article 5. zoning district regulations - City of Wilmington

Land Development Code
City of Wilmington
9. triplexes
Affordable housing shall be interspersed throughout the development. Affordable
housing is defined as such housing which can reasonably be expected to [be]
purchased or rented by persons having income between 80% and 110% of the median
income, based on local income levels and prevailing interest rates as provided by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(3) Districts and uses.
a. Regional business and community business. In the Regional Business
District and Community Business District, off-street parking must be
located away from street frontage and in the interior of the lot unless
the City's planning staff, in the course of site approval, makes a
finding that parking between the building and the front set back line
will serve the use more effectively than an interior location.
b. Multiple family residential-low density. In the multiple family
residential low density use portion of the study area, no structure shall
exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. The required off-street parking
may be located below the buildings and shall be buffered so as not to
be visible from the roadways.
c. Single family residential-low density. In the low density single-family
residential use portion of the study area, golf courses, and any related
shops shall not be allowed. No garages, carports or parking slabs shall
be allowed within the front yard of any single-family lot. A garage,
carport or parking slab placed in an interior side yard shall be even
with the front elevation of the principal structure or located behind or
adjacent to the rear elevation of the principal structure.
d. Minimum buffer. In the study area, a minimum fifty (50) foot buffer
shall be provided along Carolina Beach Road in the multifamily, NR
and O&I uses or districts and along South 17th Street in the multifamily
uses or districts and surrounding the retention/detention ponds
on Independence Boulevard and near Carolina Beach Road.
e. Planned development district (PD) regulations. The Planned
Development District (PD) is established within the study area as a
zoning district. In addition to the other study area regulations and
standards, an owner/applicant shall develop a tract in the PD District in
accordance with the following regulations:
1. Purpose. The Planned Development District is established within
the study area as a zoning district to foster the mixture of
residential, business, retail, office and institutional uses, which will
provide living, working and shopping in close proximity and a
sense of community. It is designed to promote economical and
efficient patterns of land use which are sensitive to natural features
and site amenities and which decrease automobile travel time and
trip length and increase other modes of travel such as walking and
bicycling. The PD District is intended to provide flexibility for
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