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Clayton council adopts UDO text amendments to align local code with recent state law
Summary
The council approved UDOTA 1-26, a nine-part Unified Development Ordinance text amendment package aligning local rules with recently enacted state provisions and clarifying home-occupation, short-term sign, streetlight placement and split-jurisdiction rules; staff said about 44 parcels could be affected.
Conrad, the town of Clayton's planning director, presented UDOTA 1-26 and told the council the package includes nine changes designed to align local code with recent state law. "There would be about 44 properties possibly impacted," Conrad said, describing the split-jurisdiction update and other clarifying edits.
The amendment package covers: alignment of split-jurisdiction rules with the session law referenced as House Bill 926; changes to special-use permit expirations and reapplication timing; updates to home-occupation rules to match cited North Carolina statutes; allowance for off-site parking for construction offices as a temporary use; clarifications to change-of-use rules in downtown zoning districts; and an update to streetlight spacing and the short-term sign figure to match text.
A council member moved to adopt the unified development ordinance text amendment UDOTA 1-26 (ordinance 2026-06-01) and framed the request as consistent with the town's adopted 2045 comprehensive growth plan. Council member Casey seconded the motion; the council adopted the ordinance by voice vote.
Conrad told the council the edits will be codified and posted to the town website "effective immediately" if approved. Staff said some questions raised at the planning board had been addressed in the staff report and that any mutual-agreement cases for split parcels would be handled on a property-by-property basis.
The council closed the public hearing after no members of the public asked to speak and proceeded to the ordinance vote. The planning director remained available for follow-up questions and staff will publish the redline and summary tables to the town's website.
The council's action was procedural and amends wording and administrative alignment in the unified development ordinance; it does not establish a separate development project or immediate new permitting requirements beyond the updated code language.
