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Article 5 Lot and Building Standards
5-40 Thoroughfare Density Credits
Wake County Unified Development Code
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Part 4
Thoroughfare and School Density Credits
5-40
Thoroughfare Density Credits
5-40-1 Intent
It is the intent of this section to encourage applicants for development approval to reserve or dedicate
those undeveloped areas needed for proposed major thoroughfares by providing them density credits
on those portions of their land or other properties that will not be needed for major thoroughfare
construction.
5-40-2 Standards for Provision of Density Credits
(A) Scope
This section may apply to any parcel of land abutting or intersected by a proposed major
thoroughfare which has been resolved by the Wake County Board of Commissioners as
having county- or region-wide impact because of its traffic-carrying capacity and effect on
the major thoroughfare system. Density credits may be provided for any residential use in
any residential district.
(B) Calculation of Density Credits
(1)
To the extent that an applicant for a density credit dedicates or reserves undeveloped
land for a proposed major thoroughfare as designated by the Wake County Board of
Commissioners, an applicant may apply for density credits. Density credits are to be
determined by calculating twice the maximum number of residential units that could
have been constructed in the reserved or dedicated area under the zoning regulations
then in effect.
(2)
In cases where the specific alignment of the major thoroughfare has not been
determined, County staff must request such a determination from North Carolina
Department of Transportation (NCDOT). Should NCDOT fail to make a
determination in a timely manner, the Wake County Administration may determine
the alignment.
(C) Reservation or Dedication
As a condition to applying for density credits, the owner of land must:
(1)
Reserve land for the corridor which abuts or intersects the subject property and
record in the office of the Wake County Register of Deeds sufficient legal
documentation in the chain of title of the reserved land to evidence permanent
alienation of development rights in that land; or