrict, prohibit, or otherwise deter any bona fide farm and its related uses within the Town of Peachland or its Extraterritorial Area except that any such use of property for non-farm purposes shall be subject to this Ordinance.

   For the purposes of this ordinance, a Bona Fide farm shall be defined as any parcel-lot of record having ten (10) or more acres being in active agricultural use as defined by N.C. General Statutes Section 105-277.1 et. seq., or as determined by any other available method upon approval of the Zoning Officer.

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