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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnalysis of Existing Land Use-1980A W- W& A A bL"l I I MIRL m7"t f sl;-, ROW Pnan i �lo, �l ill'ov"ll "1: 1% I CITY COUNCIL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Ben B. Halterman, Mayor Margaret Fonvielle, Mayor Pro Rupert Bryan Joseph T. Dunn Luther Jordan Tony Pate William Schwartz Robert G. Cobb, City Manager Ellen C. Williams, Chairman Tem Howard Armistead Karen E. Gottovi Jan S. Morgan Claude O'Shields, Jr. George Felix Cooper, County Manager WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING COMMISSION Hamilton.E. Hicks, Jr., Chairman Charles Hollis James C. Barker Katherine Hoyt Larry Flowers J. D. Orrell Ernest Fullwood Dan Retchin Louise Gorham Richard Sniffen William B. Farris, Director of Planning LONG RANGE PLANNING STAFF Glenn R. Harbeck, Senior Planner Michael L. Hargett, Staff Planner CAMA-FUNDED PROJECT INTERNS Helen M. Hazel ton Robert J. Emery GRAPHICS Lynn Golston and Jeff Jeffords SECRETARIAL Dorothy M. Chavious Prepared by: WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT The preparation of this document was financed, in part, through a Coastal Area Management Act grant provided by the North Carolina Coastal Management Program, through Funds provided by the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, which is administered by the Office of Coastal Zone Managment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. t a Table of Contents PAGE LIST OF MAPS, TABLES, & FIGURES i INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. GENERAL GUIDE FOR USING REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 II. FINDINGS BY LAND USE CATEGORY . . . . . . . . . . . 5 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RESIDENTIAL . . . . . . . . . . 6 OFFICE & INSTITUTIONAL . . . . . . . . . . 10 COMMERCIAL 12 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION & UTILITIES 16 INDUSTRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 RECREATION & OPEN SPACE . . . . . . . . . . 20 UNDEVELOPED & AGRICULTURE . . . . . 22 WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 III. SUMMARY FIGURES AND TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 CITY OF WILMINGTON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 UNINCORPORATED AREA . . . . . . . . ... . . 27 PLANNING AREA .. . . . . . . . . . 28 SUMMARY OF EXISTING LAND USE. . . . . . . . . . . . 30 IV. SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 MAJOR FINDINGS . . . . . . . . 31 LOCAL LAND USE PROBLEMS . . . . . . . . . . . 32 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 35 V. APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 METHODOLOGY . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 37 LISTING OF LAND USES BY CATEGORY. . . . . . . . . . 37 LIST OF RELATED MATERIALS AVAILABLE . . . . . . . . 40 LIST of MAPS, TABLES & FIGURES GENERALIZED EXISTING LAND USE MAP - 1980 (COPY OF THIS 1" MILE SCALE MAP IS PROVIDED INSIDE REAR COVER OF REPORT.) MAP 1. LOCATION OF STUDY AREAS TABLE 1. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE AND DWELLING UNITS IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA BY TYPE FIGURE 1. PERCENTAGES OF PLANNING AREA RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE BY TYPE FIGURE 2. PERCENTAGES OF PLANNING AREA TOTAL DWELLING UNITS BY TYPE TABLE 2. RESIDENTIAL LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 3. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA OFFICE AND.INSTITUTIONAL ACREAGE IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA TABLE 4. OFFICE AND INSITUTIONAL LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 5. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA COMMERCIAL ACREAGE IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA BY TYPE TABLE 6. COMMERCIAL LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 7. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS, AND UTILITIES ACREAGE IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA TABLE 8. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND UTILITIES LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 9. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA INDUSTRIAL ACREAGE IN CITY AND UNIN CORPORATED AREA BY TYPE TABLE 10. INDUSTRIAL.LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 11. RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 12. UNDEVELOPED AND AGRICULTURE LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 13. WATER AREAS SUMMARY FIGURE 3. PERCENT OF TOTAL AREA BY LAND USE CATEGORY - CITY OF WILMINGTON. (PIE CHART) FIGURE 4. PERCENT OF:DEVELOPED LAND BY LAND USE CATEGORY - CITY OF WILMINGTON (PIE CHART) FIGURE 5. PERCENT OF TOTAL AREA BY LAND USE CATEGORY - UNINCORPORATED AREA (PIE CHART) FIGURE 6. PERCENT OF DEVELOPED LAND BY LAND USE CATEGORY - UNINCORPORATED AREA (PIE CHART) i t PAGE FIGURE 7. PERCENT OF TOTAL AREA BY LAND USE CATEGORY - PLANNING AREA 28 (PIE CHART) FIGURE 8. PERCENT OF DEVELOPED LAND BY LAND USE CATEGORY - PLANNING AREA (PIE CHART) 28 FIGURE 9. PERCENTAGE OF PLANNING AREA'S TOTAL ACREAGE IN CITY AND UN- INCORPORATED AREA BY LAND USE CATEGORY (BAR GRAPH) 29 TABLE 14. SUMMARY OF EXISTING LAND USE: 1979-80 30 MAP 2. LOCATION OF INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT 33 MAP 3. LOCATION OF UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT 34 ii t 0 Introduction This study is the second land use survey and analysis performed in con- junction with the Wilmington -New Hanover Comprehensive Planning Program initiated in 1974. The Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) enacted in 1974 by the North Carolina General Assembly, required the 20 coastal counties of North Carolina to prepare land use plans which reflect the desires of local residents. The first "Analysis of Existing Land Use" was prepared in accordance with the requirements of that act and was released in published form in April of 1976. CAMA also requires five year updates of local plans and this report was prepared in compliance with that provision of the act. Other studies have been conducted prior to the initiation of this program; however, these two latest studies were the first to address the entire Planning Area in a detailed manner. The existing land use survey and analysis serves a variety of useful func- tions. The primary function is to provide a "snapshot" of development trends for current analysis or as a basis for comparison in future studies. The survey identifies the relationship between various current uses of local property which reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the area's overall development pattern. This information plays an integral role in the formulation of the local land use plan and local development regulations, such as zoning ordinances. The information can also provide input for growth policy decisions made by advisory boards and governing bodies. Data provided by the survey can also be useful to both the private and public sectors in considering specific development proposals. 