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Clemmons council hears legal hurdles to UDO overhaul after state downzoning rule change
Summary
Village Attorney Bernie Bischoff told the Clemmons Council that a December 2024 state law requiring property-owner consent for downzoning has complicated adoption of the village's new Unified Development Ordinance; councilmembers debated options and tentatively eyed public hearings in late winter or spring.
Village Attorney Bernie Bischoff told the Village of Clemmons Council on Nov. 10 that a December 2024 change to North Carolina's zoning statutes has made adoption of the village's new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) more complicated.
Bischoff said the UDO is normally adopted in two parts ' the text and the zoning map ' and described the typical process: the text is sent to the planning board for recommendation, notice is published, a public hearing is held and the council adopts the ordinance. "The map will have to change because the zoning districts aren't changing," he said, and added that doing both text and map together is often impractical because of mailing and notice requirements.
He told the council that the statute adopted in December…
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