610 Roundtree St, New Bern, NC 28560

Residential District

The R-6 residential district is designed to accommodate single-, two-, and multifamily dwellings with 6000 square feet minimum lots for one dwelling unit and 2000 square feet required for each additional unit. Mobile homes and mobile home parks are also permitted and shall be subject to the standards described in sections 15-164 and 15-165. For the R-6 residential district, in promoting the general purposes of this ordinance, the specific intent of this district is: To encourage continued use of the land for residential purposes and certain compatible nonresidential uses.; To prohibit commercial and industrial use of the land; to prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of residential structures in the district.; To encourage the discontinuance of existing uses that would not be permitted as new uses in the district.; To discourage any use which because of its character or size would generate traffic or require municipal services substantially in excess of traffic and services that would exist if the district were developed solely for residential uses.