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Commission approves package of zoning text edits including extended temporary RV housing rules and sidewalk/landscaping clarifications
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission on March 13 approved a set of zoning-text amendments that include extended temporary RV allowances for extreme emergencies with new operational conditions, fixes to HID height limits, and clarifications about sidewalks through required landscaping.
MORGANTON — The Planning and Zoning Commission on March 13 approved a package of editorial and substantive amendments to the city zoning ordinance and will forward the edits to the City Council. The package included multiple clarifications and one substantive change to the city’s temporary-recreational-vehicle (RV) rules for extreme emergencies.
Planning staff said the RV provision was revised after recent storm responses revealed that a 60-day allowance is often insufficient during catastrophic events. The commission agreed to extend the period used in a similar Burke County ordinance (up to 18 months in the county text) and to add specific operational conditions for emergency temporary living quarters on private property.
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