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  "description": "How to use the zoning map, the Use Table, and the standards to answer “what applies here?”",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T22:06:59.000Z",
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  "textContent": "🗺️\n\nWhen you’re trying to understand a property near you, don’t stop at “zoning.”\n\n1. ****Zoning layer**** : what district is it?\n2. ****Overlay layer(s)**** : is there -P, -TO, watershed, historic, airport, MTC, etc.?\n3. ****Tier layer**** : Rural/Suburban/Urban/Compact/Downtown (functions as an overlay).\n\nThat combination tells you what to look up next in the UDO: the Use Table, intensity standards, and whatever special overlay standards apply.\n\nIf you’ve ever looked up a property and thought, “Okay, it’s zoned _something_ … but why are there extra letters and labels?” - you’ve found the part of Durham’s Unified Development Ordinance that trips up almost everyone:\n\n**Most properties aren’t governed by one rule. They’re governed by layers.**\n\n__Become a free subscriber to access the full article!__\n\n SUBSCRIBE! \n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Zoning, Overlays, and Tiers: UDO Map Layers That Shape What Can Be Built",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-20T22:06:59.000Z"
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