Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Multiple Counties.

SB 11 restores local governments' authority to initiate down-zoning in ten specific North Carolina counties (Bertie, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Tyrrell) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The bill reverses a previous law that mandated such consent for down-zoning, which reduces development density or limits permitted land uses. It applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, making existing down-zoning ordinances effective as they were before that date. This change directly affects property owners and developers in those counties by altering how local zoning changes can be implemented.