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Planning board recommends update to county UDO to mirror state childcare statute
Summary
Pender County staff presented a zoning‑text amendment to align the county's family childcare home definition with recent state law; the board recommended approval and will forward the amendment to county commissioners.
Pender County senior planner Virginia Norris presented ZTA 2025‑32, a proposed change to the Unified Development Ordinance that revises the local definition and capacity limits for family childcare homes to match recent updates to North Carolina statute. The change clarifies capacity and expands eligibility by aligning the UDO to allow up to 10 children in a certified family childcare home under state rules.
Norris told the board the amendment is intended to prevent local zoning from conflicting with state licensure and to support small‑business childcare providers. Staff recommended forwarding the text amendment to the Board of County Commissioners with a finding of consistency with Imagine Pender 2050 and the UDO. The planning board voted to recommend approval and closed the public hearing with no registered commenters on this item.
The recommendation will be transmitted to the county commissioners for final action.
