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Development Services requests two UDO text amendments; public hearings scheduled
Summary
Harnett County Development Services asked commissioners to schedule public hearings on two text amendments: (1) clarifying maintenance and certification of the zoning map to reflect a digital GIS copy; (2) adding an explicit requirement that a preliminary soil report accompany all minor subdivision plans.
HARNETT COUNTY, N.C. — Harnett County Development Services presented two text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance and asked the board to schedule public hearings.
Sarah Arbour, development services staff, described the first amendment (case plan 25010002) as a housekeeping change to reflect current practice for maintaining the official zoning map. "We are amending that text to read that a digital copy will be maintained with the GIS department," Arbour said, noting staff still would certify a paper copy if needed. Arbour said the change is intended to reflect increasing reliance on digital GIS mapping and to comply with a referenced general statute.
The second text amendment (case plan 2502001) corrects the minor subdivision review requirements to explicitly require a preliminary soil report with all minor subdivision plans. Arbour said the soil report requirement has been long practiced by environmental health and the planning department but had been omitted from the ordinance chart; the amendment adds the missing checklist mark and provides language describing the soil report's content. "The soil reports are [an] important part of the process for minor subdivision," Arbour said, adding the absence of a soil report can create unbuildable lots and leave buyers unaware of constraints.
The board voted to add both items to next week's agenda for public hearings.
Why it matters: The two text amendments are procedural and technical but affect how property owners, surveyors and planners will obtain official zoning information and ensure minor subdivisions include soils verification to avoid unbuildable lots.
Speakers: Sarah Arbour (Development Services) presented both items and answered commissioners' clarifying questions.
