LI — Light Industrial
Front: 30 feet. Side: 15 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
Setbacks in Wake Forest, NC
What the Wake Forest zoning ordinance says about setbacks, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.
HI — Heavy Industrial
Front: 50 feet. Side: 30 feet. Rear: 50 feet, the largest setbacks of any district. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
OS — Open Space
Front: 20 feet. Side: 10 feet. Rear: 25 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
RD — Rural Holding District
Front: 20 feet. Side: 8 feet. Rear: 25 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
GR3 — General Residential 3
Front: 30 feet. Side: 10 feet. Rear: 30 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
GR5 — General Residential 5
Front: 30 feet. Side: 10 feet. Rear: 30 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
GR10 — General Residential 10
Front: 30 feet. Side: 10 feet. Rear: 30 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
NB — Neighborhood Business
Front: 20 feet. Side: 10 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
HB — Highway Business
Front: 20 feet. Side: 15 feet. Rear: 20 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
ICD — Institutional Campus Development
Front: 20 feet. Side: 10 feet. Rear: 25 feet. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
UR — Urban Residential
Front setback is a maximum of 20 feet (form-based districts cap the front setback instead of only setting a minimum, to hold a consistent street wall). Side: 5 feet minimum. Rear: 5 feet minimum. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
RMX — Residential Mixed-Use
Front setback is a maximum of 18 feet. Side: 0 feet minimum. Rear: 0 feet minimum (attached and zero-lot-line building forms are expected in this district). Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
NMX — Neighborhood Mixed-Use
Front setback is a maximum of 12 feet. Minimum building frontage buildout is 60 percent of the lot's street frontage. Side and rear setback exact figures are review-gated; see UDO Sec. 2.2.3 chart. 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
Front setback is a maximum of 5 feet, the tightest in the code. Minimum building frontage buildout is 70 percent. This is the downtown historic core district (White Street from Elm to Roosevelt). Side and rear setback exact figures are review-gated; see UDO Sec. 2.2.3 chart. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
UMX — Urban Mixed-Use
Front setback is a maximum of 6 feet. Minimum building height is 16 feet. Side and rear setback exact figures are review-gated; see UDO Sec. 2.2.3 chart. Confirm the current zoning map, any Conditional Zoning or Conditional District case, and the cited section text before acting.
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