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Board denies townwide text amendment to reduce building separation from 20 to 10 feet
Summary
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners voted to deny a townwide text amendment that would have reduced the required building separation in the Unified Development Ordinance from 20 feet to 10 feet for accessory buildings, following staff and planning-board recommendations to retain the existing standard.
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners on Sept. 3 denied a proposed townwide change to the Unified Development Ordinance that would have reduced the required separation between multiple commercial buildings from 20 feet to 10 feet for buildings accessory to a principal commercial use.
Planning and development director Kelly Wyatt told the board the 20-foot separation has existed in the town's regulations since the 1970s and is intended "to prevent the appearance of…
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