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The three topics staff described were: removal of a local restriction that prevented the use of storage containers as a building material for accessory dwelling units to align with the North Carolina building code; changes to the ordinance to reflect revised state requirements and timelines for releasing performance bonds for development; and adjustments to sign rules to reflect a state law that allows replacement or relocation of nonconforming signs without requiring full compliance with a current ordinance. Staff said these are statutory or housekeeping changes and planned to present the amendments for public hearing at the March Planning Board meeting and then to the County Commissioners in April.

Planning staff emphasized that the proposed text changes respond to state statutory changes and technical corrections rather than new policy direction from the county. The board had no substantive questions and staff said they would bring formal text for public hearing and public comment in March.

No formal action was required at the Feb. 5 meeting; staff will return with draft ordinance language for the board's March public hearing and anticipated transmittal to the Board of Commissioners in April.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","New Hanover County Planning Board Meeting - February 6, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Planning staff previewed three UDO maintenance amendments on Feb. 5: (1) align ADU building-material rules with state building code; (2) adopt statutory timelines and language for performance bond release; (3) adjust nonconforming sign replacement rules consistent with recent state law changes.","taxTitle","New Hanover County, North Carolina","taxId",4902,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6344401,"Planning board continues text amendment on RV camping at fraternal lodges to March meeting",245,257000,502000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2250967-70e1a0bb940479b95d161b6cc4ddadbd&start=257&end=502","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2250967-70e1a0bb940479b95d161b6cc4ddadbd/thumbnail_257000.jpg","/articles/6344401/New-Hanover-County/North-Carolina/Planning-board-continues-text-amendment-on-RV-camping-at-fraternal-lodges-to-March-meeting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6344401-12b640f56268ab0136a8f34f81e8a52e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771201936&Signature=iV8JyqJJii09rUT~GBBykPrLDJYi8yrknKbD4MD-yzYOUYEPXSmNxqlvG5pEfcC1mDLg56W7lIw7qNpyn4OzOP~b6pFal3aCWlndY4aGb1uw4CVqGIEVjDjpt4XgDIYn~vXmgil3BTLUMPwS5xOFToLeKhRvKmRsUNa-Y7wE4sl~C9vS3Vrz9UNIiMqoRXIcYSIfzUGGm~Fns69E5OPUpCd5MIq5EBtU-CdfzK8jb1TPXhrlHD-8UNOYPDr9ceL2XQwWwikDt~oKftmctQUny1NexlV6WmJePWdTyTKSWx5CKNGBzrEwwKg~Ev75c3K4iB-JYfQed5lmZ6IBOt05aw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Wilmington \u0000New Hanover County \u0000Feb. 5, 2025 \u0000The New Hanover County Planning Board agreed to continue a text amendment, TA25-01, that would add RV storage and RV camping as permitted accessory uses at lodges, fraternal and social organizations. Planning staff asked for additional research and a continuance; the applicant's representative said they had no objection.

Staff told the board the request was applicant-led and aimed to permit lodges to host and store RVs on their property, a service the lodge said it has provided informally for several years. Staff noted the subject property was zoned R-15, which does not allow RV storage, and that RV camping is normally permitted only through a special-use permit. Staff requested time to research rules in other jurisdictions, the locations of lodges in New Hanover County and how the proposed amendment would fit into the Unified Development Ordinance. Staff said it expected to return with a draft amendment at the Planning Board's March 6, 2025 meeting.

Brian DeBose, who identified himself as the Moose Lodge's immediate past president and the North Carolina Charities chairperson, spoke at the hearing and told the board he had no objection to the requested continuance. The board voted to continue the item to the March meeting.","The board granted staff's request to continue a text amendment (TA25-01) that would allow RV storage and camping as accessory uses at lodges; the applicant\u0000represented by a Moose Lodge official did not object to the continuance.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6344406,"Planning board recommends rezoning at 6312 Castlehane Road for nursery and contractor office with conditions",5366,516000,5882000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2250967-70e1a0bb940479b95d161b6cc4ddadbd&start=516&end=5882","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2250967-70e1a0bb940479b95d161b6cc4ddadbd/thumbnail_516000.jpg","/articles/6344406/New-Hanover-County/North-Carolina/Planning-board-recommends-rezoning-at-6312-Castlehane-Road-for-nursery-and-contractor-office-with-conditions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6344406-70643f1a1f3951d84733cb616d9377ef/orig.mp4?Expires=1771201936&Signature=ioF3qCwMQ6-PU0Cu0Z5Kh0Iod4jt64MaVzA6HI2-aVE8T4ZnpJ-KJOltKfSCB4A5vlZlI3YLj0Tt68Jff4J2ECejZxOOFNXIN7RgIDYLQCSp6Fjw-Pk~nfLXZBPqUDwal4Iny9-erT23SZGEGb7bCXDX6-6QMmhjly-KvqleuIoCpoXeVlQR3tlStz8Tv-SgNUULfxT9x2KVy27uadKQhV4NVxiWDtKxurBvLEVsIZUVaOr0ChNn43sLr1TlFFg3icU9q4UxLAuIIkM-cN6e2nCuVkWNuqsZ26I520g9gxCRIO6BKwAIoklhzvfdIMVWQyMB4Hn-6AaZ2SxuNFZ-jA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Wilmington \u0000New Hanover County \u0000Feb. 5, 2025 \u0000The New Hanover County Planning Board voted to recommend approval of a rezoning request for 1.97 acres at 6312 Castlehane Road to a conditional Commercial Services (CS) district, allowing a landscape contractor office, retail and wholesale nursery and a live-work caretaker unit under several conditions intended to limit impacts on nearby residences.

