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Planning board backs rezoning near Castle Hane Road with stormwater conditions
Summary
The New Hanover County Planning Board voted to recommend approval of rezoning request Z1705 for three parcels near Castle Hane Road, including the former Fire Station 13 site, with conditions covering fencing, buffers, permitted uses and 100-year stormwater design after a resident raised flooding concerns.
The New Hanover County Planning Board on March 5 recommended approval of rezoning request Z1705, a proposal to modify a conditional B-2 district covering three parcels near Castle Hane Road that includes the former Fire Station 13 site.
Staff planner Robert Farrell told the board the project would broaden permitted low‑intensity commercial uses, add a shared stormwater system and an outdoor storage area at 5307 Castle Hane Road, and retain a public access easement along the road. Farrell said staff’s recommendation was grounded in the 2016 comprehensive plan’s community mixed‑use place type and included conditions such as a solid privacy fence, landscape buffering,…
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