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Home My WebLink About317 Crowatan Compiled TRC Comments Laydown Yard – 317 Crowatan Rd – TRC Review Page | 1 To: Mark Hargrove, PE, Port City Consulting Engineers, PLLC From: Ryan Beil, Development Review Planner Date: March 18, 2026 Technical Review Committee (TRC) PID#: R02508-002-001-000 Egov# SITECN-26-000011 Subject: 317 Crowatan Rd – Laydown Yard - TRC Review Technical Review Committee (TRC) General Information The TRC is a staff-level group of local government officials that reviews projects for compliance with the local regulations administered by each respective review agency. Voluntarily participating state agencies may also provide comments. And general information and non-binding recommendations about the site may also be provided by government agencies. The TRC meetings are considered staff meetings and are not public hearings. The TRC meeting is an opportunity for applicants to speak with county staff and any voluntarily participating state or federal agencies about the review comments they have been provided. No voting is involved in the TRC process, and no final approvals or denials are made at the TRC meetings. Following the TRC meeting, applicants are responsible for updating their plans to address review comments. Those revised plans need to be resubmitted to the assigned case planner. The case planner will facilitate additional reviews until all comments have been addressed, and the necessary departments have stated the plans comply with the applicable minimum requirements for development. Following any future TRC approval, the project is required to obtain additional permits to include a zoning compliance permit for the site. Applicants are also responsible for coordinating with state and federal agencies for compliance with any additional requirements. Any activity on the property that is not approved as part of the TRC review and zoning compliance permit will be considered a violation of the UDO and subject to enforcement action under Article 12 Violations and Enforcement. The following comments have been received for the March 18, 2026, TRC meeting. Additional comments may be made upon further review of subsequent revisions. Laydown Yard – 317 Crowatan Rd – TRC Review Page | 2 Planning, Ryan Beil 910-798-7444 Compliance with local zoning requirements 1. General Comments a. The property is currently zoned I-1. b. As stated in the application the intended use is Contract Office/Laydown Yard. The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) defines the use as i. An establishment primarily engaged in day-to-day administrative and clerical services for businesses providing contracted services, such as building contractors, heating and air conditioning (HVAC) repair, landscaping and janitorial services, etc., that require outside and/or fleet storage. The use may include some on-site repair and material preparation work. c. The Planning and Land Use Department’s review of the site is for compliance with the UDO and use specific requirements of the specified land use. Any other activity that might occur on the property beyond the definition above should be noted on the application and site plan for additional review and comment. d. There does not appear to be any Duke Energy Transmission Lines/Easement on the Property, please confirm. If a Duke Energy easement is present, the applicant must get Duke Energy approval for this site plan before proceeding with any other permits. 2. UDO Section 5.1, Parking and Loading a. Use requires 3 parking spaces for every 1,000 square feet of building area. Project proposes 0 square feet of building area. Required parking is 0 / 1,000 = 0 x 3 = 0 required parking spaces. 3. UDO Section 5.2, Traffic, Access and Connectivity a. Please note that no building permit for any structure shall be issued which requires NCDOT approval for a Driveway Permit until NCDOT has issued the permit approval. Evidence of approval shall accompany the application for building permit. 4. UDO Section 5.3, Tree Retention a. Note: Land disturbance permits can be issued by county Engineering before a Tree Removal Permit is approved by Planning. However, any trees removed before the Tree Removal Permit is issued may result in enforcement action under Section 5.3.2 of the Unified Development Ordinance to include prohibiting any development of the site for 3 to 5 years. Laydown Yard – 317 Crowatan Rd – TRC Review Page | 3 5. UDO Section 5.4, Landscaping and Buffering a. Street yard landscaping is required i. I-1 zoning districts require 25 square feet of street yard for every linear foot of street yard frontage. There appears to be roughly 200 linear feet of street yard frontage, however, driveway widths can be subtracted from this total. ii. Minimum street yard width is 12.5 feet, and the maximum street yard width is 37.5 feet. 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 lighting proposed for the site? 7. UDO Section 5.6, Signs a. If a sign will be present along a DOT maintained road or near an intersection with a DOT road (including the driveway access), the applicant needs to show the required DOT sight triangles on the plan and the sign location must be outside the sight triangles. b. For any signs on the site, a separate sign permit must be submitted and reviewed by the county for compliance with Section 5.6 of the UDO for standards at or after the submittal of the separate zoning compliance and construction permits for the primary building or use. 8. UDO Section 5.7, Conservation Resources a. Per the New Hanover County Conservation Resource map, there is Pocosin present on the site, however, there is only approximately 2.3 acres and it is underlaid with Class III soils. i. The pocosin conservation resource is only regulated if there are more than 5 acres present, and when it is underlaid with Class IV soils. 9. UDO Article 9, Flood Damage Prevention a. Per the New Hanover County Flood map, no part of the property is in the floodplain. NHC Fire Services, Ray Griswold 910-798-77448 Compliance with NC Fire Code 1. Fire finals required Laydown Yard – 317 Crowatan Rd – TRC Review Page | 4 NHC Soil & Water Conservation, Dru Harrison 910-798-7135 General comments about existing soil conditions of the site. 1. No comments NHC Engineering, Galen Jamison 910-798-7072 Stormwater management and land disturbance 1. A County stormwater and land disturbing permit issued by the County is required for this project. Please digitally submit the permit applications documentation with requisite review fees to the COAST online permit portal (https://newhanovercountync- energovpub.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/home). Applicable forms can be found at https://www.nhcgov.com/251/Stormwater-Permitting and https://www.nhcgov.com/249/Sediment-Erosion-Control. 2. Please contact the State for their stormwater permit requirements. It is anticipated a high density permit will be required. NHC Environmental Health, Dustin Fenske 910-798-6732 Septic tanks and wells 1. No septic system should be necessary for a Lay Down yard. The septic system for 309 Crowatan Rd. is close to the proposed storm water pond but it appears it should maintain the 50 feet setback. NHC Addressing, McCabe Watson 910-798-7068 Street naming and property address 1. No comments Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Bernice Johnson 910-332-6620 Public water and sewer 1. CFPUA TRC Comments provided are preliminary comments only. 2. Utility Plan Review required by CFPUA. 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 is not available. NCDOT, Nick Drees 910-398-9114 Driveway access and state road improvements 1. No permit is required as this section of Crowatan Road is not State Maintained. 2. It is recommended that the driveway is designed and constructed per NCDOT Standards. Laydown Yard – 317 Crowatan Rd – TRC Review Page | 5 WMPO, Luke Hutson 910-343-3915 New Hanover County contracted traffic engineering services comments: 1. Comments attached Army Corps of Engineers, Brad Shaver 910-251-4611 Requirements if wetlands are impacted 1. No comments Project information also provided to the following state agencies and non-regulatory local agencies for their awareness: New Hanover County Emergency Management New Hanover County Schools New Hanover County Sustainability Manager NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) NC DEQ Division of Coastal Management NC DEQ Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources MEMORANDUM To: New Hanover County Technical Review Committee Date: February 26, 2026 Subject: 317 Crowatan Road Laydown Yard NCDOT Projects: • N/A WMPO 2050 MTP Projects: • N/A New Hanover County Projects: • N/A TIA: Based on the 11th edition ITE Trip Generation Manual, a TIA is not required. Land Use (ITE Code) Intensity Unit 24 Hour Volumes AM Peak Hour Trips PM Peak Hour Trips Warehousing (150) 64,337 SF 140 31 34