Residential Property Disclosure Statement The Residential Property Disclosure Act requires owners of residential real estate to provide purchasers a Residential Property and Owners ' Association Disclosure Statement . A disclosure statement must be provided in connection with the sale , exchange , option , and sale under a lease with option to purchase . A disclosure statement is not required for some transactions , including the first sale of a dwelling which has never been inhabited . The owner must fill out the statement to the best of their knowledge . One of the questions on the disclosure , which was added in 2010 , requires the disclosure of any noise , odor , smoke , etc . from commercial , industrial or military sources which affects the property . However , for each of the questions , the owner is able to check “ No Representation ,” which allows the owner not to disclose conditions or characteristics of the property , even if they have actual knowledge of them or should have known of them .
State Land Use Policy and Control In 1974 , the State of North Carolina granted individual counties and municipality ’ s authority to develop comprehensive or land use plans . Counties and cities that are not subject to the CAMA Land Use Plan are not required to adopt a comprehensive or land use plan .
Zoning Exercise of Powers The most fundamental implementation tool is zoning . A zoning ordinance establishes regulations for the use of land and some standards for development within identified zoning district boundaries . A related zoning map identifies properties that are located within different zoning categories . Zoning regulations must be uniform for each class or kind of development throughout each district , but regulations usually differ between districts .
Additionally , zoning regulations can include control of subdivisions from one to three miles beyond the boundary . These regulations allow for compatible jurisdictions to be developed between cities , wh urban areas .
During the adoption or amendment of a zoning o platting / replatting of a development , a city must installation within five miles of the city boundary delivered by the planning board to the military in before the proposal meeting .
4.6 North Carolina County an and Programs
The North Carolina General Assembly granted au municipalities to regulate land use through Gene and G . S . 153A‐121 . The counties and municipali exercise these authorities , but if these powers a exercised in accordance with specific provisions
The nature of a jurisdiction ’ s authority to regulat that jurisdiction ’ s form of local government .
The planning tools used by the study area jurisdi categorized as permanent , semi‐permanent , or c authority to regulate land use is delegated by th municipalities . The nature of a jurisdiction ’ s aut use depends on that jurisdiction ’ s form of local g
The following planning tools are discussed for ea
• comprehensive plan / land use plan ;
• zoning ( including height , dark skies , sound
• subdivision regulations ;
• building codes ; and
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