b'OPPORTUNITY LIVES HEREThe Methodology Used to Determine Parcels Potentially Suitable for Recommended IndustriesGIS analysis was used to identify a subset of parcels in the District that meet certain criteria that may make them more viable for this plans recommended industries. These parcels were identified through the following methodology:1.As described above, zoning districts whose use and development regulations could accommodate this plans recommended industries were identified as zoning districts of interest. Parcels in the District that do not fall into one of these zoning districts were removed from the list of parcels potentially suited for the recommended industries. Note that split-zoned parcels were assigned either the zoning district that overlaps most of the parcel or, where the split was close to even, the most restrictive of the zoning districts that overlap the parcel.2.Parcels less than two acres in size were removed from the list. Note that this size minimum is an inexact method of narrowing down the list of parcels and that it may result in the exclusion of sites that are appropriate for certain activities associated with recommended industries.3.Any properties owned by public agencies that are unlikely to offer development or redevelopment opportunities were removed from the list. These primarily included parcels that were developed with specific infrastructure, such as the Wilmington Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as parcels owned by the USACE. 4.As mentioned in the previous section, development in wetlands is restricted and some development activities and land uses are prohibited. Therefore, the presence of NWI wetlands, although non-regulatory, was used as another criterion by which to narrow down the list of parcels. Parcels with 50% or more of their land area covered in NWI wetlands where the remaining land area was four acres or fewer were removed from the list. Four acres was chosen as the cut-off point rather than two acres because the non-wetland area on many of these parcels is irregularly shaped so a two-acre area on these parcels may be less developable than a two-acre parcel with no wetlands.Delaware Three Rivers Area Economic Development Master Plan 156'