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Commissioners approve Payton’s Ridge conditional rezoning, add berm and screening conditions
Summary
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners approved a conditional rezoning to allow a sand-mining operation adjacent to Payton’s Ridge, attaching 11 staff conditions plus a berm and planting requirement intended to limit truck traffic, dust and visual impacts.
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners voted April 20 to approve a conditional rezoning for a 20.36-acre parcel in the Payton’s Ridge area that will allow an on-site sand-mining operation and a limited secondary recreational use once reclaimed.
Planning staff described the request as a change from R15 to a conditional rural-agriculture zoning that would permit mining over one acre as a by-right use under the new district with a narrowly defined table of uses. Staff highlighted required state permits, the site’s flight-path overlay, and the need for a state stormwater and erosion-control…
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