Raleigh's New Development Code

The City of Raleigh along with Code Studio have completed the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) which if approved by City Council will replace the current development code. The UDO addresses contemporary development and zoning practices in a format that is easily understood by administrators and the development community. The UDO supports the goals and policies of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan while reducing regulations and shifting most development approvals to staff providing more predictable outcomes. In addition, the UDO will create regulations that address market trends, incorporate best practices and address contextual issues throughout the city.

Over the last few months staff have completed an audit of the UDO and Code Studio has revised the Public Review Draft of the UDO to create the Public Hearing Draft.

Next Steps:
February 21, 2012: Public Hearing for the UDO at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers.

Notice: "Chapter 6: Use Tables" has been updated - missing information was discovered and the error has been corrected. The error was a result of the conversion process to a PDF file.

Below is a list of documents that will assist with the review of the UDO:
Public Hearing Draft of the UDO	This 24 MB file will take some time to download. Individual chapters of this document are available for ease of download to the right of this page under "Related Information".
Summary of New Content	To help with the comparison of the 2011 public review draft and the 2012 public hearing draft.
Public Hearing Draft Overview	The UDO is intended to fix three major problems, find out which ones and how it will correct them.
Comprehensive Plan Amendments	Now that a consolidated draft of the UDO is available, it is apparent that amendments to the Comprehensive Plan will need to be adopted simultaneously with the UDO to provide policy guidance for future rezoning actions.
Zoning Conversion Reference	Summarizes the major differences between the existing districts and the proposed new districts.
UDO Audit	Staff review of current code and proposed UDO.
Email Comments Limehouse Comments	Comments submitted by the public and staff’s response these comments.
Nov 1st CC Update	Summary of additional items that included in the Draft UDO.
Public Review Draft of the UDO	The version of the UDO released for public comment in April and May of 2011 is still available for comparison purposes.