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Home My WebLink About17020_Chronicle Mills_LURUModel_2016_12_20NC BROWNFIELDS LAND USE RESTRICTIONS (“LUR”) UPDATE Year Certification Made: 2018 Name: Chronicle Mill Project #: 17020-13-036 Address: 95 East Catawba Street County: Gaston Property Owner (In part or whole): ____________________________ Read the following LURs and mark each restriction accordingly. Additional remarks may be added for compliance status clarification. Attach any required or supplemental documentation, sign, notarize and submit to the following address: NC Division of Waste Management Attn: Brownfields Program Staff 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1646 No use may be made of the Brownfields Property other than for commercial, offices, retail, parking, recreation, open space, high density residential and hotel uses without prior written permission of the Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”). For purposes of this restriction, the following definitions apply: “Commercial” defined as an enterprise carried on for profit or nonprofit by the owner, lessee or licensee; ''Office” defined as the provision of business or professional services; “Retail” defined as the sale of goods or services, products, or merchandise directly to the consumer or businesses and includes showrooms, personal service, and the sales of food and beverage products; “Parking” defined as the temporary accommodation of motor vehicles in an area designed for same; “Recreation” defined as indoor and outdoor exercise-related, physically focused, or leisure-related activities, whether active or passive, and the facilities for same, including, but not limited to, studios, swimming pools, sports-related courts and fields, open space, greenways, parks, playgrounds, walking paths, and picnic and public gathering areas; “Open Space” defined as land maintained in a natural or landscaped state and used for natural resource protection, buffers, greenways, detention facilities for stormwater; “High Density Residential” defined as permanent dwellings where residential units are attached to each other with common walls, such as condominia, apartments, group homes, dormitories or boarding houses, and any property outside the dwelling structures is usable by all residents and not privately owned as part of a particular unit, and shall include related amenities, such as pools, clubhouses, courtyards, common areas, recreation areas and parking garages; and “Hotel” defined as the provision of overnight lodging to paying customers, and associated food services, gym, reservation, cleaning, utilities, parking and on-site hospitality, management and reception services. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Physical redevelopment of the Brownfields Property may not occur other than in accord, as determined by DEQ, with an Environmental Management Plan (“EMP”) approved in writing by DEQ in advance (and revised to DEQ's written satisfaction prior to each subsequent redevelopment phase) that is consistent with all the other land use restrictions and describes redevelopment activities at the Brownfields Property, the timing of redevelopment phases, and addresses health, safety and environmental issues that may arise from use of the Brownfields Property during construction or redevelopment in any other form, including without limitation: soil and water management issues, including without limitation those resulting from contamination identified in the Environmental Reports; potential sources of the contamination referenced in paragraph 8 of the Brownfields Agreement (“Agreement”) attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Brownfields Property (“Notice”); surface soil sampling for any soil areas that are planned to be exposed after the planned development, and subsurface soil sampling, as required by DEQ; contingency plans for addressing newly discovered potential sources of environmental contamination (e.g., tanks, drums, septic drain fields); and plans for the proper characterization of, and, as necessary, disposal of contaminated soils excavated during redevelopment. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Within 90 days after each one-year anniversary of the effective date of the Agreement for as long as physical redevelopment of the Brownfields Property continues (except that the final deadline shall fall 90 days after the conclusion of physical redevelopment), the then owner of the Brownfields Property shall provide DEQ a report subject to written DEQ approval on environment-related activities since the last report, with a summary and drawings, that describes: actions taken in accordance with the plan required by LUR 2; soil grading and cut and fill actions; methodology(ies) employed for field screening, sampling and laboratory analysis of environmental media; stockpiling, containerizing, decontaminating, treating, handling, laboratory analysis and ultimate disposition of any soil, groundwater or other materials suspected or confirmed to be contaminated with regulated substances; and removal of any contaminated soil, water or other contaminated materials (for example, concrete, demolition debris) from the Brownfields Property (copies of all legally required manifests shall be included). ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Groundwater at the Brownfields Property may not be used for any purpose without the prior written approval of DEQ. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ No activity that disturbs soils on the Brownfields Property may occur other than in accordance with the approved EMP. Disturbance of soils not covered under the approved EMP may not occur until DEQ states in writing, in advance of the proposed activity, that said activity may occur if carried out along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified in LUR 1 while fully protecting public health and the environment. This limitation does not apply to mowing and pruning of above-ground vegetation, landscape plantings that do not exceed 36 inches in depth; and emergency repair of underground infrastructure, if DEQ is given written notice (if only by email) of any such emergency repair no later than the next business day, and that any related assessment and remedial measures required by DEQ are taken. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Residential use and use by sensitive populations, including but not limited to children, the disabled or infirm, and senior citizens, is strictly prohibited within the area designated as “vapor control restriction area” on the plat component of the Notice referenced in paragraph 19 of the Brownfields Agreement, unless vapor controls as in LUR 7 are pre-approved by DEQ in advance and in writing as designed for such use. