land development code

The city of Wilmington’s new land use codes try to walk a fine line between encouraging development and protecting the urban tree canopy.

Wilmington is in the midst of reviewing draft land development codes: they’ll define how the city grows and changes for the next several decades. Planners are hoping to see more housing go into existing suburban neighborhoods, but worry that certain elements could kill future development.

There are plans in the works for those woods you see across the river from downtown Wilmington, between the battleship and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.…

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