Plan Overview
City of Raleigh Comprehensive Plan Overview
The comprehensive plan is a major component of the planning process for the city as it guides the long-range, comprehensive decision making process involving primarily physical development and those city actions expected to influence development in the long-term. The comprehensive plan contains goals, objectives, policies and guidelines for growth and redevelopment for the city. More details on these recommendations can be found in the various chapters of the Plan.
Contents
Table of contents of the comprehensive plan.
Introduction
This chapter contains the role of the comprehensive plan in development and city government and an explanation of the format and contents of the plan.
Population and Employment
These statistics are based on the 2000 census data. The projections, which are organized by planning district and employment type, form a basis for policy development.
Plan Framework
This chapter contains an explanation of planning philosophy and terms. City-wide goals, objectives, policies and guidelines are included in this chapter. The Recommended Urban Form Map and urban form guidelines for the City are located here.
Business District Plans
A type of small area plan concerned with business areas. These may be pedestrian- or automobile-oriented business areas. The plan may be in association with a Pedestrian Business Overlay zoning district. A business district plan may also guide redevelopment of strip commercial land uses.
Corridor Plans
A kind of small area plan. In the hierarchy of the Comprehensive Plan, small area plans contain more detailed recommendations than district plans. Corridor Plans can apply either to a transportation corridor, such as a roadway or rail line or to a natural corridor such as a river. Corridor Plans are concerned with the particular circumstances related to the linear, flowing nature of corridors.
Neighborhood Plans
A kind of small area plan, containing more detailed recommendations than district plans. Neighborhood plans are intended to address neighborhood-specific issues. See the Raleigh City Code for neighborhood eligibility and plan preparation.
Regional Center Plans
Regional Centers contain the most intense development in the city. The concentration of housing, retail and employment is a major factor in the dynamics of the Triangle region. There are three Regional Centers in the city: the Central Area Regional Center; the area to the west and north of the airport and east of the Research Triangle Park on U.S. Hwy. 70, known as the Northwest/Airport Regional Center; and the Northeast Regional Center located in the Mini City area generally in the vicinity of Atlantic Avenue to U.S. 1 and U.S. 401.
Small Area Plans
In the hierarchy of the Comprehensive Plan, small area plans follow the overall Comprehensive Plan and the District Plans in size and detail. Small area plans often contain land use recommendations and policy boundary lines. These are the different kinds of small area plans: corridor plans, watershed plans, business district plans, neighborhood plans, regional center plans and special area plans.
Watershed Plans
A type of small area plan, provides policies and guidelines for protecting our drinking water supply. A watershed is an area that drains into a particular river, stream or lake. In Raleigh, the Swift Creek and Falls Lake Watersheds are significant because the water collected in these watersheds is used for drinking water. For standards related to watersheds, see the "Guidelines" section of this Plan.
Glossary
This chapter includes a glossary of planning terms used in the plan.
For More Information Contact:
Martin Stankus
Senior Planner
Planning Department
One Exchange Plaza, Suite 204
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-516-2661
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