{
 "jurisdiction": "Gastonia, NC",
 "state": "NC",
 "counties": [
  "Gaston"
 ],
 "url": "https://ruralvacantland.com/zoning/nc/gastonia/",
 "publisher": "Rural Vacant Land (ruralvacantland.com)",
 "use": "drive-thru restaurant",
 "last_read": "2026-11-15",
 "summary": "A drive-thru restaurant is allowed by right (no conditional use permit, special exception or rezoning) in these zoning districts: C-2, C-3, CBD, I-1, I-2, I-U, UMU. It is not allowed in 10 districts: C-1, O-1, O-M, OLC, PD TND, RLD, RMF, RS-8, RS-12, TMU. 34 districts are not confirmed yet.",
 "status_meaning": {
  "by_right": "Allowed by right",
  "conditional": "Needs a conditional or special use approval",
  "prohibited": "Not allowed",
  "unclear": "Not confirmed yet"
 },
 "zoning_layer": {
  "url": "https://cogserver.gastonianc.gov/serverweb/rest/services/Planning/Zoning_UDO/MapServer/0",
  "district_field": "ZONING"
 },
 "districts": [
  {
   "district": "AP",
   "name": "Airport District",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-1",
   "name": "Light Commercial",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "Restaurant; Restaurant within Other Facilities (no \"Restaurant, with Drive Thru\" entry)",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "The 2014 C-1 list has Restaurant and Restaurant within Other Facilities (XS) but no drive-through entry. Drive-through restaurants are not listed, and the legend/Sec. 7.1 treat unlisted uses as not allowed. Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which does not list the use; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-1 CD",
   "name": "Light Commercial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-2",
   "name": "Highway Commercial",
   "status": "by_right",
   "quote": "Restaurant, with Drive Thru",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list, XS); 8.2.30; 9.20; 10.9",
   "conditions": "Standards: Sec. 8.2.30 requires a Type D buffer where the lot is adjacent to a residential zoning district; Sec. 9.20 puts the speaker, menu board, drive-through window and stacking lane at least 50 ft from a residential lot edge; Sec. 10.9 requires on-site queuing (8 spaces for one lane, 6 per lane if more than one). Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which lists this use under 'permitted by right with supplemental regulations (XS)'; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-2 CD",
   "name": "Highway Commercial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-2 CUP",
   "name": "Highway Commercial (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-3",
   "name": "General Commercial",
   "status": "by_right",
   "quote": "Restaurant, with Drive Thru",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list, XS); 8.2.30; 9.20; 10.9",
   "conditions": "Standards: Sec. 8.2.30 requires a Type D buffer where the lot is adjacent to a residential zoning district; Sec. 9.20 puts the speaker, menu board, drive-through window and stacking lane at least 50 ft from a residential lot edge; Sec. 10.9 requires on-site queuing (8 spaces for one lane, 6 per lane if more than one). Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which lists this use under 'permitted by right with supplemental regulations (XS)'; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-3 CD",
   "name": "General Commercial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "C-3 CUP",
   "name": "General Commercial (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "CBD",
   "name": "Central Business District",
   "status": "by_right",
   "quote": "no drive-through service shall be allowed except in instances where properties have frontage on at least two (2)",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list, XS); 7.11(E)(1); 8.2.30; 9.20; 10.9",
   "conditions": "Listed XS (by right with supplemental regulations) in the 2014 CBD list, but Sec. 7.11(E)(1) allows drive-through only where the property fronts at least two major thoroughfares of the adopted thoroughfare plan; the plan reviewer may require added site/architectural improvements; drive-through fast food must include outdoor dining and bike racks; no franchise architecture. Standards: Sec. 8.2.30 requires a Type D buffer where the lot is adjacent to a residential zoning district; Sec. 9.20 puts the speaker, menu board, drive-through window and stacking lane at least 50 ft from a residential lot edge; Sec. 10.9 requires on-site queuing (8 spaces for one lane, 6 per lane if more than one). Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which lists this use under 'permitted by right with supplemental regulations (XS)'; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "CBD CUP",
   "name": "Central Business District (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-1",
   "name": "Light Industrial",
   "status": "by_right",
   "quote": "Restaurant, with Drive Thru",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list, XS); 8.2.30; 9.20; 10.9",
   "conditions": "Standards: Sec. 8.2.30 requires a Type D buffer where the lot is adjacent to a residential zoning district; Sec. 9.20 puts the speaker, menu board, drive-through window and stacking lane at least 50 ft from a residential lot edge; Sec. 10.9 requires on-site queuing (8 spaces for one lane, 6 per lane if more than one). Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which lists this use under 'permitted by right with supplemental regulations (XS)'; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-1 CD",
   "name": "Light Industrial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-1 CUP",
   "name": "Light Industrial (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-2",
   "name": "General Industrial",
   "status": "by_right",
   "quote": "Restaurant, with Drive Thru",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list, XS); 8.2.30; 9.20; 10.9",