1 I. General Guide for Using Report This section is intended to aid the user in making the most effective and accurate use of the report. Information provided in this section applies universally throughout the report. In many instances, more specific explana- tions regarding a particular subject are provided in individual sections. It is recommended that frequent reference be made to the accompanying Generalized Existing Land.Use Map in conjunction with information contained in the report. This will better enable the reader to relate the information to a geographic location within the Planning Area. STUDY AREAS Information in this report is organized and ,presented by three geographic areas referred to as "study areas". It is important that the user have a clear understanding of these study areas in order to make meaningful use of the data provided for each. The study areas are defined as follows: 1) CITY OF WILMINGTON - all area within the jurisdiction of i mington including the satellite areas known as "Echo Farms" and "Echo East". 2) UNINCORPORATED AREA - area within the boundaries of New Hanover County with the exception of the.following: City of Wilmington (as described above), area within the juris- diction of Wrightsville Beach, and the area Y south of Snow's Cut. 3) PLANNING AREA - total of study areas 1) and 2). Use of these study areas throughout this report refer to the descriptions listed above and corresponding areas shown on the map on page 4. DEFINITION OF TERMS Certain terms used in.this report have similar but not identical meanings. Listed below are definitions which apply to these terms as they are used herein. l/ The area south of Snow's Cut is under the jurisdictions of Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, the State of North Carolina and the U.S. Government. _2_ TOTAL AREA - All land, water, islands, streets, etc. located within the study area referenced. TOTAL LAND - All land, islands, streets, etc., EXCLUDING WATER, within the study area referenced. DEVELOPED LAND - Total land LESS UNDEVELOPED AND AGRICULTURE LAND within the study area referenced. - 3 - r ti T i CASTLE HAYN .............. L G Q ''• 0 r WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MAP STUDY AREAS 0 CITY of WI LMINGTON IM UNINCORPORATED AREA CEACH A BPLANNING AREA ... ALL OF THE BEACH SHADED AREAS KURE 2 BEACH Q v NEW HANOVER COUNTY PREPARED BY THE ►1 Q WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER Il PLANNING DEPARTMENT -4- n H. Findings By Land Use Category INTRODUCTION This section contains detailed information obtained from an areawide survey conducted during the Fall of 1979 through the Spring of 1980. The survey findings are organized under eight land use categories (Residential, Office -Institutional, Commercial, Transportation -Communications -Utilities, Industrial, Recreation, Un- developed -Agricultural, and Water) and are presented for each category in the following manner: o Findings for Planning Area V, s TABLE: PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA TOTAL ACREAGE LOCATED IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA. Findings for City of Wilmington Findings for Unincorporated Area s TABLE: SUMMARY OF LAND USE CATEGORY Figures reflect the area in actual use for the particular land use category at the time the survey was conducted. All street and railroad rights -of -way are included in the Transportation, Communication, and Utilities category and there- fore are not included in the other individual categories. For example, the Residential figures include all areas in use for residential purposes but does not include streets in residential areas. It is important to note.that the percentages provided in the first table for each category refer to the Planning Area total acreage for that land use category. Figures in all summary tables refer to the individual study areas under which they are listed. MW 0 RESIDENTIAL -- PLANNING AREA 13,883 ACRES IN USE 40.2% OF DEVELOPED LAND 12.3% OF TOTAL LAND The residential category is the largest land user occupying approxi- mately two -fifths (2/5) of the developed land in each of the study areas. Residential land use was measured using three sub -categories: conventional (single family detached), multi -family (duplexes, apartments, condominiums, etc.) and mobile homes (single lot and parks). Table 1. shows what percent of the total Planning Area residential area and dwelling units are located in the City and Unincorporated Area for each sub -category. The total figure indicates that while 76.6% of the Planning Area's residential land use is located in the Unincorporated Area, the City has a slight majority in total housing units. This comparison illustrates the difference in development densities between the two study areas. TABLE 1. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE AND DWELLING UNITS IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA BY TYPE. TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL USE CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA AREA UNITS AREA UNITS CONVENTIONAL 21.6 41.7 78.4 58.3 MOBILE HOME 4.4 10.6 95.6 89.4 MULTI -FAMILY 85.0 92.4 15.0 7.6 1 1 / l/ TOTAL 23.4 52.3 76.6 47.7 SOURCE' WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNINO DEPARTMENT This information based on 1979 County Tax records; however, latest preliminary 1980 Census counts indicate that the Unincorporated Area has the slight majority in housing units. - 6 - Wilmington has moderate to extremely high concentrations of units in some of the older sections of.the city. In addition, the large majority of the Planning Area's multi -family developments are located within Wilmington. These conditions are a major factor in the overall higher density in the City. The bulk of the new.residential development in the area over the past ten years has occurred in the Unincorporated Area. Most of this has been low -density suburban type development. As this trend continues, the gap between the.percentage of Planning Area residential acreage in the County and the City will continue to widen while the difference,in the portion of hous- ing stock will diminish, with the majority eventually shifting to the Unincor- porated Area. Figure 1. shows the percentage of the total residential acreage devoted to each of the sub -categories. Figure 2.provides the percentages of the Planning Area dwelling units by type. As the Figures indicate, conventional housing represents the lion's share of residential area and dwelling units in the Plan- ning Area. FIGURE 1. PERCENTAGES OF PLANNING FIGURE 2. PERCENTAGES OF PLANNING AREA RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE AREA TOTAL DWELLING UNITS BY TYPE. BY TYPE. SOURCE: WILMINGTON- NEWHANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT MOBILE HOMES, 6.6 % CONVENTIONAL 88.6 %. 