650 Key St Pilot Mountain, NC 27041-9606

(C) General Business District (GB) GB districts are generally located on major thoroughfares and collector streets in the Pilot Mountain planning area. They are intended to provide for offices, personal services and the retailing of durable and convenience goods for the community. Because these commercial uses are subject to public view and are important to the economy of the area, they should have ample parking, controlled traffic movement and suitable landscaping. (D) Highway Business District (HB) The HB district is intended primarily to accommodate higher intensity commercial uses and facilitate the redevelopment of legacy commercial areas along the Old US 52 Corridor in the Town’s planning jurisdiction. (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).