2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, April 2024

Land Use

3.11 Industrial Land Uses

Policy LU 11.3 Commercial Uses in Industrial Areas Limit specified non-industrial uses in industrially zoned areas, including office and retail development, in order to preserve these areas for industrial development. Policy LU 11.4 Rezoning/Development of Industrial Areas Allow the rezoning and/or redevelopment of industrial land for non-industrial purposes when the land can no longer viably support industrial activities or is located such that industry is not consistent with the Future Land Use Map. Examples include land in the immediate vicinity of planned transit stations. Policy LU 11.5 Mitigating Industrial Land Use Impacts Mitigate the adverse impacts created by industrial uses through a variety of measures, including buffering, site planning and design, strict environmental controls, performance standards, and the use of a range of industrial zones that reflect the varying impacts of different kinds of industrial uses.

Industrial uses occupy approximately 3,600 acres or 3.7 percent of the city’s jurisdiction. These uses are typically concentrated along rail corridors and the roads that run parallel to them, with some corresponding to warehousing and distribution areas adjacent to interstate highways, such as the area off of the I-40 interchange with Jones Sausage Road in southeast Raleigh. While only 3.7 percent of the city’s jurisdiction is occupied by industrial uses, over 10 percent of the land is zoned for industrial uses (Industrial Mixed Use and Heavy Industrial). The majority of industrially-zoned lands are developed with office or retail uses, which are currently permitted as-of-right within industrial zoning districts. The Comprehensive Plan text and the Future Land Use Map address the location, zoning, and compatibility aspects of Raleigh’s industrial areas.

Policy LU 11.1 Preserving Industrial Land

Support land use policies that protect competitive opportunities to locate industrial, flex, and warehouse sites near major transportation corridors and the airport.

Policy LU 11.6 Brownfields

Policy LU 11.2 Location of Industrial Areas

Identify incentives and other economic development tools to promote remediation of and reinvestment in formerly industrial properties.

Accommodate industrial uses— including municipal public works facilities—in areas that are well buffered from residential uses (and other sensitive uses such as schools), easily accessed from major roads and railroads, and characterized by existing concentrations of industrial uses. Such

Action LU 11.1 Completed 2013

areas are generally designated as “General Industrial” on the Future Land Use Map.

Action LU 11.2 Completed 2013

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