could lead to the development of residences, hotels, and other structures
that attract high densities of people in D’Iberville, subjecting them to safety
risks relative to aircraft operations from Keesler AFB. Compatibility Assessment
APZ I mainly traverses the Back Bay, although the northern portion of the
APZ is located over the City of D’Iberville. Existing land uses within this area
are residential as well as some vacant land. The vacant land has the
potential to be developed as an incompatible use as much of the vacant land
located south of Brodie Road is zoned Waterfront District. The Waterfront
District also has the potential to be incompatible if developed residentially
as suggested in the 2015 Comprehensive Plan. This is not compliant with
the density recommendations outlined in the Keesler AFB AICUZ Study,
which recommend no residential development in the safety zones other
than single‐family detached dwellings at a maximum density of 2 units per
acre in APZ II. Findings
Current land uses in APZ II consist of vacant land, Commercial, Single‐Family
Residential, and Institutional, which includes D’Iberville Middle School.
Although already present, there are Single‐Family Residential land uses
located west of Auto Mall Parkway that have densities greater than 2
dwelling units per acre, which is the recommended maximum density for
single family residential units in APZ 11, making this use incompatible with
the recommendations for APZ II. The Institutional land use is also not
compliant with the AICUZ Study safety recommendations. In addition,
although the vacant land is currently compliant with safety zones as there is
no development, this land has the potential to be developed as a
incompatible use as some of the vacant land is zoned Commercial.
Commercial land uses could include hotels casinos, which