TRC Agenda Packet 12.1.21TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA
December 1, 2021
New Hanover County’s Technical Review Committee (TRC) will meet Wednesday, December 1, 2021
at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the below items.
PLEASE NOTE:
This meeting will be conducted remotely via teleconference Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.
Interested parties can contact the Planning and Land Use Department at 910-798-7165 for more information.
2:00 p.m. Item 1: River Bluffs Development Corporation – Major Subdivision – Preliminary Plan
Request by John Tunstall, P.E., Norris & Tunstall Consulting Engineers, for a revision to Phase III and Phase IV
Preliminary Plan for a 91-lot subdivision. The subject property is located at 3571 Hansa Drive. Phase IV
consists of 37.2 acres and is zoned PD. The applicant is Burrows Smith with River Bluffs Development
Corporation (burrows@riverbluffsliving.com) 910.443.3283. The planner assigned is Amy Doss, Current
Planner (adoss@nhcgov.com) 910.798.7571.
Items Heading to the Planning Board for Consideration: (December 2, 2021)
• Rezoning Request (Z21-16): Request by Frank Pasquale with KFJ Development Group, LLC, on behalf
of Ray Bordeaux with DBDL, LLC, to rezone approximately 8.34 acres of land located at1100 Point
Harbor Road from I-2, Heavy Industrial to RUMXZ, Riverfront Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District for
a mixed-use development.
• Rezoning Request (Z21-15): Request by Thompson Thrift Development, Inc., applicant, on behalf of
ARFA Holdings, LLC, property owner, to rezone approximately 20.5 acres of land located at 6124
Carolina Beach Road from B-2, Regional Business District, to (CZD) RMF-M, Residential Multi-Family
Moderate Density District, in order to develop a multi-family project.
• Rezoning Request (Z21-04M): Request by RSC Engineering, PLLC, on behalf of the property owner,
Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, Inc., to modify an existing (CZD) R-10 zoning district, containing
approximately 4.9 acres of land, located in the 3200 block of Reminisce Road, to add a proposed
stormwater pond.
• Rezoning Request (Z21-17): Request by Cindee Wolf, applicant on behalf of the property owner,
JH Land LLC, to rezone approximately 86.10 acres of land located at the southern end of Roger
Haynes Drive from B-2, Regional Business District to R-10, Residential District.
• Rezoning Request (Z21-18): Request by Cindee Wolf, applicant on behalf of the property owner,
Hilda C. Dill etal, to rezone approximately 4.97 acres of land located along the western side of I-
40, opposite the end of Brookdale Drive, from I-2, Heavy Industrial District to R-10, Residential
District.
• Special Use Permit Modification Request (S-611M): Request by Joe Suleyman, Director of
Environmental Management, on behalf of New Hanover County, to modify an existing special use
permit to expand a sanitary landfill in an I-2, Heavy Industrial zoning district, east of US Highway
421 and north of the I-140 bypass.
• Text Amendment Request (TA21-04): Request by Frank Pasquale with KFJ Development Group, LLC
to amend Articles 3 and 4 of the Unified Development Ordinance to establish a new zoning district,
the Riverfront Urban Mixed-Use Zoning District.
Future Items: (12/15 mtg items)
• The Wilmington Hotel: Request by Frank Braxton, PLA on behalf of Holdings of TCM, Inc. for a
359,188 square foot hotel and spa with 290 units. The subject property is located at 125 NE
Battleship Rd. It consists of 13.99 acres and is zoned B-2. The applicant is Frank Braxton, PLA with
CLD Engineering, PLLC (fbraxton@cldeng.com). The planner assigned is Amy Doss
(adoss@nhcgov.com, 910-798-7571).
• Lake Pointe: Request by Mark Hargrove, PE on behalf of the owner Chris Dunn for a performance
subdivision with 259 homes. The subject property is located at 5408 Woodhaven Drive. It consists
of 112.21 acres and is zoned R-15. The applicant is Mark Hargrove, P.E. with Port City Consulting
Engineers, PLLC (mark@portcityeng.com). The planner assigned is Amy Doss (adoss@nhcgov.com,
910-798-7571).
• Dollar General: Request by Jennifer Wincklhofer on behalf of Piedmont Companies, Inc. For a
10,640 square foot retail building. The subject property is located at 6138 Carolina Beach Road.
It consists of 1.77 acres and is zoned B-2. The applicant is Jennifer Wincklhofer with Rhetson
Companies, Inc. (bschuler@paramounte-eng.com). The planner assigned is Julian Griffee
(jgriffee@nhcgov.com, 910-798-7444).
• Murray Woods: Request by Robert C.G. Exum on behalf of Mona Faye Black for a performance
subdivision with 97 homes. The subject property is located at the end of Murray Farm Road. It consists
of 67.23 acres and is zoned R-15. The applicant is Robert C.G. Exum with Murrayville Land Holdings,
LLC (bert@exumcompany.com). The planner assigned is Julian Griffee (jgriffee@nhcgov.com, 910-
798-7444).
