LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL

Item 7F: Public Hearing Relative to the Following Land Development Code Amendments
Recommended for Approval and Found in Compliance with the Comprehensive Plan by the
Planning Board:
• Revise the following Chapters and Sections of the Land Development Code of the City of Rocky Mount to remove barriers to the creation of affordable housing by clarifying residential use definitions and permitting certain residential development in commercial districts on the basis that the amendments conform with the Together Tomorrow: Tier 1 Smart Growth
Comprehensive Plan:
- Chapter 1 entitled "DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION," Sec. 102. Terms and uses defined.
- Chapter 5 entitled "ZONING USE REGULATIONS," Sec. 503. Zoning use tables., Table
5-1: General Use Table - Residential Districts
- Chapter 5 entitled "ZONING USE REGULATIONS," Sec. 503. Zoning use tables., Table
5-2: General Use Table - Transitional, Business and Industrial Districts
- Chapter 6. entitled "DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL STANDARD," Sec. 601. Dimensional standards.

Recommended Action: 1) Receive Public Comment; and
2) Adopt Ordinance Amending the Land Development Code and Map

Votes:

Knight - Y
Blackwell - Y
Joyner - Y
Walker - Y
Daughtridge - Y
Bullock - Y
Miller - Y