The Developmentfeature service is a graphical depiction of development locations within Apex's jurisdiction that are proposed, approved, or under construction. A hyperlink is included for access to submitted plans. New developments are added at the beginning of each month. The status of each development is updated as the following benchmarks are met: Town of Apex Technical Review Committee approval, Town Council approval, and construction permit issuance. Developments are removed once certificates of occupancy are issued. Hyperlinked PDFs are updated with either the latest preliminary plans, approved plans, or signed construction drawings. The Apex Development Reportmay be referenced as a complementary resource.

North Carolina General Statutes gives municipalities the right to zone land within their corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. The Town of Apex's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) is the Town's zoning ordinance as allowed and directed by the NC General Statutes. Zoning classifications, and their regulations, listed within this dataset can be found in Article 3 of the UDO. Each zoning district has its own purpose and has permitted and/or special uses that control the use of land within each district. Use restrictions vary by case, and the hyperlinked documentation provided in the attribute table details the conditions approved by Town Council for its associated rezoning case. Rezoning approval is no guarantee that development will occur on the properties involved.

The Apex Bicycle and Pedestrian System Plan Map is a compilation of recommendations approved with Parks, Recreation, Greenways, and Open Space Master Plan (adopted June 18, 2013, updated May 9, 2023); Bike Apex: The Comprehensive Bicycle Plan (adopted January 3, 2019); and Advance Apex: The 2045 Transportation Plan (adopted February 5, 2019). The recommendations of each plan were fully incorporated into the respective Town maps. These maps are “living” documents, regularly updated based on new information, development design, and amendments resulting from Town Council public hearings.This file is created and maintained by the Town of Apex Planning Department and is shared with Parks and Recreation in order to provide the 'bare bones' of the Apex Bicycle and Pedestrian System Plan Map. The actual map is constructed in Adobe Photoshop and contains additional symbols, text, and design.

Location of proposed and existing on-road bicycle facilities in the Town of Apex's long range planning jurisdiction. Facility types include separate bicycle lanes, shared lanes, and paved shoulders. This file is regularly updated based on new information, development design, and amendments resulting from Town Council public hearings.

The 2045 Land Use Map is based on the recommendations of Advance Apex: The 2045 Land Use Plan Map Update. Amendments approved after initial Plan adoption are incorporated. Activity center nodes are also identified. Mixed Use polygons designate areas where ≥30% of the land use is required to be nonresidential development. Apartment Only polygons designate areas with High Density Residential striping where only apartments are allowed as a future residential land use.

Location of proposed and existing greenways and side paths in the Town of Apex's long range planning jurisdiction. This file is regularly updated based on new information, development design, and amendments resulting from Town Council public hearings.

