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Home My WebLink AboutSwansboro 2019 LUP - Final Agency Decision - CERT 1MAY2019ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretory BRAXTON C. DAVIS Director Mayor John Davis Town of Swansboro 601 W. CorbettAve Swansboro, NC 28584 Andrea Correll, AICP Town Planner Town of Swansboro 601 W. Corbett Ave Swansboro, NC 28584 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality May 2, 2019 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED and electronically: idavis@ci.swaiisboro.nc.us CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED and electronically: acorrell @ci.swansboro.ne.us Re: Certification of the Town of Swansboro 2019 CAMA Land Use Plan Dear Mayor Davis and Mrs. Correll: Please find enclosed the written Final Agency Decision granting the Town of Swansboro's request for certification of its 2019 CAMA Land Use Plan. Let me know if you have any questions. Very truly yours, Braxton C. Davis, Director cc via email: M. Renee Cahoon, Chair Mary L. Lucasse, Commission Counsel Michael Christenbury, Wilmington District Planner North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Coastal Management Elizabeth City Office i 401 South Griffin Sumet. Suite 300 Elizabeth City. North Carolina 27909 252.2b4.3907 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER COASTAL RESOURCES COMMISSION DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION OF THE SWANSBORO 2019 CAMA LAND USE FINAL AGENCY DECISION PLAN FACTS 1. This is the Town of Swansboro 2019 CAMA Land Use Plan adopted July 10, 2019 by the Town of Swansboro, North Carolina. 2. Swansboro is located within Onslow County, North Carolina adjacent to the White Oak River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. 3. Swansboro is requesting Certification of the Land Use Plan which can be found at httns://files.nc. gov/ncdeq/Coastal%2OManagement/documents/PDF/Land%2OUse%20Plaus/loca llv-adopted-plans/SwansboroLUPFinalLocallyAdopt2019JAN.pdf 4. Swansboro adopted the Land Use Plan by resolution on January 22, 2019 after a duly advertised public hearing. 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. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Swansboro's CAMA Land Use Plan has met the substantive requirements outlined within the Land Use Planning Requirements effective February 1, 2016. 2. There are no conflicts evident in Swansboro's CAMA Land Use Plan with either state or federal law or the State's Coastal Management Program. 3. The elected body of Swansboro made a final decision on the contents of the Swansboro 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 .0802 and .0803, and Swansboro's 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, Swansboro's request for certification of the Swansboro: CAMA Land Use Land Use Plan ("2019 CAMA Land Use Plan") is GRANTED. This the 6 "' day of 2019. s Braxton C. Davis, Director N.C. Division of Coastal Management 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that I have served a copy of the attached Final Agency Decision to Tow of Swansboro and the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission by the means specified below: Mayor John Davis Town of Swansboro 601 W. Corbett Ave Swansboro, NC 28584 Andrea Correll, AICP Town Planner Town of Swansboro 601 W. Corbett Ave Swansboro, NC 2858 M. Renee Cahoon, Chair Coastal Resources Commission Mary L. Lucasse Commission Counsel NC Coastal Resources Commission PO Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 Method of Service CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED and electronically: jdavis @ ci.swansboro.nc.us CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED and electronically: acorrell @ ciswansboro.nc.us Electronically: Renee.Cahoon@ncdenr.gov Electronically: n-lucasse@ncdoi.eov This is the/ at day of JWU 014. Angela Wi is, ssistant to the Director 3