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Planning board recommends childcare and resubmission ZTAs to commissioners, adopts 2026 calendar and shortens public comment
Summary
The Pender County Planning Board recommended two state‑required zoning text amendments—updating family childcare home capacity to match state law and removing mandatory resubmission waiting periods—and adopted the 2026 meeting calendar. The board also shortened individual public comment to two minutes going forward.
At its December meeting the Pender County Planning Board moved unanimously to forward two zoning text amendments to the county commissioners and adopted several procedural items including the 2026 meeting calendar and a change to public comment time limits.
Senior Planner Virginia Norris presented the first amendment (ZTA 2025‑32), which updates the county’s UDO definition and capacity for family childcare homes to reflect recent North Carolina statutory changes that allow up to 10 children rather…
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