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Article 5 Lot and Building Standards
5-12 Cluster and Open Space Development
Wake County Unified Development Code
5-3
(B) Open Space Development
The minimum required land area for an open space development is 25 acres.
5-12-4 Minimum Open Space
(A) Cluster Development
(1)
At least 10% of the land area within a cluster development must be set aside and
permanently preserved as open space if the development is located within an Urban
Services Area or Urban Services Area/Water Supply Watershed.
(2)
Cluster developments located in a Non-Urban Area, and Non-Urban Area/Water
Supply Watershed must set aside and permanently preserve at least 25% of the
subdivision’s total land area as open space.
(B) Open Space Development
(1)
At least 30% of the land area within an open space development must be set aside
and permanently preserved as open space if the development is located within an
Urban Services Area or Urban Services Area/Water Supply Watershed.
(2)
Open space developments located within Non-Urban Services Areas or Non-Urban
Services Areas/Water Supply Watershed must set aside and permanently preserve at
least 40% of the subdivision’s total land area as open space.
[Amended on 8/1/2011 by OA 02-11.]
5-12-5 Density and Lot Size
(A) Cluster Development
The following density and lot size standards apply to all cluster developments. (See Part 3
of this article [p. 5-11] for rules governing measurement of and exceptions to these
standards):
District
Cluster Development
Maximum
Density
(units/acre) [1]
Minimum Lot Size
Area
(square feet) [1] [2]
[3]
Width
(feet)
R-80W 0.50
40,000
110
R-80
0.50
40,000
110
R-40W 1.00
20,000
75
R-40 1.00
20,000
75
R-30 1.45
12,000
60
R-20
2.17
6,000
50
R-15
2.90
5,000
45
R-10 4.35
3,000
40
R-5
8.70
3,000
40
RHC
1.45
12,000
60
HD
1.45
12,000
60
GB
2.17
6,000
50
O&I
1.45
12,000
60
[1] More restrictive standards may apply to lots within the Swift Creek, Little River and Smith Creek Water Supply Watersheds.
See Article 11.Part 3.
[2] Minimum lot area per dwelling unit. For example, duplex in R-80 district requires minimum lot area of 80,000 square feet.