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Resources:
Conservation Overlay
Intro
FAQs
Myths
Quiz
The Guidelines
Map of Guideline Coverage (PDF)
Original Draft of Guidelines (Word Document)
In this section, you will find links to all information regarding the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay (NCO) guidelines:
- What is a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay?
- Map of the proposed boundaries of the Mill Village
- The Official Guidelines
- NCO FAQs
- Myths about the NCO
- The Original Draft of the Guidelines (not the official guidelines)
Neighborhood Conservation Overlay now in Effect
The Neighborhood Conservation Overlay (NCO) was passed by Town Council as part of the 2008 zoning ordinance. The NCO provides guidelines for the renovation of existing mill houses and for new construction in the Mill Village. Its purpose is to protect the historic character of the Mill Village and to ensure that future construction maintains and enhances that character.
What is a Conservation Overlay?
A conservation overlay is a new zoning tool used to manage and regulate change, growth and new development in an area. While general zoning can establish guidelines such as where industry, business, and housing can be developed, a conservation overlay allows for more specific management of an existing area with unique character. In order to become an overlay district, an area has to meet certain criteria. It must have been built within a limited time period, it must have a distinct history, it must have architecture that sets it apart from surrounding neighborhoods, and it must have the support and involvement of it’s residents. The Mooresville Mill Village is the perfect candidate to become Mooresville‘s first conservation overlay district.
The purpose of the overlay district is to give residents input into the future of their neighborhood, and to provide protection from undesirable development. Since a conservation overlay is created specifically for a neighborhood’s unique qualities and circumstances, it requires that residents of the district actively participate in the creation and implementation of the overlay guidelines. An overlay district can require new development to meet certain standards, protect older homes from being demolished, and require that renovations and additions blend in with the character of the neighborhood. What the Mooresville Mill Village Conservation Overlay District will do depends on us, the Mooresville Mill Village community.
Conservation Overlay Workshops: Your Feedback
The NCO guidelines are meant to reflect the desires of the community as a whole, not of a few individuals. To make sure of that, a draft of the guidelines was presented to the community at 2 public forums in May 2007. The guidelines were changed, based on what residents said they would like changed.
The final Guidelines were presented for adoption to the Planning Board and then Town Council as part of the new town Zoning Ordinance on March 3, 2007. They went into effect as of the next day.
Read these FAQs, then read the Guidelines.