129 Carson St Pilot Mountain, NC 27041-7459

(E) General Manufacturing District (GM) The GM district is established for those areas of the community where the principal use of land is for manufacturing, industrial and warehousing uses. These uses, by their nature, may create some nuisances, which are not properly associated with residential, institutional, commercial and/or service establishments. These uses normally seek outlying locations on large tracts of land where 5-5 TOWN OF PILOT MOUNTAIN UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE the operations involved do not detract from the developmental potential of nearby undeveloped properties. (F) Light Industrial District (LI) The LI district is established to provide for industries that, in their normal operations, have minimal adverse effect upon adjoining properties. 5.4 Overlay Districts 5.4.1 Downtown Design Overlay District (DDO) The DDO is established to provide for high quality development within Pilot Mountain’s downtown area by requiring adherence to a set of urban design requirements that enhance the aesthetic appearance and compatibility of new development and redevelopment projects within the town’s vital historic downtown core. 5.4.2 Watershed Overlay (WO) The Watershed Overlay District is established to comply with statutory mandates for the protection of water quality within drinking -water supply watersheds by imposing limitations on certain uses, requiring storm water controls and limiting development density. 5.5 Conditional Zoning Districts A Conditional Zoning District directly corresponding to, and having the same intent and basic regulations as each Base District is established. Such districts shall be differentiated from the Base District by the notation of CD (Conditional District). I n addition to the “CD” designation, each adopted Conditional Zoning District shall be assigned a unique identifier in the Town’s GIS database that constitutes the Official Zoning Map. Such identifier shall be based on the case number of the Zoning Map Ame ndment by which it was established to ensure that all associated conditions and restrictions unique to that district are indexed for future reference. Each adopted Conditional Zoning District shall constitute a distinct district with unique conditions spe cific to that district that are more restrictive than those established for the equivalent Base District. Examples of additional conditions include limitations on the uses permitted in the district, limits on residential density, limits on signage, additional buffering or landscaping requirements and similar development standards.