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Council rezones Brunswick County parcel ID 029GA006 from C-1 to R-15
Summary
The Town Council approved Ordinance ORD-25-003 to rezone a roughly 33.33-acre parcel (029GA006) from C-1 (general commercial) to R-15 (medium-density residential). Planning staff said the change resolves a legal nonconformity created when a 2024 text amendment removed residential uses from C-1 zones.
The Town of Leland Council approved Ordinance ORD-25-003 to amend the official zoning map and rezone Brunswick County parcel ID 029GA006 from C-1 (general commercial) to R-15 (medium-density residential).
Planner Javier Barrera presented the zoning map amendment request and told council staff had reviewed consistency with the town’s adopted plan Leland 2045 and statutory rezoning criteria. Barrera said the parcel is approximately 33.33 acres, currently contains a manufactured home that received a certificate of occupancy in 2024 and has only one constrained access point affected by a nearby CSX railroad crossing. He said a 2024 text amendment removed residential uses from commercial districts, rendering some properties legal nonconformities; the applicant requested R-15 to regularize the property and allow residential improvements.
Applicant Rebecca Islas spoke in support and said she and her husband moved to the property from Wilmington and want to continue improving their home. "We just wanna improve our property and make it nice and beautiful just like everyone else would wanna do with their own piece of property," Islas said.
Barrera told council that Planning Board reviewed the application and recommended approval by a 6–1 vote, finding the rezoning consistent with the Leland 2045 future land-use designation of "high development potential" and with policies supporting a diversity of housing types. Staff noted dimensional differences between C-1 and R-15, including a minimum lot size increase from 6,000 to 15,000 square feet under R-15, and said the R-15 district would reduce potential traffic volumes compared with continued commercial zoning given the site’s constrained access.
No members of the public signed up to speak in support or opposition. After discussion, council passed the ordinance by voice vote. One council member noted discomfort over a perceived precedent because the council previously denied a separate commercial rezoning, but other members said the action honored prior guidance to allow nonconforming residential properties to seek conformity via rezoning.
Ordinance ORD-25-003 carries forward the Planning Board’s consistency finding and changes the zoning designation of parcel 029GA006 to R-15.