This meeting is open to the public by calling 1-336-218-2051 and entering Conference ID: 577 760 483#
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To: Mark Hargrove – Port City Consulting Engineers, PLLC (mark@portcityeng.com)
From: Amy Doss
Current Planner
Date: December 1, 2021
Subject: River Bluffs – Phase III Revision and Phase IV Preliminary Plan –Residential Planned
Development – TRC Review
The following comments have been received for the December 1, 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 preliminary plan approval.
Planning, Amy Doss 910-798-7571
1. Please update the plan with the following general corrections:
a. Please include “Preliminary Plan” in the title block.
b. Staff suggests providing a separate sheet with the Phase IV preliminary layout without
trees and contours showing the following:
1. Site data table (including gross and net acreage)
2. Setback lines
3. Parcel numbers of adjoining properties
4. Please show the boundary line of the 37-acre parcel that is Phase IV.
5. Please show location and size of proposed lots with dimensions and lot numbers.
6. Please show
7. Please show and label the location of all street ROWs, easements, and type of
easement.
8. Please consider showing phasing lines.
2. Flood requirements:
a. If the floodplain encroaches into Phase IV, please label accordingly.
3. Open space:
a. Please show location and acreage of required open space.
b. Please note that the stormwater pond can be included in this calculation.
c. As a suggestion, for clarity purposes it may be helpful to provide an additional exhibit
illustrating where the required open space and future development areas are located.
4. Tree Retention:
a. Please submit a tree removal plan on one sheet.
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b. Please provide the specific species (Loblolly pine, Long Leaf pine, etc.) of all regulated trees
to be removed or credited for mitigation. In addition to the significant trees, please list all
regulated trees to be removed. Staff suggests the table provided on Sheet I-1 list what is
to be removed and what is being retained to determine tree credits and required
mitigation.
c. Please be aware that there are optional incentives for retaining trees.
5. Easements:
a. Per Section 6.2.2, please label Storm Sewer, Sanitary Sewer, and Water Main Utility
Easements.
6. Mailbox Kiosks:
a. Will there be any mail kiosks? If so, please show location.
7. Roadway Design:
a. Please ensure private roadways adhere to New Hanover County’s Private Roadway Design
Standards Technical Manual.
b. Please verify that the tangent lengths meet the code requirements specified by the
County’s private road standards.
c. Please indicate the minimum offset between centerlines of intersections. Street jogs with
centerline offsets of less than 200 feet are prohibited.
d. Please show all sight distance triangles at intersections.
e. Please include the roadway designation on the preliminary plan.
f. Please consider phasing the Final Plats. Roads that terminate with no turnaround may
require a Temporary Vehicle Turnarounds.
g. Are any traffic calming devices proposed?
h. Please be aware that streets designated as private shall be constructed to minimum
construction standards as adopted by New Hanover County and certified by a professional,
legally recognized by a State of North Carolina licensing board, as being licensed to perform
such activities or undertakings.
i. Please show that pavement design shall meet the requirements as specified and shown in
the road profiles depicted in Appendix A: Subdivision Appendices and Certificates.
Fire Services, Ray Griswold 910-508-0234
County Fire approves this with one comment:
1. With only 24-foot-wide roadways. There shall be no on-street parking. Everything else meets
County Fires expectations.
NHC Engineering, Galen Jamison 910-798-7072
1. As acknowledged, please submit for a revised land disturbing and stormwater permit as the design
is completed.
2. Details for the perforated storm drainage piping were not found in the plans.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Bernice Johnson 910-332-6620
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 through mainline extension.
4. At this time capacity is available; DWQ permit application will require a Planning FTSE.
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5. Capacity is also dependent on the analysis of the pipe collection system (gravity and force
mains).
6. A capacity determination can be provided upon submittal of the NC DWQ FTA/FTSE
Application Form and a Preliminary Plan, this determination does not guarantee capacity.
7. Capacity is issued to projects on a first come, first serve basis, when capacity is available,
the plans meet Authority requirements, and the NC DWQ FTA/FTSE forms are signed by
the Authority.
NCDOT, Patrick Wurzel 910-398-9100
Staff has received no comments at this time.
Environmental Health, Dustin Fenske 910-798-6732
1. If site does not connect to CFPUA water and sewer then individual septic and well permits must
be applied for through NHC Environmental Health. Any ditching or pond for stormwater
requirements must meet setbacks to existing septic and wells on adjoining properties. Sewer
force mains must maintain setbacks to any existing wells on adjoining properties.
WMPO, Scott James 910-341-7890
Staff has received no comments at this time.
Planning (Addressing), Dylan McDonnell 910-798-7223
1. New addresses for the additional lots will be created upon TRC approval. All the street names in
there have been assigned so no comment is needed for streets.
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