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To: Shane Lippard, PE – Right Angle Engineering, PC (raepcsl@bellsouth.net)
Keith Walker – The Covenant Senior Housing, LLC (kwalker@eccdi.com)
Pastor Robert L. Campbell – New Beginning Christian Church (nbcexec@gmail.com)
From: Brad Schuler
Senior Planner
Date: April 30, 2021
Subject: The Covenant Senior Housing – Major Site Plan – TRC Review
The following comments have been received for the May 5, 2021 TRC meeting. Additional comments may
be made upon further review of subsequent revisions.
Please note: following the TRC meeting, a revised preliminary plan addressing each of the below items
must be resubmitted prior to receiving plan approval.
Planning, Brad Schuler 910-798-7444
1. Please update the plan with the following general corrections:
a. Please label the parking space length on the site plan.
b. Please add a drive aisle/parking cross section to the site plan.
2. Please add the parking calculations to the plan (1.5 spaces per 1-bedroom units, and 2 spaces per
2+ bedroom units). Also, the UDO has recently been updated to provide addition flexibility in the
required minimum parking standards. If needed, parking can be reduced via a parking demand
study. See Section 5.1.3 for more information.
3. Please add the required recreation space calculation to the site plan and delineate those areas on
the site plan.
4. A 50-foot building setback and 40-foot buffer is required along the southern and eastern property
lines abutting the Rachel’s Place subdivision.
5. Prior to any land disturbance activities, a tree removal permit is required for any regulated trees
proposed to be removed. Please provide a tree removal plan listing all regulated trees to be
removed. Removal of significant or specimen trees will require mitigation.
6. Please add the calculations on the landscape plan for street yard, parking lot interior, and
foundation plantings. Per the approved SUP plan, the primary street yard was to be applied along
Holland Drive and secondary street yard was to be applied along Alex Trask Drive.
7. The existing vegetation within the street yard and buffer areas can be credited toward the required
plantings. Additional plantings will be required in the areas where the existing vegetation does not
comply with the landscaping standards.
8. Please note the type and height of the dumpster screening.
9. The bufferyard landscaping along buildings 1 and 2 is not required.
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10. All exterior lighting in the project shall be designed not to exceed 0.5 foot candles when measured
at the property lines abutting the existing single-family developments and 2.0 foot candles at the
property lines abutting all other uses (see Section 5.5). Please provide documentation to confirm
compliance with this regulation.
11. Please include the roadway connection to Blue Clay Road including the connection to the road stub
in the Rachel’s Place subdivision. A cross section of this road was included on the approved SUP
plan. Installation of this road can be bonded.
12. Per the SUP for the project, a 20-foot pedestrian access easement must be dedicated along Blue
Clay Road for the purposes of installing a future multi-use path.
13. Section 5.3.4.C of the UDO requires a minimum of 15 trees at least 2” DBH must be retained or
planted on the parcel where development occurs for each acre or proportionate area disturbed.
Landscaping required to comply with other sections of the ordinance (streetyard, buffering, etc.)
can be credited to meet this standard.
Fire Services, Ray Griswold 910-798-7448
1. Are the buildings sprinklered? If so FDC's are required within 100 feet of fire hydrants.
2. No Gates / Traffic Calming Devices allowed unless approved by the TRC
3. Section 510 study is required per the 2018 NC Fire Code for first responder radio coverage
4. Please follow the guidelines of the 2018 NC Fire Code Appendix J - Building Information Signs
NHC Engineering, Galen Jamison 910-798-7072
1. A land disturbing permit and a modification to the stormwater system authority to construct (ATC
#574-03/08/13) is required for this project. Please submit for permits as the design is completed.
2. Any offsite drainage routed through the site to the east will need a drainage easement to assist
with the mission of new Stormwater Services department starting in July. The previously
permitted project’s easement doesn’t appear to be recorded.
3. The proposed roadway appears to be a combination of crowned roadway and depressed center
as some drop inlets are located at the end of parking stalls. To avoid grading contractor confusion,
please indicate all transitions between spill and catch curb.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Bernice Johnson 910-332-6620
1. CFPUA plan review required.
2. CFPUA water and sewer available.
3. CFPUA Meter Sizing Form will be required.
Environmental Health, Marie Hemmen 910-798-6664
This property will be served by CFPUA water and sewer. Per Env. Health Records and a review of the aerial
of the site, it does not appear that any private water supply wells or septic systems will be affected by the
proposed development.
NCDOT, Patrick Wurzel 910-398-9100
These preliminary comments and are based on the plans as submitted for the proposed site and are
subject to further review upon receipt of any additional information. Subsequently, additional comments
and/or requirements may be necessary for this site.
1. A NCDOT Driveway Permit is required. Submit a plan in accordance with pages 14 and 15 of the
Policy on Street and Driveway Access to North Carolina Highways to include access locations
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within 500’ of the proposed access on both sides of the State road. Submit to the local NCDOT
District Engineer’s Office.
2. A NCDOT Encroachment Agreement is required for any utility connections or installation within
NCDOT right-of-way.
3. NCDOT Driveway Permits are now submitted through the NCDOT Driveway website.
https://connect.ncdot.gov/municipalities/Utilities/Pages/help.aspx
WMPO, Kayla Grubb 910-341-7890
1. NCDOT Projects:
a. Tip Projects in the Area: U-5863
i. Project Description: NC 133 (Castle Hayne Road) from I-140/US 17 (WILMINGTON
BYPASS) TO SR 1310 (DIVISION DRIVE) IN WILMINGTON. WIDEN TO MULTI-LANES
ii. Construction Date: 2026
2. WMPO 2045 Projects:
a. Projects in the area: RW-26
i. Project Description: The purpose of this project is to improve safety on Blue Clay
Road between North Kerr Avenue and US117/NC132/North College Road and
bring the roadway up to current design standards.
3. TIA: A TIA will not be required.
Planning (Addressing), John Townsend 910-798-7443
1. Unduplicated street name needed for addressing.
a. Have several road name options.
2. Number of units per building and by floor will be needed for unit assignment.
a. Unit numbers assigned by Planning staff.
3. Contact planning staff for street name approval and addressing.
Comments not received at this time from:
Emergency Services & E911, Steve Still
NCDEQ, Chad Coburn
New Hanover Soil & Water, Dru Harrison
USACE, Rachel Capito
NCDEMLR, Dan Sams
DCM, Tanya Pietila
New Hanover County Schools, Laura Severt