4.7 MULTI-FAMIL WM 0 RESIDENTIAL -- CITY OF WILMINGTON 3,252 ACRES IN USE 38% OF DEVELOPED LAND 24% OF TOTAL LAND The City of Wilmington contains a wide spectrum of residential develop- ment densities ranging from 3,000 to 30,000 square foot lots. The range of residential densities is closely paralleled by the diversity in housing con- ditions throughout the city. The higher density areas in many instances con- tain deteriorating structures while the more spacious developments are typically well maintained, stable areas. While new construction activity was.low in the City from 1975 to 1980, rehabilitation of existing structures has steadily increased in an effort to stabilize older, viable neighborhoods. This trend_i.s due to a large extent to programs such as the Neighborhood Housing Services, Neighborhood Conserva- tion Projects and the Urban Restoration Project. Multi -family units continue to provide a sizable portion of the housing stock with an estimated 8,506 units or.44.1% of the City's total dwelling units. As indicated in Table.l., this represents 92.4% of the Planning Area's multi- family units. Approximately 27 percent of the City's multi -family housing is publically assisted. RESIDENTIAL -- UNINCORPORATED AREA 10,631 ACRES IN USE 40.8% OF DEVELOPED LAND 10.7% OF TOTAL LAND Ninety-nine percent (99%) of all residential land use in the Unincorporated Area consists of single family units. Conventional housing comprises 91% and mobile homes occupy 8% of the residential acreage. Similarily, these housing types provide 97% of the Unincorporated Area's housing stock. The multi -family category provides the balance with 1% of the residential area and 3% of the housing stock. Approximately 1/2 of the multi -family units are located in Governor's Square and the remaining units are duplexes. Over the past five years, 92% of the building permits for new single family residences were issued in the Unincorporated Area. Fifty-eight percent of.the subdivision lots platted in the Unincorporated Area during that period were within three miles of the city limits of Wilmington. TABLE 2. RESIDENTIAL LAND USE SUMMARY CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA PLANNING AREA PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF ACRES RESIDENTIAL DWELLING ACRES RESIDENTIAL DWELLING ACRES RESIDENTIAL - DWELLING OUSING TYPE IN USE AREA UNITS IN USE AREA UNITS IN USE AREA UNITS ONVENTIONAL 2,652 81.5 54.4 9,651 91.0 82.0 12,303 88.6 67.5 1OBILE HOME 41 1.3 1.5 881 8.0 15.0 922 6.6 7.8 ULTI-FAMILY 559 17.2 44.1 99 1.0 3.0 658 4.7 24.7 OTAL 3,252 100.0 100.0 10,631 100.0 100.0 13,883 99.9 100.0 SOURCE WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT OFFICE & INSTITUTIONAL (0&I) -- PLANNING AREA 1,523 ACRES IN USE 4.3 % OF DEVELOPED LAND 1.4% OF TOTAL LAND A significant amount of land is devoted to Office and Institutional use making this category the fourth largest user of developed land. This category includes uses such as professional offices, churches, schools and government offices. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, located within the city limits, is the area's single largest Office and Institutional use with approximately 266 acres. As indicated in Table 3., slightly more than half of the Planning Area's Office and Institutional land use is located in the City of Wilmington. TABLE 3. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL ACREAGE IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA. PERCENT IN CITY PERCENT IN UNINCOR- OF WILMINGTON PORATED AREA OFFICE AND 54.7 45.3 INSTITUTIONAL USE SOURCE: WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL (0&I) -- CITY OF WILMINGTON 833 ACRES IN USE 9.7% OF DEVELOPED LAND 6.1% OF TOTAL LAND The City of Wilmington has experienced a.steady increase over the last ten years in the amount of area devoted to 0&I use as illustrated by the following figures: 1970: 559 acres, 1975: 623 acres, and 1980: 833 acres. This data reflects the City's continuing role as the region's service center. Concentra- tions of 0&I uses are present in the Central Business District (CBD), the area surrounding the hospital, and to a lesser extent, in the vicinity of the Univer- sity between Oleander Drive and Market Street on South College Road. - 10 - Revitalization efforts.in the downtown and the presence of existing uses in that area are expected to maintain the CBD's status as the primary 0&I center in the city. OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL (0&I) -- UNINCORPORATED AREA 690 ACRES IN USE 2.6 % OF DEVELOPED LAND 0.6% OF TOTAL LAND Although nearly half of the Planning Area's 0&I land use is located in the Unincorporated Area, this category occupies less than 3% of the developed land in that subarea. The major 0&I uses in the outlying areas are public schools and churches. Professional offices are present in the areas of more intense development in the Unincorporated Area such -as on Eastwood Road near the beach. TABLE 4. OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE SUMMARY. CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA PLANNING AREA. ACRES PERCENT OF ACRES PERCENT OF ACRES PERCENT OF IN USE DEVELOPED LAND IN USE DEVELOPED LAND IN USE DEVELOPED LAND OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL USES 833 9.7% 690 2.6% 1,523 4.3% SOURCE:WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT I COMMERCIAL -- PLANNING AREA 1,413 ACRES IN USE 4.1% of DEVELOPED LAND 1.3% OF TOTAL LAND In order to obtain a clear picture of the commercial activity in the area, this category was divided into the following four. sub -categories: REGIONAL - Large facilities with numerous speciality and general merchandise retailers which attract customers outside New Hanover County. Examples are Independence Mall, Hanover Shopping