HPO — Historic Preservation Overlay
HPO is an overlay district. Its standards apply in addition to the underlying base, conditional, or planned development district, and the overlay controls where it conflicts unless the UDO states otherwise.
Permitted uses in Mooresville, NC
What the Mooresville zoning ordinance says about permitted uses, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
BSRO — Brawley School Road Overlay
BSRO is an overlay district. Its standards apply in addition to the underlying base, conditional, or planned development district, and the overlay controls where it conflicts unless the UDO states otherwise.
CU — GIS legacy or map-specific code: CU
CU appears in the live Mooresville GIS zoning layer but was not found as a current Chapter 3 base district section heading in the May 2025 UDO. Treat it as a legacy or map-specific code and confirm with Planning before applying base district standards.
RU — GIS legacy or map-specific code: RU
RU appears in the live Mooresville GIS zoning layer but was not found as a current Chapter 3 base district section heading in the May 2025 UDO. Treat it as a legacy or map-specific code and confirm with Planning before applying base district standards.
RC — Rural Conservation
Uses in RC are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
RLS — Residential Limited Service
Uses in RLS are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
RLI — Residential Low-Intensity
Uses in RLI are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
RG — Residential General
Uses in RG are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
HMV — Historic Mill Village
Uses in HMV are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
TN — Traditional Neighborhood
Uses in TN are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
TD — Traditional Downtown
Uses in TD are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
DE — Downtown Extension
Uses in DE are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
CM — Corridor Mixed-Use
Uses in CM are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
CC — Community Commercial
Uses in CC are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
HLI — Hybrid Light Industrial
Uses in HLI are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
IN — Industrial
Uses in IN are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
PD — Planned Development
Uses in PD are controlled by Table 4-1. Legend: P permitted, Z conditional zoning, S special use, A accessory only, T temporary only, blank cell not allowed. The use matrix is review gated to snapshots use-table-195.png through use-table-200.png because column extraction is fragile.
WPO — Watershed Protection Overlay
WPO is an overlay district. Its standards apply in addition to the underlying base, conditional, or planned development district, and the overlay controls where it conflicts unless the UDO states otherwise.
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