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UDO Steering Committee Meeting
When: Monday, August 4, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
Where: Virtual via Zoom
Meeting ID: 844 1047 2240
Passcode: 584418
Why: To observe the UDO Steering Committee's continued discussion of the Coastal Resilience Overlay District Preliminary Review Draft
Joint Board of Commissioners & Planning Board Work Session
When: Monday, August 25, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Where: Beaufort Train Depot, 614 Broad Street
Why: To observe the Board of Commissioners' and Planning Board's discussion of the Draft Coastal Resilience Overlay District
Community Conversations: Strengthening Community Resilience
When: Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Beaufort Train Depot, 614 Broad Street
What: Panel discussion
Why: To learn about current Town regulations and the proposed Coastal Resilience Overlay District
Community Conversations: Strengthening Community Resilience
See the posterboards from our conversation.
When: Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: One Harbor Church, 105 Professional Park Drive
What: Informal drop-in style meeting
Why: To learn about the proposed Coastal Resilience Overlay District
UDO Steering Committee Meeting
See the slide deck from the Committee's meeting and the Impervious Surface Analysis provided to the Committee.
When: Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
Where: Beaufort Train Depot, 614 Broad Street
Why: To observe the UDO Steering Committee's continued discussion of the Coastal Resilience Overlay District Preliminary Review Draft
Olde Beaufort Farmers Market
When: Saturday, June 21, 2025, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Olde Beaufort Farmers Market, 300 Courthouse Square
What: Information booth
Why: To learn about the UDO project, provide your input, and score some Beaufort swag
Community Conversations: Strengthening Community Resilience
See the posterboards and slide deck from our conversation.
When: Friday, June 20, 2025, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Beaufort Train Depot, 614 Broad Street
What: Informal drop-in style meeting
Why: To learn about the proposed Coastal Resilience Overlay District
UDO Steering Committee Meeting
See the slide deck from the Committee's meeting.
When: Friday, June 20, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
Where: Beaufort Train Depot, 614 Broad Street
Why: To observe the UDO Steering Committee's discussion of the Coastal Resilience Overlay District Preliminary Review Draft
REVISED Coastal Resilience Overlay District Preliminary Discussion Draft
The revised Coastal Resilience Overlay Preliminary Discussion Draft incorporates input received from the Steering Committee. It shows deletions in red text and additions in blue text.
Coastal Resilience Overlay District - Preliminary Discussion Draft
This is the Preliminary Discussion Draft of the Coastal Resilience Overlay District (CR-O). It implements the proposed approach discussed at the UDO Steering Committee’s meeting on March 10, 2025. This preliminary draft—along with the UDO Vision, Principles, & Goals and Codes Assessment—establishes the general direction for the district regulations.
Coastal Resilience Overlay District Map
The proposed boundary of the CR-O is shown on this parcel map and this aerial map. The CR-O proposes two subdistricts:
- CR-NIZ, Non-Intensification Zone Subdistrict, which is coterminous with the Special Flood Hazard Area (100-year floodplain); and
- CR-M, Moderate Hazard Subdistrict, which is coterminous with the Shaded X Zone within the Non-Special Flood Hazard Area (500-year floodplain).
What is a Unified Development Ordinance?
The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) implements the policies in the new Comprehensive and CAMA Land Use Plan and other policy documents like Resilient Beaufort, Watershed Restoration Plan, Beaufort Small Area Plan, Walk+Bike, and Parks & Recreation Comprehensive Plan.
The UDO combines zoning- and development-related regulations into a single document to make regulations easier to navigate, ensure consistency, and avoid redundancies.
Beaufort’s UDO will combine and update the Town’s zoning, subdivision, flood damage prevention, and minimum housing ordinances into a single document in alignment with new legislation and current best practices in North Carolina as well as nationally.
Since the UDO will guide development, redevelopment, and growth for our community for years to come, public engagement is a critical part of this process.
Who is involved in the UDO?
The UDO process is designed to reflect the inputs and points of view of the entire Beaufort community. Commissioners, staff, Town officials, and stakeholders are all active participants in the UDO project. In addition, in 2025, Mayor Harker appointed a UDO Steering Committee to guide the process.
White Smith Cousino, a national planning firm, is assisting the Town of Beaufort with development of the UDO.
Opportunities for community engagement will be provided throughout the project.
How long will the project take?
The project is broken up into two phases:
Phase 1 - Codes Assessment (completed in 2024)
Phase 2 - Development of the UDO (Approximately 3 years, 2025 to 2027)
The UDO will be drafted in five modules. See the overall timeline and topics here.