Land Use Plan - Contents

The Town of Cary Land Use Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PAGE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LAND USE PLAN AREA MAPS

1.	INTRODUCTION
	1.1 Background
	1.2 Definition, Usage, and Standing of the Plan
	1.3 Jurisdictional Boundaries, Planning Areas, and Study Areas
	1.4 Regional Geographic Context
	1.5 Governmental Entities Affected by and Affecting the Plan
2.	NATURAL RESOURCES: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
	2.1 Regional Geology, Soils and Steep Slopes
	2.2 Water Supply Watersheds
	2.3 Floodplains and Wetlands
	2.4 Abandoned Hazardous Waste Sites
	2.5 Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species
	2.6 Agriculture and Forestry
3.	THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
	3.1 Existing Development Patterns and Development "Magnets"
	3.2 Schools
	3.3 Thoroughfares
	3.4 The Outer Wake Expressway
	3.5 Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) Proposed Regional Transit Plan
	3.6 Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
	3.7 Historic Resources
4.	LAND SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Existing Land Use Patterns and Land Supply
	4.3 Future Land Demand
	4.4 Analysis and Implications
5.	GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
6.	PLAN CONCEPTS AND LAND USE DEFINITIONS
	6.1 The Urban Model: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Regions
	6.2 Activity Centers
		6.2.1 General Criteria for All Activity Centers
		6.2.2 Criteria Specific to Neighborhood Activity Centers
		6.2.3 Criteria Specific to Community Activity Centers
		6.2.4 Criteria Specific to Regional Activity Centers
	6.3 Office Parks and Office/Industrial Parks
		6.3.1 Office & Industrial Park and Office Park Criteria
	6.4 Nonresidential Uses Not in Activity Centers or Office/Industrial Parks: Commercial, Office/Institutional, and Office/Industrial
		6.4.1 Criteria for Nonresidential Uses Not in Activity Centers or Office/Industrial Parks
	6.5 Residential Town-Planning Elements
		6.5.1 Overview of the Residential Categories
		6.5.2 Criteria and Characteristics Common to All Residential Categories
		6.5.3 Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) Criteria
		6.5.4 Low Density Cluster Development Criteria
	6.6 Parks, Greenways, Conservation Corridors, and Open Space
		6.6.1 Parks
		6.6.2 Greenways
		6.6.3 Conservation Corridors
		6.6.4 Open Space
	6.7 Special Opportunity Sites (SOS)
	6.8 Major Employment Centers
7.	DESIGN GUIDELINES
	7.1 The Motivation for Design Guidelines
	7.2 The National Trend Towards Pedestrian-Friendly Design Guidelines
	7.3 Design Guidelines for Cary
8.	THE LAND USE PLAN MAP: EXPLANATION OF KEY FEATURES
	8.1 Key Features of the Map
	8.2 Land Use Designations within Cary, its ETJ and PPA
	8.3 Chatham County Study Area
	8.4 Upper Middle Creek Study Area
9.	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ACTION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX A: Chapter 4 of the Unified Development Ordinance
APPENDIX B: Survey of Cary’s Existing Shopping Centers -- Acreage and Space