LI — Light Industrial
Maximum 50 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
Building height in Wake Forest, NC
What the Wake Forest zoning ordinance says about building height, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
HI — Heavy Industrial
Maximum 50 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
OS — Open Space
Maximum 35 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
RD — Rural Holding District
Maximum 3 stories. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
GR3 — General Residential 3
Maximum 3 stories. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
GR5 — General Residential 5
Maximum 3 stories. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
GR10 — General Residential 10
Maximum 3 stories. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
NB — Neighborhood Business
Maximum 35 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
HB — Highway Business
Maximum 50 feet, or 90 feet in the US-1 Corridor with an approved Special Use Permit. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
ICD — Institutional Campus Development
Maximum 3 stories. Maximum building floor area 50,000 square feet per building (UDO Sec. 2.2.5 chart). Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
UR — Urban Residential
Maximum 3 stories. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
RMX — Residential Mixed-Use
Maximum 6 stories. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
NMX — Neighborhood Mixed-Use
Maximum 6 stories. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
RA HC — Renaissance Area Historic Core
Maximum 3 stories on White Street between Elm and Roosevelt; other height figures in this district are review-gated pending a full read of the Sec. 2.2.3 chart. Confirm the current zoning map and the cited section text before acting.
UMX — Urban Mixed-Use
Minimum 16 feet, maximum 6 stories, which may be exceeded with an approved Special Use Permit. This is the most intensive urban form-based district in the code. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
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