On March 6, after two years of debates and some necessary compromises, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted several text amendments to the Special Use Permit process for industry. The adopted amendments are a compromise of what the federation proposed in its Model Industrial SUP and the amendments that had been suggested…
Stakeholders reached a compromise to improve the New Hanover County Special Use Permit process for industry On Feb. 2, the New Hanover County Planning Board voted 6-1 to adopt the New Hanover County Department of Planning and Zoning staff recommendations to the industrial use sections of the New Hanover County Special Use Permit zoning ordinance text…
At the New Hanover County Planning Board’s final work session on the Special Use Permit last week, the board indicated it is still moving forward to weaken the current SUP, despite the many people and organizations that have come forward in support of making the SUP stronger. The past few days, the North Carolina Coastal…
On Nov. 14, with more than a hundred people in attendance and a dozen people lined up to speak, the current New Hanover County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) voted to postpone the public hearing on the two-year effort led by the federation and the community that focused on developing a more comprehensive Special Use Permit…
UPDATE: On Nov. 3, there will be a New Hanover County Planning Board Public Hearing from 6-8 p.m. The hearing will determine the Special Use Permit recommendation the planning board will make at the Nov. 14 Board of Commissioners Public Hearing. Please attend and make your voice heard! On Nov. 10, North Carolina Coastal Federation…
More than 55 supporters attended the New Hanover County (NHC) Planning Board’s Sept. 8 public hearing on proposed revisions to the county’s Special Use Permit (SUP) process submitted by the NHC Planning Staff. The North Carolina Coastal Federation presented several improvements to the county’s proposal to specifically address and identify heavy polluting industries. These proposed improvements…
The My Community: My Voice campaign kicked off in Wilmington on Wednesday evening, Aug. 17, with a packed house at the local pub, Ironclad Brewery. The campaign, which is spearheaded by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, advocates for proposed improvements to New Hanover County’s Industrial Special Use Permit (SUP). The proposed improvements aim to promote clean economic…