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DEVELOPMENT, EXISTING

For the purposes of the Watershed Protection Overlay district only, existing development includes those projects meeting at least one of the following criteria:

§  Development having a common law vested right, which is a substantial expenditure of resources (e.g., time, labor, money) based on a good faith reliance upon having received a valid local government approval to proceed with the project;

§  Having a current building permit issued by the Town;

§  Having an approved site-specific site and/or subdivision plan issued by the Town as authorized by the N.C. General Statutes 160A-385.1; or

§  Conforming single-family lots of record that received final plat approval before July 1, 1993.

Cary, NC Land Development Ordinance On-line VIC Version - This site last updated 3/4/2008

Note: This is not the official version of the Cary Land Development Ordinance