An Overview of Programs. Resource Conservation Goals. General Considerations in Program Desing and Implementation. Definition of Services Areas. Regulatory Standard-Setting. Regularory Data Gathering. Governmental Roles in Regulating Sensitive Areas. Legal Restraints. Sensitive Area Programs in the Broader Context of Land Use Management.

"Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes is the first major recodification and modernization of city and county development regulations since 1905. The endeavor was initiated by the Zoning and Land Use Section of the N.C. Bar Association in 2013 and emanated from the section's rewrite of the city and county board of adjustments statute earlier that year. This bill summary and its many footnotes are intended to help citizens and local governments understand and navigate these changes."--Page vii.