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Pitt County planning board backs creation of conservation-area overlay to protect buffers and open space
Summary
Planning staff and ARC Consulting asked the planning board to create a 100-foot conservation-area overlay in the county zoning ordinance to preserve permanent open space and strengthen buffers; the board voted to recommend the text amendment to the Board of Commissioners for consideration July 21.
The Pitt County Planning Board voted to recommend a text amendment to the county zoning ordinance that would create a conservation-area overlay district intended to protect permanent open space and provide enforced buffers between new development and adjacent properties.
The amendment, presented by county planning staff member Jonas and by Scott Anderson of ARC Consulting Group, would allow applicants to map a conservation-area overlay that prohibits building encroachments, parking, and other impervious surfaces inside the overlay and requires the overlay area to be undeveloped at the time of its creation. The proposal sets a 100-foot minimum width…
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