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Permits and rules
The permits a new home needs, and the rules that shape what you can build.
Permits & rules
Can you build a backyard cottage or in-law suite on your Triangle lot?
What Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Wake County and the new state law say about accessory dwellings, and what decides whether one fits on your lot.
Permits & rules
Can you build on a Triangle lot with a creek or pond?
How the state's 50-foot stream buffers in the Neuse and Jordan Lake areas shape where a house, septic system and driveway can go on a lot with water.
Permits & rules
How zoning decides how big a house your Triangle lot can hold
What zoning, setbacks, height limits and hard-surface caps mean for where a house sits on a lot, and what you can add later, in Raleigh, Cary, Wake and Johnston.
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