   "conditions": "Standards: Sec. 8.2.30 requires a Type D buffer where the lot is adjacent to a residential zoning district; Sec. 9.20 puts the speaker, menu board, drive-through window and stacking lane at least 50 ft from a residential lot edge; Sec. 10.9 requires on-site queuing (8 spaces for one lane, 6 per lane if more than one). Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which lists this use under 'permitted by right with supplemental regulations (XS)'; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-2 CD",
   "name": "General Industrial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-2 CUP",
   "name": "General Industrial (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-2 SUP",
   "name": "General Industrial (special use permit)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_7",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-3 CD",
   "name": "Exclusive Industrial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-U",
   "name": "Urban Industrial",
   "status": "by_right",
   "quote": "Restaurant, with Drive Thru",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list, XS); 8.2.30; 9.20; 10.9",
   "conditions": "Standards: Sec. 8.2.30 requires a Type D buffer where the lot is adjacent to a residential zoning district; Sec. 9.20 puts the speaker, menu board, drive-through window and stacking lane at least 50 ft from a residential lot edge; Sec. 10.9 requires on-site queuing (8 spaces for one lane, 6 per lane if more than one). Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which lists this use under 'permitted by right with supplemental regulations (XS)'; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-U CD",
   "name": "Urban Industrial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "I-U CUP",
   "name": "Urban Industrial (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "O-1",
   "name": "Office",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "Restaurant within Other Facilities (no \"Restaurant, with Drive Thru\" entry)",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "The 2014 O-1 list has only Restaurant within Other Facilities (XS); no drive-through entry. Drive-through restaurants are not listed, and the legend/Sec. 7.1 treat unlisted uses as not allowed. Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which does not list the use; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "O-1 CD",
   "name": "Office (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "O-1 CUP",
   "name": "Office (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "O-M",
   "name": "Medical Office",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "Restaurant within Other Facilities (no \"Restaurant, with Drive Thru\" entry)",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "The 2014 O-M list has only Restaurant within Other Facilities (XS); no drive-through entry. Sec. 8.2.31 caps office-district restaurants at 1,500 sq ft (3,000 sq ft in O-M). Drive-through restaurants are not listed, and the legend/Sec. 7.1 treat unlisted uses as not allowed. Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which does not list the use; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "O-M CD",
   "name": "Medical Office (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "OLC",
   "name": "Office/Light Commercial",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "Restaurant; Restaurant within Other Facilities (no \"Restaurant, with Drive Thru\" entry)",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "The 2014 OLC list has Restaurant and Restaurant within Other Facilities (XS) but no drive-through entry. Sec. 8.2.31 caps office-district restaurants at 1,500 sq ft. Drive-through restaurants are not listed, and the legend/Sec. 7.1 treat unlisted uses as not allowed. Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which does not list the use; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "OLC CD",
   "name": "Office/Light Commercial (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "OLC CUP",
   "name": "Office/Light Commercial (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "out",
   "name": "",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "PD IRD",
   "name": "",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "PD PRD",
   "name": "",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "PD PUD",
   "name": "Planned Unit Development (within PD)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_10",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "PD RRDD",
   "name": "Revised Residential Development (within PD)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_10",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "PD TND",
   "name": "Traditional Neighborhood Development (within PD)",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "Restaurants (no fast food; no drive-through)",
   "code_section": "8.1.13(D)(3)",
   "conditions": "TND use table allows restaurants by right but expressly excludes fast food and drive-throughs. TND is a planned district type; other PD variants stay unclear.",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_10",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RLD",
   "name": "Residential Low Density",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "District use list has no restaurant entry",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "No restaurant of any kind is listed in the 2014 residential district use list. TND exception exists only under PD TND.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RMF",
   "name": "Multi-family Residential",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "District use list has no restaurant entry",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "No restaurant of any kind is listed in the 2014 residential district use list. TND exception exists only under PD TND.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RMF CD",
   "name": "Multi-family Residential (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RMF PRD",