Center, and the Central Business District. HIGHWAY - Primarily service establishments located adjacent to major thoroughfares to address the needs of motorists. Examples are service stations, motels, and restaurants. Also included in this sub -category are businesses with extensive land needs such as furniture stores and mobile -home sales lots, and automobile dealerships. COMMUNITY - Businesses which serve an intermediate market between regional facilities and neighborhood oriented businesses. Examples are College Square Shopping Center, Cape Fear Shopping Center, and the cluster of businesses on Wrightsville Avenue near the intersection with Wilshire Boulevard. NEIGHBORHOOD - Businesses primarily designed to serve residents in the immediate neighborhood. Examples are convenient food stores, small drug stores, and barber shops. Table 5. shows the percent of the Planning Area located in the City and Unincorporated Area for each of these sub -categories. The total figure in- dicates that each locale.has basically half of the commercial area. However, the types of commercial use are not so evenly divided -between the study areas as demonstrated in the cases of Regional where the City contains 96% and Neighbor- hood where 83% is located in the Unincorporated Area. These comparisons show that the more intense commercial activity in the Planning Area is occurring with- in the City. MF•E TABLE 5. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA COMMERCIAL ACREAGE BY TYPE IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA. TYPE OF CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA % OF PLANNING AREA % OF PLANNING AREA COMMERCIAL USE COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL REGIONAL 96.0 4.0 :HIGHWAY 60.0 40.0 :COMMUNITY 37.0 63.0 :NEIGHBORHOOD 17.0 83.0 TOTAL -- 48.5 '— 51.5 SOURCE: WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT COMMERCIAL -- CITY OF WILMINGTON 685 ACRES IN USE 8% OF DEVELOPED LAND 5% OF TOTAL LAND Wilmington continues to serve as the region's commercial and service center offering two shopping malls, three large shopping centers, the Central Business District, and numerous smaller commercial clusters located throughout the City. Nearly half of the City's commercial area consists of Community level businesses. Many of these establishments are inappropriately.located in a dispersed manner, thus unnecessarily increasing the amount of land devoted to these businesses while minimizing their potential attraction. The recent addition of new, intermediate - level shopping centers in the area may stimulate a shift from the dispersed pattern toward relocation to these commercial clusters. - 13 - COMMERCIAL -- UNINCORPORATED AREA 728 ACRES IN USE 2.8% OF DEVELOPED LAND 0.7% OF TOTAL LAND r The bulk of commercial establishments in the Unincorporated Area are located adjacent to major thoroughfares such as U.S. 17 North -and Oleander Drive. How- ever, only 17.2% of this area's total commercial land meets the definition of Highway Commercial. Most of the commercial development falls within the Community sub -category and would be more appropriately located in a clustered manner. Eighty-three percent (83%) of the Planning Area's Neighborhood commercial is located in this study area. These uses are primarily convenient food stores located in or near residential subdivisions. 14 - TABLE 6. COMMERCIAL LAND USE SUMMARY CITY OF WILMINGTON I UNINCORPORATED AREA .............. PLANNING AREA ........... ACRES PERCENT OF ACRES PERCENT OF ACRES PERCENT OF OMMERCIAL USE IN USE COMMERCIAL AREA IN USE COMMERCIAL AREA IN USE COMMERCIAL AREA' REGIONAL 169 24.7% 8 1.1% 177 12.5% HIGHWAY 180 26.3% 125 17.2% 305 21.6% COMMUNITY 325 47.6% 548 75.2% 874 61.9% NEIGHBORHOOD 10 1.4% 47 6�.5% 57 4.0% TOTAL 685 100.0% 728 100�.0% 1,413 100.0% SOURCE:WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND UTILITIES (TCU) -- PLANNING AREA 11,640 ACRES IN USE 33.6% OF DEVELOPED LAND 10.2% OF TOTAL LAND This land use category is a major user consuming one-third of the Planning Area's developed land. Transportation, Communication, and Utilities include public and private utilities, power generating plants, and airports. For purposes of analysis, Street and Railroad rights -of -way -are treated separately in this category. As shown in Table 7.,.over three -fourths of this category is located in the Unincorporated Area where 96.3% of the TCU and 68.3% of the Street and Railroads.are present. TABLE 7. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND UTILITIES IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA. PERCENT IN CITY OF WILMINGTON PERCENT IN UNINCORPORATED AREA TCU WITHOUT STREETS AND - RAILROADS 3.7 96.3 STREETS & RAILROADS 31.7 68.3 TOTAL 21.5 78.5 SOURCE' WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, & UTILITIES (TCU) --,CITY OF WILMINGTON 2,529 ACRES IN USE 29.6% OF DEVELOPED LAND 18.6% OF TOTAL LAND The majority of the TCU category in the city is comprised of residential street and railroad rights -of -way. A portion of the railroad rights -of -way, particularly in the northern part of the city, is currently not used. Similarly, - 16 - much of an old trolley car right-of-way which remains in sections of the city is vacant area. If streets and railroads are omitted, public utilities such as water and sewer plants comprise most of the TCU acreage in the city. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, & UTILITIES (TCU) -- UNINCORPORATED AREA 9,111 ACRES IN USE -34.9% OF DEVELOPED LAND 9.2% OF TOTAL LAND As indicated in Table 8., streets and railroads represent a much smaller share of the total TCU acreage in the Unincorporated Area than in the City. This is primarily due to the presence of the New Hover County Airport and the Sutton Steam Plant in the Unincorporated Area. The balance of TCU area consists of water and sewer facilities, electric substations and maintenance yards, and a private airport. As in the City, residential streets comprise the largest share of the TCU land use category in the Unincorporated Area. Principal Arterials, such as U.S. 421 and N.C. 132, represent a significant portion of this category as well. TABLE-8. TRANSPORTATION, C014MUNICATION AND UTILITIES LAND USE SUMMARY CITY OF WIL11INGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA PLANNING AREA ACRES PERCENT ACRES PERCENT ACRES PERCENT TCU CATEGORY IN USE OF TCU IN USE OF TCU IN USE OF TCU ,TCU WITHOUT ¢TREETS AND RAILROADS 156 6.2 4,004 44.0 4,160 35.7 STREETS AND RAILROADS 2,373 93.8 5,107 56.0 7,480 64.3 70TAL 2,529 100.0 9,111 100.0 11,640 100.0 SOURCE WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT - 17 - , { INDUSTRIAL -- PLANNING AREA 4,681 ACRES IN USE 13.5% OF DEVELOPED LAND 4.2% OF TOTAL LAND Three sub -categories have been identifi.ed'.within this land:use category to better describe the use of industrial areas.. These sub -categories are as follows: WHOLESALE, WAREHOUSING, DISTRIBUTION, & STORAGE -- These uses are involved with the movement, storage and handling of raw materials and products. INTENSIVE -- Light industries with small land requirements such as machine shops and apparel manufacturers. EXTENSIVE -- Heavier industries which require large sites such as lumber and wood products, chemical manufacturers, and fabricated metals. As shown in Table 9, eighty seven percent of the Planning Area's industrial acreage is located in the Unincorporated Area. Table 10 indicates that the bulk of extensive industry, which comprises three -fourths of the total industrial use, is located in that study area. The Unincorporated Area leads in all industrial sub -categories although only by a slight margin in intensive industry. The County contains over six times as much industrial land as the City, primarily due to the presence of large exten- sive industries. TABLE 9. PERCENT OF PLANNING AREA INDUSTRIAL ACREAGE BY TYPE IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA. SOURCE': WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL USE PERCENT IN CITY OF WILMINGTON PERCENT IN UN - INCORPORATED AREA WHOLESALE .WAREHOUSING DISTRIBUTION & STORAGE 41.3 58.7 INTENSIVE 49.0 51.0 EXTENSIVE 3.0 97.0 TOTAL 12.9 87.1 INDUSTRIAL -- CITY OF WILMINGTON 605 ACRES IN USE 7.1% OF DEVELOPED LAND 4.4% OF TOTAL LAND The majority of the City's industrial area is located along the riverfront. The primary use in this area is warehouse, storage and distribution along with some extensive industry. Other concentrations of industries appear along northern 23rd Street, the eastern terminus of Dawson Street, and adjacent to the railroad in the vicinity of 12th and Kidder Streets. These areas contain a mixture of indus- trial uses. Access to transportation facilities appears to have been a primary consideration in the development of these industrial areas. INDUSTRIAL -- UNINCORPORATED AREA 4,076 ACRES IN USE 15% OF DEVELOPED LAND 3.5% OF TOTAL LAND The largest industrial uses in this area.continue to be the extensive industries located along U.S. 421^North and in Castle Hayne. These uses include chemical manu- facturers, a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant and quarries. Uses such as these com- prise 84% of the industrial land in the Unincorporated Area as shown in Table 10., The availability of large tracts of land, reasonable access and proper zoning are , among the major factors which guided these uses to their present locations. TABLE 10. INDUSTRIAL LAND USE.SUMMARY. INDUSTRIAL USE CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA PLANNING AREA ACRES PERCENT OF ACRES PERCENT OF ACRES PERCENT OF IN USE INDUSTRIAL AREA IN USE INDUSTRIAL AREA IN USE INDUSTRIAL AREA WHOLESALE, WAREHOUSING, - DISTRIBUTION & STORAGE 361 60% 514 12% 875 19% INTENSIVE 138 23% 142 4% 280 6% EXTENSIVE 106 17% 3,420 84% 3,526 75% TOTAL 605 100% 4,076 100% 4,681 100% SOURCE: WILMINGTON- NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT - 19 - RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE -- PLANNING AREA 1,500 ACRES IN USE 4.3% OF DEVELOPED LAND 1.3% OF TOTAL LAND This land use category includes parks, golf courses, cemeteries and passive recreational areas. Table 11. provides a breakdown on the location of these areas in the Planning Area. The percentage of developed land column refers to the individual locale. TABLE 11. RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE LAND USE SUMMARY. ACRES IN USE PERCENT OF DEVELOPED LAND % OF PLANNING AREA RECREATIONAL ACREAGE CITY OF WILMINGTON 645 7.5% 43% UNINCORPORATED AREA 855 3.3% 57% PLANNING AREA 1,500 4.3% 100% SOURCE: WILMINGTON- NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT As the table shows, the City contains a smaller share.of the total recrea- tion acreage. However, the percentage of the City's developed land devoted to this use is more than double that in the Unincorporated Area. - 20 - RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE -- CITY OF WILMINGTON 645 ACRES IN USE 7.5% OF DEVELOPED LAND 4.5% OF TOTAL LAND Wilmington provides numerous public recreational facilities such as Greenfield Lake, Empie and Maids Parks, Legion Stadium, and the Martin Luther King Center. Several cemeteries in the area, such as Oakdale and Greenlawn, provide expansive open space areas. Other major recreation areas include the green belt adjacent to Burnt Mill Creek, Cape Fear Country Club and the Echo Farms Country Club. These public and private facilities are well dis- persed and provide excellent recreational facilities to all parts of the City. RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE -- UNINCORPORATED AREA 855 ACRES IN USE 3.3% OF DEVELOPED LAND 0.86% OF TOTAL LAND Hugh McRae Park and four golf courses represent the majority of recrea- tional land in the Unincorporated Area. Numerous commercial establishments such as marinas and water slides also provide recreational facilities in this water -oriented community. Many areas of the County are not adequately served with recreational facilities. Efforts such as the adoption of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan for Wilmington and New Hanover County in 1976 and the establishment of the County Parks and Recreation Department in 1977 are addressing this need with the development of new parks and improvements at existing parks and school sites. - 21 - UNDEVELOPED & AGRICULTURE-= PLANNING AREA 78082 ACRES TOTAL - 59.1*%' OF TOTAL LAND Areas included in this category are unimproved land, bonafide farms and forestry lands. As.indicated in Table 12., these areas represent 59.17, of Plan- ning Area's total land. TABLE 12. UNDEVELOPED & AGRICULTURE LAND USE SUMMARY UNDEVELOPED AND AGRICUL- TURE LAND CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA PLANNING AREA OF % OF % OF TOTAL UN- % OF TOTAL UN- % OF TOTAL UN- % OF DEVELOPED CITY DEVELOPED U.A: DEVELOPED P.A. ACRES LAND LAND ACRES LAND LAND ACRES LAND LAND 5,052 6.5% 35.9% 73,030 93.5% 61.8% 78,082 100% 61.8% SOURCE: WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT UNDEVELOPED AND AGRICULTURE --.CITY OF WILMINGTON 5,052 TOTAL ACRES 35.9% OF TOTAL LAND Undeveloped area in this study area is primarily comprised of large tracts