Granville County, NC Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Granville County, temporary noncommercial signs, including political and election campaign signs, are exempt from sign permitting under County Code § 32-496(5). Each…

Window signs are permitted by right in every zoning district in unincorporated Granville County, with no permit required, under the Table of Permitted Signs at County Code § 32-497…

Granville County allows electronic message boards only as a feature on a freestanding on-site identification sign, capped at 25 percent of the sign's face, changing no more than once a…

Granville County bars residents from using mailboxes or neighborhood delivery cluster box units to advertise a garage sale. County Code Sec. 32-496(3) limits what those mail structures…

In unincorporated Granville County, general residential zoning districts set no lot-coverage percentage, but land inside the county's public water supply watersheds faces a hard…

Table 04.100B under Sec. 32-262 fixes the minimum street, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district in unincorporated Granville County. Every district carries a 50-foot street…

Sec. 32-262(d) and Table 04.100B cap most buildings in unincorporated Granville County at 35 feet, with no height limit at all in the Prime Industrial (I-1) or General Industrial (I-2)…

Granville County protects working farms from encroaching development through its Voluntary Agricultural District program under Chapter 33, which posts formal public notice that…

Unincorporated Granville County zones most of its rural land Agricultural Residential 80 (AR-80) or Agricultural Residential 40 (AR-40), districts written to promote farming, forestry…

Granville County bans door-to-door peddling and solicitation between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. under Chapter 36 of the county code, unless the resident gives the solicitor prior express…

Before knocking on a single door in unincorporated Granville County, a commercial peddler or solicitor must file a letter of intent with the county manager's office, listing personal…

Dumping litter on property you do not own anywhere in unincorporated Granville County is banned under § 38-32, with fines up to $100 for a first offense and up to $500 for each later…

Granville County requires every property to clear solid waste weekly and store garbage in durable, rust-resistant, watertight containers with tight-fitting lids under § 38-104, and…

Any dumpster or commercial common waste storage area serving a residential or nonresidential development in unincorporated Granville County must sit inside a full wood or masonry…

Outside the towns and the incorporated part of the Camp Butner Reservation, garbage, refuse, solid waste and recyclables in Granville County can only be collected under the terms of…

Every property owner, occupant, tenant or lessee in unincorporated Granville County must have solid waste removed at least once every seven-day period under Code § 38-104(b)…

Unincorporated Granville County bars residents from dumping yard waste such as leaves, grass, limbs and trimmings into the county-owned sanitary landfill. Code § 38-104(o) backs the…

In unincorporated Granville County, homeowners cannot leave bulky waste like old furniture, appliances, auto parts, trees, branches or stumps outside a house or dwelling for more than…

Granville County's storage-and-disposal rule sets the physical standard every household container must meet before weekly pickup: durable, rust-resistant, watertight, easily cleaned…

Under Granville County's exclusive franchise, recyclables placed into containers the franchisee, Waste Industries, LLC, provides become the franchisee's property the moment they go in…

In unincorporated Granville County, continuous noise radiated from any facility or operation cannot exceed 65 DNL measured at the property line. County Code Sec. 32-384 applies to…

Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., unincorporated Granville County bars loud or offensive noise from a garage or filling station in a residential district, and bars playing a piccolo…

Mounting a loudspeaker or amplifier on a truck for advertising in unincorporated Granville County requires a sheriff's department license under Code § 26-31(b)(16), and sound trucks…

Building, demolishing, altering, or excavating in a residential or business district in unincorporated Granville County is confined to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., seven days a week, under…

Keeping a dog, bird, or other animal that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort and repose is a declared violation in unincorporated Granville County…

Sounding a vehicle horn without a traffic-safety reason, driving an automobile or motorcycle so out of repair that it rattles or grinds loudly, or running a vehicle exhaust without an…

Granville County has no decibel-based aircraft noise ordinance; instead the Land Development Code manages aircraft noise through zoning, requiring general aviation airports like…

Property owners in unincorporated Granville County must store refuse, from lumber and boxes to old furniture and white goods, in a manner that resists rodent and vermin harborage under…

Granville County requires every sharp, meaning needles, syringes and scalpel blades, to be placed in a sealed, puncture-proof container before disposal under Code § 38-104(m). Sharps…

In unincorporated Granville County, every exterior light must use a cutoff fixture that aims its beam so adjoining properties are not impacted, and glare from floodlights or…

In unincorporated Granville County, outdoor lighting reaching a property line abutting a residential use cannot exceed 0.5 footcandle, while lighting abutting any other use is capped…

Granville County applies its general sign-illumination standard to outdoor advertising signs (billboards) permitted in unincorporated areas: light must be constant, shielded so it does…

Running a stationary generator, gas engine, or other internal combustion engine in unincorporated Granville County without an effective muffler is unnecessary noise under County Code §…

Playing a radio, stereo, or musical instrument loud enough, bass included, to annoy or disturb a neighbor's quiet and repose is a civil offense in unincorporated Granville County under…

Granville County bans sounding a car horn or vehicle signal device while the vehicle isn't moving, except as a genuine danger signal, anywhere in the unincorporated area. The same…

Granville County has no ordinance written specifically for bars or nightclubs; instead its general 'unnecessary noise' ordinance covers loud music and late gatherings from any premises…

