Pinedene Design Guide Approved

[The Pinedene Design Guide]https://www.southernpines.net/DocumentCenter/View/11375/2040-Comprehenisve-Plan-Appendix-A---Pinedene-Design-Guide) serves as a detailed reference to the Comprehensive Plan vision for Pinedene (when certain development proposals arise). This will not come into play for development applications that are “by-right” uses and fully conform to UDO regulations. However, planning staff will reference this guide when a developer presents an application, like a Conditional Zoning or a Planned Development, that balances development feasibility with the Comprehensive Plan vision.

The area was given the moniker Pinedene by early Town leaders and is referenced in a 1926 map outlining parcels.

An example for employing the design guide.
John Doe aims to redevelop parcel X in Pinedene. Parcel X was built in the 1970s and has a long list of UDO nonconformities. He then finds UDO requirements like 80% brick facades, setbacks, height restrictions, and parking make his plan financially infeasible to bring to compliance.

John then decides to submit, after referencing the design guide, a Conditional Zoning application that asks for:
• Alternate building materials
• Reduced highway setbacks
• 5-story height

After reading the design guide, John understands the vision. He incorporates into parcel X:
• A well designed public realm / green space
• Pedestrian connectivity
• Vertical mixed-use building(s) (with a commercial / retail ground floor and apartment upper floor)

The Pinedene Design Guide is attached in the email and can be found on the Southern Pines website here under “Appendix A.” The district’s map is outlined here in yellow.