lo- cated in the periphery of the city. These areas include property located along 17th Street in the vicinity of the hospital and extending along Shipyard Boulevard to South College Road, property in the vicinity of South College Road and New Centre Drive, the area surrounding the intersection of railroad lines south of Market Street and west of Kerr Avenue and property adjacent to Smith Creek on the northern edge of the city. Although there are other smaller vacant areas throughout Wilmington, the balance of the city is for the most part developed. There are no extensive agricul- tural areas in the city. - 22 - UNDEVELOPED AND AGRICULTURAL -- UNINCORPORATED AREA 73,030 ACRES IN USE 61.8% OF TOTAL LAND The bulk of this category in the Unincorporated Area is located in the northern half of the county. Cape Fear Township contains vast undeveloped areas as well as nearly all of the Planning Area's.agriculture lands. Other large vacant areas include property between Howe Creek and East- wood Road, the area south of Pine Valley to Monkey Junction and portions of the land between U.S. 421 and the river south of Wilfiington. All of these areas combined represent nearly three fourths of the Un- incorporated Area total land and 93.5% of the undeveloped and agricultural land in the Planning Area. - 23 - 1 WATER -- PLANNING AREA 19,493 ACRES TOTAL 14.7% OF TOTAL AREA TABLE 13. WATER AREAS SUMMARY CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA PLANNING AREA OF % OF % OF TOTAL % OF TOTAL % OF TOTAL % OF WATER CITY WATER UNINCORPORATED TOTAL WATER PLANNING ACRES AREAS AREA ACRES AREAS AREA ACRES AREAS AREA 4ATER AREAS 467 .2.4% 3.3% 19,026 97.6% 16.1% 19,493 100.0% 14.7% SOURCE:WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT New Hanover County is virtually surrounded by water with the Atlantic Ocean along its southern and eastern borders and the Cape Fear River to the west and north. Within the Planning Area.boundaries, the largest surface water areas are the Intercoastal Waterway and the Cape Fear River. Other large water areas include Greenfield Lake in the City -and several creeks adjacent to the Intercoastal Waterway in the Unincorporated Area. Tablel3. provides a breakdown on the percentage of water area located within each study area. - 24 - III. Summary Figures & Tables INTRODUCTION This section consists of a series of charts, tables and a bar graph summarizing the land usage in each study area. The first figures are pie charts which show the percentages of total area and developed land for each study area by land use category. Comparison of the charts provides a means to observe graphically the similarities and differences between the study areas in usage. For example, comparison of Figures 3. and 5. reveals that residential uses represent a significantly larger portion of the total area in the City than in the Unincorporated Area. The same com- parison between'Figures 4. and 6., however., shows._that the residential category represents basically the same portionof the developed land in both study areas. Similar comparisons between other categories can be useful, particularly when made in conjunction with the summary data tables accompany- ing each figure Figure 9. provides the percent of Planning Area total located in the City and Unincorporated Area for each land use category. Corresponding percentages.for sub -categories are not provided in this figure; however, that data is available in the "Findings by Land Use Category",section of the report in applicable categories. Table 14. provides acres in use, percent of total area and percent of developed area by'land use category for the three study areas. - 25 - City of Wilmington - FIGURE 3. PERCENT OF TOTAL AREA BY LAND USE FIGURE 4. PERCENT OF DEVELOPED LAND BY LAND USE CATEGORY _ CATEGORY WATER AREAS 1 9 8 1 7 / = 6 Q v RESIDENTIAL � �pJ UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL 2 & AGRICULTURE STREETS & R.R. 081 Nl �9 j TCU 4 STREETS & R.R. y �y 7 6 5 OF ACRES TOTAL AREA 1.) RESIDENTIAL 3,252 23.2 2.) OFFICE & INST. 833 5.9 3.) COMMERCIAL 685 4.9 4.) TRANSPORTATION, ETC. 156 1.1 5.) STREETS & RR 2,373 16.9 6.) INDUSTRIAL 605 4.3 7.) RECREATION 645 4.5 8.) UNDEVELOPED & AGRI. 5,052 35.9 9.) WATER AREAS 467 3.3 TOTAL 14,068 100.0 0 O a I clcG 2 OF DEVELOPED ACRES LAND 1.) RESIDENTIAL .3,252 38.1 2.) OFFICE & INST. 833 9:7 3.) COMMERCIAL 685 8.0 4.) TRANSPORTATION, ETC. 156 1.8 5.) STREETS & RR 2,373 27.8 6.) INDUSTRIAL 605 7.1, 7.) RECREATION 645 7.5 TOTAL 8,549 100.0 SOURCE: WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT Unincorporated Area FIGURE 5. PERCENT OF TOTAL AREA BY LAND USE CATEGORY 2 0&I I 9 3 COMMERCIAL 4 WATER 5 z AREAS ST RFFTS 6 uj n INDUSTRIAL 7 RECREATIONAL 8 . UNDEVELOPED & AGRICULTURE FIGURE 6. PERCENT OF DEVELOPED. LAND BY LAND USE CATEGORY 3 % OF OF DEVELOPED ACRES TOTAL AREA ACRES `LAND 1.) RESIDENTIAL 102631 9.0 1.) RESIDENTIAL 10,631 40.8 2.) OFFICE & INST. 690 0.6 2.) OFFICE & INST. 690 2.6 3.) COMMERCIAL 728 0.6 3.) COMMERCIAL 728 2.8 4.) TRANSPORTATION, ETC. 4,004 3.4 4.) TRANSPORTATION, ETC. 4,004 15.3 5.) STREETS & RR 5,107 4.3 5.) STREETS & RR 5,107 19.5 6.) INDUSTRIAL 4,076 3.5 6.) INDUSTRIAL 4,076 15.7 7.) RECREATION 855 0.7. 7.) RECREATION 855 3.3 8.) UNDEVELOPED & AGRI. 73,030 61.8 TOTAL 26,091 100.0 9.) WATER AREAS 19,026 16.1 TOTAL 118,147 100.0 SOURCE: WILMINGTON- NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT N 00 I Planning Area FIGURE 7. PERCENT OF TOTAL AREA BY LAND USE FIGURE 8. PERCENT OF DEVELOPED LAND. BY LAND USE CATEGORY CATEGORY 9 17 6 1 A Q 2 �� WATER 0 4 3co°�� a� AREAS i- T �Fqc 2� 8 5 INDUSTRIAL 3 STRFRTS 8 R R INDUSTRIAL ECREATION UNDEVELOPED & AGRICULTURE OF ACRES TOTAL AREA 1.) RESIDENTIAL 13,883 10.5 2.) OFFICE & INST. 1,523 1.2 3.) COMMERCIAL 1,413 1.1 4.) TRANSPORTATION, ETC. 4,160 3.1 5.) STREETS & RR 7,480 5.7 6.) INDUSTRIAL 4,681 3.5 7.) RECREATION 1,500 1.1 8.) UNDEVELOPED & AGRI. 78,082 59.1 9.) WATER AREAS 19,493 14.7 TOTAL 132,215 100.0 RESIDENTIAL STREETS a R.R. 0 0 3 3 rriTCU 0aI D 4 2 r 3 OF ' DEVELOPED ACRES LAND 1. RESIDENTIAL 13,883 40.2 2.) OFFICE & INST. 1.523 4.4 3.) COMMERCIAL 1,413 4.1 4.) TRANSPORTATION, ETC. 4,160 12.0 5.) STREETS & RR 7,480 21.6 6.) INDUSTRIAL 4,681 13.4 7.) RECREATION 1,500 4.3 TOTAL 34,640 100.0 SOURCE: WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT FIGURE 9. PERCENTAGE OF PLANNING AREA'S TOTAL ACREAGE IN CITY AND UNINCORPORATED AREA BY LAND USE CATEGORY. CITY OF WILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA 1 1.) 