City lot or county lot: settle that before you draw the entrance
Raeford is the Hoke County seat on US 401, and the county courthouse and its permit offices sit in town, so people from rural Hoke come here too. Their lots answer to different rules than a city lot does. The City of Raeford lists a Code Administration department that covers code enforcement, planning, zoning and building inspections. Hoke County Planning handles zoning for unincorporated land only, and the county ordinance leaves out land inside a municipality's extraterritorial area.
County Building Inspection enforces the state building codes and inspects building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and insulation work, but its page doesn't say which side of the city line it covers. Which desk handles your permit is the one thing to confirm by phone with City Hall, before anyone sets forms. Tell us your address and we'll mark which side you're on at the estimate. The Raeford area page covers the rest of local building.
Out in Hoke County: the home rule and the commercial rule
Past the city's reach, the Hoke County Zoning Ordinance has two driveway rules, and the one you read depends on what the pour serves. For a new single-family home or duplex, Section 9.2 governs. The parking area has to hold two off-street spaces of 9 by 18 feet per dwelling, the driveway and garage or carport can count as those spaces, and no driveway can sit closer than 20 feet to an intersection, measured from the right-of-way line. Two spaces side by side make an 18 by 18 pad of 324 square feet, or $2,268 to $3,888 at $7 to $12 per square foot.
Section 9.8 is stricter, and the parking chapter applies its general rules to new development other than single-family and duplex homes. A shop or a multi-unit build has to stay 30 feet from an intersection, run at least 10 feet wide for one-way traffic and 18 feet for two-way, and stay under 24 feet wide unless NCDOT requires more. Where the frontage is under 300 feet, it gets one combined entrance and exit. Driveways on state-maintained streets follow NCDOT standards, and curb cuts need approval from whoever holds the right-of-way. Accessory buildings, like a detached garage at the end of the run, can't go in the front yard on parcels under 2 acres and need 3 feet from side and rear lines and 25 feet from a right-of-way.
Pours around Raeford are priced by the square foot, $7 to $12 per sq ft, and tear-out of an old pad adds $1.50 to $4 per sq ft. The sizes below start from the county's two-space minimum for a new home.
| Job | Size | Per sq ft | What it comes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two required parking spaces only | 18x18 (324 sq ft) | $7 to $12 | $2,268 to $3,888 |
| Two-car pad, 18 feet wide | 18x40 (720 sq ft) | $7 to $12 | $5,040 to $8,640 |
| Wide pad, 24 feet | 24x40 (960 sq ft) | $7 to $12 | $6,720 to $11,520 |
| Tear-out and haul-off of the 18x40 pad | 720 sq ft | $1.50 to $4 | $1,080 to $2,880 |
That's square-foot math and nothing more. Slope, thickness, fill under the base and the county or city rule that applies all move the number. We give a free written estimate after we see the site.
