TRC Agenda Packet 4.20.2022TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA
April 20th, 2022
New Hanover County’s Technical Review Committee (TRC) will meet Wednesday, April 20, 2022
at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the below item.
PLEASE NOTE:
This meeting will be conducted remotely via teleconference Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
Interested parties can contact the Planning and Land Use Department at 910-798-7165 for more
information.
Item 1: Saieed Warehouse – Commercial Site Plan (Energov: SITECN-22-000015)
Request by Stephen Saieed with Rest Properties II, LLC, (sdsaieed@masonboroconstruction.com) for two
buildings, approximately 8,800 sq ft each, for warehouse/flex space use. The subject property is located
at 3224 Pennington Dr. It consists of 1.91 acres and is zoned I-2. The engineer is John Tunstall, Norris &
Tunstall, P.C. (jtunstall@ntengineers.com). The planner assigned is Zach Dickerson
(zdickerson@nhcgov.com, 910-798-7450).
This meeting is open to the public by calling 1-336-218-2051 and entering Phone Conference ID: 646 793
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To: Stephen Saieed, Rest Properties II, LLC, sdsaieed@masonboroconstruction.com
From: Zach Dickerson, Current Planner
Egov # SITECN-22-000015
Date: April 20, 2022
Subject: 3224 Pennington Drive – Commercial Site Plan – TRC Review
The following comments have been received for the April 20, 2022 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, Zach Dickerson 910-798-7450
1. Zoning district: I-2
2. Use:
a. The Defined use is Warehousing: The storing of goods, wares, and merchandise within an
enclosed building, whether for the owners or others. There is little on-site sales activity
with the customer present. Uses include: cold storage facilities (including frozen food
lockers); distribution warehouses (used primarily for temporary storage pending
distribution in response to customer orders); storage warehouses (used for storage by
retail stores such as furniture and appliance stores); warehouse storerooms; or similar
uses.
3. General comments:
a. Will the sidewalks shown be ADA accessible?
b. Please clearly label all loading spaces, dumpsters, outdoor storage areas, and ground level
mechanical equipment.
c. Please label water and sewer services (including type, size).
d. Please label wells and septic systems including repair area.
e. Please label all storm pipes, sewer pipes, water pipes, underground utilities, manholes,
monitoring wells, and drainage features.
f. Please show and label the location of all environmental areas of concern including
conservation resources, 404 and 401 wetlands as defined by the appropriate agency.
g. Please be aware that land disturbance permits will not be issued until the tree permit has
been approved.
h. Please show sight triangles on site plan.
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4. Signs:
a. Please note any sign is subject to Section 5.6. of the UDO and note any other planned
locations of signs.
5. Access:
a. Please provide all NCDOT approvals upon receipt. Please be aware that no building permit
will be issued until NCDOT has issued the Driveway Permit approval.
6. Trip Generation:
a. Please provide the estimated peak hour traffic counts and land-use code based on the
11th edition ITE Manual to determine if a Traffic Impact Analysis is required.
7. Landscaping/Buffering:
a. Please provide a Landscape Plan with calculations, UDO Section 5.4., to include the
following (these details are noted in the site data table, but I did not see a Landscape Plan
included with the submittal):
i. Street Yards, both primary and secondary.
ii. Foundation plantings to equal 12% of the face of the building.
iii. Interior parking landscaping, this is required to equal 8% of the parking area.
iv. Screening is required for the dumpsters if applicable, a detail showing materials
and the screening is required, UDO Section 5.4.4.C.2.
v. Please show the correct buffer width per UDO section 5.4.3
vi. Please show locations of a proposed signage.
8. Lighting:
a. Please provide a light plan, approval of the lighting plan is required before site plan
approval (Section 10.3.6, Site Plan) or zoning compliance approval (Section 10.3.8,
Zoning Compliance Approval), whichever comes first. A lighting plan must be provided to
illustrate that street lighting, all exterior lighting, and indoor lighting visible from outside
shall be designed and located so that the maximum illumination measured in foot candles
at ground level at a residential lot line does not surpass 0.5, UDO Section 5.5. Please refer
to Table 5.5.4.B of the UDO for additional standards.
9. Tree Retention:
a. Please be aware that a Tree Removal Permit is required prior to any land disturbance
activities. Please provide the specific species (Loblolly Pine, Long Leaf Pine, etc.) of the
trees to be removed or retained to determine required mitigation.
b. All specimen trees located within subject tract are required to be illustrated as well. UDO
Section 5.3.5.C The removal of any specimen tree is prohibited on any parcel unless
exempt according to Section 10.3.11, Variance Zoning and Subdivision. If a specimen tree
is removed without a permit, the penalty for this violation shall be twice the mitigation
fee.
b. Please be aware that there are optional incentives for retaining trees on site, UDO Section
5.3.8.A.2.
c. Please see the chart below indicating the documented, significant, and specimen trees
regulated by the County.
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d. Per UDO 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.
i. Please note that required landscaping for the project can be credited to meet this
requirement, however, required landscaping does not count towards mitigation,
if applicable.
e. Per UDO Section 5.3.6.B, please be aware that prior to any construction activity protection
fencing is required around protected trees or tree stands. The fencing shall be a minimum
of four feet and shall remain in place through completion of construction activities.
f. Please clarify classification of significant trees. In the tree removal plan, there is a note on
the tree plan that there are significant trees of one 10” maple, one 11” maple, and one
12”,8”,5” poplar. Per our ordinance, none of these trees are considered significant and
would not require mitigation.
10. Please supply a title opinion illustrating that there is legal access to that access Pennington Drive.
Fire Services, Ray Griswold 910-508-0234
1. Section 510 studies may be required.
2. Please follow the Guidelines of Appendix J – Building Information Signage.
3. No storage over 12 foot high unless designed for this type storage and permitted through this
office.
4. If sprinklers are installed, a Fire hydrant shall be installed within 100 feet of the FDC.
NHC Engineering, Galen Jamison 910-798-7072
1. A land disturbing and stormwater permit issued by the County will be required. Please submit
for permits as the design is completed.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Bernice Johnson 910-332-6620
1. CFPUA Comments provided are preliminary comments only.
2. CFPUA water and sewer available.
3. Typically CFPUA allows one (1) domestic, water service; one (1) sewer service and one (1) fire
service. Engineer will need to discuss additional sewer service with CFPUA.
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4. CFPUA Meter Sizing Form will be required.
5. 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.
NCDOT, Patrick Wurzel 910-398-9100
1. This section of Pennington Drive is not NCDOT maintained yet. It is public but has not been
taken over by us yet. We will not require a driveway permit, but the driveway should be built to
NCDOT standards if the road will be petitioned in the future. One thing that I noticed was the
pipe size. We require a min 18” pipe.
Environmental Health, Dustin Fenske 910-798-6732
1. Environmental Health has no records of well or septic systems on Pennington Dr. No wells or
septic systems on surrounding properties for setback issues.
2. Site plans reflect that this site will be on public sewer and water.
WMPO, Jamar Johnson 910-343-3915
1. WMPO has no comments at this time.
Addressing, Katherine May 910-798-7443
1. No changes needed to the current address 3224 Pennington Dr .
2. If multiple tenants are planned for the warehouse, please provide the number of expected units.
Comments not received at this time from:
NCDOT, Patrick Wurzel
WMPO, Jamar Johnson
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