1O PERCENTAGE 80 60 40 20 C LAND USE CATEGORY SOURCE: WILMINGTON- NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT { f' i II I i f TABLE 14. SUflMARY OF EXISTING LAND USE: 1979-1980 CITY OF 14ILMINGTON UNINCORPORATED AREA PLANNING AREA PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF PERCENT OF DEVELOPED PERCENT OF DEVELOPED PERCENT OF DEVELOPED AND USE CATEGORY ACRES TOTAL AREA LAND ACRES TOTAL AREA LAND ACRES TOTAL AREA LAND OTAL RESIDENTIAL 3,252 23.2 38.0 10,631 9.0 40.80 13,883 10.50 40.2 CONVENTIONAL 2,652 18.9 31.0 9,651 8.2 37.00 12,303 9.30 35.5 MOBILE HOME 41 0.3 0.5 881 0.7 3.40 922 0.70 2.7 MULTI -FAMILY 559 4.0 6.6 99 0.08 0.40 658 0.50 2.0 OTAL FFICE & INSTITUTIONAL 833 5.9 9.7 690 0.6 2.60 1,523 1.20 4.4 OTAL COITMERCIAL 685 4.9 8.0 728 0.6 2.80 1,413 1.10 4.1 REGIONAL 169 1.2 2.0 8 0.006 0.03 177 0.10 0.5 'HIGHWAY 180 1.3 2.1 125 0.1 0.50 305 0.20 0.9 COMMUNITY 326 2.3 3.8 548 0.5 2.10 874 0.70 2.5 NEIGHBORHOOD 10 0.1 0.1 47 0.04 0.20 57 0.04 0.2 OTAL TCU 2,529 18,0 29.6 9,111 7.7 34.80 11,640 8.80 33.6 TRANSPORTATION, COM- f1UNICATION & UTILITIES 156 1.1 1.8 4.004 3.4 15.30 4,160 3.10 12.0 STREETS & RAILROADS 2,373 16.9 27.8 5,107 4.3; 19.60 7,480 5.70 21.6 OTAL INDUSTRY 605 4.3 7.1 4,076 3.5 15.70 4,681 3.50 13.4 WHOLESALE, DIST., ETC. 361 2.7 4.2 514 0.4 2.00 875 0.70 2.5. INTENSIVE 138 1.0 1.6 142 0.12 0.54 280 0.40 0.8 EXTENSIVE 106 0.8 1.2 3,420 2.9 13.11 3,526 2.40 10.2 OTAL RECREATION 645 4.5 7.5 855. 0.70 3.3 11500 1.1 4.3 OTAL UNDEVELOPED 5,052 35.9 --- .73,030 61.8 --- 78.082 .59.1 --- TOTAL WATER AREA 467 3.3 --- 19,029 16.1 --- 19,493 14.7 --- TOTAL AREA 14,068 100.0 100.0 118,147 100.0 100.0 132,215 100.0 100.0 SOURCE: WILMINGTON- NEW HANOVER PLANNING DEPARTMENT . IV: Summary INTRODUCTION The summary of this report consists of three subsections: 1) Major.find- ings, 2) Local Land Use Problems and 3) Conclusion. These discussions serve as an overview ofthe land use survey and are therefore intentionally brief. More detailed discussions regarding various aspects of the survey are found in applicable sections of the report. Specific recommendations concerning revisions to local growth policies are scheduled for the second phase of the update process. This section identifies some of the issues which will be addressed during that phase. MAJOR ' FINDINGS . ,w Listed below is a brief summary of the major land use findings resulting from the survey and analysis. More detailed findings for each land use cate- gory are provided in the "Findings By Land Use Category" section of the report. 1. The number of Planning Area dwelling units is basically split between the City and Unincorporated Area. However, the total residential acreage in the Unincorporated Area is over three times that located in the City. 2. The total area devoted to Office and Institutional has steadily increased over the past decade making this category a significant land user. 3. The City's role as a regional trade center is further evidenced by the recent opening of the area's second shopping mall. 4. Due to the presence of several, large extensive industries, the Un- incorporated Area contains over 85% of the Planning Area's total industrial acreage. 5. One-third of the Planning Area's developed land is"devoted to Trans- portation, Communication and Utility facilities, most of which are residential streets. 6. Nearly 70% of Planning Area's total land is undeveloped and Agricul- ture area. 7. The Recreation and Open Space land use category occupies 1,500 acres in the Planning Area. 8. Water areas within the boundaries of the Planning Area represent 14.7% of the total area. - 31 - LOCAL LAND'USE PROBLEMS In addition to the data produced as a result of the land use survey, a number of land -use related problems were identified during the process. These problems fall within two basic types: incompatible development and unplanned development. Outlined below are descriptions of these problems as they are occurring in the Planning Area. 1. Incompatible Development - Several locations within the Planning Area are experiencing or likely to experience problems as a result of an improper mix of land uses. Listed below and shown on Map 2 are the major instances of incompatible development in the Planning Area: Spofford Mills, Brooklyn, and Sunset Hills: industrial zoning in these primarily residential neighborhoods has resulted in several non -residential -uses, such as contractor plants, re- cycling centers, and trucking terminals, locating in or near these areas. . Flemington: this small residential community is located in the midst of vast areas zoned and used industrially. . Creekwood: this housing project is -inappropriately located in close proximity to the airport. 2. Unplanned Development - Certain development practices have occurred within the Planning Area which result in numerous problems related to provision of proper;services and facilities, traffic and erosion of the tax base through inefficient use of land. Map 3 shows the location of the two major types of unplanned development occurring in the Planning Area which are described below. . Strip Commercial Development - this development pattern continues to be a problem on most major thoroughfares throughout the Planning Area. Although there is a recognized need for certain businesses such as automobile sales and services.to locate adjacent to high- ways, many of the existing businesses in these locations have no demonstrated need to do so. . Metes and Bounds Development - a significant portion of the Planning Area's -residential development has occurred without formal review by the appropriate agencies under a provision commonly referred to as "Metes & Bounds" development. Not only does this practice fail to adequately alert local government of the current level of develop ment activity, it also results in uncoordinated development patterns in many instances. 