This Unified Development Ordinance and Zoning Map are made in accordance with a comprehensive and land use plan and is designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, parks and other public requirements; to control development of flood prone areas and regulate stormwater runoff/discharge; to regulate signs; and to establish proceedings for the subdivision of land. The regulations have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character of the jurisdiction and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the jurisdiction. Furthermore, the UDO will aim to:
• Continue utilization of the established mixed-use pattern of certain portions of the community;
• Acknowledge and protect a character that is unique to Wrightsville Beach;
• Protect existing housing and lodging opportunities;
• Protect the existing uses, densities, and intensities;
• Provide new investment and reinvestment opportunities;
• Ensure new development and redevelopment compliments and enhances community character; and
• Implement thoughtful controlled growth.
(Ord. 1695, passed 11-8-12; Am. Ord. 1838, passed 3-10-22)