2007-07-05 Agenda Review
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSBOOK 31
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, JULY 5, 2007 PAGE 129
ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review on Thursday, July 5, 2007, at
4:10 p.m. in Conference Room 601 at the New Hanover County Government Center, 230 Government Center Drive,
Wilmington, North Carolina.
Members present were: Chairman William A. Caster; Vice-Chairman Robert G. Greer; Commissioner
William A. Kopp, Jr.; Commissioner Nancy H. Pritchett; County Attorney Wanda M. Copley; Deputy Clerk to the
Board Teresa P. Elmore and County Manager Bruce T. Shell.
Commissioner Ted Davis, Jr. was absent.
Chairman Caster called the meeting to order and announced that the purpose of the meeting is to review
and discuss the Board?s July 9, 2007 Regular Session meeting agenda and Water and Sewer District meeting agenda.
The Board discussed Regular Agenda Item 1 - Consideration of a Proclamation to Declare July as Parks
and Recreation Month in New Hanover County. Vice Chairman Greer agreed to read the proclamation at the
meeting.
Planning Director Chris O?Keefe provided an overview of the following Planning Department items:
Regular Agenda Item 5.1- Special Use Permit (S-576, 6/07) - Request by Monkey Junction Mini-Storage
(Archie McGirt) via Withers & Ravenel to Grant a Special Use Permit for a Dwelling Unit Contained within a
Principal Use in Association with a Mini-storage Facility to be Located at 2306 North 23rd Street in an AI Airport
Industrial Zoning District.
Regular Agenda Item 5.2 - Modify Conditional District (Z-696 3/00; 10/05; Modification 5/07) - Request
by Monkey Junction Mini-Storage (Archie McGirt) via Withers & Ravenel to modify an Existing Conditional
District in the Urban Land Classification Located at 5044 Carolina Beach Road by Adding a Vehicle Washing
Facility Use to the Site Plan and Eliminating Other Commercial/Office Uses, Converting and Increasing the
Approved Storage Use on the Site Plan of the Companion Special Use Permit in a CD(B-2) Conditional District.
(Continued from June 4, 2007 Commissioners? meeting).
Regular Agenda Item 5.3 - Modify Special Use Permit S-345, 11/92; 6/07 modification) - Request by
Ogden Fire Department to Modify an Existing Special Use Permit by Removing Conditions to Allow for Residential
Use in the Fire Station and to Allow Clearing of Underbrush in the Buffer Area Located at 907 Porters Neck Road in
an R-20 Zoning District in the Transition Land Classification.
Vice-Chairman Greer requested Mr. O?Keefe to check with NCDOT on repairing the road in front of the
fire station at the intersection of Porters Neck Road.
Regular Agenda Item 5.4 - Modify Special Use Permit (S-329 3/91; 4/00; 8/03; Modification 6/07) -
Request by David Girardot for UNC-W to Modify an Existing Special Use Permit to Expand the Marine Sciences
Center in an R-15 Zoning District Located off Masonboro Loop Road at 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane Adding an
80,000 square foot Bio-technology Laboratory Building and Oyster Hatchery and Removing the Existing Condition
#3.
Discussion was held on the neighborhood?s past concern with noise from the heating and cooling systems
and new restrictions for emergency access on Holt Road. County Attorney Copley advised the Board on the
restrictions of the Noise Ordinance in residential communities.
Vice-Chairman Greer asked the County Manager to request the Sheriff?s Office to perform several sound
readings over the weekend to determine noise measurements for the facility and report back to the Board on
Monday.
Regular Agenda Item 5.5 - Conditional Rezoning (Z-861, 4/07) - Request by Shanklin and Nichols, PA for
ACI-Pine Ridge, LLC to Rezone Approximately 16.2 Acres Located off N. Market Street at Porters Neck Road in
the Transition and Wetland Resource Protection Land Classifications from B-1 Neighborhood Business Zoning
District to CD(B-2) Conditional District Highway Business to Locate a 169,000 square foot Commercial Building
for up to 42 Possible Uses.
Discussion was held on traffic concerns and the road capacity to handle additional commercial
development.
Regular Agenda Item 5.6 - Modify Conditional Rezoning (Z-838, 4/06; Modification, 4/07) - Request by
Shanklin and Nichols, PA for Mason Landing Yacht Club, LLC to Modify Existing Conditional District in the
Resource Protection Land Classification Located at or Near 2029 Turner Nursery Road Adding 7.69 Acres from R-
20S Residential District to the Existing CD(R-15) Conditional Residential District (Continued from the June 4,
2007 Commissioners? meeting). The Board received a request from the petitioner to continue this item to a later
date. The Board discussed continuing the item until such time as water and sewer are available and the State?s
moratorium has been lifted.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSBOOK 31
AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, JULY 5, 2007 PAGE 130
District Chairman Kopp led the Board discussion of the Water and Sewer District Agenda. During
discussion of Item 3 - Consideration of Update Presentation on the Bradley Creek Sewer Outfall Rehabilitation,
Assistant County Manager Weaver handed out the Powerpoint presentation notes from HDR Engineering.
The Board discussed Water and Sewer District Agenda Item 4 - Consideration of Request for District
Participation: Vineyard West Water Line Extension and Adoption of the Ordinance for Budget Amendment 2008-
01.
ADDITIONAL ITEM
County Manager Shell reported the Board will need to consider implementing a special assessment for the
Mason Inlet Project in order to reimburse the Room Occupancy Tax Fund. He proposed that a work session be held
prior to the staff meeting on August 9, 2007.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairman Caster adjourned the meeting at 5:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa P. Elmore
Deputy Clerk to the Board