Yes — detached accessory dwelling units are permitted by right in the R-10 district1. The unit must be set back at least 10 feet from the rear property line2.
GroundedUDO §4.2.3, §4.2.76 sources considered
For planning departments · Built in North Carolina · Decision support, never automated decisions
For clerks, code administrators, and attorneys · Built in North Carolina
Faster, defensible answers from your own ordinance — without adding a planner.
Your ordinance as a system of record — every amendment traceable from the problem to the adopted text.
VaraPlan gives your staff a cited answer to any zoning question, every rule that governs a parcel in one view, and a first draft of the staff report. Every output points back to the code, and a planner reviews and signs it.
VaraCode keeps the clause-level history your office needs: what changed, why it changed, who approved it, and which version governed on any date. Word files and email chains are replaced by one controlled workflow.
For planning directors and their review teams
VaraPlan
Planning intelligence
VaraPlan
Planning intelligence
Every planning answer, traced to the ordinance that supports it.
GIS, parcel, UDO, and adopted-plan context in one place, so your senior planners stop spending afternoons in the code and your new hires get productive in weeks, not years.
- Answer a zoning or land-use question in minutes, with the section cited — from your record only.
- See every rule that governs a parcel — zoning, overlays, adopted-plan context — in one view.
- Start the staff report from a first draft your planner edits, signs, and owns.
- When the record does not support an answer, it says so instead of guessing.
Can the owner at 480 Hillsboro St build a detached ADU, and what setback applies?
What's the maximum size for the ADU?
A detached ADU is limited to 800 square feet or 50 percent of the principal dwelling's heated floor area, whichever is less3. Its height may not exceed the principal structure4.
GroundedUDO §4.2.4, §4.2.54 sources considered
For clerks, code administrators, and attorneys
VaraCode
Code intelligence
VaraCode
Code intelligence
The ordinance as a system of record, not a PDF.
Versioned source text with a controlled path from an identified problem through drafting, review, adoption, and publication — so the code's history is as defensible as the decisions built on it.
- Track a code issue from the first complaint to the adopted amendment.
- Draft, review, and adopt amendments in one workflow — no Word files in email.
- Answer "what governed on this date?" with the exact text, in seconds.
- Catch conflicts between sections before they reach the board.
How a demo works
Thirty minutes. One workflow. No commitment.
1
Pick one workflow.
A zoning question, a parcel lookup, a first-pass staff report, or an amendment cycle.
2
See it on screen, against real code.
We walk through the workflow live. Send your ordinance ahead of time and we show it against your own text.
3
Pilot only if it fits.
A 60–90 day pilot scoped to one workflow, with IT and Legal review before anything goes live. The pilot fee is credited toward a subscription.
Built for public-sector review
What your attorney and IT director will ask. Answered up front.
No delegation of authority
Decision support only. Nothing is issued, denied, adopted, or published by the software. A person signs every outcome.
You own your data
Full municipal data ownership. Export or delete on request.
Defensible on the record
A citation on every answer, audit logs on every action, and an abstention when the record does not support a conclusion.
Ready for IT review
Hosted on Microsoft Azure. Role-based access, encryption in transit and at rest. Security and data-handling documentation available before the pilot.
Licensed per municipality, not per seat — priced well below the cost of one additional planner.
Book a demo
See it against your own ordinance.
A 30-minute walkthrough on one workflow you pick. We reply within two business days to set a time.
- No procurement, no contract, nothing to install.
- Bring your planner, clerk, or attorney — whoever will ask the hard questions.
- Leave with a clear yes or no on whether a pilot makes sense.