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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRAXTON C. DAVIS
Director
Gerald A. Jones, Jr., Mayor
Town of Morehead City
202 S. 811 St.
Morehead City, NC 28557
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 15, 2019
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CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
and electronically:
[e-mail]
Ryan Eggleston, City Manager CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT
Town of Morehead City REQUESTED and electronically:
202 S. 8th St. [e-mail]
Morehead City, NC 28557
Re: Certification of 2nd Amendment to the Town of Morehead City's Core LUP
Dear Mayor Jones and Mr. Eggleston:
Please find enclosed the written Final Agency Decision granting the Town of Morehead
City's request for certification of the 2nd amendment to its Core Land Use Plan. Please contact
me should you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
Braxton C. Davis, Director
NC Division of Coastal Management
cc via email: M. Renee Cahoon, Chair
Mary L. Lucasse, Commission Counsel
Rachel Love-Adrick, Morehead City District Planner
Sandi Watkins, Town of Morehead City, Senior Planner
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Coastal Management
Morehead City Office 400 Commerce Avenue I Murehead City, North Carolina 28557
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CARTERET
COASTAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
IN THE MATTER OF THE TOWN OF )
MOREHAED CITY'S REQUEST FOR )
CERTIFICATION OF THE SECOND ) FINAL AGENCY DECISION
AMENDMENT TO CORE LAND USE )
PLAN )
FACTS
1. The Town of Morehead City (hereinafter the "Town") is located in Carteret County
and is bounded by the Newport River to the north, the Newport River to the east, Bogue Sound to
the south, and the Town of Newport and unincorporated areas of Carteret County to the west.
2. The Core Land Use Plan was certified by the Coastal Resources Commission
(CRC) on September 28, 2007. The first amendment was certified on May 21, 2018.
3. The Town is requesting certification of the second amendment to the Core Land
Use Plan. The Town is seeking certification of a map amendment in order to make a rezoning
request consistent with the Future Land Use Map. The town rezoned 5263 Business Drive (Tax
PIN 6357047010176000) from R15M (Single -Family Residential/Manufactured Home District)
to I (Industrial), the amendment is for the parcel to be classified from Low Density Residential to
General Industrial on the Future Land Use Map.
4. The Town Council of the Town of Morehead City held a duly advertised public
hearing to consider the proposed amendment to the Core Land Use Plan and by resolution
approved the amendment on June 11, 2019. The public had the opportunity to provide written
comments on the plan up to thirty (30) calendar days after local adoption. No comments were
received.

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CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The amendment to the Town's Core Land Use Plan has met the substantive
requirements outlined within the 15A NCAC 7B Land Use Plan Guidelines.
2. There are no conflicts evident in the amendment to the Town's Core Land Use Plan
with either state or federal law or the State's Coastal Management Program.
3. The elected body of the Town of Morehead City made a final decision on the
contents of the Amended Core Land Use Plan and provided opportunity for the public to provide
written comment following local adoption of the plan, as required by N.C.G.S. § 113A-110 and
15A NCAC 7B .0801 and .0802, and the Town of Morehead City's Amended Core Land Use Plan
was submitted to the NC Division of Coastal Management without written objection or comment
from the public.
4. During its regularly scheduled meeting on November 7-8, 2017, the North Carolina
Coastal Resources Commission delegated to the Director of the North Carolina Division of Coastal
Management, Department of Environmental Quality, its authority to approve Land Use Plans
pursuant to N.C.G.S. §113A-110(f). The conditions under which the delegation was made are
included in the November 20, 2017 letter to Braxton Davis, Director from Commission Chair
Renee Cahoon. Pursuant to that delegation, the undersigned makes the following decision.
DECISION
For the reasons stated herein, the Town of Morehead City's request for certification of
the amendment to itsCoreLand Use Plan is GRANTED.
This the / /f'"/day of TO v 2019.
Braxton C. Davis, Director
N.C. Division of Coastal Management

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that I have served a copy of the attached Final Agency Decision on the
Town of Morehead City and the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission by the means
specified below:
Gerald A. Jones, Jr., Mayor
Town of Morehead City
202 S. 8 h St.
Morehead City, NC 28557
Ryan Eggleston, City Manager
Town of Morehead City
202 S. 8 h St.
Morehead City, NC 28557
Sandi Watkins, Sr. Planner
Town of Morehead City
706 Arendell St.
Morehead City, NC 28557
M. Renee Cahoon, Chair
Coastal Resources Commission
Mary L. Lucasse
Commission Counsel
NC Coastal Resources Commission
PO Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
Rachel Love-Adrick, District Planner
Method of Service
CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
and electronically [e-mail]
CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
and electronically [e-mail]
U.S. Mail and electronically:
[e-mail]
Electronically: [e-mail]
Electronically: [e-mail]
Division of Coastal Management Electronically: [e-mail]
400 Commerce Ave.
Morehead City, NC 28557-3421
This is the te3ay o 019. cl
Angela W' lis, Assitant to the Director

