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Board recommends rezoning for Castle Creek Business Park expansion; TIA monitoring proposal fails
Summary
The board recommended approval of a conditional B-2 rezoning to expand Castle Creek Business Park (Z2603) but declined to adopt an added condition requiring immediate traffic impact analysis; staff and MPO said the project currently falls just below the county’s 100‑trip TIA threshold and TRC review will monitor cumulative impacts.
The New Hanover County Planning Board voted March 5 to recommend approval of rezoning request Z2603, a proposal to rezone about 8.36 acres near Castle Creek Lane and Harnett Avenue from airport residential to conditional B‑2 regional business to expand the Castle Creek Business Park.
Planner Ron Beal said the concept envisions three 5,100‑square‑foot warehouse buildings and six flex‑space buildings totaling about 43,500 square feet, two stormwater ponds and a mix of uses intended to limit visual and traffic impacts on adjacent residential areas. Beal noted portions of the site lie in an AE…
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