article 5. zoning district regulations - City of Wilmington

Land Development Code
City of Wilmington
innovative design and quality planning by permitting planned
development in accordance with the land use plan update.
2. Minimum Planned Development District (PD) size. The minimum
planned development size shall be a contiguous gross land area of
one hundred (100) acres or more under common ownership or
control of the applicant. Land areas greater than two hundred fifty
(250) acres may be developed as multiple PD’s, each individually
subject to all of the standards. The PD is a major subdivision as
defined in Article 15 herein. A (PD) may be developed in phases.
3. Land use mixture. The PD should be compact with a variety of
building types to accommodate a mixture of uses and to conserve
open land. Ranges of land use mixtures are allowed in the PD as
follows:
Residential 25-80%
Single Family Development:
Low density (up to 2.9 units/acre) 5-15%
Medium density (up to 6.2 units/acre) 5-15%
High density (up to 8.7 units/acre) 5-15%
Multiple Family Development:
Low density (up to 9.7 units/acre) 10-20%
Medium density (up to 17.4 units/acre) 5-20%
Neighborhood Retail 5-15%
Office & Institutional 5-10%
Open Space 20-30%
The mixture of these land uses shall be consistent with the land use
plan update. However, the location of each land use may change
from what is shown on the adopted land use map ( Map 6. Zoning
& Recommended Land Use). Similar land uses should face across
streets. Dissimilar uses should abut to rear lot lines.
4. Office and institutional. In the office and institutional use portion of
the study area adjacent to Carolina Beach Road and in the office &
institutional use portion of the study area located south of the
intersection of Independence Boulevard and South 17th Street only
the following uses shall be allowed:
a. Accessory uses in accordance with Article 6 of this chapter
b. Apartment above office or institution
c. Assisted living care facility* - elderly
(*An assisted living care facility-elderly is an establishment primarily engaged in the
provision of residential, social and personal care for the elderly who have some limits
on their ability for self-care, but where medical care is not a major element of the
services provided at the facility.)
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