Zoning Regulations

Zoning District Name

Abbreviation

Description

Special Base Zoning Districts

Conservation District

CD

Preserves and protects identifiable natural resources from urban encroachment. Discourages development that creates risk for loss of life or property from normal or natural processes and events in natural hazard areas like floodplains.

Agricultural – Residential District

AR

Accommodates rural uses, including agricultural uses and agriculturally-supportive uses, as well as low-density residential uses.

Military/Airport District

MA

Identifies those lands within the City containing military installations and the Fayetteville Regional Airport.

Residential Base Zoning Districts

Single-Family Residential 15 District

SF-15

Accommodates single-family detached residential development at low densities (15,000 square-foot minimum lot size), as well as small-scale multi-family dwellings. Also allowed are complementary uses such as parks, open space, schools, and places of worship.

Single-Family Residential 10 District

SF-10

Accommodates single-family detached residential development at low densities (10,000 square-foot minimum lot size), as well as small-scale multi-family dwellings. Also allowed are complementary uses such as parks, open space, schools, and places of worship.

Single-Family Residential 6 District

SF-6

Accommodates single-family detached residential development at moderate densities (6,000 square-foot minimum lot size), as well as small-scale multi-family dwellings. Larger scale multi-family developments are allowed with special use permits. Also allowed are complementary uses such as parks, open space, schools, and places of worship.

Mixed Residential 5 District

MR-5

Accommodates a wide variety of residential housing types at moderate to high densities. Also allowed are complementary institutional uses (places of worship, post offices, police substations), day care facilities, and limited small-scale neighborhood oriented convenience retail uses.

Manufactured Home District

MH

Accommodates manufactured home parks.

Business Base Zoning Districts

Office & Institutional District

OI

Accommodates a mix of small-scale, low-intensity professional business offices installations, along with limited service uses and low to moderate density residential uses.

Neighborhood Commercial District

NC

Accommodates small-scale low-intensity “convenience” type retail and service uses to serve the needs of the immediately surrounding neighborhoods. Residential uses are encouraged on the upper floors of nonresidential establishments.

Limited Commercial District

LC

Accommodates a range of moderate-intensity general retail, business and service uses that serve groups of neighborhoods, such as grocery stores, drugstores, large restaurants, gas stations and specialty retail stores. Residential uses are encouraged on the upper floors of nonresidential establishments.

Community Commercial District

CC

Accommodates a diverse range of medium to high intensity retail, service and office uses that serve the general community and region. Higher density residential uses are encouraged on the upper floors of nonresidential establishments or exist as stand-alone buildings.

Mixed-Use District

MU

Promotes the coordinated development of a compatible and balanced mix of mutually supporting, living, working, shopping, educating, entertaining and recreating uses.

Downtown District

DT

Promotes the urban form and architectural character found in traditional downtown areas in a diverse mixed-use urban center environment.

Light Industrial District

LI

Accommodates light manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, processing, distribution, storage, research and development, and other industrial uses that are small-scale in nature and have minimal adverse environmental and visual impacts.

Heavy Industrial District

HI

Accommodates heavy manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, processing, distribution, storage, research and development, and other industrial uses that are large-scale in nature and may have the potential for adverse environmental and visual impacts.

Business Park District

BP

Provides for large-scale “campus” type development containing “core” uses that include light and heavy industrial, research and development, corporate headquarters, office-warehouse, assembly, business incubation, and vocational and training school uses, along with supportive uses that include general office, visitor accommodation, restaurant and retail uses.

Planned Development Zoning Districts

Planned Development – Residential District

PD-R

Encourages the use of innovative and creative site and building design to provide a mix of different residential uses in close proximity to one another.

Planned Development –Employment Center District

PD-EC

Encourages the development of a mix of employment generating uses such as offices, research, light industrial, and limited commercial uses, and may include high-density residential uses in appropriate locations.

Planned Development – Traditional Neighborhood District

PD-TN

Provides an opportunity to develop mixed-use, traditional neighborhoods as an alternative to conventional suburban residential development.

Overlay Zoning Districts

Hospital Area Overlay District

HAO

Provides for compatible quality development in the vicinity of the Cape Fear Valley Hospital by lessening conflicts between residential and nonresidential land uses.

Historic/Landmark Overlay District

HLO

Protects and promotes the historic heritage of the city by maintaining and enhancing historic and architecturally valuable structures, properties, districts and neighborhoods.

Manufactured Home Overlay District

MHO

Accommodates the placement of manufactured homes in the city in accordance with City-adopted plans and local housing needs.

Noise – Accident Potential Overlay District

NPO

Intends to reduce the concentration of people exposed to high noise levels and aircraft accidents associated with airports and military installations.

Airport Overlay District

APO

Protects the public by minimizing exposure to and giving public notice of probable high noise levels and accident hazards generated by airport operations at the Fayetteville Regional Airport

Special Highway Overlay District

SHO

To be determined.

Murchison Road Corridor Overlay District

MCO

To be determined.

Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District

NCO

Protects and preserves unique design features and character of established neighborhoods throughout the City by promoting new construction that is compatible with existing neighborhood character.

Cape Fear River Overlay District

CFO

To be determined.

Coliseum Tourism Overlay

CTO

Establishes and maintains the Coliseum as a contemporary, vibrant retail area that is harmonious with its events.

Regional Activity Center

RACO

Supports areas that demonstrate a common, economically significant contribution to the community, focusing on compatibility between existing and future uses in type, scale, and character and by promoting compatibility with nearby uses.

Suburban Activity Center

SACO

Facilitates infill development and redevelopment in key areas along arterial road corridors to create or reinforce centers of primarily mixed-use activity.

Conditional Zoning

CZ

Allows an applicant to submit a request to amend the zoning district designation of land on the Zoning Map, subject to a set of additional voluntary limitations or conditions.