The construction of this data model was adapted from the Telvent Miner & Miner ArcFM MultiSpeak data model to provide interface functionality with Milsoft Utility Solutions WindMil engineering analysis program. Database adaptations, GPS data collection, and all subsequent GIS processes were performed by Southern Geospatial Services for the Town of Apex Electric Utilities Division in accordance to the agreement set forth in the document "Town of Apex Electric Utilities GIS/GPS Project Proposal" dated March 10, 2008. Southern Geospatial Services disclaims all warranties with respect to data contained herein. Questions regarding data quality and accuracy should be directed to persons knowledgeable with the forementioned agreement.The data in this GIS with creation dates between March of 2008 and April of 2024 were generated by Southern Geospatial Services, PLLC (SGS). The original inventory was performed under the above detailed agreement with the Town of Apex (TOA). Following the original inventory, SGS performed maintenance projects to incorporate infrastructure expansion and modification into the GIS via annual service agreements with TOA. These maintenances continued through April of 2024.At the request of TOA, TOA initiated in house maintenance of the GIS following delivery of the final SGS maintenance project in April of 2024. GIS data created or modified after April of 2024 are not the product of SGS.With respect to SGS generated GIS data that are point features:GPS data collected after January 1, 2013 were surveyed using mapping grade or survey grade GPS equipment with real time differential correction undertaken via the NC Geodetic Surveys Real Time Network (VRS). GPS data collected prior to January 1, 2013 were surveyed using mapping grade GPS equipment without the use of VRS, with differential correction performed via post processing.With respect to SGS generated GIS data that are line features:Line data in the GIS for overhead conductors were digitized as straight lines between surveyed poles. Line data in the GIS for underground conductors were digitized between surveyed at grade electric utility equipment. The configurations and positions of the underground conductors are based on TOA provided plans. The underground conductors are diagrammatic and cannot be relied upon for the determination of the actual physical locations of underground conductors in the field.The Service Locations feature class was created by Southern Geospatial Services (SGS) from a shapefile of customer service locations generated by dataVoice International (DV) as part of their agreement with the Town of Apex (TOA) regarding the development and implemention of an Outage Management System (OMS).Point features in this feature class represent service locations (consumers of TOA electric services) by uniquely identifying the features with the same unique identifier as generated for a given service location in the TOA Customer Information System (CIS). This is also the mechanism by which the features are tied to the OMS. Features are physically located in the GIS based on CIS address in comparison to address information found in Wake County GIS property data (parcel data). Features are tied to the GIS electric connectivity model by identifying the parent feature (Upline Element) as the transformer that feeds a given service location.SGS was provided a shapefile of 17992 features from DV. Error potentially exists in this DV generated data for the service location features in terms of their assigned physical location, phase, and parent element.Regarding the physical location of the features, SGS had no part in physically locating the 17992 features as provided by DV and cannot ascertain the accuracy of the locations of the features without undertaking an analysis designed to verify or correct for error if it exists. SGS constructed the feature class and loaded the shapefile objects into the feature class and thus the features exist in the DV derived location. SGS understands that DV situated the features based on the address as found in the CIS. No features were verified as to the accuracy of their physical location when the data were originally loaded. It is the assumption of SGS that the locations of the vast majority of the service location features as provided by DV are in fact correct.SGS understands that as a general rule that DV situated residential features (individually or grouped) in the center of a parcel. SGS understands that for areas where multiple features may exist in a given parcel (such as commercial properties and mobile home parks) that DV situated features as either grouped in the center of the parcel or situated over buildings, structures, or other features identifiable in air photos. It appears that some features are also grouped in roads or other non addressed locations, likely near areas where they should physically be located, but that these features were not located in a final manner and are either grouped or strung out in a row in the general area of where DV may have expected they should exist.Regarding the parent and phase of the features, the potential for error is due to the "first order approximation" protocol employed by DV for assigning the attributes. With the features located as detailed above, SGS understands that DV identified the transformer closest to the service location (straight line distance) as its parent. Phase was assigned to the service location feature based on the phase of the parent transformer. SGS expects that this protocol correctly assigned parent (and phase) to a significant portion of the features, however this protocol will also obviously incorretly assign parent in many instances.To accurately identify parent for all 17992 service locations would require a significant GIS and field based project. SGS is willing to undertake a project of this magnitude at the discretion of TOA. In the meantime, SGS is maintaining (editing and adding to) this feature class as part of the ongoing GIS maintenance agreement that is in place between TOA and SGS. In lieu of a project designed to quality assess and correct for the data provided by DV, SGS will verify the locations of the features at the request of TOA via comparison of the unique identifier for a service location to the CIS address and Wake County parcel data address as issues arise with the OMS if SGS is directed to focus on select areas for verification by TOA. Additionally, as SGS adds features to this feature class, if error related to the phase and parent of an adjacent feature is uncovered during a maintenance, it will be corrected for as part of that maintenance.With respect to the additon of features moving forward, TOA will provide SGS with an export of CIS records for each SGS maintenance, SGS will tie new accounts to a physical location based on address, SGS will create a feature for the CIS account record in this feature class at the center of a parcel for a residential address or at the center of a parcel or over the correct (or approximately correct) location as determined via air photos or via TOA plans for commercial or other relevant areas, SGS will identify the parent of the service location as the actual transformer that feeds the service location, and SGS will identify the phase of the service address as the phase of it's parent.Service locations with an ObjectID of 1 through 17992 were originally physically located and attributed by DV.Service locations with an ObjectID of 17993 or higher were originally physically located and attributed by SGS.DV originated data are provided the Creation User attribute of DV, however if SGS has edited or verified any aspect of the feature, this attribute will be changed to SGS and a comment related to the edits will be provided in the SGS Edits Comments data field. SGS originated features will be provided the Creation User attribute of SGS. Reference the SGS Edits Comments attribute field Metadata for further information.

This feature service displays residential development located within the Town of Apex corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. Polygons are drawn based on the approved subdivision plan/major site plan boundaries. Updated recorded surveys may cause development boundaries to vary slightly from the boundaries contained within this feature service. The file includes residential subdivisions; townhome communities; apartments; condominiums; mobile home parks; and approved planned unit developments (PUDs) that have not submitted residential plans for Town review. PUDs are removed from the feature service once master subdivision plans have been approved by the Town. Previous developments that were approved by Wake County prior to October 2007 may have missing data. Exempt subdivisions are excluded.

North Carolina Effective Flood zones: In 2000, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated North Carolina a Cooperating Technical Partner State, formalizing an agreement between FEMA and the State to modernize flood maps. This partnership resulted in creation of the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program (NCFMP). As a CTS, the State assumed primary ownership and responsibility of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for all North Carolina communities as part of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This project includes conducting flood hazard analyses and producing updated, Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs). Floodplain management is a process that aims to achieve reduced losses due to flooding. It takes on many forms, but is realized through a series of federal, state, and local programs and regulations, in concert with industry practice, to identify flood risk, implement methods to protect man-made development from flooding, and protect the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains. FIRMs are the primary tool for state and local governments to mitigate areas of flooding. Individual county databases can be downloaded from https://fris.nc.gov Updated Sep 19th, 2025.

o Neighborhood Mixed Use (NMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Up to 100,000 ft2 of retail• 1 to 2-mile trade areao Employment Mixed Use (EMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Office, warehousing, tech/flex• Some retailo Community Mixed Use (CMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Up to 350,000 ft2 of retail• 4 to 6-mile trade areao Regional Mixed Use (RMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Over 500,000 ft2 of retail• >10-mile trade area

Areas of 2045 Land Use Map containing more than 3 uses where at least 30% of the development must be non-residential.

o Neighborhood Mixed Use (NMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Up to 100,000 ft2 of retail• 1 to 2-mile trade areao Employment Mixed Use (EMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Office, warehousing, tech/flex• Some retailo Recreational Mixed Use (XMU)Economic development anchored by a recreational amenity:• Size of businesses and services dependnet upon amenity size• Pedestrian and bicycle mobility preservedo Community Mixed Use (CMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Up to 350,000 ft2 of retail• 4 to 6-mile trade areao Regional Mixed Use (RMU)Economic development potential estimated to be, but not limited to:• Over 350,000 ft2 of retail• >10-mile trade area