Raleigh City Zoning Code

Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Sections

  • Article 1.1. Legal Provisions
  • Article 1.2. Zoning Map
  • Article 1.3. Zoning Districts
  • Article 1.4. Building Types
  • Article 1.5. Measurement, Exceptions & General Rules of Applicability
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CHAPTER 2

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

Sections

  • Article 2.1. General Provisions
  • Article 2.2. Conventional Development Option
  • Article 2.3. Compact Development
  • Article 2.4. Conservation Development Option
  • Article 2.5. Common Open Space Requirements
  • Article 2.6. Additional Housing Patterns
  • Article 2.7. Frequent Transit Development Option
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CHAPTER 3

MIXED USE DISTRICTS

Sections

  • Article 3.1. General Provisions
  • Article 3.2. Base Dimensional Standards
  • Article 3.3. Height Requirements
  • Article 3.4. Frontage Requirements
  • Article 3.5. Neighborhood Transitions
  • Article 3.6. Additional Housing Patterns
  • Article 3.7. Frequent Transit Development Option
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CHAPTER 4

SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Sections

  • Article 4.1. General Provisions
  • Article 4.2. Conservation Management (CM)
  • Article 4.3. Agriculture Productive (AP)
  • Article 4.4. Heavy Industrial (IH)
  • Article 4.5. Manufactured Housing (MH)
  • Article 4.6. Campus (CMP)
  • Article 4.7. Planned Development (PD)
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CHAPTER 5

OVERLAY DISTRICTS

Sections

  • Article 5.1. General Provisions
  • Article 5.2. Environmental Overlays
  • Article 5.3. Corridor Overlays
  • Article 5.4. Character Protection Overlays
  • Article 5.5. Transit Overlays
  • Article 5.6. Parking Overlays
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CHAPTER 6

USE REGULATIONS

Sections

  • Article 6.1. Allowed Uses
  • Article 6.2. Residential Uses
  • Article 6.3. Public & Institutional Uses
  • Article 6.4. Commercial Uses
  • Article 6.5. Industrial Uses
  • Article 6.6. Open Uses
  • Article 6.7. Accessory Uses & Structures
  • Article 6.8. Temporary Uses
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CHAPTER 7

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

Sections

  • Article 7.1. Parking
  • Article 7.2. Landscaping and Screening
  • Article 7.3. Signs
  • Article 7.4. Site Lighting
  • Article 7.5. Outdoor Display and Storage
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CHAPTER 8

SUBDIVISION & SITE PLAN STANDARDS

Sections

  • Article 8.1. General Provisions
  • Article 8.2. Infrastructure Sufficiency
  • Article 8.3. Blocks, Lots, Access
  • Article 8.4. New and Existing Streets
  • Article 8.5. Street Cross Sections
  • Article 8.6. Reimbursements
  • Article 8.7. Utilities
  • Article 8.8. Surface Water Drainage
  • Article 8.9. Facility Fees
  • Article 8.10. Enforcement
  • Article 8.11. Transit Infrastructure
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CHAPTER 9

NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION

Sections

  • Article 9.1. Tree Conservation
  • Article 9.2. Stormwater Management
  • Article 9.3. Special Flood Hazard Area Regulations
  • Article 9.4. Erosion & Sedimentation Control
  • Article 9.5. Watershed Protection Areas
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CHAPTER 10

ADMINISTRATION

Sections

  • Article 10.1. Review Bodies
  • Article 10.2. Review Procedures
  • Article 10.3. Nonconformities
  • Article 10.4. Enforcement
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CHAPTER 11

BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE

Sections

  • Article 11.1. Adoption of Codes by Reference
  • Article 11.2. Development Services Department
  • Article 11.3. Examining Boards & Licensing
  • Article 11.4. Enforcement Provisions
  • Article 11.5. Unsafe Buildings
  • Article 11.6. Housing Code
  • Article 11.7. Manufactured Homes
  • Article 11.8. Demolition by Neglect of Historic Landmarks and Structures Within Historic Overlay Districts
  • Article 11.9. Nonresidential Building or Structure Code
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CHAPTER 12

DEFINITIONS

Sections

  • Article 12.1. General
  • Article 12.2. Defined Terms
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HISTORY TABLE

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