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TEXT AMENDMENT REQUEST FORM
(Internal)
Development Services
420 McKinney Pkwy.
P.O. Box 65, Lillington, NC 27546
Phone: (910) 893-7525 Fax: (910) 893-2793
Case: PLAN2504-0002
Planning Board: May 5, 2025 County Commissioners: May 19, 2025
Applicant Information
Applicant:
Name: Harnett County Development Services
Address: 420 McKinney Pkwy.
City/State/Zip: Lillington, NC 27546
Phone: 910-893-7525, x2
Type of Change
New Addition Revision
Ordinance: Unified Development Ordinance
Article III., Sections: 3.2.1 A; 3.2.1 B; 3.2.1 C; 3.2.1 D; 3.2.2.C; 5.3 ; 5.4.1.B; 8.4.1.B.4
Article V., Section 11.6.2.B.e
Article VI., Sections: 6.1.A; 6.1.B; 6.2; 6.3.C; 6.4.2; 6.5.1.H; 6.5.2.A; 6.6.A; 6.7.1.A; 6.7.1.B; 6.7.2.A,
6.7.2.B ;6.7.2.C ;6.7.2.D; 6.7.2.G ;6.7.3.A ;6.7.3.B; 6.7.3.C ; 6.7.3.D; 6.7.3.E
Article XI., Sections: 4.3.1.5; 4.3.2.A.5; 10.2.2; & 10.4; &
Article XIV., Section 2.2
Current Text:
Article III.
3.2 General Plat & Vicinity Map Criteria
3.2.1 Plat Review
A. The Harnett County E-911 Addressing Department shall review all plats to ensure that all roads are legible and
correctly identified as set forth in this Ordinance.
B. Any road drawn on a map/plat shall be identified with the approved E-911 Addressing road name.
C. Any State maintained road drawn on a map/plat shall be identified with the North Carolina Department of
Transportation State road number and the approved E-911 Addressing road name.
D. Major highways such as US, NC, and Interstates shall be identified only with the approved E-911 Addressing road
name (example: US 421 N, US 421 S, NC 27 E, NC 27 W, I-95 etc.)
3.2.2 Vicinity Map
C. Roads that are not State maintained shall be identified with the approved E-911Addressing road name.
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5.3 Manufactured Home Park Site Plan Requirements
Address and/or Lot Number for Each Lot
(As Approved by Harnett County E-911
Addressing)
X X X X
5.4 New Manufactured Home Park Site Plan
5.4.1. Board of Adjustment Submittal Requirements
B. Street name approval letter, provided to owner(s) by Harnett County E-911 Addressing.
8.4 Minor Subdivision Procedures
8.4.1 Review for Minor Subdivisions
B. The Administrator shall submit copies of the plan and any accompanying material to other officials and agencies
concerned with new development including, but not limited to:
4. Harnett County GIS/E-911 Addressing Operations Administrator
Article V.
11.6 Manufactured Home Park
11.6.2 Standards for New & Altered Manufactured Home Parks
B. Improvement Standards
e. All street names shall be approved by the Harnett County E-911 Addressing Department.
Article VI.
Section 6.0 ADDRESSING & NAMING
6.1 Authority
A. Street address numbers assigned by the Harnett County E-911 Addressing Department are recognized by the United States
Postal Service as mailing addresses.
B. Street address numbers, subdivision names, and road names on file with E-911 Addressing shall be the official street
address numbers.
6.2 Jurisdiction
E-911 Addressing shall assign street address numbers in all areas of Harnett County not within the jurisdiction of a
municipality, unless otherwise requested. The municipalities of Angier, Coats, Erwin and Lillington have requested that E-
911 Addressing assign all street address numbers within said jurisdictions.
6.3. General
C. For numbering purposes, each road within the County’s jurisdiction has a standard beginning point which shall be zero
(0). Exception to this regulation shall be made in cases of municipal streets and/or conflicts with other counties or
postal boundaries.
6.4 Assignment of Address
6.4.2 Corner Lot Address Assignment Structures on corner lots shall be assigned multiple street address numbers. A street number shall be assigned for each named road that abuts the lot. The permanent street address number will be determined before the Certificate of Occupancy is issued using the method outlined above. Street address numbers that are not used shall be purged from the system.
6.5 Display of Address
6.5.1 Display Provisions
H. E-911 Addressing shall have the right to authorize and approve alternate methods of displaying street address
numbers which meet the intent of this Ordinance when strict adherence to these standards cannot reasonably
be met.
