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Home My WebLink AboutAmend 4 - 2006 LUP_CERT7DEC2021ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary BRAXTON DAVIS NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality Director December 3, 2021 Mike Payment, Chairman Currituck County Board of Commissioners 153 Courthouse Rd., Ste. 2-06 Currituck, NC 27929 Ike McRee Interim County Manager 153 Courthouse Rd., Ste. 204 Currituck, NC 27929 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED and electronically: ike.mcree(a),currituckcountvnc. gov Re: Certification of Fourth Amendment to the Currituck County 2006 CAMA Land Use Plan Dear Chairman Payment and Mr. McRee: Please find enclosed the written Final Agency Decision granting the County's request for certification of a fourth amendment to the Currituck County 2006 Land Use Plan. Let me know if you have any questions. cc via email: Very truly yours, Braxton C. Davis, Director NC Division of Coastal Management M. Renee Cahoon, Chair Mary L. Lucasse, Commission Counsel Laurie LoCicero, AICP, Currituck County Planning Director Charlan Owens, AICP, Elizabeth City District Planner North Carolina Department of Environmenta! Quality i Division of Coasta[ Management Elizabeth City Office i 40! South Griffin Street, Suite 300 I Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909 252.264.3901 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CURRITUCK IN THE MATTER OF CURRITUCK COUNTY'S REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE 2006 LAND USE PLAN COASTAL RESOURCES COMMISSION DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT FINAL AGENCY DECISION FACTS 1. Currituck County (hereinafter the "County") is located in northeastern North Carolina and is bounded by the State of Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Town of Duck in Dare County and the Albemarle Sound to the south, and Camden County and the North River to the west. The County is ge_ographically divided by the Currituck Sound. 2. On May) 8, 2007, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission ("Commission") issued a final agency de9ision granting the County's request for certification of the Currituck County 2006 Land Use Plan ("2006 LUP"). 3. On September 25, 2008, the Commission issued a final agency decision granting the County's request for certification of a map amendment (Amendment 1) to change 40 acres on the Future Land Use Plan Map from a "Conservation" designation to a "Full Service" designation and 80 acres from a "Limited Service" designation to a "Conservation" designation, along with an associated text amendment revising acreage totals for each designation for comparison to projected land needs. 4. On June 24, 2009, the Commission issued a final agency decision granting the County's request for certification of a map amendment (Amendment 2) to change 58 acres on the Future Land Use Plan Map from "Limited Service" to "Full Service", an associated text amendment revising acreage totals for each designation for comparison to projected land need, and other text amendments. 5. On July 2, 2019, the Commission issued a final agency decision granting the County's request for certification of a map amendment (Amendment 3) to change 25.857 acres on the Future Land Use Plan Map from "Limited Service" to "Full Service". An associated text amendment was no longer required under the Land Use Planning Requirements effective February 1, 2016. 6. Currituck County is requesting certification of a map amendment (Amendment 4) to change 15.55 acres from "Rural" to "Full Service" in the Moyock Sub-Area (reference Parcel 0009- 000-006A-000); 12.22 acres from "Conservation" to "Full Service" in the Corolla Sub-Area (reference Parcel OU 6-000-0010-0000), and; 53.43 acres from "Rural" to "Full Service" in the Moyock Sub- Area (reference Parcel 0009-000-025A-000). 7. The Currituck County Board of Commissioners held duly advertised public hearings to consider the proposed fourth amendment to the 2006 LUP and voted, by resolution, to adopt the maps changes on October 4, 2021 (reference Parcel 0009-000-006A-O00 and Parcel 0116-000-0010- 0000 and November 1, 2021 (reference Parcel 0009-000-025A-000). 8. The public had an opportunity to provide written comments on the fourth amendment up to thirty (30) calendar days after local adoption. No comments were received. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. The fourth amendment to the 2006 LUP has met the substantive requirements outlined within the Land Use Planning Requirements effective February 1, 2016. 2. There are no conflicts evident in the fourth amendment to the 2006 LUP with either state or federal law or the State's Coastal Management Program. 3. The elected body of Currituck County made a final decision on the contents of the fourth amendment to the 2006 LUP and provided opportunity for the public to provide written comment following local adoption of the map changes, as required by N.C.G.S. § 1 BA-110 and 15A NCAC 7B .0802 and .0803, and the fourth amendment was submitted to the NC Division of Coastal Management without written objection or comment from the public. 2 DECISION For the reasons stated herein, Currituck County's request for certification of the fourth amendment to the 2006 Land Use Plan is GRANTED. This the~ day of Of ~B-kfi-2021. Braxton C. Davis, Director N.C. Division of Coastal Management 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that I have served a copy of the attached Final Agency Decision to the Currituck County and the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission by the means specified below: Mike Payment, Chairman Currituck County Board of Commissioners 153 Courthouse Rd., Ste. 206 Currituck, NC 27929 Ike McRee Interim County Manager 153 Courthouse Rd., Ste. 204 Currituck, NC 27929 M. Renee Cahoon, Chair Coastal Resources Commission Mary L. Lucasse Commission Counsel NC Coastal Resources Commission PO Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 Laurie LoCicero, Currituck County Planning Director This is th~ day o~ Method of Service CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED and Electronically: ike.mcree@,currituckcountync.gov Electronically: Renee.Cahoon(@ncdenr.gov Electronically: mlucasse@,ncdoj.gov Electronically: laurie.locicero(cv,currituckcountync. gov 4