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Pittsboro commissioners adopt a set of UDO text amendments; remove special‑use allowance for rail yards in residential zones

October 20, 2025 | Town of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina


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Pittsboro commissioners adopt a set of UDO text amendments; remove special‑use allowance for rail yards in residential zones
The Board of Commissioners adopted text amendments to the Town of Pittsboro Unified Development Ordinance (ZTA‑2022‑04) after staff briefed the board on several proposed corrections and tweaks.

Planning staff presented edits that adjust restaurant parking ratios, specify how specialty food service parking is calculated, clarify manufactured dwelling provisions in R‑12M zones and correct other permitted‑use table inconsistencies. Staff recommended removing a special‑use permit entry that would have allowed railroad yards by special permit in residential categories; the board agreed and instructed staff to remove that special‑use allowance from residential zones.

Commissioners discussed parking standards and broader policy questions about whether to require or limit parking in downtown or other districts; staff said the UDO is a living document and further targeted amendments (including incentives and downtown parking policy) will be considered in future text amendment rounds.

After a brief discussion, Commissioner Collins moved to approve ZTA‑2022‑04 including the removal of the railroad‑yard special‑use in residential zones; the board voted in favor. The planning staff will incorporate the edits into the official UDO text and post the final ordinance language.

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