Unified Development Ordinance, 31st Supplement, May 2024

CHAPTER 1. ​INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS | Article 1.5. Measurement, Exceptions & General Rules of Applicability

2. Blank wall area applies to both ground and upper stories.

architectural treatments, translucent garage doors, single doors, projecting elements over the garage doors (such as bay windows) and limits on the total number of doors that face the street. 4. Where garage doors are located perpendicular to the street, measures should be taken to reduce the visual impact of the side wall that faces the street. Measures include architectural treatments, changes in material, landscaping, vegetation or the installation of windows. B. Applicability 1. Any private residential garage located in a National Register Historic District, but not in a General Historic Overlay District, Streetside Historic Overlay District or a City of Raleigh designated Historic Landmark, constructed after September 1, 2013, must meet the standards of this section. 2. In addition to the standards provided in this section, attached and detached garages must meet all applicable requirements for either principal buildings or accessory structures as set forth in this UDO. 3. Any garage constructed prior to September 1, 2013 that does not comply with these private residential garage parking options is not considered non-conforming. If a pre-existing garage is voluntarily demolished, any new garage must be constructed in compliance with these regulations. If a pre existing garage that does not meet these regulations is destroyed following a casualty, the garage may be reconstructed to its previous state. C. Design Alternate Findings The Planning Commission or Design Review Commission performing the quasi judicial duties of the Planning Commission (as designated by the City Council), after conducting a duly noticed quasi-judicial evidentiary hearing in accordance with Sec. 10.2.17., shall approve an alternate garage option, if all of the following findings are satisfied: 1. The approved alternate is consistent with the intent of the garage option regulations; 2. Measures are taken to mitigate the visual impact of the garage design; and 3. The required garage setbacks are met D. Detached House and Attached House On lots of less than 1 acre, garage placement must match one of the following standards.

Blank Wall Area

Blank Wall Area

D. Design Alternate Findings The Planning Commission or Design Review Commission performing the quasi judicial duties of the Planning Commission (as designated by the City Council), after conducting a duly noticed quasi-judicial evidentiary hearing in accordance with Sec. 10.2.17., shall approve additional blank wall, if all of the following findings are satisfied: 1. The approved alternate is consistent with the intent of the blank wall area regulations; 2. The increase in blank wall area is offset by additional architectural treatments and increased vertical landscaping; 3. The approved alternate proposes a design compatible with adjacent context and does not produce adverse outcomes for neighbors or pedestrians. 4. The approved alternate uses blank wall to elevate the overall design. Sec. 1.5.11. Reserved Sec. 1.5.12. National Register Historic District Residential Garage Parking Options A. Intent 1. The intent of the residential garage options is to minimize the visual impact of street-facing garage doors. 2. Where garage doors can be seen from the street, measures should be taken to reduce the visual impact of the doors. 3. Measures include garage doors set back from the front wall plane,

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Part 10: Unified Development Ordinance City of Raleigh, North Carolina

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