6.5.2 Display Enforcement
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A. No structure shall receive a Certificate of Occupancy until a street address number has been issued by the E-911
Addressing Department and that street address number is properly displayed as described herein.
6.6 Subdivision Naming
A. E-911 Addressing shall approve and maintain subdivision names in all areas of Harnett County not within the jurisdiction
of a municipality. As part of the request to provide street address numbers from the municipalities of Angier, Coats,
Erwin, and Lillington, the Harnett County E-911 Addressing Department shall approve and maintain subdivision names
within those jurisdictions.
6.7 Street Naming & Signs
6.7.1 Street Names
A. E-911 Addressing shall approve and maintain road names in all areas of Harnett County not within the jurisdiction
of a municipality, unless otherwise requested. As part of the request to provide street address numbers from the
municipalities of Angier, Coats, Erwin and Lillington, the Harnett County E-911 Addressing Department shall
approve and maintain road names within said jurisdictions.
B. Road names shall be named, renamed, and/or approved in accordance with the road naming guidelines and NCGS
160D-239.1.
6.7.2 Street Name Petition
A. Street name petition fee shall be determined by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners. This is an
administration fee for researching and processing the petition and advertisement of a public hearing and is therefore
nonrefundable. This fee shall be paid when the subdivision/street name application is submitted.
B. New street names created shall adhere to the street naming guidelines and shall be subject to the street name
petition fee, unless the street is being created through the subdivision process.
C. New street names created due to E-911 Addressing mandates shall be exempt from the street name petition fee.
D. Property owners, developers, or petitioners changing the name of existing streets shall adhere to the street naming
guidelines and shall be responsible for the street name petition fee.
G. Once a street has been named or renamed there shall be a five (5) year waiting period before a subdivision/street
name application can be filed. If the street name was approved through the subdivision process the five (5) year
period will begin from the subdivision approval date for that phase, if applicable. If the street name was approved
by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, the five (5) year period will begin from the Harnett County Board
of Commissioners approval date.
6.7.3 Street Signs
A. All named roads in Harnett County shall be identified by a sign showing the official name of that road.
Signs should be installed according to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and any
other applicable local, State, and Federal regulations.
B. Street name sign fees shall be determined by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners. This fee shall
cover the material and labor cost to create and install the sign.
C. Street name signs shall be a standard color, size, and design, as approved by E-911 Addressing. The sign
background color shall be green and the characters and borders shall be white. A yellow tab indicating
“Private Road” may only be used on streets that are not State maintained and are not part of any recorded
subdivision plat, unless otherwise approved by this Ordinance.
D. Property owners, developers, or petitioners creating new streets or changing the name of existing streets
shall be responsible for the street name sign fee. Street name sign fees shall be paid before a subdivision
plat can be recorded and before any street address numbers are issued.
E. All street name signs in the unincorporated areas of Harnett County shall be approved, installed, and
maintained by E-911 Addressing.
Article XI.
SECTION 4.0 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD
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4.3 Membership
4.3.1. General Membership
5. E-911 Addressing Department
4.3.2 Advisory Membership
A. Depending upon the specific aspects of a development proposal, additional members of the DRB include
representatives of the following agencies.
5. GIS/Land Records Department
SECTION 10.0 OTHER DEPARTMENTS
10.2 Review Officer
10.2.2 Review Officer Location
The Review Officer is located in the GIS/Land Records Division of Harnett County.
10.4 E-911 Addressing
The E-911 operations Administrator shall be responsible for enforcement of Article VI “General Development
Standards,” Section “Addressing’’ of this Ordinance.
Article XIV.
SECTION 2.0 GENERAL DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS
2.2 General Definitions
E-911 Address
A physical address assigned by the E-911 Addressing Department for a structure or parcel of land.
Proposed Text:
Article III.
3.2 General Plat & Vicinity Map Criteria
3.2.1 Plat Review
A. The Harnett County E-911 Addressing GIS Department shall review all plats to ensure that all roads are legible
and correctly identified as set forth in this Ordinance.
B. Any road drawn on a map/plat shall be identified with the approved E-911 Addressing GIS road name.
C. Any State maintained road drawn on a map/plat shall be identified with the North Carolina Department of
Transportation State road number and the approved E-911 Addressing GIS road name.
