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Nash County amends zoning rule so parcels separated by road can meet 10‑acre minimum for event venues
Summary
The Board of Commissioners approved a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance allowing multiple adjacent parcels in common ownership that are separated only by a road right‑of‑way to be counted together to meet the 10‑acre minimum for event and conference venues. The change does not alter setback, screening or separation requirements.
Nash County commissioners on April 7 voted to amend the county’s Unified Development Ordinance so multiple adjacent parcels in the same ownership that are separated only by a road right‑of‑way may be counted together to meet the 10‑acre minimum required for an event and conference venue conditional rezoning.
Planning Director Adam Tyson told the board the change would only make some sites eligible to apply; it would not approve any specific project. “We are simply considering a change to the regulations that would make the applicant eligible to apply,” Tyson said during the public hearing.
The amendment revises UDO Section 11‑4.28(b) to add language allowing the property used for an event and conference venue to consist of multiple adjacent and contiguous parcels in the same ownership that may be separated…
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