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S1075 • 2025

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties.

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties.

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Sponsor
Brinson, Lazzara, Sanderson, Sawyer
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

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Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties.

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties.

What This Bill Does

  • Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 1075

Short Title: Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties. (Local)
Sponsors: Senators Brinson and Lazzara (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 6, 2026
*S1075-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO RESTORE TH E AUTHORITY TO INITI ATE DOWN -ZONING IN T HE 2
MILITARY HOST COUNTI ES OF CRAVEN, CARTER ET, ONSLOW, JONES, A ND 3
LENOIR. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 160D-601(d), as amended by Section 3K.1 of S.L. 2024-57, reads 6
as rewritten: 7
"(d) Down-Zoning. – No amendment to zoning regulations or a zoning map that 8
down-zones property shall be initiated, enacted, or enforced initiated nor is it enforceable without 9
the written consent of all property o wners whose property is the subject of the down -zoning 10
amendment. amendment unless the down -zoning amendment is initiated by the local 11
government. For purposes of this section, "down-zoning" means a zoning ordinance that affects 12
an area of land in one of the following ways: 13
(1) By decreasing the development density of the land to be less dense than was 14
allowed under its previous usage. 15
(2) By reducing the permitted uses of the land that are specified in a zoning 16
ordinance or land development regulation to f ewer uses than were allowed 17
under its previous usage. 18
(3) By creating any type of nonconformity on land not in a residential zoning 19
district, including a nonconforming use, nonconforming lot, nonconforming 20
structure, nonconforming improvement, or nonconforming site element." 21
SECTION 2.(a) This act applies only to Craven, Carteret, Onslow, Jones, and Lenoir 22
Counties and the municipalities located therein. 23
SECTION 2.(b) This act is effective when it becomes law and applies retroactively 24
to December 11, 2024. Any adopted ordinance affected by Section 3K.1 of S.L. 2024 -57 shall 25
be in effect as it was on or before December 11, 2024. 26