D. Major highways such as US, NC, and Interstates shall be identified only with the approved E-911 Addressing GIS
road name (example: US 421 N, US 421 S, NC 27 E, NC 27 W, I-95 etc.)
3.2.2 Vicinity Map
C. Roads that are not State maintained shall be identified with the approved E-911Addressing GIS road name.
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5.3 Manufactured Home Park Site Plan Requirements
Address and/or Lot Number for Each Lot
(As Approved by Harnett County E-911
Addressing GIS)
X X X X
5.4 New Manufactured Home Park Site Plan
5.4.1 Board of Adjustment Submittal Requirements
B. Street name approval letter, provided to owner(s) by Harnett County E-911 Addressing GIS.
8.4 Minor Subdivision Procedures
8.4.1 Review for Minor Subdivisions
B. The Administrator shall submit copies of the plan and any accompanying material to other officials and agencies
concerned with new development including, but not limited to:
4. Harnett County GIS/E-911 Addressing Operations Administrator Department.
Article V.
11.6 Manufactured Home Park
11.6.2 Standards for New & Altered Manufactured Home Parks
B. Improvement Standards
e. All street names shall be approved by the Harnett County E-911 Addressing GIS Department.
Article VI.
Section 6.0 ADDRESSING & NAMING
6.1 Authority
A. Street address numbers assigned by the Harnett County E-911 Addressing GIS Department are recognized by the United
States Postal Service as mailing addresses.
B. Street address numbers, subdivision names, and road names on file with E-911 Addressing GIS shall be the official street
address numbers.
6.2 Jurisdiction
E-911 Addressing GIS shall assign street address numbers in all areas the following jurisdictions: Harnett County, not
within the jurisdiction of a municipality, unless otherwise requested. The municipalities of Town of Angier, Town of Coats,
Town of Erwin, and Town of Lillington. have requested that E-911 Addressing assign all street address numbers within said
jurisdictions.
6.3. General
C. For numbering purposes, each road within the County’s jurisdiction has a standard beginning point which shall be zero
(0) one (1). Exception to this regulation shall be made in cases of municipal streets and/or conflicts with other counties
or postal boundaries.
6.4 Assignment of Address
6.4.2 Corner Lot & Large Lot Address Assignment Structures on corner lots shall be assigned multiple street address numbers. A street number shall be assigned for each named road that abuts the lot. The permanent street address number will be determined before the Certificate of Occupancy is issued using the method outlined above. Street address numbers that are not used shall be purged from the system.
Corner lot and large lot street address numbers will be assigned from the submitted site or plot plans using the
methodology established in section 6.4.1 General Address Assignments of this article.
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6.5 Display of Address
6.5.1 Display Provisions
H. E-911 Addressing GIS shall have the right to authorize and approve alternate methods of displaying street address
numbers which meet the intent of this Ordinance when strict adherence to these standards cannot reasonably
be met.
6.5.2 Display Enforcement
A. No structure shall receive a Certificate of Occupancy until a street address number has been issued by
the E-911 Addressing GIS Department and that street address number is properly displayed as
described herein.
6.6 Subdivision Naming
A. E-911 Addressing GIS shall approve and maintain subdivision names in all areas of in the following jurisdictions:
Harnett County, Town of Angier, Town of Coats, Town of Erwin, and the Town of Lillington. not within the
jurisdiction of a municipality. As part of the request to provide street address numbers from the municipalities of
Angier, Coats, Erwin, and Lillington, the Harnett County E-911 Addressing GIS Department shall approve and
maintain subdivision names within those jurisdictions.
6.7 Street Naming & Signs
6.7.1 Street Names
A. E-911 Addressing GIS shall approve and maintain road names in all areas of the following jurisdictions: Harnett
County not within the jurisdiction of a municipality, unless otherwise requested. As part of the request to provide
street address numbers from the municipalities of Angier, Coats, Erwin and Lillington, the Harnett County E-911
Addressing Department shall approve and maintain road names within said jurisdictions.,Town of Angier, Town
of Coats, Town of Erwin, and the Town of Lillington.
B. Road names shall be named, renamed, and/or approved in accordance with the GIS Road Naming Guidelines and
NCGS 160D-239.1. 153A-239.1.
6.7.2 Street Name Petition
A. Street Road name petition fee shall be determined by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners. This is an
administration fee for researching and processing the petition and advertisement of a public hearing and is therefore
non-refundable. This fee shall be paid when the subdivision/street name Development/Road name application is
submitted.
