Dare County Geographical Information System (GIS) has been updated to list and map zoning districts for Dare County. Click here to access the GIS website. Specific questions about how a property within unincorporated Dare County is zoned can be directed to the Dare County Planning Office at 252.475.5870. 

To view Digital Zoning Maps of Unincorporated Dare County, select a location from the following list: 

• Avon
• Buxton Zoning
• Colington
• East Lake July 2013
• Frisco
• Hatteras
• Mann Mashoes
• Martins Point
• Roanoke
• Stumpy Point
• Tri Villages
• Wanchese

Recent Updates to the Dare County Zoning Ordinance Not Currently Reflected in the American Legal Publishing Website:

Section 22-27.14 Harbor Road Marine Commercial MC-2

Section 22-31 Group Development

Portable Storage Containers and Portable Storage Unit Services

Section 22-22.1 R2-A

MP-C Neighborhood Commercial District

Section 22-23.2 MH-A Manns Harbor/Mashoes Zoning District

Zoning Ordinances:

Quicklinks:

Dare County Planning Board

Zoning Board of Adjustment