§ 153A-330. Subdivision regulation. - North Carolina Statutes

Part2. Subdivision Regulation.

§ 153A‑330.  Subdivision regulation.

A county may by ordinance regulate the subdivision of land within itsterritorial jurisdiction. If a county, pursuant to G.S. 153A‑342, hasadopted a zoning ordinance that applies only to one or more designated portionsof its territorial jurisdiction, it may adopt subdivision regulations thatapply only within the areas so zoned and need not regulate the subdivision ofland in the rest of its jurisdiction. In addition to final plat approval, theordinance may include provisions for review and approval of sketch plans andpreliminary plats. The ordinance may provide for different review proceduresfor differing classes of subdivisions. The ordinance may be adopted as part ofa unified development ordinance or as a separate subdivision ordinance.Decisions on approval or denial of preliminary or final plats may be made onlyon the basis of standards explicitly set forth in the subdivision or unifieddevelopment ordinance. Whenever the ordinance includes criteria for decisionthat require application of judgment, those criteria must provide adequateguiding standards for the entity charged with plat approval. (1959, c. 1007; 1965, c. 195; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 2005‑418, s.2(b).)