Description
A county-initiated rewrite of zoning rules that would allow much bigger accessory buildings, define tiny homes, require solar farm decommissioning plans, streamline manufactured home parks, and create a new Community Master Plan option for mixed-use developments. Public hearing set for February 16.
Impact summary
Homeowners can build bigger sheds and barns without a variance hearing, and new housing options like tiny homes and master-planned communities become available countywide.
Applicant
- Name
- Burke County Community Development
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · County Commission
Last discussed Feb 16, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Board of Commissioners (Regular) - Feb 16, 2026
A county-initiated zoning text amendment modernizing the ordinance: bigger accessory buildings by lot size, tiny homes, accessory dwelling units up to 1,000 heated square feet, cluster developments, community master plans, and solar farm decommissioning rules.
Board of Commissioners (Special) - Feb 4, 2026
A county-initiated rewrite of zoning rules that would allow much bigger accessory buildings, define tiny homes, require solar farm decommissioning plans, streamline manufactured home parks, and create a new Community Master Plan option for mixed-use developments. Public hearing set for February 16.
Related issues (1)
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda, when it's voted on and when its status changes, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for Burke County
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.