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Burke County planners propose zoning text changes to ease housing development, clarify site standards
Summary
County planning staff presented a multi-part zoning text amendment to make lot-size rules reflect utilities, consolidate repeated site-plan requirements, and create clearer site and building design standards; commissioners and the planning board signaled support and the item will be a public hearing at the regular meeting.
Burke County planning staff on Monday outlined a zoning text amendment intended to ease housing production and make the zoning ordinance easier for builders and citizens to use.
Alan Glines, Burke County planning director, told the Board of Commissioners the amendment package, ZTA-2025-01, would adjust minimum lot-size rules based on utility availability, remove repetitive site-plan checklists, and reorganize the site and development standards into clearer subsections for parking, landscaping, utilities and building design.
Glines said the changes are meant to reflect on-the-ground differences in the county: “If you have public sewer though, we’re really moving…
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