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Commissioners deny two special‑use permits for 304‑unit Market Street/Porters Neck proposal after contentious quasi‑judicial hearing
Summary
Following a lengthy quasi‑judicial hearing with competing expert affidavits and widely expressed neighborhood opposition, the county commissioners denied two linked special‑use permit applications that would have created a 304‑unit residential complex near Market Street and Porters Neck.
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners denied two interrelated special‑use permit (SUP) applications for a mixed‑use and multifamily development near the Market Street/Porters Neck corridor after extensive testimony from the applicant's team and sustained opposition from nearby neighborhoods.
The applications, S‑24‑04 and S‑24‑05, would have authorized a 62‑unit multifamily building with about 1,800 square feet of commercial space on a 3.21‑acre B‑2 parcel fronting Market Street and a 242‑unit row‑style development across a 30.22‑acre R‑15 parcel. Applicants proposed design features they said would preserve buffers, save trees, provide internal sidewalks and trails, and limit direct traffic onto Braves Drive via a gated emergency access.
Applicant representatives, led by attorney Gary Shipman and developer Roy Carroll, presented affidavits and engineering exhibits and told…
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