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Commissioners adopt UDO text amendment adding 15-foot side/rear setbacks for certain commercial districts
Summary
The board unanimously approved a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance adding 15-foot side and rear setbacks for several commercial zoning districts when those parcels abut other commercial properties; the planning board had recommended approval.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners voted to approve Case 20205-5, a text amendment to the county's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) that adds a 15-foot side and rear setback requirement for certain commercial zoning districts when they abut other commercial districts.
Planning staff told the board the amendment clarifies existing ambiguity in the UDO. Planning Director Adam Barr said when the UDO was rewritten some…
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