Building Setbacks & Zoning in Granville County, NC (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Granville County, North Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Setback Rules
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 yard, side yards run from zero feet in General Industrial up to 25 feet on large agricultural lots, and rear yards range from zero feet in General Industrial to 50 feet on two-acre agricultural and residential lots.
Granville County Yard Setback Minimums
Some RestrictionsGranville County Code § 32-262(b); Table 04.100B
TABLE 04.100B BULK STANDARDS Minimum Lot Area per DU Lot Width Street Yard* Side Yard* Rear Yard* Maximum Height Agricultural Residential District 80 (AR-80) 80,000 150 50 15 25 35 2 ac. 200 50 25 50 35 Agricultural Residential District 40 (AR-40) 44,000 150 50 15 25 35 25,000 100 50 15 25 35 2 ac. 200 50 25 50 35 ... * Uncovered stairs, landings, terraces, porches, balconies and fire escapes ...
Structure Height Limits
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) districts. Church spires, flagpoles, transmission towers and similar unoccupied structures can reach 80 feet, and amateur radio or citizen-band antenna towers can reach 90 feet, but only with an approved minor special use permit.
Granville County Building Height Limits
Some RestrictionsGranville County Code § 32-262(d); Table 04.100B
(d)The maximum height of buildings or structures is as shown in table 04.100A; provided, however, that church spires, belfries, cupolas, domes not intended for human occupancy, electrical transmission towers, recreational ball field light stanchions, flagpoles, grain elevators, and similar structures that are not capable of being occupied by humans, and public fire observation towers can be bui...
Lot Coverage Limits
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 built-upon area cap under the Land Development Code, from 6 percent in WS-II critical areas up to 24 percent in WS-III general watershed areas.
Granville County Watershed Built-Upon Area Limit
Some RestrictionsGranville County Code § 32-356
All development shall be governed by lot size, density or built-upon area standards as set forth in the following table 05.230: ... TABLE 05.230 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION AREAS District Use Lot Size Density Built-Upon Area WS-II Critical Area Single-Family 80,000 Single-Family Cluster 0.50 All Other Residential 6% Nonresidential 6% WS-II ... I General Watershed Are...
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