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Sunset Beach planning board pushes back on UDO changes that would shift major approvals to staff
Summary
The planning board reviewed proposed UDO amendments that would move major site‑plan and subdivision approvals from the board to the town’s UDO administrator and constrain when the board may act. Members said the changes would reduce public transparency and recommended modifications before council consideration.
The Sunset Beach Planning Board on April 16 recommended changes to a draft amendment to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance that council forwarded to the board on April 7.
Board members said the proposed ordinance — which would clarify that the planning board acts at the town council’s request, remove the board’s role in certain quasi‑judicial proceedings, and transfer final approval authority for major site plans and major preliminary subdivision plans to the UDO administrator — would curb public participation in decisions with substantial community impact. “Moving preliminary and major approvals to staff removes a core public check on development,” a board member said during the meeting.
The board conducted a clause‑by‑clause review of…
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