CP-4-21 is a Comprehensive Plan Amendment that changes the relevant policies and language in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan to align with proposed changes to the Unified Development Ordinance in TC-5-20 Missing Middle Housing.

Missing middle housing types occupy a middle ground between single-family homes and large apartment buildings. Examples include duplexes, townhouses, quadplexes, and other small apartment buildings.  Once common, and still present in the city’s older neighborhoods, they have largely been excluded by zoning that favors or mandates single-family use. These types of housing are more affordable than single-family homes. They are also more energy efficient, reducing carbon emissions. Allowing these types of housing in more areas is an incremental way to increase the housing supply while maintaining the existing scale and character of existing neighborhoods.

Raleigh is rapidly growing and new ways to accommodate housing can take place in all neighborhoods. By allowing incremental change over a much wider area, the need for housing can be accommodated with a variety of housing types and in different neighborhood settings, meeting the demand for living in these areas at different price points and for households at different stages of life.

See the full proposed amendment here.  

See What is the Missing Middle? for more information on TC-5-20 and Missing Middle Housing.

Applicant: This is a city-initiated Comprehensive Plan Amendment

Case Planner: Jason Hardin, jason.hardin@raleighnc.gov, 919-996-2657