Building height in Mooresville, NC

What the Mooresville zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

RC — Rural Conservation

Maximum building height is 3 stories.

Sec. 3.2.2; Table 3-3

RLS — Residential Limited Service

Maximum building height is 3 stories.

Sec. 3.2.3; Table 3-4

RLI — Residential Low-Intensity

Maximum building height is 3 stories.

Sec. 3.2.4; Table 3-5

RG — Residential General

Maximum building height is 3 stories.

Sec. 3.2.5; Table 3-6

HMV — Historic Mill Village

Maximum building height is 1.5 stories.

Sec. 3.2.6; Table 3-7

TN — Traditional Neighborhood

Maximum building height is 3 stories.

Sec. 3.2.7; Table 3-8

TD — Traditional Downtown

Maximum building height is 2 story minimum; 4 story maximum on Main Street frontage and 5 stories elsewhere in TD.

Sec. 3.3.2; Table 3-9

DE — Downtown Extension

Maximum building height is 3 stories.

Sec. 3.3.3; Table 3-10

CM — Corridor Mixed-Use

Maximum building height is 3 stories outside node; 4 stories within node.

Sec. 3.3.4; Table 3-11

CC — Community Commercial

Maximum building height is 3 stories outside node; 5 stories within node.

Sec. 3.3.5; Table 3-12

HLI — Hybrid Light Industrial

Maximum building height is 80 ft.

Sec. 3.3.6; Table 3-13

IN — Industrial

Maximum building height is 100 ft.

Sec. 3.3.7; Table 3-14

PD — Planned Development

Maximum building height is as established in the PD Plan and PD Agreement.

Sec. 3.5; Table 3-15

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