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ No building may be constructed within the area designated as “vapor control restriction area” on the plat component of the Notice referenced in paragraph 19 of the Brownfields Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Notice until: it is demonstrated to DEQ's written satisfaction through a site-specific risk assessment, that the building is protective of the building's users, public health and the environment from risk of vapor intrusion; it is demonstrated, pursuant to a DEQ approved plan, and subject to DEQ's approval, that the building would be or is sufficiently distant from the Brownfields Property's groundwater and/or soil contamination that the building's users, public health and the environment will be protected from risk from vapor intrusion related to said contamination; or a plan for a vapor intrusion mitigation system, approved in writing by DEQ in advance and including a proposed performance assessment for demonstration of the system's protection of the building's users, public health and the environment from risk from vapor intrusion, is implemented to the satisfaction of a North Carolina-licensed professional engineer as reflected by an implementation report, bearing the seal of said engineer, that includes photographs and a description of the installation and performance assessment of the mitigation system. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ None of the contaminants known to be present in the environmental media at the Brownfields Property, may be used or stored at the Brownfields Property without the prior written approval of DEQ, except: in de minimis amounts for cleaning and other routine housekeeping activities; as constituents of fuels, lubricants and oils in emergency generators, machinery, equipment and vehicles in on-board tanks integral to said items or in flammable liquid storage containers with capacities no greater than 25 gallons; and/or as constituents of products and materials customarily used or stored in commercial, offices, retail, parking, recreation, open space, high density residential and hotel environments, provided such products and materials are used, stored, and disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Within 60 days after the effective date of this Agreement or prior to land disturbance activities, Prospective Developer shall abandon monitoring wells, injection wells, recovery wells, piezometers and other man made points of groundwater access at the Brownfields Property, except those wells identified in accordance with Subchapter 2C of Title 15A of the North Carolina Administrative Code, unless an alternate schedule is approved by DEQ. Within 30 days after doing so, the Prospective Developer shall provide DEQ a report, setting forth the procedures and results. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ The Brownfields Property may not be used as a playground, or for child care centers or schools within the area designated as “vapor control restriction area” without written approval by DEQ; however, informal recreational activities for children and adults are permitted. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ The owner of any portion of the Brownfields Property where any existing, or subsequently installed, DEQ-approved monitoring well is damaged by such owner, its contractors, or its tenants shall be responsible for repair of any such wells to DEQ's written satisfaction and within a time period acceptable to DEQ, unless compliance with this LUR is waived in writing by DEQ. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Neither DEQ, nor any party conducting environmental assessment or remediation at the Brownfields Property at the direction of, or pursuant to a permit, order or agreement issued or entered into by DEQ, may be denied access to the Brownfields Property for purposes of conducting such assessment or remediation, which is to be conducted using reasonable efforts to minimize interference with authorized uses of the Brownfields Property. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Any deed or other instrument conveying an interest in the Brownfields Property executed by an owner of any interest in the Brownfields Property shall contain the following notice: “The Brownfields Property which is the subject of this instrument is subject to the Brownfields Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Brownfields Property recorded in the Gaston County land records, Book 4870, Page 350.” A copy of any such instrument shall be sent to the persons listed in Section XV (Notices and Submissions), though financial figures related to the conveyance may be redacted. If DEQ issues prior, written approval, an owner may use the following mechanisms to comply with the obligations of this paragraph, subject to the terms and conditions that DEQ may establish in such approval: 1) The owner may provide DEQ with copies of a form lease or rider evidencing compliance with this paragraph, in lieu of sending copies of actual, executed leases, to the persons listed in Section XV (Notice and Submissions); or 2) the owner may provide abstracts of leases, rather than full copies of said leases, to the persons listed in Section XV. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ During January of each year after the year in which the Notice referenced in paragraph 19 of the Brownfields Agreement is recorded, the owner of any part of the Brownfields Property as of January 1st of that year ( or owner's representative authorized in writing to act on the owner's behalf) shall submit a notarized Land Use Restrictions Update (“LURU”) to DEQ, and to the chief public health and environmental officials of Gaston County, certifying that, as of said January 1st, the Notice of Brownfields Property containing these land use restrictions remains recorded at the Gaston County Register of Deeds office and that the land use restrictions are being complied with, and stating: the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person's email address of the owner submitting the LURU if said owner acquired any part of the Brownfields Property in fee during the previous calendar year; and ______________________________________________________________ the transferee's name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person's e-mail address, if said owner transferred any part of the Brownfields Property in fee during the previous calendar year. ______________________________________________________________ whether any vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems installed pursuant to LUR 7 are performing as designed, and whether the uses of the ground floors of any buildings containing such vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems have changed, and, if so, how. ______________________________________________________________ ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Notarized signing and submittal of this Land Use Restrictions Update constitutes certification that the Notice of Brownfields Property remains recorded at the Gaston County Register of Deeds office and that the Land Use Restrictions are being complied with. This Land Use Restrictions Update is certified by _____________, owner of at least part of the Brownfields Property on this ___ day of _________, 20__. Name typed or printed of party making certification: __________________ [Note: additional entities or owners may be added if appropriate (i.e. multiple managing members/entities)] By: __________________________ (signature) Name typed or printed: __________________ Title typed or printed: ___________________ NORTH CAROLINA __________ COUNTY I certify that the following person(s) personally appeared before me this day, each acknowledging to me that he or she voluntarily signed the foregoing document for the purpose stated therein and in the capacity indicated: ______________________. Date: ____________ ___________________________________ Official Signature of Notary ____________________________________ Notary’s printed or typed name, Notary Public (Official Seal) My commission expires: _________________