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Commissioners adopt zoning text amendments to expand accessory structure allowances and modernize development rules
Burke County Board of Commissioners · February 17, 2026
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Summary
The board unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026-02 (ZTA 2025-02), which increases accessory structure size allowances by lot size, integrates tiny-home standards, clarifies manufactured home park rules, and creates a conditional community master-plan process for larger developments.
Patrick Dickinson, county planner, presented ZTA 2025-02 and the implementing ordinance (2026-02) to update multiple articles of the county's zoning code. The package increases accessory-structure allowances (for parcels under 1 acre: 1,500 sq ft; 1–3 acres: 2,400 sq ft; 3+ acres: 4,000…
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