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Planning & Zoning

Responsibilities include interpreting zoning ordinances for citizens, performing site plan review, issuing zoning permits, enforcing ordinances, and providing administrative support for the Board of Planning & Adjustments.

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Planning & Zoning
Hugh James - Zoning Administrator

Telephone:  (704) 694-5171
Email: towwaterplant@windstream.net

Zoning Regulations

Zoning regulations are for the purpose of:

  1. Promoting the public health safety, morals, and general welfare;

  2. Promoting the orderly growth and development of the Town of Wadesboro and the surrounding area;

  3. Lessening congestion in the streets and roads;

  4. Providing adequate light and air;

  5. Securing safety from fires, panic, and other dangers;

  6. Preventing the overcrowding of land;

  7. Avoiding undue congestion of population

  8. Facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.

Board of Planning & Adjustments

Powers & Duties

The powers and duties of this board include:
 

  1. Hear and decide appeals from decisions of the Zoning Administrator;

  2. Hear and decide special exemptions/variances to regulations;

  3. Determine objectives to be sought in development; recommend plans for achieving these objectives;

  4. Develop & recommend policies, ordinances, and procedures to the Town Council.

Zoning Violation Fees

These fees only apply to 1st-time offenses; see Code Ordinance Book for 2nd offenses, etc.

  • Noise Ordinance Fee - $50

  • Junk Vehicles, Trash - $50

  • Dog Ordinance Fee - $25

This board is made up of ten (10) members: five (5) residing in Town limits are appointed by the Town Council while the remaining five (5) are residents residing within the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) appointed by the Anson County Board of Commissioners.

Zoning Ordinances

Division 1 - Administrative Provisions

Article I-1 - Purpose, Authority and Title

Article I-2 - Jurisdiction; Map
Article I-3 - General Administrative Rules

Article I-4 - Nonconformities
Article I-5 - Board of Planning and Adjustment
Article I-6 - Amendment Procedures; Conditional Use Districts
Article I-7 - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties

Division 2 - Regulatory Provisions

Article II-1 - Zoning District Categories Created

Article II-2 - General Use Zoning Districts Created

  • Article II-2.4 - Table of Permitted and Conditional Uses

  • Article II-2.5 - Special Requirements to the Table of Permitted Uses

  • Article II-2.6 - General and Dimensional Standards

  • Article II-2.7 - Off-Street Parking and Loading

  • Article II-2.8 - Sign Regulations

  • Article II-2.9 - Landscaping

  • Article II-2.10 - Lighting

Article II-3 - Conditional Use Districts

Zoning Ordinances

Division 3 - Definitions; Adoptions

Article III-1 - Zoning District Categories Created

Article III-2 - General Use Zoning Districts Created​

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