North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 29 - MENTAL HEALTH, OTHER RULES
Subchapter C - BUTNER ORDINANCES
Section .0500 - DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR STREETS AND BLOCKS
Section 29C .0503 - BLOCKS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Blocks shall be laid out with special attention given to the type of use contemplated.
(b) Blocks shall not exceed 1,500 feet in length or be less than 500 feet.
(c) Blocks shall have sufficient width to provide for lots fronting on each street. Buffer strips of at least 25 feet shall be required to separate residential development from traffic, railroad lines or other types of development.
(d) Pedestrian ways or crosswalks, not less than 12 feet in width, may be provided across any block 900 feet or more in length to provide adequate pedestrian circulation or access to schools, shopping centers, churches, or transportation facilities.
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.
