8.6.2020 PB Agenda
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AND QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS
NEW HANOVER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
AUGUST 6, 2020
The New Hanover County Planning Board will hold public and quasi-judicial hearings on Thursday, August
6, 2020 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or thereafter at the New Hanover County Historic Courthouse, 24 North
Third Street (corner of Third and Princess Street), Room 301, in Wilmington, NC to consider the following:
Item 1: Rezoning Request (Z20-12) – Request by Ward and Smith, P.A. on behalf of the property owner,
Ridgewood Gardens Health Investors, LLC, to rezone approximately 29.96 acres of land located at 8704
“Old” Market Street/Futch Creek Road from B-1, Neighborhood Business District, and R-15, Residential
District, to UMXZ, Urban Mixed Use Zoning District, in order to develop a mixed-use senior living project.
Item 2: Rezoning Request (Z20-13) – Request by Design Solutions on behalf of the property owner,
Desirable Properties, LLC, to rezone approximately 31.31 acres of land located at the northwest corner of
Sidbury Road and Dairy Farm Road from R-15, Residential District, to (CZD) RMF-L, Conditional Residential
Multi-Family Low Density, in order to develop a multi-family project consisting of 288 units.
Item 3: Rezoning Request (Z20-14) – Request by Design Solutions on behalf of the property owner,
Ripwood Company, Inc., to rezone approximately 3.6 acres of land located in the 600 block of Spring
Branch Road from R-15, Residential District, to (CZD) R-5, Conditional Moderate-High Density District, in
order to develop 22 single-family units.
Item 4: Special Use Permit Request (S20-03) – Request by Anna Bessellieu McCauley on behalf of the
property owner, Frances Boney Bessellieu Revocable Trust, for a Special Use Permit to operate an outdoor
recreation establishment (wedding venue) within the R-15, Residential District, located at 175
Whipporwill Lane.
Item 5: Text Amendment Request (TA20-01) - Request by New Hanover County to amend Articles 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, and 10 of the Unified Development Ordinance to simplify the method of measuring the height of
structures; increase height maximums for buildings in the RMF-MH, RMF-H, O&I, and I-1 districts; revise
the Planned Development district; clarify lighting standards; establish new design standards for self-
storage facilities in high-visibility areas; update telecommunication facility standards; correct minor errors
made when reorganizing code documents; and clarifying existing permissions.
The Planning Board may consider substantial changes to petitions as a result of objections, debate, and
discussion at the meeting, including rezoning to other classifications. Petitions for the above items may
be viewed or inquiries made by contacting the Department of Planning & Land Use at 910-798-7165, 230
Government Center Drive, Wilmington, NC. All interested citizens are invited to attend. To review specific
application documents, please visit the Development Activity Page online at:
https://planning.NHCgov.com/development-activity/.