§ 16-317. Changes and amendments to regulations or district boundaries; exceptions to waterfront minor subdivisions.

(a)   

Process for changes. Pursuant to G.S. 160A-384, the board of commissioners may, on its own motion, upon recommendation of the planning board, or upon petition by any interested person, amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal the regulations or district boundaries established by this article. A petition by an interested person shall be submitted to the board of commissioners through and reviewed by the planning board, which shall consider its merit and make a recommendation to the board of commissioners. In no case shall final action by the board of commissioners be taken on amending, changing, supplementing, modifying or repealing the regulations or district boundaries hereby established until a public hearing has been held by the board of commissioners at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard.

(b)

Administrative exceptions for waterfront minor subdivisions. In the case of a minor subdivision of a residential waterfront lot that results in the creation of an interior lot that no longer fronts the water, such lot shall automatically default to R-4 interior district. If the subdivision creates a nonconformity, this administrative provision shall not apply.

(Ord. No. 95-008, § 5.1, 12-13-1995)