PB Contact Information 11.17.2021NEW HANOVER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
Number of Members: 7
Term of Office: Three years
Compensation: $20.00 per meeting
Regular Meetings: First Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the
New Hanover County Courthouse, 24 North Third Street, Wilmington, NC.
Statute or cause creating Board: N. C. General Statutes 153A-321. New Hanover County
Ordinance and Resolution establishing Planning Board dated September 2, 1980, for the purpose
of planning and making recommendations in order that the elected and appointed officials of the
County may competently perform their duties.
Brief on the functions: Make studies of the County and surrounding areas; determine
objectives to be sought in the development of the study area; prepare and adopt plans for
achieving these objectives; develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative
procedures, and other means for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner; advise
the Board of Commissioners concerning the use and amendment of means of carrying out plans;
exercise any functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for carrying out
plans that the Board of Commissioners may direct; perform any other related duties that the
Board of Commissioners may direct. Much of the Board's time is consumed with Land Use
Planning, Zoning, and Growth Management Issues.
CURRENT MEMBERS
TERM OF OFFICE
APPOINTMENT EXPIRATION
Paul D. Boney
322 Causeway Drive
Seapath Unit 307
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
(910) 520-0812 (C)
First 7/11/16
Second 8/12/19
7/31/19
7/31/22
Donna Girardot, Vice-Chair
927 Radnor Road
Wilmington, NC 28409
(910) 452-1078 (H)
First 4/21/14
Second 7/17/17
Third 7/13/20
7/31/17
7/31/20
7/31/23
Hansen Matthews
2524 Independence Boulevard
Wilmington, NC 28412
910-538-5959 (C) 910-791-0400 (W)
First 7/13/21 7/31/24
Jeffrey B. Petroff, Chair
5608 Oak Bluff Lane
Wilmington, NC 28409
910-540-1346 (C) 910-796-9922 (H) 910-254-9333 (W)
First 7/9/18
Second 7/13/21
7/31/21
7/31/24
NEW HANOVER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD (CONT.)
CURRENT MEMBERS
TERM OF OFFICE
APPOINTMENT EXPIRATION
H. Allen Pope, PE
212 Grayhawk Circle
Wilmington, NC 28411
(910) 471-7177 (C)
Unexpired 7/11/16
First 7/17/17
Second 7/13/20
7/31/17
7/31/20
7/31/23
Jeff Stokley, Jr.
5208 Carolina Beach Road, Suite C
Wilmington, NC 28412
910-616-2203 (H) 910-764-1019 (W)
First 7/13/21 7/31/24
Colin J. Tarrant
1419 Halcyon Ln.
Wilmington, NC 28411
919-414-2684 (C)
First 8/12/19 7/31/22
Director: Rebekah Roth
Planning Manager: Ken Vafier
230 Government Center Drive, Suite 110
Wilmington, NC 28403
910-798-7165
File: /Planning
Revised: 07/2020