Stedman, NC Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

29 is the code's only building-height rule, and by its own text it reaches multiple family dwellings and office, commercial and industrial buildings rather than single-family homes. 29 trades height for yard space: those buildings are not limited in height at all, provided that for each foot of height beyond thirty-five feet, the building's side and rear yard setbacks grow by one additional foot. A forty-five-foot building, ten feet over the thirty-five-foot threshold, would therefore need to add ten feet to whatever side and rear setback its district otherwise requires; there is no stated ceiling on how many feet a building can add so long as the setbacks keep growing to match.

29's text does not extend its threshold or setback trade-off to those uses, leaving single-family construction governed by the district's other yard and lot standards rather than a height number. 322 before the Inspector can issue the permit. 34, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $50 or thirty days in jail, with each day of the violation a separate offense.