Stedman, NC Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum front setback
- 50 ft from street centerline
- Minimum side-street setback
- 40 ft from centerline
- Averaging rule
- Matches block's existing front yards
- Applies to
- Residential structures only
- Through-lot rear yard
- Equals district front yard minimum
- Permit required
- Zoning permit before construction
- Penalty
- Up to $50 fine, 30 days jail
Summary
In the Town of Stedman, North Carolina, no residential structure can sit closer than fifty feet from the centerline of the street it faces or forty feet from the centerline of a side street, and where neighboring homes already sit at a different depth, the required front yard shifts to match the block's average setback.
The front yard requirements of this Ordinance shall not apply on lots where the average depth of existing front yards on developed lots, located within one hundred (100) feet on each side of a lot within the same block and zoning district as such lot, is greater or lesser than the minimum required front lot depth. In such cases the depth of the front yard on such lot shall not be less than the average front yard depth on such developed lots. ... IN no case, however, shall any residential structure be placed closer than fifty (50) feet from the center line of a street on which it faces or within forty (40) feet from the centerline of a side street.
Full Breakdown
22 sets the front yard setback by an averaging rule before it falls back to an absolute floor. On a block where the existing front yards of developed lots within one hundred feet on either side already sit deeper or shallower than the ordinance's normal minimum, the required setback shifts to match that average, so a new house lines up with its neighbors rather than the code's stock number. That averaging can never push a required setback past the distance actually observed by the closer of the two adjoining main buildings, and it does not force a house to sit back farther than the ordinance's own setback line.
22 sets an absolute floor for residential structures: no home may be placed closer than fifty feet from the centerline of the street it faces, or closer than forty feet from the centerline of a side street. That street-position rule does not apply to commercial or industrial buildings, whose setback from the street line is fixed separately. 25: the rear yard on a through lot must be at least as deep as the district's minimum front yard, and no accessory building can sit in that rear yard. 42.
Violations & Fines
Placing a residential structure closer than fifty feet from a facing street's centerline, closer than forty feet from a side street's centerline, or ignoring the block's averaged front yard depth violates § 7.22 and is a misdemeanor under § 12.342, punishable by a fine up to $50 or up to thirty days in jail, with each day of the violation a separate offense; the Zoning Inspector may also order the structure altered or removed.
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