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SCRIPT for SPECIAL USE PERMIT Application PRELIMINARY FORUM (S25-02)
Request by Samuel Potter with Equitas Law Partners, LLP, applicant, on behalf of Hoosier Daddy, LLC,
property owner, for a special use permit for an Additional Dwelling Allowance for additional density
up to 10.2 dwelling units per acre in a R-15, Residential district on approximately 43.50 acres located
at 5741 Carolina Beach Road.
1. This is a Preliminary Forum. The purpose of this forum is to facilitate an open and transparent
discussion of the special use permit application and to provide an opportunity for public
comments and questions. Please note per state law, the Planning Board will not be making a
decision or recommendation this evening. Instead, the decision on the application will be made
during the Board of Commissioners’ quasi-judicial hearing, where public participation will be
limited to parties with standing and witnesses providing evidence through sworn testimony.
Anyone interested in speaking in support or opposition of the project should sign in and speak
tonight at this meeting, regardless of standing in the matter.
2. Staff will introduce the application. Then the applicant will be allowed 15 minutes for their
presentation. Following the applicant’s presentation, we will have 20 minutes for public
questions and comments, and then allow the applicant time to address them. The Board
members will then provide their comments and ask questions of the applicant. At the end, Staff
will give an overview of next steps in the special use permit process. We will then close the forum.
3. Conduct forum as follows:
a. Staff introduction
b. Applicant’ s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
c. Public comments and questions (up to 20 minutes – total supporters and opponents)
d. Applicant response to public comments and questions.
e. Planning Board questions and comments regarding the following items:
i. Components of the proposal that are not clear or where additional information is
needed in order to understand the project,
ii. Advice to the applicant on the presentation they will be making at the Board of
Commissioners meeting,
iii. Advice to parties speaking in opposition on what they may want to consider when
preparing for the Board of Commissioners meeting, and
iv. Advice for both parties on potential issues that should be addressed prior to the
public hearing.
f. Staff overview of next steps and the procedures for the Board of Commissioners meeting.
4. Close the Preliminary Forum.