HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-30-24 PB Agenda Review MinutesMinutes of the New Hanover County Planning Board Agenda Review April 30, 2024 An agenda review of the New Hanover County Planning Board was held on April 30, 2024, at 3:00 PM in the New Hanover County Government Center, 230 Government Center Dr., Conference Room 138 in Wilmington, North Carolina
Members Present Colin Tarrant, Vice Chair Pete Avery Clark Hipp Hansen Matthews
Cameron Moore Members Absent Jeff Petroff, Chair Kevin Hine
Staff Present Rebekah Roth, NHC Director of Planning & Land Use Karen Richards, Deputy County Attorney Jessica Loeper, NHC Assistant County Manager Ken Vafier, NHC Planning Operations Supervisor
Robert Farrell, NHC Development Review Supervisor Katia Boykin, NHC Housing Supervisor Zach Dickerson, NHC Senior Planner Amy Doss, NHC Associate Planner Love Ott, NHC Associate Planner Dylan McDonnell, NHC Long Range Planner
Windell Biddle, NHC Associate Planner Lisa Maes, NHC Administration Coordinator Damion Fulford, NHC Administration Specialist
The meeting started at 3:04 pm.
Announcements
Ms. Roth announced the Technical Review Presentation from CFPUA would be rescheduled, but the
date was still undetermined.
Items for planning board:
Item #1 on the agenda for the regular Planning Board meeting was the Preliminary Forum which was
likely to draw a bigger crowd and it would be important to highlight the different format for a forum
verse a Public Hearing.
Ms. Roth handed out copies of the chair’s script to review with the members of the board as the
format would be slightly different for the Preliminary Forum.
For the June 3, 2024, Board of Commissioners meeting Mr. Moore would be the Planning Board
representative. There would be a special use permit item on the agenda, and staff advised that the
Planning Board Representative leave the room to ensure that questions were not directed towards
them.
Staff items would go to the June 17, 2024, Board of Commissioners meeting, which was a morning
meeting. Mr. Matthews would be the Planning Board Representative for this meeting.
Item 4 Rezoning Request (Z24-04) to rezone approximately 2.89 acres zoned R-20, Residential to
(CDZ) R-15, Residential for a maximum of 7 dwelling units was withdrawn last week. Since the agenda
had already been published for the public, there would have to be an announcement at the start of
the regular Planning Board meeting.
Regular items:
Item 1: Special Use Permit (S24-01) Shiloh Drive Additional Dwelling Allowance
Mr. Farrell provided an overview special use permit request S24-01. The applicant was requesting a
special use permit for an additional dwelling allowance to construct a residential project consisting
of a mix of multi-family, row, and quadraplex housing types on approximately 16.78 acres of land
between Caolina Beach Road and the existing Tarin Woods Subdivision. Ms. Roth informed the board
that there have been several public comments about this item and that Ms. Richards would be there
to provide clarification on how this process is different. The board had questions around what the
buildings were going to be used for and if there were any discussions about what the property to the
north would be used for.
Item 2: Z24-07 – Sidbury Rd. Community Business (CB) District – Straight Rezoning
Mr. Dickerson gave an overview of the rezoning application Z24-07. The applicant was requesting to
rezone approximately 53 acres of an approximately 242-acre parcel located on the 6600 block of the
north side of Sidbury Road to a general use CB, Community Business district. Mr. Matthews
mentioned that one of his business partners is representing the applicant, and he wanted to make
sure there was no conflict of interest. After discussion and consideration by Ms. Richards, it was
determined that this would not be a conflict of interest and that it should be noted at the regular
Planning Board meeting, so the public was aware.
Item 3: Z24-03 – Littlebird Properties Commercial Flex Space on Castle Hayne Rd. – Conditional
Rezoning
Ms. Ott gave an overview of the rezoning application Z24-03. The applicant was requesting for
approximately 4.93 acres located at 3121 Castle Hayne Road for two commercial structures for the
use of Contractor Office and other limited uses. The board had questions around what types of
commercial use would be in this area, if there had been a community meeting about this request,
and if there would be outside storage and if so, could there be a condition to limit the size of the
outdoor storage.
Item 4: Withdrawn
Ms. Roth reminded the board that the applicants had withdrawn their application and that this would
be announced at the start of the regular Planning Board meeting.
Item 5: TA24-02 – Standards for Agreements to Conditions – Unified Development Ordinance
Amendment
Mr. Farrell provided an overview of the text amendment that was requested by the Board of
Commissioners to amend Article 10 of the Unified Development Ordinance to incorporate standards
for required Agreements to Conditions to be signed within 7 business days. There was discussion
around how the 7 business days was decided and if it was possible to have further discussions to
possibly have the number of days extended.
Item 6: Bicycle & Pedestrian Priorities Plan – Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Mr. McDonnell gave an update on the amendment to the New Hanover County Comprehensive Plan
to incorporate revisions to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure policies. He informed the board that
public comments were received on April 26, 2024. He mentioned that the previous three
recommendations made by the board members had been incorporated with the additional
recommendation from NCDOT to add the North Chase area.
Item 7: Residential Density and Infill Guidelines Public Comment Draft Release
Ms. Doss updated the board on the Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Residential Density and
Infill Guidelines. The Public Comment period was anticipated to start Friday May 3, 2024.
Meeting adjourned 4:15 pm