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Article 5 Lot and Building Standards
5-41 School Density Credits
Wake County Unified Development Code
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(2)
Dedicate land for the corridor that abuts or intersects the subject property to Wake
County or the State of North Carolina, without any restrictions on its use.
5-40-3 Application of Density Credits
This density credit may be applied to increase the allowed density of any other land as provided
herein.
(A)
Density credits may be applied to any tract of land located within the county's zoning
jurisdiction, regardless of ownership, except land located within a water supply watershed.
(B)
In order to apply density credits to the same or different tracts, the application must be
approved as a special use in accordance with the special use procedures Sec. 19-23.
(C)
By applying a density credit to a particular parcel, the owner or developer may increase the
allowable density of uses by decreasing the size of the lot below that required in the
district; however, in no case may density for the entire tract exceed 10,000 square feet per
dwelling unit in all planning areas to which this subsection applies.
(D)
The owner of the density credits must apply for a special exception within 5 years of the
date the land is reserved or dedicated. After this period, density credits become null and
void.
5-40-4 Required Yards
The depth and width of all required yards and minimum lot widths may be reduced to correspond
with those requirements for the zoning district with which the reduced lot size most closely complies.
Should the development have lots sized between the minimum lot sizes of 2 districts, the
requirements of the higher density district apply.
5-40-5 Maximum Lot Coverage Allowed
The maximum amount of a lot which may be covered with impervious surfaces after application of
density credits may not exceed 50%.
5-41
School Density Credits
5-41-1 Intent
It is the intent of this section to encourage applicants for development approval to dedicate those
undeveloped areas needed for proposed public school sites by providing them density credits on those
portions of their land or other properties that will not be needed for major public school site
construction.
5-41-2 Standards for Provision of Density Credits
(A) Scope
This section may apply to any parcel of land which is the proposed site of a school within
the Wake County Public School System, as resolved by the Wake County Board of
Education with the concurrence of the Wake County Board of Commissioners. Density
credits may be provided for any residential use in any residential district.
(B) Calculation of Density Credits
To the extent that an applicant for a density credit dedicates undeveloped land for a
proposed public school site as designated by the Wake County Board of Education, with