Granville County bans creating loud and excessive noise while loading or unloading a vehicle, including the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates, and containers, anywhere in…

Granville County requires a written permit from the plumbing inspector before any installation, extension, or general repair of a plumbing system in the unincorporated area. The county…

Granville County requires a written permit from the electrical inspector before any installation, extension, alteration, or general repair of electrical wiring, devices, or equipment…

Granville County's inspection department must approve construction at each of seven defined stages before work continues, from footing and under-slab inspections through framing…

Granville County requires a written permit from the building inspector before any construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, removal, or demolition of a building or structure in…

In unincorporated Granville County, large paid outdoor events must get a mass-gathering permit from the district health director before they happen. The threshold is admission charged…

Gathering ten or more people for a rally, recreation event, speech, parade or similar gathering between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. near a residential neighborhood is a declared…

Granville County bars loitering at its own solid waste facilities: no one may loiter or rummage about the county landfill under Code § 38-107(e), and no one may loiter or congregate…

In unincorporated Granville County, storing six or more unlicensed, inoperable vehicles on a property for 15 days or more makes that lot a junkyard under the county's Junkyard Control…

In unincorporated Granville County, commercial and industrial buildings must provide off-street loading bays sized under County Code § 32-816: a minimum 720-square-foot space at least…

Granville County's Land Development Code has no separate short-term-rental parking rule; the closest local analog is bed and breakfast and country inn parking under Section 32-206(5)…

The county's Land Development Code does not use the phrase 'short-term rental'; its closest analog is the bed and breakfast/country inn use in Code § 32-1306(b), which requires the…

Operating a junkyard within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary road in unincorporated Granville County requires a permit from the Board of Commissioners, granted only on a sworn…

Anyone operating an adult bookstore, adult theater, adult live entertainment business, or massage business in unincorporated Granville County needs a county license carrying a fee set…

Granville County requires anyone operating a massage parlor, health salon, physical culture studio or club, or working as a masseur or masseuse, in the unincorporated county to obtain…

In unincorporated Granville County, fences on residential lots may not exceed eight feet in height unless another section of the Land Development Code requires or authorizes a taller…

In unincorporated Granville County, a retaining wall over five feet tall cannot go in a front yard without authorization elsewhere in the Land Development Code, and a plain wall in the…

Running a home business in unincorporated Granville County requires a residential lot of at least one acre, and the work must stay office or service only, with retail sales banned…

A family child care home operating out of a residence in unincorporated Granville County is capped at eight people under care at any one time, and it cannot legally run without a…

Unincorporated Granville County allows one accessory dwelling, such as a mother-in-law suite, built inside an existing single-family stick-built home per lot. The unit must have its…

Sheds and other accessory buildings in unincorporated Granville County must generally sit in the side or rear yard, stay at least ten feet from any lot line and 20 feet from a street…

Food trucks in unincorporated Granville County must operate on private property with the owner's written permission and stay at least 400 feet from an existing restaurant's entrance…

Any subdivision in unincorporated Granville County with private roads or shared common areas must form a property owners' association under Code § 32-1065. The association has to hold…

Raising or breeding poultry, livestock, cattle, horses and bees counts as a bona fide farm use under Code § 32-1302(a), and Table 03.110A permits bona fide farms by right, marked 'Y'…

Keeping more than four dogs, more than six cats, or a combined total of more than five dogs and cats over four months old turns a residence into a 'kennel' under Code § 32-1306(h)…

Granville County Code Section 11-46 sets up a Trap-Neuter-Return program for unowned community cats. A recognized community cat-sponsoring organization coordinates with county animal…

Veterinary uses (NAICS 54194) fall under the 'Services' category in Code § 32-1306(m), and Table 03.110A permits Services by right, marked 'Y', only in the Highway Business…

Granville County Code Section 11-41(a) makes it unlawful for a dog to run loose off its owner's property without direct control. Animal control officers who find a dog at large may…

Granville County Code Section 11-41(f) bars keeping any wild animal in the unincorporated county unless the owner holds a captivity license issued under G.S. 113-272.5. The subsection…

Granville County Code Section 11-81 declares a dangerous or public-nuisance animal on behavior, not breed: two or more bites, attacks or chases, or a single bite that breaks skin, lets…

Granville County Code Section 11-81(f)(5)(b) requires microchipping only for a dog an animal control officer has formally declared dangerous. Before the county lets an owner keep that…

Granville County has no general spay-or-neuter mandate for pets. Its only fixed-sterilization rule sits inside Section 11-81(f)(5)(a): to keep a dog an animal control officer has…

Sec. 32-318 requires a floodplain development permit before any development activity begins in a special flood hazard area of unincorporated Granville County, mapped against the FEMA…

Sec. 32-315 defines the "regulatory flood protection elevation" that governs construction in Granville County's mapped flood hazard areas as the base flood elevation (BFE) plus two…

Development inside the Falls Lake watershed portion of unincorporated Granville County needs a stormwater permit under the Falls Watershed Stormwater Ordinance, Sec. 32-390 et seq…

In flood-prone parts of unincorporated Granville County, Sec. 32-330 requires new residential construction to have its reference level elevated to the county's regulatory flood…

Residential solar collectors are a limited accessory use in unincorporated Granville County: panels must sit within the standard accessory-structure setback for the zoning district and…