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Moore County planning board amends UDO to align group care facility rules with table of uses
Summary
The planning board approved a text amendment to Chapter 8 of the Unified Development Ordinance to remove an inconsistent special-use-permit requirement for group care facilities and align the section with the principal use table in Chapter 6; the board also adopted the required land-use-plan consistency statement under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-604.
The Moore County Planning Board voted to amend the Unified Development Ordinance on a text change affecting Chapter 8, Section 8.56b, to make the specific-use standards for group care facilities consistent with the principal use table in Chapter 6.
Planning staff told the board the current UDO language required group care facilities to obtain a special-use permit, but the table of uses sets different review levels by zoning district — for example, conditional rezoning in RA, special use in B-1 and permitted-by-right in B-2. "The proposed text amendment would bring the text into consistency with the table of uses," staff said during the presentation.
Board members first voted to adopt the planning board's land use plan consistency statement and to authorize the chair to execute it under North Carolina General Statute 160D-604. They then approved the text amendment as presented by voice vote.
The change does not alter where group care operations currently exist, staff said, but clarifies the UDO so future permit and rezoning applicants and county reviewers apply consistent standards. The planning board described the amendment as consistent with Action 4.1.1 of the county land use plan, which calls for clear, easy-to-understand guidelines across departments.
No public speakers spoke on the amendment during the hearing. The board's recommendation now goes to the Moore County Board of Commissioners as part of the UDO amendment process.
