4.1.1 Establishment of Districts

A. The following zoning districts are hereby established, and are intended to implement the Comprehensive Plan. Each district is only appropriate in development tiers where it effectively implements the plan, as set forth below:

Symbol	District	Former Districts
Residential Districts
RR	Residential Rural	RD
RS-20 RS-10 RS-8 RS-M	Residential Suburban – 20 Residential Suburban – 10 Residential Suburban – 8 Residential Suburban Multifamily	R-20 R-10, R-15 R-8 RM-8, RM-12, RM-16
RU-5 RU-5(2) RU-M	Residential Urban – 5 Residential Urban – 5 (2) (duplexes allowed) Residential Urban Multifamily	R-5 R-3 RM-16, RM-20
RC	Residential Compact	ITOD-CN, RM-CN
Nonresidential Districts
CI	Commercial Infill	– NEW –
CN	Commercial Neighborhood	NC
OI	Office and Institutional	O&I-1, O&I-2
CG	Commercial General	GC
SRP	Science Research Park	RSCH, RAD
SRP-C	Science Research Park-Center	– NEW – (County Only)
IL	Industrial Light	I-2, CT
I	Industrial	I-3
Planned Districts
PDR	Planned Development Residential	PDR
UC	University and College	UC
UC-2	University and College-2	– NEW –
CC	Commercial Center	SC
IP	Industrial Park	I-1
MU	Mixed Use	MU
Design Districts
CD-C	Compact Design – Core	– NEW –
CD-S1	Compact Design – Support 1	– NEW –
CD-S2	Compact Design – Support 2	– NEW –
CD-P(N)	Compact Design – Pedestrian Business Sub-district (Ninth Street)	– NEW –
CSD-C	Compact Suburban Design – Core	– NEW –
CSD-S1	Compact Suburban Design – Support 1	– NEW –
CSD-S2	Compact Suburban Design – Support 2	– NEW –
DD-C	Downtown Design – Core	– NEW –
DD-S1	Downtown Design – Support 1	– NEW –
DD-S2	Downtown Design – Support 2	– NEW –
Overlays
-P	Neighborhood Protection Overlay	P
-TO	Transitional Office Overlay	TO
-A60 -A65	Airport Overlay	60 to 65 LDN Above 65 LDN
-MTC	Major Transportation Corridor Overlay	MTC, I-540
-H	Historic Districts & Landmarks Overlay	Historic District Overlay
M/LR-A, -B F/J-A, -B E-A, -B, E-A(2)	Watershed Protection Overlays Lake Michie/Little River District Falls/Jordan District Eno River District	M/LR-A, -B F/J-A, -B E-A, -B

1Within Rural Villages as designated in the Comprehensive Plan only.

B. All development plans approved as part of a rezoning action shall continue in force, except as may be modified in the future under the provisions of paragraph 3.5.12, Deviations from Approved Development Plans.