Planning & Development

  1. 2020_PLN_News

    PUBLIC HEARING Development Ordinance Amendments

    The Pitt County Board of Commissioners to hold a virtual public hearing on Monday, May 17, 2021, at 6:00pm regarding proposed amendments to several development-related ordinances that are administered by the Pitt County Planning Department. Read on...
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    Development Ordinance Amendments

    The Pitt County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 17, 2021, at or after 6:00 p.m. regarding proposed amendments to several development-related ordinances that are administered by the Pitt County Planning Department. Read on...
  3. Student Planners Action Network Organization (SPAN) Group Photo

    S.P.A.N Excited About New Collaboration

    Members of the Student Planners Action Network Organization (SPAN) at East Carolina University are excited about their new partnership with Pitt County’s Alice F. Keene District Park and the Making Pitt Fit Community Garden. Read on...
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    NC 43 South Land Use Plan

    The NC 43 South Land Use Plan is a cooperative effort between Pitt County, the City of Greenville, the Greenville Urban Area MPO, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation to develop a land use plan for the NC 43 South corridor. Read on...
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Responsibilities  

The Planning Department develops and implements plans and policies related to land development to strengthen the long-term sustainability of Pitt County.

  • Floodplain management
  • Land subdivision and manufactured home park regulation enforcement
  • Hazard Mitigation Planning
  • Disaster Recovery Programs
  • Soil erosion and sedimentation control administration
  • Zoning administration 
  • Community development activities
  • Computerized mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • E-911 address assignment
  • Population studies
  • Transportation planning
  • Recreation planning

Planning Department Publications

  1. Work Program
  2. 2020 Neuse River Hazard Mitigation Plan
  3. 2020 Annual Report
  4. Monthly Report

Hurricane Florence Acquisition Public Notice

The Federal Emergency Agency and North Carolina Emergency Management have received the following applications for Federal grant funding. Notice is hereby given of the Federal Emergency Agency’s consideration to provide funding in the form of a Hazard Mitigation Grant.