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Wesley Chapel

  • Arrow Icon9,566 Population (Census estimate, July 1, 2025)
  • Arrow Icon9.67 Square miles of land (2020 Census)
  • Person Icon1998 Year the Village was incorporated

Description

Wesley Chapel is an incorporated village in Union County, North Carolina, southeast of Charlotte. The NC General Assembly incorporated the Village of Wesley Chapel by Session Law 1998-43, ratified on July 15, 1998. The Village's Comprehensive Plan says residents incorporated in response to increasing development in Union County, with the primary goal of preserving the area's low-density residential character.

The Village shares boundaries with Weddington, Monroe, Waxhaw and Indian Trail, and its municipal limits cover almost ten square miles. Inside them, the Village sets zoning, Union County issues building permits and provides public water and sewer, and Union County Public Schools assigns schools.

This page doesn't list homes for sale. I'm Yubeen Choi, a bilingual English and Korean agent with eXp Realty. Tell me your budget, the size of home and lot you want and the parts of the Wesley Chapel area you're considering, and I can send you current listings that match. A Wesley Chapel mailing address doesn't always mean a home is inside the Village, so I can also check each address before you tour. For commercial property, see my Wesley Chapel commercial real estate page.

Village of Wesley Chapel or a Wesley Chapel Address

The Village's Comprehensive Plan says some unincorporated properties sit within the Village's boundaries, which it calls donut holes, and unincorporated Union County parcels surround the Village. The Village's zoning ordinance governs all land in its incorporated area, and Union County's zoning jurisdiction does not include Wesley Chapel, so the side of the line a home is on decides whose zoning applies.

A mailing address doesn't settle it. Dogwood Park, the Village's own park at 121 Lester Davis Road, has a Waxhaw, NC 28173 mailing address, yet Union County's address records list it in Wesley Chapel. Before you tour, I can check a specific address against the County's records.

Zoning, Lot Sizes and Permits

The Village adopted its first zoning and subdivision ordinances in 2000, and its online code is updated through an ordinance enacted July 14, 2025. These are its residential zoning districts:

  • R-80: 80,000 square feet. R-60: 60,000 square feet.
  • R-40 and RA-40: 40,000 square feet. RA-40 also accommodates most classes of manufactured homes.
  • R-20 and RA-20: 20,000 square feet. The code says R-20 should be limited to areas the county zoned R-20 before the Village's ordinance, or that were platted under county rules with lots smaller than 40,000 square feet before joining the Village.
  • RUC (Residential Union County): parcels approved under county zoning and later annexed, which keep the setbacks on their recorded final plat until the land is subdivided, combined or rezoned.

The 2022 Comprehensive Plan says about 74% of the Village is zoned R-40 and almost 15% is zoned R-20. In R-40, a house needs setbacks of at least 50 feet in front, 15 feet on each side and 40 feet in the rear. The lot must be at least 120 feet wide, measured at the front yard setback, and buildings can be up to 35 feet tall.

Conservation subdivisions

For larger undeveloped tracts it classifies as Residential Growth, the Comprehensive Plan calls for conservation subdivision design at a net density of 1 dwelling unit per acre or less. Under the zoning code, a conservation subdivision keeps a minimum of 30% of the tract's gross acreage as conservation land. Lots must be at least 30,000 square feet, or as small as 24,000 square feet when the developer dedicates extra conservation land. The owner of the conservation land, or the party named in its maintenance agreement, pays to maintain it, so I ask who that is before you commit.

What you can add to a lot

  • Residential accessory structures must be set back at least 15 feet from side and rear property lines.
  • An accessory building can't be used as a residence or combine heated living area, a kitchen and a bathroom, though it may have two of the three.
  • A pool goes in the rear yard. A side-yard pool is allowed only where the house is at least 200 feet from the side property line and the pool is entirely within 100 feet of the house.
  • Where horses are allowed as an accessory use, the limit is one horse per 40,000 square feet of pasture, not counting the minimum lot size for the house.

Before you build, add on or alter a structure, the Village's Zoning Administrator must issue a zoning permit, which expires if work hasn't substantially begun within 12 months. Union County then issues the building permit and does all building inspections in the Village.

