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Planning board recommends Destination 2050 comprehensive-plan update and companion UDO amendments to commissioners
Summary
After a year-and-a-half public process staff presented the Destination 2050 draft and the planning board voted Jan. 8 to recommend it to the Board of County Commissioners, along with companion text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance designed to align regulatory language with the new place-type framework and recent state law changes. Board members praised outreach but asked for clearer infill-residential density guidance.
The New Hanover County Planning Board on Jan. 8 recommended approval of the Destination 2050 comprehensive-plan update and a companion set of Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) text amendments and forwarded both to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration on Feb. 2.
Planning Director Rebecca summarized a 1.5-year process to update the county plan and said staff had focused on four broad goal themes (quality of place, infrastructure and support services, environmental stewardship and resilience, and coordination and engagement). Project manager Katia Boykin reviewed public engagement: an open house in August 2024, 18 focus-group interviews, pop-up events at…
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