32 WILMINGTON ;' WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH • Dv w 4 MAP 2 P LOCATION OF INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT j CAROLINA I BEACH '� Spofford Mills I 2 Brooklyn I i 3 Sunset Hills KLJRE ' !y BEACH 4Flemington I, 5 Creekwood NEW HANOVER COUNTY O-.. PREPARED BY THE _ ►1 t� WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER - PLANNING DEPARTMENT - 33 - WILMINGTON j : r'�WRIGHT8VILLE BEACH r • _. r c is ie v �1 P P MAP 3 j LOCATION OF UNPLANNED CAROLINA DEVELOPMENT i - BEACH j A Strip Commerical 1 ! B Metes & Bounds t KURE er i BEACH NEW HANOVER COUNTY PREPARED BY THE WILMINGTON-NEW HANOVER N PLANNING DEPARTMENT - 34 - .4 f CONCLUSION The 1980 survey of existing land use revealed that the development trends established between 1970-1975 have to a large extent continued during the past five years. Service and trade establishments continue to represent a significant portion of the developed areas. New residential development for the most part is occurring in the Unincorporated Area. Re- vitalization efforts, both commercial and residential, are renewing the viability of the central city. The majority of Planning Area industrial growth has been in the form of expansions to existing firms with few new sites being developed. Improvements have been made with respect to many of the land use prob- lems identified during the 1975 planning program. For example, the sprawl- ing development identified in those studies is gradually being reversed as evidenced by the fact that 58% of the subdivision lots platted since 1975 have been within three miles of the City limits of Wilmington. Also, the worsening of three zoning related problems (encroachment, strip commercial development and overzoning) is being abated by the denial -,.of zoning requests which would have the effect of increasing these problems. However, several land use problems still exist in the Planning Area as outlined in the previous subsection. Their recognition can be considered the first step toward their resolution. The next step will be the develop- ment of an updated land use plan and accompanying growth policies during the next phase of the Planning program. -35- V. Appendices A. METHODOLOGY The following is a synopsis of the techniques and materials utilized in obtaining and summarizing the land use data contained in this report: 1. Development of land use categories and sub -categories to address local existing land use patterns. 2. Assignment of land use codes used by New Hanover County Tax Office to appropriate land use category and/or sub -category (SEE LISTING IN -B. BELOW). 3. Computer printouts obtained for each land parcel in Planning Area by land use code and location. Information transferred to corresponding 1" = 400' scale planning maps which were then color - coded. 4. Information verified by aerial photography,.field checks, and tele- phone surveys. 5. 1 400' color -coded maps hand measured for each land use category by individual, 1/16th sections which correspond to County Tax Office 1 = 100' maps. 6. Planning Area and City of Wilmington totals obtained by summing appropriate map area data. Unincorporated Area totals obtained by subtracting City totals from Planning Area totals. B. LISTING OF LAND USES BY CATEGORY As indicated in the Methodology, the codes assigned by the County Tax Office served as the basis for determining the existing use of each land parcel in the Planning Area. The following list represents the manner in which these codes were aggregated under the land use categories and sub- categories for the survey and analysis. The numbers shown are those used by the Tax Office for each land use. Single. Family Residential (SFR) 0 - Family Residential 04 - Season Residential 1 Family 19 - Other Residential Mobile Homes (MH) 10 - Mobile Home 14 - Mobile Home Park - 36 - Multi=Family'Residential _ 02 - Family Residential 03 - 3 or more Family Residential 05 - Season Residential 2 + Family Office and Institutional 61 - Finance ea state 65 - Physicians and Dental Services 65A Hospital Services 65B - Sanitoriums, Convalescent and Rest Home Services 65D - Other Medical and Health -Services 65E - Legal Services 67 - Governmental 68 - Educational 69A - Religious Activities 69B - Relig.ious Activities and Educational School 12 - Group Quarters Commercial l/ 52 - Retail yBuilding Materials, Hardware', ­and Farm 53 - Retail --General Merchandise 54A - Groceries Retail Convenience Food 54B - Fish and Seafoods - Retail 54C - Other Retail Trade - Food 55 - Retail Auto 55A - Tires, Batteries, and Accessories - Retail 55B - Gasoline Service Stations 55C - Marine Craft and Accessories - Retail 55D - Marina - Marine Craft Docking and Services 55E - Retail Trade Auto, Marine Craft Aircraft, Accesories 56 - Retail Apparel 57 - Retail Home Furnishings 58A - Eating Place.- Consumption on Premises 58B - Fast Food Service 58C - Drinking Place (Alcoholic Beverages). 13 - Residential Hotel 6 Travel Trailer Park 73 - Amusements 84A - Sport Fishing 84B - Commercial Fishing 84C - Other Fishing and Related 62 - Personal Services 63 - Business Services 64 - Repair - Auto Services 66 - Contract Construction 59 - Other Retail 15 - Transient Lodging Y Sub -categories for commercial are not provided in the listing since judgments as to which sub -category property in commercial use should be placed under were made on a case -by -case basis during the survey. -37- Transportation; Cbmmunicatiens'Utilities 41 - Rail Transit 42 - Motor Vehicles 43 - Aircraft 44 - Marine Craft 45 - Street Right-of-way 46 - Auto Parking 47_ - Communications 48 - Utilities 49 - Other Transportation, Communication and Utility Wholesale, Warehousing and Distribution 5 - Wholesale Trade Industrial (Intensive 2 - Food and Kindred 23 - Apparel and Similar 27 - Printing and Allied 34 - Fabricated Metal 35 - Professional, Scientific and Controlling Instruments 36 - Boat and -Ship Construction 39 - Miscellaneous' ManufattU:ring - 84 - Fishery Industrial (Extensive) 22 - Textile Mill 24 - Lumber and Wood 25 - Furniture and Fixtures 26 - Paper and Allied 28 - Chemical and Allied 29 - Petroleum, Refining and Related 31 - Rubber and Plastic 32 - Stone, Clay and Glass 33 - Primary Metal 85 - Mining and Related Recreation 71 - Cultural or Nature Exhibition 72 - Public Assembly 74 Recreational Activities 75 - Resorts and Camps 76 - Parks, Undeveloped and Agriculture 81 - Agriculture 82 - Agriculture Related 83 - Forestry and Related 91 - Unused Land 92 - Non -Commercial Forest Miscellaneous �� 89 - Other Resource 69C - Other Services 79 - Other Cultural, Entertainment and Recreation 94 - Vacant Floors 95 - Under Construction C. RELATED MATERIALS AVAILABLE Listed below are materials related to this report which are available for inspection and use at the Planning Department Offices: 1. 1" = 400' scale planning maps, which.encompass the entire Planning Area, color -coded by land use category. 2. Land use data which correspond to the area within the`1".= 100' scale tax maps and the 1" 400' scale Planning maps. 3. Copies of the Generalized Existing Land Use Map accompanying this re- port are also available separately. Parcels in the Miscellaneous category were included in the appropriate land use category according to their individual use. . - 39 -