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Planning board approves UDO edit to align group‑care rules with principal use table
Summary
The Moore County Planning Board approved a text amendment to Chapter 8 of the Unified Development Ordinance to make group care facility standards consistent with the principal use table, removing a redundant special‑use‑permit requirement; the board adopted the required consistency statement under N.C. Gen. Stat. 160D‑604.
The Moore County Planning Board voted to approve a text amendment to Chapter 8, Section 8.56(b) of the county’s Unified Development Ordinance to align the specific use standards for group care facilities with the principal use table in Chapter 6.
Ruth Peterson, the planning department staff member who presented the change, said the amendment would "bring the text into consistency with the table of uses" and would remove the requirement that group care facilities obtain a special‑use permit where the table already authorizes the use.
The amendment was advanced after the board adopted the Planning Board land use plan consistency statement and authorized the chair to execute it under North Carolina General Statute 160D‑604. The board approved the amendment by voice vote; no member was recorded as opposed during the vote.
Staff said the change is intended to reduce internal inconsistencies in the UDO and to implement Action 4.1.1 of the county land use plan, which calls for clear, easy‑to‑understand guidelines across government departments. The amendment does not change the definition of group care facility; it only changes the approval procedure specified in the specific use standards to match the principal use table.
The planning board’s action is a recommendation to the Moore County Board of Commissioners where required final approvals or ordinance updates would be processed, as applicable.
