Forsyth County commissioners approve UDO edits, four bond orders and a slate of contracts and resolutions

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on April 2025 unanimously approved multiple routine and major items, including two text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance, four separate general-obligation bond orders representing school, community college, parks and public facilities needs, and a number of contracts, budget amendments and proclamations.

The approvals included: a text amendment clarifying single-family lot-size rules in multifamily residential (RM) districts in the county Unified Development Ordinance (UDO CC 28); a UDO amendment to conform Historic Resources Commission language with changes in North Carolina General Statutes (UDO CC 29); four general obligation bond orders — $27,335,000 for school capital projects, $2,300,000 for community college projects, $2,000,000 for parks and recreation, and $2,000,000 for public facilities — and a sale resolution authorizing combined issuance of up to $33,635,000 in general obligation bonds. The board also approved multiple budget ordinance amendments, a vehicle subfund appropriation, renewal contracts for risk claims administration and document-management software, and proclamations recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

Why it matters: the bond approvals and ordinance changes affect capital spending and land-use rules in Forsyth County. The bond votes commit the county to proceed with sale-resolutions and bond-authorizing steps required under state law. The UDO changes are intended by staff to clarify development standards and correct inconsistencies that staff and the planning board identified.

Key decisions and details

- UDO text amendment (UDO CC 28): Planning and Development Services staff presented a text amendment to Chapter 4 to add a footnote directing users to the RM-5 table for single-family dimensional standards and to…