B. New street road names created shall adhere to the street GIS Road Naming Guidelines and. New road names
created shall be subject to the street road name petition fee, unless the street road is being created through the
subdivision process.
C. New street road names created due to GIS E-911 Addressing mandates shall be exempt from the street road name
petition fee.
D. Property owners, developers, or petitioners changing the name of existing streets roads shall adhere to the street
naming guidelines GIS Road Naming Guidelines and shall be responsible for the street road name petition fee
and the road sign fee.
G. Once a street road has been named or renamed there shall be a five (5) year waiting period before a
subdivision/street name application can be filed the road name can be changed. If the street road name was
approved through the subdivision process, the five (5) year period will begin from the subdivision approval date
for that phase, if applicable date the subdivision final plat was recorded with the Register of Deeds. If the street
road name was approved by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, the five (5) year period will begin from
the Harnett County Board of Commissioners approval date.
6.7.3 Street Signs
A. All named roads in Harnett County shall be identified by a sign showing the official name of that road.
Signs should be installed according to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to meet
North Carolina Department of Transportation standards and any other applicable local, State, and Federal
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regulations.
B. Street name Road sign fees shall be determined by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners. This fee
shall cover the material and labor cost to create and install the sign.
C. Street Road name signs shall be a standard color, size, and design, as approved by E-911 Addressing GIS.
The sign background color shall be green and the characters and borders shall be white. A yellow tab
indicating “Private Road” may only be used on streets that are not State maintained and are not part of any
recorded subdivision plat, unless otherwise approved by this Ordinance.
D. Property owners, developers, or petitioners creating new streets roads or changing the name of existing
streets roads shall be responsible for the street name road sign fee. Street name Road sign fees shall be
paid before a subdivision plat can be recorded and before any street address numbers are issued.
E. All street road name signs in the unincorporated areas of Harnett County shall be approved, installed, and
maintained by E-911 Addressing GIS. However, custom road name signs may be an alternative by
completing a Road Name Sign Statement of Intent form and paying all associated road sign fees.
Article XI.
SECTION 4.0 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD
4.3 Membership
4.3.1. General Membership
5. E-911 Addressing GIS Department
4.3.2 Advisory Membership
A. Depending upon the specific aspects of a development proposal, additional members of the DRB include
representatives of the following agencies.
5. GIS/Land Records Department
SECTION 10.0 OTHER DEPARTMENTS
10.2 Review Officer
10.2.2 Review Officer Location
The Review Officer is located in the GIS/Land Records Division of Harnett County Department.
10.4 E-911 Addressing GIS
The E-911 operations Administrator GIS Department shall be responsible for enforcement of Article VI “General
Development Standards,” Section “Addressing’’ of this Ordinance.
Article XIV.
SECTION 2.0 GENERAL DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS
2.2 General Definitions
E-911 Address
A physical address assigned by the E-911 Addressing GIS Department for a structure or parcel of land.
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Reason for Requested Change:
The purpose for amending the Unified Development Ordinance is to revise the name of the GIS
Department as written in the ordinance from E-911 Addressing to “GIS”; to update the language
regarding methods used to assign addresses and approve and maintain subdivision and road names to
reflect current GIS Department practices; update a North Carolina General Statute reference; and update
language to reflect a revision to GIS Department guidelines and applications.
The text amendment will amend the following Articles and sections of the Harnett County Unified
Development Ordinance:
Article III., Sections: 3.2.1. A; 3.2.1. B; 3.2.1.C; 3.2.1.D; 3.2.2.C; 5.3 ; 5.4.1.B.; & 8.4.1.B.4., Article
V., Section 11.6.2.B.e; Article VI., Sections: 6.1.A; 6.1.B; 6.2; 6.3.C; 6.4.2; 6.5.1.H; 6.5.2.A; 6.6.A;
6.7.1.A; 6.7.1.B; 6.7.2.A, 6.7.2.B ;6.7.2.C ;6.7.2.D; 6.7.2.G ;6.7.3.A ;6.7.3.B; 6.7.3.C ; 6.7.3.D; &
6.7.3.E Article XI., Sections: 4.3.1.5; 4.3.2.A.5; 10.2.2; & 10.4; & Article XIV., Section 2.2.
Suggested Statement-of-Consistency: (Staff concludes that…)
The requested Text Amendment is compatible with Harnett County regulatory documents. Therefore,
it is recommended that this Text Amendment request be APPROVED.