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Home My WebLink AboutNHC Planning 021725 1 2 2 C I N E M A D R I V E, W I L M I N G T O N , N C 2 8 4 0 3 P H : ( 9 1 0 ) 7 9 1 - 6 7 0 7 F A X : ( 9 1 0 ) 7 9 1 - 6 7 6 0 February 17, 2025 Zach Dickerson, Senior Planner New Hanover County Planning & Land Use 230 Government Center Drive, Suite 110 Wilmington, NC 28403 RE: The Timbers Amenity Site Plan Dear Mr. Dickerson, On behalf of WNDP #2, LLC., we are submitting a response to your comments emailed January 31, 2025. Please find your comments listed below with our response provided in bold. Planning, Your Name 910-798-7XXX 1. General Comments a. Use is amenity center for major subdivision b. Zoning is PD Noted 2. UDO Section 5.1, Parking and Loading a. Is there a planned pedestrian crosswalk for off site parking? No crosswalk is proposed 3. UDO Section 5.2, Traffic, Access and Connectivity a. Our records indicate that Electric Avenue is a private road, but was originally planned for public dedication. Please confirm that it is a private road. Confirmed as a private road 4. UDO Section 5.3, Tree Retention a. Tree removal permit is not required Noted 5. UDO Section 5.4, Landscaping and Buffering a. Please note that amenity centers do require street yard landscaping. i. For non residential uses in residential districts, 12 sq ft of street yard is required for every linear foot of street yard frontage ii. The plantings provided do appear to meet the shrub requirements but tree plantings are required as well in the street yard iii. For every 600 sq ft of street yard one canopy tree is required Streetyard planting and calculations are now provided 6. UDO Section 5.5, Lighting a. Please note that a lighting plan is not required for TRC approval, but will be required prior to issuance of construction plan approvals. b. Is any new lighting planned for the site? No site lighting is proposed 7. UDO Section 5.6, Signs a. Please note signs are subject to UDO section 5.6 and a permit is likely to be required Noted 1 2 2 C I N E M A D R I V E, W I L M I N G T O N , N C 2 8 4 0 3 P H : ( 9 1 0 ) 7 9 1 - 6 7 0 7 F A X : ( 9 1 0 ) 7 9 1 - 6 7 6 0 8. UDO Section 5.7, Conservation Resources a. New Hanover County Conservation resource map indicates Pocosin is on the site, however there are no class IV soils on site so conservation overlay district regulations do not apply on this site Noted NHC Fire Services, David Stone 910-798-7458 1. No Fire service comments at this time NHC Soil & Water Conservation, Dru Harrison 910-798-7135 1. Comments forthcoming. NHC Engineering, Galen Jamison 910-798-7072 1. A land disturbing permit issued by the County is required for this project as it is part of a common plan of development. Please digitally submit the permit application documentation with requisite review fees for County issued permit directly to BWetherill@nhcgov.com. Application and forms can be found at https://www.nhcgov.com/249/Sediment-Erosion-Control. 2. A County stormwater permit issued by the County is required for this project should any stormwater conveyance system is proposed. 3. Please contact the State for their stormwater permit requirements. A minor modification to the high density permit is anticipated. NHC Environmental Health, Dustin Fenske 910-798-6732 1. Site will be on public water and sewer. Application and plans must be submitted to Environmental Health for the public swimming pool. The pool must be reviewed and approved by Environmental Health prior to building permit issuance. NHC Addressing, McCabe Watson 910-798-7068 1. Existing address is acceptable. Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Bernice Johnson 910-332-6620 1. CFPUA TRC Comments provided are preliminary comments only. 2. CFPUA is moving toward becoming paperless. When ready to submit plan review package, upload all documents to https://www.cfpua.org/FormCenter/Engineering-3/Engineering- Plan-Review-103. 3. CFPUA water and sewer available. NCDOT, Nick Drees 910-343-3915 1. No comments. WMPO, Greer Templer 910-341-0107 1. WMPO has no comments Army Corps of Engineers, Brad Shaver 910-251-4611 1. The Corps has no comments 1 2 2 C I N E M A D R I V E, W I L M I N G T O N , N C 2 8 4 0 3 P H : ( 9 1 0 ) 7 9 1 - 6 7 0 7 F A X : ( 9 1 0 ) 7 9 1 - 6 7 6 0 Comments not received at this time from: Emergency Services & E911, Steve Still NCDEQ, Chad Coburn NCDEMLR, Dan Sams DCM, Tanya Pietila Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions regarding any of this information or require additional material, please feel free to call. Thank you for your time and effort. Sincerely, Jim Cirello, RLA Paramounte Engineering, Inc.