Notice is hereby given that the Southern Shores Town Council will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. in the Pitts Center located at 5377 N Virginia Dare Trail.
Agenda: 12/11/18
Meeting Packet:12/11/18
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Southern Shores Planning Board will meet on December 17, 2018
Notice is hereby given that the Southern Shores Planning Board will meet on December 17, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. in the Pitts Center located at 5377 N. Virginia Dare Trl. The Board will consider ZTA-18-09, a Zoning Text Amendment application submitted by the Town of Southern Shores to amend the Southern Shores Town Code by amending Section 36-132, Regulation of Structures and Uses Nonconforming. The Board will also discuss potential regulations to address large single-family dwellings. The application and related materials are available for public inspection at www.southernshores-nc.gov or during regular office hours at Town Hall. For additional information or questions, please contact Town Hall at (252) 261-2394 or email whaskett@southernshores-nc.gov.
Document Submitted at November 7th Special Meeting of the Town Council.
This document was submitted to the Town Council during the Public Comment segment of the Special Meeting of November 7, 2018 by Franklin Pringle, a resident of Charleston, South Carolina and an owner of property at 170 Ocean Boulevard. The document indicates it is a petition and is entitled “Preserve the Cottage Culture of Southern Shores”. It lists typed/unsigned names, hometowns, and typed comments. It is entitled “Preserve the Cottage Culture of Southern Shores”. It will be a part of the meeting’s official minutes.
Capital Improvement Plan Committee Meeting- November 15, 2018 2:00 p.m.
Town of Southern Shores Capital Improvement Plan Committee Meeting
Planning for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Capital Improvement Projects
November 15, 2018 2:00 p.m.
Pitts Center
CIP Committee Agenda for Public Notice 11-15-18
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING-November 7th at 10:00 a.m.
Notice is hereby given of a Special Meeting of the Southern Shores Town Council, Wednesday November 7, 2018 at 10:00 AM, Pitts Center, 5377 N. Virginia Dare Trail, Southern Shores, NC 27949.
Background
Prior to 2015, the Southern Shores Code of Ordinances limited the number of actual bedrooms of a single-family dwelling built to seven (7) bedrooms and an occupancy of fourteen (14) persons. In 2015, the North Carolina General Assembly amended NCGS §160A-381 to prohibit municipalities from regulating, directly or indirectly, the “number and type of rooms” in a single-family dwelling. Subsequently and as an initiative to limit occupancy, the Southern Shores Town Council amended the Town Code of Ordinances to limit the size of future single-family dwellings to a maximum of 6,000 square feet of living space. Since enactment of that limitation, the Town’s Planning Department has been strictly enforcing this size limitation through its permitting authority.
Recently, some property owners have voiced alarm that an application for a permit has been submitted to the Town Planning Department proposing living space of 5,945 square feet, less than the Town’s maximum of 6,000 square feet of living space. Although the proposed living space is within the Town’s allowable maximum and the requesting party is entitled by right to receive a permit from the Planning Department if all other Town Code parameters have been met, some property owners are alarmed that the party requesting the permit has been able to design twelve (12) bedrooms within the Town’s maximum allowable 6,000 square feet of living space for a single-family dwelling.
Purpose of Special Meeting
The specific purpose of the Special Meeting is for the Town Council to (1) consider all available options, if there are any, to further limit occupancy of single-family dwellings in Southern Shores, and, (2) provide opportunity for any Council member to seek Council approval to initiate the process of adopting a specific option, if available, to further limit the occupancy of single-family dwellings, and (3) allow a period of public comment on the purpose of the special meeting, subject to the Town’s rules for public comment.
Agenda: Special Meeting-November 7 2018
Meeting Packet: 11/7/18
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