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County moves transect‑zoning code changes to second reading
Summary
On first reading the board approved LDC 26‑008, clarifying transect‑based zoning (Article 44) by defining certain permitted service and contractor uses and refining frontage build‑out requirements; the amendment advances to a required second hearing.
On first reading the board approved Land Development Code amendment LDC 26‑008 (Ordinance 2026‑033), which updates Article 44 (transect‑based zoning) to clarify permitted uses, screening and buffering for service providers and contractors, and to refine rules for minimum frontage build‑out percentages in the Timber‑to‑Tides overlay. Planning staff described the changes as intended to clarify code language, allow specific service uses in specified transects and preserve the pedestrian‑oriented frontage requirements while excluding rights‑of‑way and access drives from the frontage calculation.
Elizabeth Beck, planning staff, described the proposed changes and said staff finds the amendment consistent with the comprehensive plan and state law. Commissioner Farmer moved to approve the amendment and advance it to second reading; the motion passed unanimously. Because the change involves code language, the ordinance requires and will receive a second public hearing before final adoption.
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