Development Ordinance
Unified Development OrdinanceThe online version of the Greensboro Development Ordinance has been placed on this site for your convenience. The Development Ordinance is a part of the City Code and relates to the development of land. Each Article can be viewed and printed using Adobe Reader (PDF). 

A searchable version of the current Development Ordinance can also be viewed at a site maintained by Municode.

Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)

Table of Contents
Article I - Purpose and Authority
Article II - Definitions
Article III - Permits and Procedures (fees, conditional zoning)
Article IV - Zoning (fences, accessory structures, setbacks, overlay districts)
Article V - Zoning: Other Standards (signs, parking, landscaping, sidewalks)
Article VI - Subdivisions: Procedures and Standards (final plats, site plans)
Article VII - Environmental Regulations (watershed regulations)
Article VIII - Enforcement (civil penalties)
Article IX - Administration (TRC, modifications)
Article X - Appendices

Related UDO Sections
Permitted Use Schedule
Tree Preservation / Landscape Manual
Multifamily Density Table
Appendix Illustrations


* The online version of the City of Greensboro's Development Ordinance, which includes Supplement #84, is provided as a customer service and is not the official Development Ordinance of the City of Greensboro. You should not rely on it for accuracy. Neither the City nor any of its boards, officers, or employees are bound by the information, of any nature, contained in it.