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Land Development Code City of Wilmington intermixing of land uses in close proximity. Functional integration of residential and commercial uses shall be considered during design of mixed use projects. The following standards are intended to guide development of mixed use projects: 1. Physical integration of uses: All mixed use developments shall be designed and developed to provide an appropriate interrelationship between the various uses and structures within the development. 2. Residential and commercial uses may be located within the same or adjoining structures providing appropriate health and safety regulations are followed. 3. Design: Structures should provide architectural relief and interest, with emphasis at building entrances and along sidewalks, to promote and enhance a comfortable pedestrian scale and orientation. Structures shall have consistent scale and massing to create a unified project. Compatibility with the immediate context is required. However, gradual transitions in scale and massing are permitted. i. Blank walls shall be avoided by including ground floor windows, recesses, extensions and breaks in roof elevation. ii. Design should provide differentiation between ground-level spaces and upper stories. For example, bays or balconies for upper levels, and awnings, canopies or other similar treatments for lower levels can provide differentiation. Variation in building materials, trim, paint, ornamentation, windows, or other features such as public art, may also be used. iii. Design shall ensure privacy in residential developments through effective window placement, sound-proofing, landscape screening or orientation of outdoor living areas (e.g. balconies, porches, patios and etc.). Opposite facing windows at close distances should be offset vertically or horizontally, or employ appropriate materials (e.g. glazed, tinted and etc.) to protect privacy. d. Housing diversity (size, type and cost). 1. Mixed use projects should include attached and detached residential components with a range of prices and sizes. 2. Single family lot sizes shall be varied to provide a mixture of lot sizes. e. Preservation of natural features and open space. Permitted flexibility in lot sizes, setbacks, street widths and landscaping shall be utilized to preserve natural features and provide open space consistent with the policies of the comprehensive plan. Specific requirements are described in the common space and open space section of the mixed use ordinance. f. Connection to the surrounding community. Mixed use developments shall not be gated and shall be interconnected to surrounding ARTICLE 5. ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Page 38
Land Development Code City of Wilmington developments. Mixed use projects shall be designed as an integral part of the surrounding community and not as an isolated development. g. Phasing. Mixed use projects may be phased. Site plan submittals meeting all requirements of this ordinance and the Wilmington City Code shall be considered a phase. The first phase shall meet all requirements of this ordinance. Additional phases shall become part of the existing development. The entire project, including the first phase and all subsequent phases, shall meet all ordinance requirements as a unified development at all times. The technical review committee may require all external street interconnections, stormwater systems, utilities and other public improvements to be constructed in the first phase to ensure the phase can function as a stand alone mixed use development. (e) Density. (1) Mixed use density. a. The base density permitted for areas designated mixed use within the developed and urban transition land classification categories shall be 0.20 floor area ratio. b. The base density permitted for areas designated mixed use within the resource protection, limited transition, community and rural land classification categories shall be 0.15 floor area ratio. However, in no case shall the amount of impervious surface exceed fifty (50) percent of the entire site area. c. The base density permitted for areas designated mixed use in the conservation land classification category shall be 0.10 floor area ratio. However, in no case shall the amount of impervious surface exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the entire site area. d. Maximum density for areas designated mixed use shall be determined by adding the base density to any density bonuses. Density bonuses shall be determined by application of performance measures described in this ordinance. In order to be eligible for bonuses in the resource protection category, the applicant shall utilize at least one of the Categories A, B or C environmental bonus items. No density bonuses shall be permitted for portions of the project in the conservation land classification category. e. Floor area ratio (FAR) equals the gross floor area of all buildings in areas designated mixed use divided by the mixed use area (FAR = gross floor area/mixed use area). (2) Residential density. a. The base density permitted for areas designated residential in the developed and urban transition land classification categories shall be eight (8) dwelling units per acre. b. The base density permitted for areas designated residential in the resource protection, limited transition, community, rural and conservation land classification categories shall be two and one-half ARTICLE 5. ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Page 39
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