- Zoning districts
- 37
- Base districts
- 42
- Overlays
- 2
- Last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
Orange County zoning districts
Base districts
- ARAgricultural Residential
- ASAgricultural Service
- ASE-CDAgricultural Support Enterprise Conditional District
- CC3Community Commercial
- EC5Existing Commercial
- EDB-2Economic Development Buckhorn Higher Intensity
- EDE-1Economic Development Eno Lower Intensity
- EDE-2Economic Development Eno Higher Intensity
- EDH-1Economic Development Hillsborough Linear Office
- EDH-2Economic Development Hillsborough Limited Office
- EDH-4Economic Development Hillsborough Office/Retail
- EDH-5Economic Development Hillsborough Research and Manufacturing
- EIExisting Industrial
- GC4General Commercial
- I1Light Industrial
- I2Medium Industrial
- I3Heavy Industrial
- LC1Local Commercial
- MPD-CDMaster Plan Development Conditional District
- NC2Neighborhood Commercial
- NR-CDNon-Residential Conditional District
- O/RMOffice/Research and Manufacturing
- PD-I1Planned Development - Light Industrial
- PD-OIPlanned Development - Office/Institutional
- PDCGC4Planned Development Commercial - General Commercial
- PDHR1Planned Development Housing - Rural Residential
- PDHR2Planned Development Housing - Low and Medium Intensity Residential
- PDHR4Planned Development Housing - Low and Medium Intensity Residential
- PDHR5Planned Development Housing - High Intensity Residential
- PDHR8Planned Development Housing - High Intensity Residential
- PDHRBPlanned Development - Rural Buffer
- PIDPublic Interest
- PUD-R1Planned Development
- R-CDResidential Conditional District
- R1Rural Residential
- R2Low and Medium Intensity Residential
- R3Low and Medium Intensity Residential
- R4Low and Medium Intensity Residential
- R5High Intensity Residential
- R8High Intensity Residential
- RBRural Buffer
- REDA-CD-1NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Rural Economic Development Area Conditional District
Overlays
- Efland Interstate Overlay District
- Efland Village Overlay District
What each record includes
- District code and name, base or overlay, category
- Every use the ordinance lists, permitted, conditional or prohibited
- Setbacks, height, lot size, lot coverage and density
- Ordinance section for each rule
- District boundary as GeoJSON
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Terminal
curl -G 'https://api.placestack.com/v1/zoning' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PLACESTACK_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'fips=37135'Frequently asked questions
- How many zoning districts does Placestack have for Orange County?
- 37 zoning districts for Orange County, North Carolina, last updated Oct 16, 2026.
- How many zoning districts does Orange County have?
- 42 base districts and 2 overlays.
- How do I get Orange County zoning?
- Through Explorer, the API or the MCP server.
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