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After zoning confusion, planning commission asks Board to provide legal counsel and to correct GIS records

Southampton County Planning Commission · June 12, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners cited a county GIS zoning discrepancy and inconsistent staff information during the Kate Estates hearings and voted to ask the Board of Supervisors to provide legal representation at planning commission meetings; staff also committed to correct and certify official zoning records and requested wetland/topographic information from the applicant.

A discrepancy between the county’s online zoning map and official records and several procedural concerns raised during a rezoning hearing prompted the Southampton County Planning Commission to formally ask the Board of Supervisors to consider providing legal representation for commission meetings.

Commissioners said inconsistent information — particularly a county GIS display that an applicant…

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