Chapter 160D Land Use Planning

July 27, 2023
Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes consolidates current enabling legislation for planning regulation and represents the first major recodification and modernization of the city and county development regulations since 1905. This legislation impacts all local governments in NC and requires active efforts by each jurisdiction in order to maintain the authority to regulate land through zoning. 
Chapter 160D Summary Article 

Read this summary article to get an overview of the new land use law, including who it impacts and what actions need to be taken.

Land Use Chapter 160D Trainings 

Centralina hosted several training courses in 2020. These sessions serve as an overview of Chapter 160D changes to NC planning and development regulations, timelines and the resources available.  

Chapter 160D Reference Book 

This book is a primer resource on the changes to city- and county-enabling statute changes related to development regulations and is a must have for all communities as you update your codes in house or review code work drafted by others.

Chapter 160D Organizing Table 

Are you working to update your code and need a way to organize the work? Try out this table that provides a structure for summarizing how the 160D code changes impact your local code. Use this to provide a high-level summary of impacted chapters to your planning and governing boards or as a way to organize the text edits.

UNC School of Government (SOG) – Chapter 160D Resource Page 

See resources on the UNC SOG page including the checklist for ordinance updates, easily digestible video training modules, legislative text, the annotated bill and more.