2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, April 2024

Downtown Raleigh

Downtown Section Organization and Use The policies and actions contained in the

As described in the Framework chapter, Raleigh’s Vision for 2030 is structured to address these issues through six vision themes or citywide goals. By actively encouraging growth and development, both commercial and residential, within downtown, Raleigh will advance toward its goal of Economic Prosperity and Equity . By exploring strategies to provide a wide range of opportunities for people to live within downtown, Raleigh will make strides toward achieving its goal of Expanding Housing Choices . By focusing the city’s highest intensity development within downtown, Raleigh will meet its over-arching goal of Managing Our Growth. Through the encouragement of high-density transit-oriented development, expanding accessibility and transportation options, and improving connectivity among downtown activity centers, Raleigh will make progress toward Coordinating Land Use and Transportation . Through sustainable building design, the promotion of publicly accessible open space, and connecting downtown with the regional greenway network, Raleigh embraces its Greenprint Raleigh goal. Lastly, by growing a vibrant retail marketplace, furthering a unique sense of place, and advancing strategic planning and investments, Raleigh ensures its goal of Growing Successful Neighborhoods and Communities . To track the efficiency of the city’s policies, any of the Comprehensive Plan’s vision themes that may be relevant to a particular policy are indicated by one of six icons. The vision themes are: Economic Prosperity and Equity. Expanding Housing Choices. Managing Our Growth. Coordinating Land Use and Transportation. Greenprint Raleigh. Growing Successful Neighborhoods and Communities. In this Section and throughout the Plan, Key Policies used to evaluate zoning consistency are noted as such with an orange dot ( ).

Downtown Section are downtown-specific. They supplement rather than replace applicable citywide policies under the same headings. Taken together, they utilize the framework of the overall Comprehensive Plan and apply it at a more detailed level to Raleigh's urban core. In applying the policies in this section, the following guidance applies: • Relevant policies in the citywide sections also apply to downtown unless otherwise noted. • Policies contained within this section, where not echoed elsewhere in the Plan, apply to downtown only. • Where there is a conflict between a citywide policy and a downtown policy, the downtown policy shall control in downtown.

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