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Soil Report Southern Environmental Group, Inc. 5315 South College Road, Suite E ∙ Wilmington, North Carolina 28412 910.452.2711 · Fax: 910.452.2899 · office@segi.us · www.segi.us 1 June 2016 Via Electronic Mail [SEGi Project #: 016-027.01] Mr. Tom Smith TRS Holdings 420 Beasley Road Wilmington, NC 28409 trsmithms@gmail.com RE: Conservation Overlay District Determination 7170 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina Dear Mr. Smith, This correspondence is in reference to New Hanover County Development Service’s Conservation Overlay District (COD) Regulations, regarding a 19.4 +/- acre site, with the physical address of 7170 Carolina Beach Road, and the parcel ID#s R08200-001-005-000 and R08200-001-005-001, located in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Our firm was has been tasked with evaluating the site, according to Section 55.1 of the New Hanover County Zoning Ordinance. According to the COD GIS layer available through the county’s website, there are 2 small areas of the site that are classified as pocosin, as well as areas mapped as longleaf pine and turkey oak woodland, and urban and developed land (see attached). The soils mapped in the area at the northwestern corner of the site don’t meet the Class IV soils requirement (Dorovan, Pamlico, Croatan) for this area to be classified as pocosin. There is an area mapped by the county as pocosin along the southern boundary of the site, within an area mapped as Pamlico soils. This soil type comes across the middle of the site. Our inspections revealed that there has been extensive historic backfilling of this entire area of Pamlico soil with non-hydric, non-Class IV soils. This is evidenced by the growth of vegetation not suited for Class IV soils, and indicative of past disturbance, such as Chinese privet, Carolina laurel cherry, grape, and wisteria vines. The Corps of Engineers visited this site on April 29, 2016. The only jurisdictional wetland on the site is located in the northwestern corner of the site. There are several jurisdictional ditches within the site, shown on the attached sketch. It is our opinion that there are no areas that should be subjected to regulations set forth in the New Hanover County Zoning Ordinance Section 55.1. We strongly suggest getting concurrence with our determination from the Development Service staff. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at (910) 452-2711. Sincerely, David Scibetta Senior Project Manager Attachment: Sketch of Soils and COD Layers ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!! ! !!!!!!! A1 EQ A12 Pocosin Urban and Developed Land Pocosin Pocosin Longleaf Pine and Turkey Oak Woodland Longleaf Pine and Turkey Oak Woodland Longleaf Pine and Turkey Oak Woodland Longleaf Pine and Turkey Oak Woodland Longleaf Pine and Turkey Oak Woodland Longleaf Pine and Turkey Oak Woodland Pamlico muck Kureb sand-1 to 8 percent slopes Lynn Haven fine sand Leon sand Murville fine sand Pamlico muck Dorovan soils Pamlico muck Kureb sand-1 to 8 percent slopes Pamlico muck Dorovan soils 4Field Sketch Lehigh Road Property Wilmington, New Hanover Co., N.C. 5/5/2016 016-027.01 !!Ditch Property Line Flagged Wetlands Conservation Overlay District Map Source: NCOneMaps Orthoimagery 1 inch = 200 feet 0 80 160 240 320 40040Feet