Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

Article 5 Lot and Building Standards 5-40 Thoroughfare Density Credits

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

Wake County Unified Development Code 5-14