5316 Orton Point Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403

Mixed Use District

The Mixed Use District (MX) is established, consistent with the policies of the comprehensive plan, to provide innovative opportunities for integrating diverse but compatible uses into a single development that is unified by distinguishable design features. The Mixed Use District is intended to provide an alternative to the predominant development pattern in Wilmington characterized by unconnected, uncoordinated commercial development along thoroughfares and limited access residential developments isolated from places to work and shop. MX may also be used to replicate the historic urban development pattern in redevelopment areas. In addition to a mixture of compatible uses, developments in this district shall provide amenities and walkways to increase pedestrian activity, decrease reliance on individual vehicles, foster transit usage, enhance the environmental quality and attractiveness of Wilmington and New Hanover County, improve the overall quality of life, and provide for the welfare of the citizens. In the event of conflict between regulations for mixed use developments and those in other sections of the City Code, the mixed use regulations shall supersede unless specifically stated otherwise.