Property Taxes

Union County collects the Village's property tax bills along with its own. The Village's budget for fiscal year 2026-27, adopted June 8, 2026, levies $0.0225 per $100 of valuation, the same rate as in 2025-26. Union County's budget for fiscal year 2026-27 keeps its total rate at 43.42 cents per $100. The County completed its latest general reappraisal in 2025, and the NC Department of Revenue lists the next one for 2029. Property taxes are due Sept. 1 each year. When you compare homes, I can pull each parcel's last tax bill.

Water, Sewer, Wells and Septic

Union County is the only provider of public water and sewer in the Village. The Comprehensive Plan says some homes in the Village appear to use private wells, and that properties without sewer service depend on septic systems, which need lots of about one acre or larger with soil that perks. Lots of 1 acre or smaller tend to be in major subdivisions built with public sewer.

Union County requires an inspection of an existing septic system before any new construction on the property, including garages, decks, swimming pools and irrigation systems. For a home on a private well, it requires a well Certificate of Completion before it issues a certificate of occupancy. On a home with a well or septic, I ask the seller for permits and service records and suggest a water test and a septic inspection during due diligence.

Homes and Neighborhoods

The Comprehensive Plan says the area was primarily agricultural land for many years, with homes more typically built along farm-to-market roads before the Village incorporated. The neighborhoods in its Village Neighborhood classification have their own internal streets, with lots typically in the range of 0.5 to 1 acre, and several have lots of 1-5 acres. The 2022 plan says the vast majority of homes are detached single-family houses. Citing 2019 American Community Survey five-year estimates, it says around 40% of the Village's homes were built before 2000 and approximately 55% between 2000 and 2009.

Union County's parcel records place these subdivisions inside the Village: Brookmeade, Candella, Cavesson, Champion Forest, Courtyards at Wesley Chapel, Lindenwood, Pinnacle at Wesley Chapel, Potters Trace, Price Mill, Quintessa and Wesley Woods, along with nearly all of Stonegate. Wesley Oaks straddles the line, with some parcels in the Village and others in unincorporated Union County.

New construction

McCoy Farms, a Pulte Homes conservation subdivision at the corner of Potter and Wesley Chapel roads, is designed for 43 lots on 64 acres. The Village Council approved the final plat for Phase 2, which creates 22 lots, on April 13, 2026. Aurora at Price Mill, a proposed 35-lot subdivision on Weddington Road, had its preliminary plat approved in June 2026. An approval doesn't mean homes are on sale yet. I can represent you with a builder, and my guide to new construction around Charlotte covers what to ask.

Getting Around

NC 84, Weddington Road, is the only North Carolina route in the Comprehensive Plan's study area, and the Village Center sits where it meets Waxhaw-Indian Trail Road. Outside the study area, the plan lists Waxhaw Highway and US 74, Independence Boulevard.

Road projects

As part of its Rea Road Extension project (U-3467), NCDOT plans to widen 2.7 miles of NC 84 from two lanes to four, from Twelve Mile Creek Road to Waxhaw-Indian Trail Road in Wesley Chapel. The preferred design has a 23-foot raised grass median, and NCDOT's revised design adds a roundabout at the Village Commons Shopping Center driveways on Waxhaw-Indian Trail Road. Sidewalks depend on a cost-sharing agreement with Weddington and the Village. NCDOT's project page, last updated October 6, 2026, says right-of-way acquisition resumed in summer 2026 and construction begins in summer 2027, with future dates subject to change.

The intersection of Wesley Chapel and Potter roads reopened to traffic with a new roundabout in September 2025, its contractor announced. In March 2025, the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) awarded federal funds for intersection improvements at NC 84 and Potter and Wesley Chapel roads. If a home you like is near one of these roads, I can check where the work stands.

Parks and Places

Dogwood Park, a 22.5-acre park at 121 Lester Davis Road, is the one park the Village owns and operates. Its amenities now include a miniature golf course. The Village scheduled the ribbon cutting for that 9-hole course, Wesley Ways, for April 25, 2026. Village Hall is at 6490 Weddington Road, Wesley Chapel, NC 28104.

Village Commons, in the Village Center, is a retail center. Its first 82,000 square feet, anchored by Harris Teeter, was delivered in 2004. Construction on its third and final phase began in June 2025, and Connect CRE reported that month that the center had over 393,000 square feet of space. As of October 2026, Publix lists its Village Commons store at 6460 Weddington Road as opening soon.

