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Board approves rezoning for 4.3-acre portion of Queens Ridge property for small-scale community business
Summary
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners voted to rezone 4.3 acres of a 10.1-acre parcel on Queens Creek Road from Residential-10 to Community Business, a staff-supported change the Planning Board had recommended unanimously.
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17 voted to rezone 4.3 acres of a 10.1-acre parcel along Queens Creek Road from Residential-10 to Community Business, saying the change could allow small-scale retail and service uses to serve the nearby community.
County planning staff described the site as forested and vacant and said utilities exist in the corridor: a 6-inch Onewasa water main and an 8-inch sewer force main along Queens Creek Road. Staff noted a 2022 traffic count of about 9,000 daily trips on Queens Creek Road and estimated the road’s capacity at 14,600 trips. Schools serving the area are Queens Creek Elementary, Swansboro Middle and Swansboro High School. The county’s future land use map places the parcel in a suburban growth category.
The applicant, represented at the hearing by Josh Edmondson of Tidewater Associates, told commissioners the planned commercial uses are small-scale and intended to serve nearby residents rather than draw new traffic from Swansboro. Planning staff and the Planning Board said the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan’s suburban growth guidance and recommended approval; the Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend approval.
Commissioners moved and seconded approval; the motion carried on a voice vote with no recorded opposition.
The rezoning will apply only to the 4.3-acre portion of the larger parcel; staff noted regulated floodplain and a blue-line stream near the rear of the property and said wetlands, if present, would be addressed in later development review. Staff also said NCDOT and county public utilities remain involved in pre-development conversations.
The board adopted a statement of consistency with the comprehensive plan and authorized the chairman to sign the necessary documents.
The public hearing on the request produced no resident opposition at the meeting; one applicant representative spoke in support.
Details recorded at the hearing will be part of the development review if a site plan is submitted, including any NCDOT required improvements to access or frontage.
Votes at a glance: Rezoning PRIZ2024-31 (Tidewater Associates / SR International Holdings LLC), change R-10 to Community Business for 4.3 acres — Approved (voice vote, no opposition reported).
