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Burke County adopts updates to building code and zoning rules to modernize permitting and expand housing options
Summary
The Burke County Board of Commissioners adopted two ordinances updating Chapter 10 (building regulations) and a zoning text amendment (ZTA 2025-02) to raise accessory-structure allowances, add tiny-home and community master-plan provisions, modernize inspection options and streamline permitting. Both measures passed 5-0.
Burke County commissioners voted unanimously to adopt two code updates designed to modernize development procedures, expand residential options and update enforcement and inspection processes.
The first approved ordinance (No. 2026-01) amends Chapter 10 of the Burke County Code (building and building regulations). Kenneth Green, chief building inspector, said the ordinance updates an ordinance written in 1993 by adding clearer inspection scheduling rules, allowing certain remote or alternative inspections where appropriate (Appendix G), increasing nonlicensed-contractor work limits to $40,000 for specified cosmetic projects, and creating civil penalties for noncompliance with stop-work or…
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