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Planning & Zoning

The Town of Dallas Zoning Ordinance requires permits for the following: 

  • New Construction
  • Additions and Remodels
  • Accessory Structures and Fences
  • Demolition
  • Signage
  • Customary Home Occupations
  • Beekeeping and Apiary Activities
  • Food Trucks

 

Before submitting your application, please be sure that you are within the Town of Dallas Zoning Jurisdiction and visit Gaston County GIS to obtain your parcel number.

 

Fee Schedule

Town of Dallas GIS map below can also be used to obtain zoning district and parcel number

Permitting

Forms

The access the Town of Dallas Code of Ordinances, please click the link below. 

Town of Dallas Code of Ordinances

 

Coming Soon

Staff Review Draft - Full Ordinance UDO 03-31-2026

Design Dallas is a new initiative by the Town’s Planning Department to consolidate the Town’s zoning, subdivision, and development regulations into a new Unified Development Ordinance (or “UDO”). The UDO is the Town’s primary tool for guiding land use and development activities in ways that improve quality of life, support property values, and protect the Town’s community character. In 2022, the Town adopted a new comprehensive land use plan that creates a framework for how the community will develop in the future. The next step is to revise the development regulations for Dallas in order to implement the recommendations in the land use plan and other adopted policy guidance. Design Dallas is the effort to revise the development regulations.

For more information and to stay current with the UDO process please visit Design Dallas.

Forms

The Town of Dallas is happy to help with your next development or subdivision project.

 

Forms

Resources

The Town of Dallas defines a subdivision as the division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building development (whether immediate or future).

All subdivisions, regardless of category, require a subdivision permit and plat approval by the Development Services Director. 

Minor Subdivisions

  • No new roads are proposed or right-of-way dedicated;
  • The entire tract to be subdivided is ten acres or less in size;
  • Where ten or fewer lots will result after the subdivision is completed; AND
  • The subdivision will not require public/community water, sewer, or electric infrastructure to be extended.

Major Subdivisions 

  • New roads are proposed or rights-of-way are dedicated;
  • The entire tract to be subdivided is greater than ten acres;
  • More than ten lots are created after the subdivision is completed; AND/OR
  • The subdivision requires public/community water, sewer, or electric infrastructure to be extended.

Exempt Subdivisions 

  • The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded lots where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the town

  • The division of land into parcels greater than ten acres where no street right-of-way dedication is involved

  • The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or opening of streets

  • The division of a tract in single ownership whose entire area is no greater than two acres into not more than three lots, where no street right-of-way dedication is involved and where the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the town

  • The division of land by any method of transfer solely among members of a linear family, which shall include only direct lineal descendants and direct lineal ascendants; and brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews

Forms

Resources

  • Petition for Annexation

    Process for Voluntary Annexation into the Town of Dallas

    1. Applicant completes and submits the Petition for Annexation along with all accompanying documents. 

    2. Town Staff review the petition and report back with a Certificate of Sufficiency.

    3. A Public hearing is scheduled, advertised, and held at a monthly Board of Alderman meeting. 

    4. Board of Alderman make a determination on annexation.

Gaston County GIS

provides information on current zoning/ land use, flood areas, parks, emergency services, and much more! 

Dallas NC Zoning Map
Code Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the nuisance codes within the Town of Dallas Code of Ordinances. These regulations address property maintenance, nuisance conditions, zoning compliance, signage, inoperable or abandoned vehicles, overgrown vegetation, and other issues that affect the health, safety, and appearance of the community. Code Enforcement also administers the Town's Minimum Housing regulations, which address residential structures that have become unsafe or unfit for human habitation due to deterioration, damage, or neglect. Staff work with residents and property owners to achieve voluntary compliance whenever possible while ensuring the Town's ordinances are fairly and consistently enforced.

If you have a question about code enforcement, or would like to make a complaint, please contact:

Stuart Valzonis
Planning Director
Email
704-922-3176 Ext. 230

Meeting Information

The Planning Board and/or Board of Adjustment meets at the Fire Dept. Community Room on the third Thursday of each month, starting at 6:30 PM.  

Planning Board/ Board of Adjustment

The Town of Dallas Planning Board also serves in dual capacity as the Town's Board of Adjustment. This group consists of seven (7) members and two (2) alternates, who have been appointed by the Board of Alderman for a term of three years. 

To be considered for a seat on the Planning Board upon the next available opening, please complete an application and submit to Town Hall, or send via email.

Planning Board Application

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