Zoning Ordinance

City of Charlotte Zoning Ordinance

Codified through June 21, 2021

**We are now providing the City of Charlotte zoning ordinance in Microsoft Word. Within the chapters are hyperlinks that will automatically take you to the applicable portion of the zoning ordinance. To access the referenced section that is hyperlinked, press and hold the control key (ctrl) and click to follow the link.

• Table of Contents(PDF, 114KB)
• Chapter 1: Purpose and Applicability(PDF, 45KB)
• Chapter 2: Definitions and Rules of Construction(PDF, 901KB)
• Chapter 3: Decision Making and Administrative Bodies(PDF, 72KB)
• Chapter 4: Development Approval(PDF, 59KB)
• Chapter 5: Appeals and Variances
• Chapter 6: Amendments(PDF, 108KB)
• Chapter 7: Nonconformities(PDF, 26KB)
• Chapter 8: Enforcement(PDF, 28KB)
• Chapter 9: General Districts(PDF, 1MB)
• • Table 9.101 - Table of Uses*(XLSX, 375KB)
• Chapter 10: Overlay Districts(PDF, 586KB)
• Chapter 11: Conditional Districts(PDF, 423KB)
• Chapter 12: Development Standards(PDF, 2MB)
• Chapter 13: Sign Regulations(PDF, 2MB)
• Chapter 14: Special Use Permits
• Chapter 15: Transit-Oriented Development Districts (PDF)(PDF, 15MB)
• Chapter 16: Index(PDF, 87KB)
• Appendices(PDF, 91KB)

*Table 9.101 is an Excel Spreadsheet

For information regarding the City of Charlotte zoning ordinance, please call 704.336.2205.

Planning, Design & Development Department
600 E. Fourth St. (8th Floor)
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Phone: 704.336.2205
Fax Number: 704.336.5964