   "name": "Multi-family (planned residential)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RS-8",
   "name": "Urban Residential (8,000 sq ft class)",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "District use list has no restaurant entry",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "No restaurant of any kind is listed in the 2014 residential district use list. TND exception exists only under PD TND.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RS-8 CD",
   "name": "Urban Residential (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RS-8 CUP",
   "name": "Urban Residential (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RS-12",
   "name": "Urban Residential (12,000 sq ft class)",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "District use list has no restaurant entry",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "No restaurant of any kind is listed in the 2014 residential district use list. TND exception exists only under PD TND.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RS-12 CD",
   "name": "Urban Residential (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "RS-12 CUP",
   "name": "Urban Residential (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "SP",
   "name": "State Park District",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "TMU",
   "name": "Transitional Mixed Use",
   "status": "prohibited",
   "quote": "Restaurant within Other Facilities (no \"Restaurant, with Drive Thru\" entry)",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list)",
   "conditions": "The 2014 TMU list has only Restaurant within Other Facilities (XS); no drive-through entry. Drive-through restaurants are not listed, and the legend/Sec. 7.1 treat unlisted uses as not allowed. Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which does not list the use; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "TMU CD",
   "name": "Transitional Mixed Use (conditional zoning)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "UMU",
   "name": "Urban Mixed Use",
   "status": "by_right",
   "quote": "Any Restaurant, with Drive Thru shall also include an outdoor dining area and on-site bike racks.",
   "code_section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 district list, XS); 7.12(D)(1); 8.2.30; 9.20; 10.9",
   "conditions": "Sec. 7.12(D)(1): subject to Chapter 10 staging space rules, must include outdoor dining and on-site bike racks; Design Review Committee may require added improvements; no high-intensity, metallic or fluorescent primary building colors. Standards: Sec. 8.2.30 requires a Type D buffer where the lot is adjacent to a residential zoning district; Sec. 9.20 puts the speaker, menu board, drive-through window and stacking lane at least 50 ft from a residential lot edge; Sec. 10.9 requires on-site queuing (8 spaces for one lane, 6 per lane if more than one). Source is the city's per-district use list (revised 10/17/2014), which lists this use under 'permitted by right with supplemental regulations (XS)'; later UDO amendments (2021-2025) could not be checked against a current Table 7.1-1, so confidence is medium.",
   "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  },
  {
   "district": "UMU CUP",
   "name": "Urban Mixed Use (conditional use)",
   "status": "unclear",
   "quote": "",
   "code_section": "",
   "conditions": "",
   "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
   "read_on": "2026-11-15"
  }
 ],
 "profile": {
  "official_name": "City of Gastonia, North Carolina",
  "code_title": "Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)",
  "official_code_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/unified-development-ordinance3.html",
  "code_last_amended": "Through Ord. 25-845 (signed 2025-12-16, per city PDF filename); Ord. 25-845 amends Table 7.3-1, Sec. 7.6.5 and others, not Table 7.1-1, 8.2.30 or 10.9. Later amendments not checked.",
  "drive_thru_summary": "Per the city's 2014 per-district use list, a restaurant with drive-thru is permitted by right with supplemental regulations in C-2, C-3, I-1, I-2, I-U and UMU, and in CBD only where the lot fronts two major thoroughfares (7.11(E)(1)). C-1, the office districts, TMU and residential districts do not list it. Standards: Type D buffer next to residential (8.2.30), 50 ft separation of speaker and lane from residential lots (9.20), queuing (10.9). Current Table 7.1-1 could not be read, so confirm with the Planning Department.",
  "drive_thru_stacking": "Sec. 10.9: adequate on-site queuing that does not block streets or sidewalks; restaurants need at least 8 queuing spaces with one drive-thru lane, 6 per lane where more than one lane exists. Sec. 9.20: speaker, menu board, window and stacking lane 50 ft or more from a residential lot edge.",
  "approvals": [
   {
    "type": "Special use permit (Table 7.1-1 'C' uses)",
    "who_decides": "Planning Commission after an evidentiary hearing",
    "steps": "Pre-application conference, application with site development plan, staff review, mailed notice at least 10 days before hearing, hearing, decision by simple majority; four findings required (welfare, compliance, no substantial injury to values, harmony with area). Appeal to Superior Court within 30 days.",
    "typical_time": "Commission to consider within 35 days of receiving information from the Administrator",
    "fee": "",
    "section": "5.11",
    "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_7"
   },
   {
    "type": "Conditional zoning (CD district rezoning)",
    "who_decides": "City Council after Planning Commission review",
    "steps": "Application with site plan, Administrator review, neighborhood meeting and report, Planning Commission review, Council legislative hearing with published and mailed notice and posted sign, Council adopts or rejects with statement of reasonableness. Uses limited to those in the adopting ordinance; reverts if not begun within 24 months.",
