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Board of Adjustments approves 50-foot flagpole for Hampstead Place Apartments to restore highway visibility
Summary
The Pender County Board of Adjustments granted a variance allowing a 50-foot commercial flagpole and 60-square-foot banner for Hampstead Place Apartments after an NCDOT sound wall along U.S. Highway 17 obstructed the property's roadside visibility; the approval requires a minimum 10-foot setback from the property line or NCDOT right of way.
The Pender County Board of Adjustments on April 15 approved a variance to allow a 50-foot commercial flagpole at Hampstead Place Apartments to restore visibility lost when NCDOT built an approximately 30-foot sound wall along U.S. Highway 17.
Madeline Spencer, presenting the case for staff at the board meeting, said the applicant seeks relief from the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) provision limiting freestanding sign height to 25 feet (UDO §9.7.0.1[b]). Spencer said the property at 101 Leeward Lane in Topsail Township had been screened from highway traffic after the NCDOT sound wall was…
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