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Planning board approves Cove Landing master plan with public-access easement and no-gate condition
Summary
The Pender County Planning Board approved a master development plan for Cove Landing, a 79-lot single-family PD project by McAdams Homes LLC, requiring a perpetual public-access easement for internal connector roads and prohibiting gates or other obstructions; the developer agreed the HOA will maintain the roads until and if DOT accepts them.
The Pender County Planning Board voted on Dec. 3 to approve a master development plan for Cove Landing, a proposed 79-lot single-family development by McAdams Homes LLC on an approximately 29.63-acre tract off Country Club Drive near Hampstead.
Staff described the project as a planned development (PD) that preserves about 7 acres of wetlands and provides roughly 11 acres of open space. The applicant's current proposal shows a developable area of about 17.84 acres, resulting in a net density staff calculated at roughly 4.43 dwelling units per acre and a gross density of about 2.67 units per acre.
Justin Brantley, planning staff, outlined dimensional standards and superior-design elements the applicant used to justify the modest density increase, including two detached home product types, a minimum lot area of 3,500 square feet for some lots, increased front setbacks along sidewalks, more than 3,000…
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