Union County's Cane Creek Park has a Waxhaw mailing address, 5213 Harkey Rd., but Union County's address records list that address as unincorporated. The park covers 1,050 acres of land around a 350-acre lake.

Schools

Union County Public Schools assigns students to home schools based on the parent's Union County address. The district is organized into nine secondary school clusters, each with feeder elementary schools designated for the current school year, so assignments can change. Check the specific address with the "What School Do I Attend?" lookup on the UCPS Enroll page before you rely on an assignment.

Buying or Selling in Wesley Chapel

Unless a sale is exempt, North Carolina's Residential Property Disclosure Act requires the seller of a home with one to four dwelling units to give you a disclosure statement that covers, among other items, the water supply and sewage disposal system, plus an owners' association and mandatory covenants disclosure statement and a mineral and oil and gas rights disclosure statement. If you don't receive them by the time you make an offer, you may cancel the contract by written notice to the seller or the seller's agent. That right ends at whichever comes first: the end of the third calendar day after you receive them, the end of the third calendar day after the contract was made, or closing or occupancy. The first sale of a never-inhabited home is exempt from the first two statements, though not from the mineral and oil and gas rights statement, so on new construction I ask the builder for permits and HOA documents directly.

Before you make an offer, I can confirm whether the address is inside the Village, its zoning district, how the home gets water and sewer, and whether a planned NCDOT project reaches it. When you sell, I gather the same records early, in English or Korean. A free home valuation is a good first step.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page doesn't list homes for sale. Tell me your budget, the size of home and lot you want and the parts of the Wesley Chapel area you're considering, and I can send you current listings that match. Because a Wesley Chapel mailing address doesn't always mean a home is inside the Village, I can also check each address against Union County's records before you tour.

A village. The NC General Assembly incorporated the Village of Wesley Chapel by Session Law 1998-43, ratified on July 15, 1998. It is in Union County and shares boundaries with Weddington, Monroe, Waxhaw and Indian Trail. The Village sets zoning, Union County issues building permits and collects the Village's property tax bills, and Union County Public Schools assigns schools.

Don't rely on the mailing address. The Village's own Dogwood Park has a Waxhaw mailing address, yet Union County's address records place it in Wesley Chapel, and the Village's Comprehensive Plan notes unincorporated properties inside its boundary. Union County's address records show whether each address is in a municipality or unincorporated, and I can check a specific address for you before you tour.

It depends on the zoning district. The Village's zoning code sets minimums of 80,000 square feet in R-80, 60,000 in R-60, 40,000 in R-40 and RA-40, and 20,000 in R-20 and RA-20. The code says R-20 should be limited to land the county zoned R-20 before the Village's zoning ordinance, or land platted under county rules with lots smaller than 40,000 square feet before it joined the Village. The 2022 Comprehensive Plan says about 74% of the Village is zoned R-40. Lots in a conservation subdivision must be at least 30,000 square feet, or 24,000 with extra conservation land.

I don't post an average or a price range here, because prices change and one number for the whole Village would mix very different homes and lots. Tell me the subdivisions or streets you're considering, and I can pull recent sales of comparable homes, with lot sizes and how each gets water and sewer, so you can see what they actually sold for.

For fiscal year 2026-27, the Village levies $0.0225 per $100 of valuation, the same rate as the year before, and Union County's total rate is 43.42 cents per $100. Union County collects the Village's tax bills along with its own, and property taxes are due Sept. 1. The County's latest general reappraisal was in 2025, and the NC Department of Revenue lists the next one for 2029.

Some do. Union County is the only provider of public water and sewer in the Village, and the Village's Comprehensive Plan says some homes appear to use private wells and that properties without sewer service depend on septic systems. Union County requires an inspection of an existing septic system before new construction such as a garage, deck or pool, so check how a home gets water and sewer before you plan changes.

Union County Public Schools. UCPS assigns students to home schools based on the parent's Union County address, and feeder schools are set for the current school year, so assignments can change. Check the specific address with the "What School Do I Attend?" lookup on the UCPS Enroll page before you rely on an assignment.

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