The proposal, filed as Z25-01 by Design Solutions on behalf of property owner Ricardo Santiago, would rezone the parcel from R-15 residential to CS with conditions that include removal of the existing circular driveway, preservation of a 35-foot buffer behind the existing buildings, a 20-foot Type A buffer on remaining property lines, limits on exterior lighting, restricted hours of operation and a prohibition on storing or staging heavy contractor equipment on-site. The board\u0000member who moved the recommendation read the conditions into the record before the vote.

Staff presented the request and recommended approval with five conditions, concluding that the proposed uses align with the Comprehensive Plan\u0000\u0000community mixed-use place type and that the site is a low traffic generator located near other commercial uses. Planning staff said the CS district was requested chiefly to allow the live-work caretaker unit by right; otherwise that use would require a special-use permit in many commercial districts.

Applicant Cindy Wolf said the existing house and detached accessory building on the property would be adaptively reused for office and caretaker housing and that no new buildings were proposed. Wolf said her client removed equipment after a 2024 zoning complaint and is willing to keep heavy equipment at a differently zoned site, and proposed limiting hours and keeping operations and display areas away from the rear setback. \"The equipment for the landscape contracting will continue to be kept off-site at my client's alternative property,\" Wolf told the board.

Two neighbors who live behind the site spoke in opposition, describing earlier noise from backup alarms and large equipment running early in the morning. Resident Steven Setzer said the sound of backup alarms had been disruptive and expressed concern about property values. Resident William Croom said he had filed a complaint and described periodic use of a large excavator behind the house in 2024. \"When you have a 17,000-pound excavator running behind your house a week after your mother passes, the whole entire weekend, it puts a bad taste in your mouth,\" Croom said.

Board members spent substantial time weighing the benefits of a conditional rezoning\u0000which allows site-specific conditions\u0000against the fact that a wholesale nursery is permitted by right under current zoning. Several board members said conditional zoning gives the county the ability to limit hours, location of operations, lighting and equipment in ways a straight rezoning to B-2 would not.

After deliberation, Planning Board member Moore moved to recommend approval, finding the rezoning consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and public interest, and enumerated the conditions. The motion included the following conditions read into the record and attached to the recommendation: (1) permitted uses limited to wholesale nursery, retail nursery, landscape contractor office and a live-work caretaker unit; (2) removal and abandonment of the existing circular driveway with replacement driveways to be permitted by NCDOT; (3) the entire 35-foot setback behind the existing buildings to be considered a buffer yard where no activity shall occur and a 20-foot Type A transitional buffer along remaining common property boundaries preserving existing vegetation with supplemental plantings as needed for year-one opacity standards; (4) exterior lighting arranged or shielded to prevent upward illumination and spillover to adjacent property or roadways; (5) hours of operation limited to Monday\u0000Friday 7 a.m.\u00007 p.m. for all uses, Saturdays 8 a.m.\u00003 p.m. for all uses, and Sundays 10 a.m.\u00003 p.m. for the retail nursery only; and (6) \"no heavy equipment associated with the contractor office use shall be stored, staged, or used on-site,\" including but not limited to backhoes, excavators and dump trucks, and any nursery equipment use shall be limited to the hours of operation.

The board voted in favor; there was no roll-call tally in the transcript and no named opposition recorded at the time of the motion. The board\u0000s recommendation will be forwarded to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners; the meeting agenda at the start of the night listed a tentative county commissioners hearing for Monday, March 10, 2025.

The applicant said she would not seek a continuance and that the proposed conditions were acceptable. The planning staff noted they would review and may refine the condition language with county legal staff before forwarding the final recommendation to the commissioners.

The board\u0000s action does not itself rezone the property; the County Commissioners have final authority on zoning changes.","The New Hanover County Planning Board voted Feb. 5 to recommend rezoning 1.97 acres at 6312 Castlehane Road to a conditional Commercial Services (CS) district to allow a contractor\u0000office, retail nursery and a live-work caretaker unit, subject to six conditions meant to limit noise, buffer adjacent homes and restrict heavy equipment.","actionData","errors"]

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