North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 29 - MENTAL HEALTH, OTHER RULES
Subchapter C - BUTNER ORDINANCES
Section .0400 - DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR OPEN SPACE
Section 29C .0401 - OPEN SPACE REQUIRED
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
Open space on the same lot with a principal building shall be provided that is unoccupied and unobstructed by structures excepting the following encroachments:
(1) Architectural features--fire escapes, cornices, eaves, steps, gutters, buttresses which are reasonable in size may project into any required yard;
(2) Retaining walls, terraces, steps and other similar landscape structures shall be exempt from the open space requirements;
(3) Fences shall be permitted within any open space; however, no fence shall be constructed on any property line without the mutual consent of both parties;
(4) Accessory buildings shall be permitted within 10 feet of the rear lot line in R-1 and R-2 districts;
(5) Signs as indicated in Section .1100 of this Subchapter.
Authority
G.S.
122-95;
143B-10;
Eff. March
21, 1980;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. August 24,
2019.
