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County ordinance changed after state law barred waiting periods to refile denied rezoning petitions
Summary
Following House Bill 926/Session Law 2025-94, Pitt County amended Section 14(J) of its Zoning Ordinance to remove a one-year waiting period for refiling denied rezoning petitions; the Board of Commissioners adopted the change with immediate effect on Nov. 17, 2025.
Planning Director Jonas Hill told the board that House Bill 926/Session Law 2025-94 (Regulatory Reform Act of 2025) amended N.C.G.S. 106D-601 to prohibit local development regulations from including a waiting period to refile denied or withdrawn applications for zoning map or text amendments. Hill noted that Section 14(J) of the Pitt County Zoning Ordinance previously required a one-year waiting period to resubmit a denied rezoning petition.
The Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance amendment to remove the one-year waiting requirement and adopted replacement pages in the county code of ordinances at its Nov. 17, 2025 meeting. The change took effect immediately under the adopted language; staff presented the update to keep the Planning Board informed of the legal change and resulting ordinance revision.
