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Planning board considers ADU expansion, manufactured‑housing fix and effects of new state rezoning rules
Summary
Staff proposed allowing ADUs by right in all residential districts with relaxed setbacks and size limits, correcting a UDO omission that currently blocks manufactured homes in some PD neighborhoods, and warned that recent state legislation removes local waiting periods for rezoning resubmissions and constrains downzoning via SB 382.
At its November workshop the Pender County Planning Board reviewed a cluster of housing and land‑use items: proposed changes to accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rules, a correction to permitted‑use tables for manufactured housing in Planned Development (PD) districts, and the local implications of recent state legislation on rezoning resubmissions and downzoning.
"This amendment would allow ADUs by right in all residential zoning districts, eliminating the need for any kind of special permits," Virginia Norris, senior long‑range planner, said, outlining…
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