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Wake County Land Use Plan
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Southwest Wake Area Land Use Plan 1-3
SWALUP Land Use Classifications
The following table describes the Land Use Classifications that are applicable to both the Urban
Services Areas and Non-Urban Areas in the Southwest Wake County Area Land Use Plan (see
Proposed Southwest ALUP Update Map). The description and policies associated with these Land Use
Classifications applied to Urban Services Areas represent the County’s vision for how areas so
classified will be developed in conjunction with the provision of urban facilities and services that make
urban uses and intensities possible.
Land Use Classification
Description
Critical Watershed Area
Land in a water supply watershed that is adjacent and
draining to the water source, where it is most important
to filter out potential pollutants.
Neighborhood Activity Center
Land uses include shopping, services, recreation, and
small-scale office and institutional uses needed to meet
the day-to-day needs of the neighborhood. Examples
are grocery or convenience store, pharmacy, video
rental, dry cleaning or laundry, restaurant, service
station, medical or dental practice, insurance agency,
law firm, small neighborhood business office, school,
daycare, church, park, and civic club.
Community Activity Center
Land uses include those uses permitted in
neighborhood activity centers, plus uses that provide
goods and services needed less frequently than on a
daily basis. Examples are commercial, civic or office
and institutional, and medium and low density
residential.
Residential Area Densities
Water Supply Watershed Critical Area (Jordan
Lake)
: Residential use – cluster and other subdivisions
-
up to 0.5 dwelling units per acre
. The current
recommended density for the water supply watershed
critical area, which is shown on the Southwest Wake
Area Land Use Plan Map (see pocket fold-out map), is
proposed to be changed from a density of 1.75 dwelling
units per acre to a recommended density of 0.5
dwelling units per acre.
Water Supply Watershed Non-Critical Area
: The
recommended density for this area is
up to 1 dwelling
unit per acre
.
Non-Water Supply Watershed Area (Harris Lake-
Cape Fear Watersheds)
: The recommended density
for this area is
up to 0.5 dwelling units per acre
.
Non-Water Supply Watershed Area
: The
recommended density for this area is
up to 1.5
dwelling units per acre
.
Main Stream or Lake Buffer
Main stream or lake buffers provide strips of natural
vegetation that remove pollutants from stormwater
runoff before they reach a water supply source or a
watercourse that drains to a water supply source.
Forestry / Light Industry (FLI)
Land uses include mostly forestry or possibly the making
of electricity (non-nuclear) where at least 75% of site stays
in its natural state. Includes lake / stream buffers.
Update 2007