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article 5. zoning district regulations - City of Wilmington

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Land Development Code<br />

<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Wilmington</strong><br />

result in an adverse environmental impact. Street pavement widths<br />

within the PD may be less than that required by the <strong>City</strong>'s technical<br />

standards and specifications manual if such streets are determined<br />

by the RC and SRB to be adequate to provide public services such<br />

as garbage collection and fire protection. A two-way collector<br />

street with parallel parking on both sides shall be no less than<br />

thirty-six (36) feet in width from curb to curb. A two-way<br />

neighborhood street with parallel parking on one side shall be no<br />

less than twenty-six feet in width from curb to curb.<br />

9. Alleys. There shall generally be a continuous network <strong>of</strong> alleys to<br />

the rear <strong>of</strong> lots within the PD. Alleys shall be combined with utility<br />

easements. Where possible, utilities shall be located in rear<br />

easements. Water and sewer lines should be located in the street<br />

rights-<strong>of</strong>-way or alleys.<br />

Parks, squares or greenways shall not be bounded by alleys. Alleys in<br />

the Neighborhood Retail Use shall provide sufficient access for<br />

loading, parking and refuse collection.<br />

10. Street lighting. Street lighting shall be restricted to site lighting <strong>of</strong><br />

the following height:<br />

i. Unrestricted lighting - ten (10) feet<br />

ii. Ninety (90) degree cut - <strong>of</strong>f lighting - fifteen (15) feet.<br />

11. Landscaping. In addition to other landscaping requirements,<br />

trees shall be planted within right-<strong>of</strong>-ways or residential front<br />

yards parallel to the street along all streets, except alleys. Tree<br />

spacing shall be determined by species type.<br />

12. Parking. Off-street parking lots shall be located at the rear or at<br />

the side <strong>of</strong> buildings. Adjacent parking lots shall be connected by<br />

an alley. Off-street parking requirements may be reduced by using<br />

shared parking where possible.<br />

13. Signs. Sign <strong>regulations</strong> for the underlying use in the PD District,<br />

other than Neighborhood Retail use, shall be the same as the sign<br />

<strong>regulations</strong> for the <strong>zoning</strong> <strong>district</strong> <strong>of</strong> the same name.<br />

14. Greenspace. In the PD a minimum <strong>of</strong> twenty (20) percent <strong>of</strong> the<br />

land shall be dedicated for the purpose <strong>of</strong> providing park,<br />

recreation and open space areas to serve the PD community in<br />

accordance with Sec. 18-383 <strong>of</strong> the Land Development Code.<br />

1<strong>5.</strong> Pre-application. Prior to an applicant submitting an application<br />

and a detailed preliminary plan for review and approval, the<br />

applicant shall arrange a pre-application conference with the <strong>City</strong>'s<br />

planning staff and technical review committee (TRC) to review the<br />

applicant's sketch plan.<br />

16. Application plan and approval. The applicant for a PD shall<br />

submit an application and a detailed, unified preliminary master<br />

plan for the planned development to the <strong>City</strong>'s planning staff, SRB<br />

and TRC for review and approval in accordance with the<br />

ARTICLE <strong>5.</strong> ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Page 126

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