article 5. zoning district regulations - City of Wilmington

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Land Development Code City of Wilmington of automobiles and/or boats in the front, side or rear yard areas may be permitted provided the minimum setback applicable to parking lots is met and all other side and rear setbacks are met. If the storage and/or display of boats and autos are adjacent to residentially zoned property occupied by a residential use or a platted residential lot, then storage or display shall be screened from view of the residential use on lot. (e) Outside storage. Outside storage can be permitted if it is located directly to the rear of the principal building and is not visible from any location along the designated highway. The outside storage area shall not occupy an area wider than the principal building or larger than one-half (1/2) the area of the principal building. The outside storage area must be screened with a buffer strip in accordance with Article 8, Division VII. No storage shall be permitted above the height of the screen. Junkyards and scrap processors shall not be permitted. (f) Parking and loading. (1) Parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article 9. All loading shall be from the side or rear of the principal structure as viewed from the designated highway. If loading is performed on the side of the building, as viewed from the designated highway, a planted buffer strip in accordance with Article 8, Division VII of this chapter shall be provided. (2) No vehicular or equipment parking except automobile parking shall be permitted in the yard area adjacent to the designated highway. All automobile parking shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from the right-of-way of the designated highway if such highway is an interstate or thoroughfare with controlled access. Other U.S. and N.C. numbered highways shall require a fifty-foot setback for automobile parking. (g) Lot coverage. The total ground area covered by principal buildings and all accessory buildings shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the site. (h) Signs. Signs shall be in accordance with the sign ordinance except that only one (1) freestanding sign not to exceed six (6) feet in height and a maximum surface area of one hundred and fifty (150) square feet may be permitted within the one hundred (100) foot setback. No outdoor advertising signs shall be permitted. ARTICLE 5. ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Page 114
Land Development Code City of Wilmington Sec. 18-213. CO, Corridor Overlay Districts. (a) Purpose. The Corridor Overlay Districts are established to provide a series of overlapping regulations for particular roadway corridor areas in addition to those provided by the other zoning districts established by this Article. The purpose for establishing these Corridor Overlay Districts is first, to recognize the importance that different roadway corridor areas play in defining the City's character as city entryways and/or significant cultural or historic thoroughfares; second, to protect and preserve both the aesthetics of these important roadways and their traffic handling capabilities through the application of site-specific land use planning principles and procedures; and third, to satisfy the policies and objectives of the South 17th Street and Land Use Plan Update, thereby contributing to the general welfare of the City of Wilmington. Sec. 18-213.1 Dawson-Wooster Corridor Regulations In addition to the general and specific regulations imposed by this chapter on the use of non-residentially-zoned land within the Dawson-Wooster Corridor (defined herein as all property located between Queen Street to the north, Ninth Street to the east, Wright Street to the south, and Front Street to the west), the following regulations shall apply. (a) For new commercial development which abuts residentially-zoned property, the following buffering standards are required: (1) The minimum buffer shall consist of a seven foot wide buffer strip, containing a six-foot tall solid fence as one (1) row of the required two (2) row buffer. (2) Where the size of the commercial development warrants additional buffering under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance the added buffering shall be provided in a buffer strip of at least ten (10) feet in width (or larger if specified in the Zoning Ordinance or so determined by the City Manager); one row of this buffer shall be a six foot tall solid fence. (b) For all new commercial development in the corridor, the following lighting standards shall be observed: (1) No site-lighting poles or structures shall exceed ten (10) feet in height. (2) All lighting fixtures shall be designed to avoid direct or indirect lighting of any area off the site on which the lighting fixture is located. (c) In the CB District portions of the corridor: (1) The following land uses permitted shall be prohibited in the Corridor Overlay: (a) Automotive services (b) Flea markets (c) Bowling alleys and pool halls (d) In the CS District portions of the corridor: (1) The following uses shall be permitted only through the issuance of a special use permit: ARTICLE 5. ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Page 115
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