SB 116 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Pitt Co.

SB 116 restores local government authority to initiate down-zoning in Pitt County and its municipalities. It amends zoning law to allow county or city governments to propose down-zoning changes without requiring written consent from all affected property owners (previously required under S.L. 2024-57). The bill defines "down-zoning" as reducing development density, limiting permitted land uses, or creating nonconformities. This change applies only to Pitt County and takes effect retroactively to December 11, 2024.

Issues: ✗ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Feb 2025

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Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Feb 21, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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This diff shows primarily administrative and formatting changes to Senate Bill 116 rather than substantive policy modifications. The bill's core content regarding down-zoning authority in Pitt County remains unchanged, with only the document metadata, filing information, and bill number identifiers being updated.

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Updated document identifiers from DRS45062-MQ-37 to S116-v-1 to reflect the new edition version

Added page number '1' and revised filing date information from February 18, 2025 to February 21, 2025

Changed bill reference format from 'S.B. 116' to 'SENATE BILL 116' for consistency

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Feb 21, 2025

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Feb 18, 2025

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