“In situations involving special use or conditional use
permits, interested parties are prohibited to communicate with county
commissioners prior to the official public hearing. These land use procedures are considered "quasi-judicial." As such it is improper for interested parties to discuss applications without being sworn at the hearing. Prior to the hearing, should anyone wish to provide a petition, letters, e-mail or other documentation for the county commissioners’ review, such items must be sent only to the Planning Department. The Planning Director will then copy and/or forward the information to the county commissioners for consideration at the hearing.”
Please do write or email, prior to the Commissioners’ meeting on September 4th, to the following address:
Mr. Chris O’Keefe , AICP
Planning Director
New Hanover County
230 Government Center Drive, Suite 150
Wilmington, NC 28403
His email address is as follows: cOkeefe@nhcgov.com
Be sure to request that he forward your information to the county commissioners prior to the September 4th meeting.
For your information, here are the names of our county commissioners:
William A. Caster, Chairman
Robert G. Greer, Vice-Chairman
Ted Davis, Jr.
William A. Kopp, Jr.
Nancy H. Pritchett
2 comments:
Where do pedestrians and bikes fit in this planning process? Oh yeah, they don't. Everything is framed in terms of cars only. We are facing a huge energy crisis in the near future, but the Planning Dept. and County Commissioners, who should be looking out for Wilmington's future, instead continue to make the problem worse - more pollution from cars and run-off, more dependence on oil, more unsightly development, an unhealthier society, and less interaction among people except in cases of accidents and road rage. It's not a community we're building - it's an isolated car-addicted society. 40% of all trips by car are two miles or less. These trips could be easily be done by bike. But you can't here. This goes in hand with my other complaint about the housing developments going in right behind the bike-rack-free Harris Teeter - the shops are not more than 100 yards away from the development yet the only access provided is by car. The developers, County Commissioners, Planning Dept, and NC DOT should all be ashamed.
I also feel sorry for the two local hardware stores in the area - Porter's Neck Hardware (great little hardware store) and Scott's Hill Hardware. They will be put out of business for sure.
-Sir Bikes-a-lot
www.sirbikesalot.com
I agree with the comment that the local Scotts Hill and Porters Neck Hardware will be put out of business. And do we really need more restaurants/shopping centers? I don't think so!
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