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Commissioners approve expanded Lewis Road marina and dry‑stack storage after neighbors debate parking, noise and traffic
Summary
The Pender County Board of Commissioners voted Oct. 20 to approve a conditional‑zoning amendment expanding a Lewis Road marina and adding dry‑stack boat storage after competing public comments about traffic, noise and environmental risk.
The Pender County Board of Commissioners voted Oct. 20 to approve a conditional‑zoning amendment that expands an existing Lewis Road marina and increases dry‑stack boat storage, after opponents and supporters gave competing accounts of traffic, parking and environmental risk.
The applicant sought to extend a previously approved General Business Conditional District to adjacent parcels and to expand dry‑stack capacity while removing a proposed on‑site restaurant from an earlier 2023 plan. Planning staff and the Planning Board recommended approval; the Planning Board added a condition that the applicant install two digital radar speed signs in the state right of way on Lewis Road subject to N.C. Department of Transportation approval.
Supporters said the facility would provide…
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