SB 185 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Restore Down-Zoning/Forsyth Co.

SB 185 restores Forsyth County and its municipalities' authority to initiate "down-zoning" without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. Down-zoning refers to changing land use rules to allow less dense development, fewer permitted uses, or create nonconforming properties. The bill reverses a prior law (S.L. 2024-57) that mandated owner consent for such changes, allowing local governments to implement these zoning adjustments directly. This applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, for any affected ordinances.

Issues: ✗ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Feb 2025

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Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action Feb 27, 2025

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Updated bill identification from 'DRS35088-MQ-46' to 'S185-v-1' to reflect the official Senate bill number format

Added page number '1' and revised session header formatting for official publication

Removed original filing date 'Feb 26, 2025' and replaced with new referral date 'February 27, 2025' to Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Feb 27, 2025

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Feb 26, 2025

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