Z23-21 PB Script
PLANNING BOARD SCRIPT
for Zoning Map Amendment Application (Z23-21)
Rezoning Request (Z23-21) – Request by Ronald Carlock with CIP Construction Company, applicant, to rezone
approximately 33.54 acres zoned R-15, Residential, B-2, Highway Commercial, and I-1, Light Industrial located
at 8138 Market Street to (CZD) RMF-M, Residential Multi-Family Moderate High Density for a maximum 348
single family attached dwelling units.
1. This is a public hearing. We will hear a presentation from staff. Then the applicant and any
opponents will each be allowed 15 minutes for their presentation and an additional 5 minutes
for rebuttal.
2. Conduct Hearing, as follows:
a. Staff presentation
b. Applicant’s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
c. Opponent’s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
d. Applicant’s rebuttal (up to 5 minutes)
e. Opponent’s rebuttal (up to 5 minutes)
f. Staff review of any additional conditions
3. Close the public hearing
4. Board discussion
5. Before we proceed with the vote, I would like to invite the applicant to the podium. Based on
the Board discussion and items presented during the public hearing, would you like withdraw
your petition, request a continuance, or proceed with a vote?
6. Vote on the application. The motion should include a statement saying how the change is, or
is not, consistent with the land use plan and why approval or denial of the rezoning request is
reasonable and in the public interest.
Example Motion for Approval
I move to recommend APPROVAL of the proposed rezoning. I find it to be CONSISTENT with
the purposes and intent of the Comprehensive Plan because the district is more in line with the
densities that are appropriate for properties located in both the Urban Mixed Use and
General Residential place types. I also find recommending APPROVAL of the rezoning request
is reasonable and in the public interest because the application provides housing and an
appropriate transition from the commercial node to the lower density residential areas to the
east.
Applicant Proposed Conditions:
1. Access to and from Brays Drive shall be gated and restricted to emergency vehicles only.
2. Buffers against residential properties are widened beyond New Hanover County minimum
buffer width requirements as shown on the conditional zoning plan. The buffers and open
space areas are variable widths and will contain a mixture of preserved existing trees
and/or augmented vegetation.
3. Areas of buffer and open space outside of essential site improvements and easements will
preserve existing trees that are not dead, dying, or otherwise hazardous.
Staff Recommended Conditions, in addition to applicant proposed conditions:
1. The connection to Brays Drive shall be a full through connection.
2. Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure shall be installed up to the property line where
internal roads connect to adjacent parcels.
3. An overland relief path within a public drainage easement will be provided from the
existing pond to the proposed pond outfall.
4. Buildings will be a maximum of three stories.
Alternative Motion for DENIAL (if based on information presented at the public hearing or other
consideration beyond the scope of staff review, the board finds denial appropriate.)
I move to recommend DENIAL of the proposed rezoning. While I find it to be CONSISTENT
with the purposes and intent of the Comprehensive Plan because the district is more in line with
the densities that are appropriate for properties located in both the Urban Mixed Use and
General Residential place types., [and] I find recommending DENIAL of the rezoning request
is not reasonable and in the public interest because the existing B-2 zoning is more appropriate
along the Market Street corridor and the proposal funnels to only one access point.
Alternative Motion for Approval/Denial:
I move to RECOMMEND [Approval/Denial] of the proposed rezoning to a conditional RMF-M
district. I find it to be [Consistent/Inconsistent] with the purposes and intent of the
Comprehensive Plan because [insert reasons]
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I also find RECOMMENDING [Approval/Denial] of the rezoning request is reasonable and in
the public interest because [insert reasons]
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