Planning & Zoning

Contact

To speak with someone about Planning and Zoning, email townofnorwood@norwoodgov.com or Michael Sandy at mmsandy@gmail.com

Town Planner

The Town contracts with Michael Sandy for planning and zoning.  The Town Planner assists citizens with property rezoning, zoning text amendments, variance applications, nuisance ordinance violations, conditional use permits, and various other zoning and compliance issues. The Town of Norwood contracts with  Alliance Code Enforcement, LLC for matters that include Minimum Housing violations and nuisance complaints.

Zoning Board of Adjustments

The Norwood Zoning Board of Adjustments meets the fourth Monday of every month at 7:00 PM at the Norwood Town Hall, 212 South Main Street. The Zoning Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial Board governed by North Carolina General Statute §160A-388 that is authorized to hear and decide on appeals from the decisions of administrative officials charged with enforcement of the Norwood Zoning Ordinance, and can also issue variances, conditional or special use permits. Norwood’s Zoning Board of Adjustments is comprised of six members and two alternates. Norwood’s Zoning Board of Adjustments also has authority outside of the corporate limits in an area known as the ETJ, or extraterritorial jurisdiction. This is an area that extends up to one mile beyond the corporate limits of Norwood.

Planning Board

The Norwood Planning Board meets at the same time as the Norwood Zoning Board of Adjustments, following the closure of the Board of Adjustments session. The Planning Board is charged with reviewing amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and subdivision plats and making recommendations to the Norwood Town Council.

Currently, the Zoning Board of Adjustments and Planning Board members are:

Mark Hawkins, Chair

Michael Sandy, Town Planner

Richard Lilly

Walter Davis

Rick DeRhodes

Wes Hartsell

Eddie Funderburk

Steve Cook

 

[wp-svg-icons icon=”download-2″ wrap=”span”] Norwood Zoning Ordinance
[wp-svg-icons icon=”download-2″ wrap=”span”] Variance Application
[wp-svg-icons icon=”download-2″ wrap=”span”] Volunteer Board Application
[wp-svg-icons icon=”download-2″ wrap=”span”] City Limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Map

Norwood’s Zoning Map- Zoning Map 2023

Municipal Coordination Form  Certificate of Zoning Compliance Form (also known as Municipal Coordination Form) is required by the Stanly County Central Permitting office for any building permits in Norwood. These forms will need to be completed and a fee of $50- Residential/ $100- Commercial/Industrial will need to be paid to the Town of Norwood upon submission. Michael Sandy, in planning and zoning, will sign off on these forms for approval. 

If you want to make a zoning violation complaint, please fill out the Code Enforcement Complaint Form and submit it to the Norwood Town Hall.

If you want to make a Minimum Housing complaint, please fill out the Minimum Housing Complaint Form and submit it to the Norwood Town Hall.

Fee Schedule

Variance Request	$150.00
Conditional Use Permit Request	$150.00
Text Amendment Request	$250.00
Rezoning	$250.00 up to 5 acres
Major Subdivision Fee	$150.00
Minor Subdivision Fee	$100.00
Driveway Permit	$25.00
Commercial Sign Permit	$25.00
Appeal	$150.00

Zoning Violation – 1st Offense	$50.00
Zoning Violation – 2nd Offense	$100.00
Zoning Violation – 3rd Offense and on	$500.00