COUNCIL
George W. BalIou, Mayor Pro Tem
�,��rrY�. Gerald A. Jones, Jr., Mayor
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Ked V. McCann
V iliiam F. Taylor
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Harvey N. Walker, Jr.
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Diane C. Warrender
TOWN OF MOREHEAD CITY
RESOLUTION NO.2019-R-40
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH
CAROL NA, AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAMIA LAND USE PLAID TO
AMEND A ONTNE ACRE AREA CURRENTLY SHOWN ON THE FUTURE LAI\T USE MAP
AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO GETNERAL INDUSTRIAL
WHEREAS, the Town of Morehead City desires to amend its CAMA Land Use Plan,
specifically, its Future Land Use Map as shown on page 104; and
VaIEREA.S, the LAMA Land Use Plan currently shows the one acre subject area located near
Business Drive (more specifically identified as Tax PIN 635704701076000) as Low Density
Residential on the Future Land Use map; and,
WHEREAS, the Town of Morehead City desires to amend the CAMA Land Use Plan to
identify the subject area as General Industrial on the Future Land Use map; and
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2019, the Planning Board recommended approval of the draft
amendment to the CAMA Land Use Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Morehead City* conducted a public hearing which was advertised on
May I O h which was at least 3 0 days prior to the public hearing; and
WHEREAS, at the Regular Meeting on June 11, 2019 the Town Council of the Town of
Morehead City, North Carolina found the draft amendment to be consistent with the Town of
Morehead City's desired vision for the future and approved to adopt the draft amendment; and
WHEREAS, the adopted draft amendment will be submitted as required by State law to the
District Planner for the Division of Coastal Management under the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality and forwarded to the Coastal Resources Commission; and
WHEREAS, a review of the adopted draft amendment by the Director of the NC Division of
Coastal Management will be undertaken; and the Director will then certify the draft amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Morehead
City, North Carolina, that the Future Land Use map contained on page 104 of the Morehead City Core
Land Use Plan be amended as follows:
Amend the one acre parcel located near Business Drive (more specifically identified as Tax PIN
63 5704701076000) shown on the Future Land Use Map of the Morehead City Core Land Use Plan
from Low Density Residential to General Industrial; and
BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town of Morehead City, North
Carolina, has adopted the draft amendment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Manager of the Town of Morehead City is
hereby authorized to submit the adopted CAMA Land Use Plan draft amendment to the State for
certification as described above.
ADOPTED this the 11"' day of June, 2019.
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CARTERET COUNTY,
NORTH CAROL,INA
ATFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before the undersigned, a notary public of said County and State, duly commis-
sioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared
Judy F. Allred
first duly sworn, deposes and says that he (she) is
Clerk
(Owner, partner, pub] isher or other officer or employee
authorized to make this affidavit)
who being
of THE CARTERET PUBLISHING CO., INC., engaged in the publication of a
newspaper known as CARTERET COUNTY NEWS -TIMES, published, issued,
and entered as second class mail in the Town of Morehead Cite, in said County
and State; that he (she) is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement;
that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached here-
to, was published in CARTERET COUNTY NEWS -TIMES on the following
dates: 05/ 10/2019
and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or legal adver-
tisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a news-
paper meeting all of the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the
General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the mean-
ing of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
This loth day of May, 20.1.9
(Sig t re of per on making affidavit)
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Town of Morehead City
Notice of Public Hearing
Amendment of the Town of Morehead City CAMA Land Use
Plan
June 11, 2019
Notice is hereby given that the Town of Morehead City will
conduct a public hearing on June 11, 2019 at 5:30 PM in
the Municipal Building Auditorium, 202 South 8th Street, to
discuss a proposed revision to the Morehead City Core
Land Use Plan.
Following the public hearing, the Morehead City Town
Council will consider adoption of the Land Use Plan
amendment. Once adopted, the amended plan will be
submitted to the Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) for
certification.
Written objections, comments, or statements of support
shall be submitted to the Division of Coastal Management's
District Planner, Rachel Love-Adrick, 400 Commerce
Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 no more than 30
calendar days after local adoption of the amendment.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the
District Planner at [phone].
The public is invited to be present at the hearing and
comment on the proposal. Copies of the Land Use Plan
revision are available for review by the public at the
Morehead City Planning and Inspections Office, 706
Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, [phone]
x121.
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