    "typical_time": "Commission has 45 days after its hearing closes on a map amendment",
    "fee": "",
    "section": "5.16.3, 5.16.4, 6.4",
    "source_url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_7"
   }
  ],
  "districts": {
   "C-2": {
    "name": "Highway Commercial",
    "restaurant": "by_right",
    "section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 list)",
    "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf"
   },
   "C-3": {
    "name": "General Commercial",
    "restaurant": "by_right",
    "section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 list)",
    "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf"
   },
   "I-1": {
    "name": "Light Industrial",
    "restaurant": "by_right",
    "section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 list)",
    "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf"
   },
   "I-2": {
    "name": "General Industrial",
    "restaurant": "by_right",
    "section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 list)",
    "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf"
   },
   "I-U": {
    "name": "Urban Industrial",
    "restaurant": "by_right",
    "section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 list)",
    "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf"
   },
   "UMU": {
    "name": "Urban Mixed Use",
    "restaurant": "by_right",
    "section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 list)",
    "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf"
   },
   "CBD": {
    "name": "Central Business District",
    "restaurant": "by_right",
    "section": "Table 7.1-1 (2014 list); 7.11(E)(1)",
    "source_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf"
   }
  },
  "overlays": [
   {
    "name": "Urban Standards Overlay (Sec. 7.6.5)",
    "effect": "For non-residential uses, the drive-through lane should loop inside the site; on internal lots the building sits between lane and street; on corner lots the lane may lie between building and street but not encircle the building and needs enhanced features approved by the Administrator; alternates and landscaping/knee walls/building wall between lane and street per Administrator; queuing per 10.9.",
    "source_url": "https://www.gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/UDO/2025-12-16_202500453_Ord25-845_Signed.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "sources": [
   {
    "title": "City UDO landing page (full-text link goes to Municode, not used)",
    "url": "https://gastonianc.gov/unified-development-ordinance3.html",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "City use list by district, revised 10/17/2014",
    "url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/documents/UDO-Uses-20141124b.pdf",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Ord. 25-845 amendment (7.6.5 drive-throughs)",
    "url": "https://www.gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/UDO/2025-12-16_202500453_Ord25-845_Signed.pdf",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Ord. 25-838 and 25-832 (not about drive-throughs)",
    "url": "https://gastonianc.gov/images/files/planning/UDO/2025-10-21_202500414_Ord25-838_Signed.pdf",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Zoneomics copy Ch. 5 (5.11, 5.16)",
    "url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_7",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Zoneomics copy Ch. 6 districts",
    "url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_8",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Zoneomics copy Ch. 7 (7.6.5, 7.11, 7.12)",
    "url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_9",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Zoneomics copy Ch. 8 (8.1.13, 8.2.30, 8.2.31)",
    "url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_10",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Zoneomics copy Ch. 9 (9.20)",
    "url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_11",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "Zoneomics copy Ch. 10 (10.9, 10.12)",
    "url": "https://www.zoneomics.com/code/gastonia-NC/chapter_12",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "City Planning Department page",
    "url": "https://gastonianc.gov/doing-business/planning",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "City zoning map page",
    "url": "https://gastonianc.gov/zoning/check-the-zoning2.html",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   },
   {
    "title": "City Zoning ArcGIS layer",
    "url": "https://cogserver.gastonianc.gov/serverweb/rest/services/Planning/Zoning_UDO/MapServer/0",
    "read_on": "2026-11-15"
   }
  ],
  "verified": {
   "on": "2026-11-15",
   "by": "sonnet",
   "checked": 13,
   "corrected": 13,
   "notes": "The 2014 city PDF is a per-district list (not a flattened grid), so no column alignment problem; it lists drive-thru restaurants as XS (by right with supplemental regulations) in C-2, C-3, CBD, I-1, I-2, I-U, UMU only. No status changed; quotes, sections and notes corrected (O-1/O-M/TMU list only restaurant within other facilities; O-M cap 3,000 sq ft; TND cite is 8.1.13(D)(3)). Current Table 7.1-1 not reachable (enCodePlus blocks bots, Municode not used); 2021-2025 amendments could affect cells."
  },
  "zoning_map_url": "https://gastonianc.gov/zoning/check-the-zoning2.html",
  "planning_office": {
   "name": "City of Gastonia Planning Department",
   "phone": "704-854-6652",
   "url": "https://gastonianc.gov/doing-business/planning"
  },
  "parking_restaurant": "Sec. 10.12 lists maximums, not minimums; fast-food restaurants fall under 'Other', parking based on project and Technical Review Committee approval."
 },
 "fees": null,
 "note": "Summary of the public zoning code with links to each source. Not legal advice; confirm with the planning office."
}