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Sunset Beach planning board forwards UDO changes to council after final edits, flags premature hearing notice
Summary
The Town of Sunset Beach Planning Board voted 4-0 on April 23, 2026 to recommend a revised Unified Development Ordinance amendment affecting planning board and board of adjustment roles. Members approved staff edits but raised concerns that Town Council had advertised a May 4 public hearing before the board finalized its recommendation.
The Town of Sunset Beach Planning Board voted unanimously April 23 to recommend that Town Council adopt a revised text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance that clarifies powers, duties and composition for the planning board and the board of adjustment.
The motion, approved 4-0, forwards a draft that incorporates three categories of changes: two specific edits proposed by the board of adjustment, wording and organizational fixes throughout article 2, and a set of clarifications on when council direction is required. The board requested that the final version be distributed to members before it is posted for the council hearing.
Ron Sadderfield, staff who briefed the board, said the Board of Adjustment reviewed section 2.4 and approved two edits to be incorporated: (1) adding a sentence that ETJ (extraterritorial jurisdiction) members have equal rights and privileges when acting on…
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