2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Pitt County Government

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• Monitor and appropriately manage a list of new land uses in the Zoning Ordinancethat may threaten or lessen adverse effects on the health, safety, or welfare ofCounty residents.• Amend the zoning ordinance to require transitional features between nonresidentialand residential areas, such as buffers, tree plantings, noise barriers,lighting reduction, etc.Objective 3:Preserve large tracts of prime agricultural land to ensure that farming remains a viable partof the local economy.Implementation Strategies:• Develop an agricultural preservation program to maintain areas most suitable foragricultural production. Explore all viable means to conserve prime agriculturallands, including zoning, conservation easements, voluntary agricultural districts,purchase of development rights, and fee simple purchase.• Through the use of voluntary agricultural districts, discourage non-farmdevelopment and the extension of infrastructure into identified prime agriculturalareas.• Include in the zoning ordinance, regulations regarding the siting of new large swinefarm operations to protect nearby land uses from the negative effects of such landuse.Objective 4:Maximize accessibility among living, working, and shopping areas.Implementation Strategies:• Discourage suburban sprawl by adopting policies that encourage development ofmixed land uses, as appropriate, to provide easy access, reduce travel time, andimprove convenience among uses near established urban areas.• Encourage large-scale, master-planned developments, which incorporate mixedland uses, including recreational areas and support services, to create a strongersense of community.Objective 5:Promote the development of high quality, planned industrial parks and appropriatelocations for light industrial uses.Implementation Strategies• Work with the Pitt County Development Commission to identify special needs ofindustry as industrial land use regulations are prepared.• Ensure the availability of public services and utilities for industrial uses. Review andrevise, as appropriate, the County’s policy regarding financial participation inextension of utilities to serve industrial development.• Identify non-residential development - office, commercial, and industrial - locationsbased on access and proximity to major transportation routes.2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Goals and ObjectivesPitt County, North Carolina 2-5
Objective 6:Encourage well-planned commercial establishments to provide necessary goods andservices to area residents.Implementation Strategies• Promote the development and retention of small service-oriented commercialactivities at significant crossroad communities.• Discourage strip commercial development.• Ensure, through zoning regulation, that commercial development incorporatesstrategically placed driveway access to reduce traffic conflicts, and provides foradequate on-site parking and other design considerations.• Continue to coordinate and monitor driveway issues, especially along strategichighway corridors.Objective 7:Discourage undesirable or unattractive land uses, especially within high visibility areas.Implementation Strategies• Continue to monitor and enforce existing sign regulations for all classes and typesof outdoor signs and advertising.• Adopt and enforce appearance and dimensional criteria for manufactured homes.• Continue to enforce the existing ordinance regulating junkyards and junked motorvehicles.• Identify, improve, and maintain the appearance of major gateways throughappropriate regulations.Objective 8:Preserve regional agriculture and farmland as a source of healthy, local fruits andvegetables, as well as other foods.Implementation Strategies• Support the efforts to protect local farmland through development of new, diversemarkets for local foods and produce, such as additional farmers’ markets, grocerystores, community-supported agriculture programs, farm-to-institution programs,etc.• Support the development of local food processing, wholesale, and distributionfacilities to connect local agriculture to markets such as retailers, restaurants,schools, hospitals, and other institutions.• Work with the Pitt County Development Commission to utilize economicdevelopment incentives to attract and retain local food processing, wholesale, anddistribution firms.2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Goals and ObjectivesPitt County, North Carolina 2-6
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Table A-20Growth by Township - 1970
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Pitt County Greenway PlanThe Pitt C
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TrailTable A-36Pitt County Walking
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Stormwater RegulationsPitt County,
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discharges. Illegal discharges may
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Riparian buffers provide a number o
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North Carolina Natural Heritage Pro
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Soil Suitability (Map A-8)Pitt Coun
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