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County approves rezoning of 9.22-acre Blue Creek Road parcel despite flooding and school-capacity concerns
Summary
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners approved rezoning a 9.22-acre parcel at 1228 Blue Creek Road from Rural Agriculture to R-10, aligning with the comprehensive plan’s suburban-growth designation. Neighbors warned of flooding and school overcrowding; staff said DOT and state stormwater rules govern mitigation.
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners voted April 6 to rezone a 9.22-acre property at 1228 Blue Creek Road from Rural Agriculture (RA) to Residential-10 (R10), a change staff said aligns with the county’s suburban-growth future land-use designation.
Planning staff explained the change would allow moderate-density single-family and multifamily development and is consistent with the comprehensive plan’s intent to concentrate growth near Jacksonville. Carter Metaf, who presented the staff report, said the parcel lies outside most regulated floodplain but noted a stream and AE flood zone encroachments nearby and that two of three public schools serving the area — the elementary and the middle school — could be pushed over capacity if…
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