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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
Pat McCrory
Governor
The Village of Topsail Shores, HOA
C/o — Gary Mills
211-1 Gy Sgt. D.W. Boatman Drive
North Topsail Beach, 28460
Braxton C. Davis
Director
June 7, 2013
Exemption Number— NTBEX13-61
RE: EXEMPTED PROJECT (MINOR) EXEMPTION
STRUCTURAL ACCESSWAY (15A NCAC 7K .0207) — Exemption# NTBEX13-61
2070 New River Inlet Road, North Topsail Beach, NC
AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN — Ocean Hazard AEC
Dear Mr. Mills:
John E. Skvarla, III
Secretary
I have reviewed the information submitted to this office in your inquiry concerning the necessary filing of an application for a minor
development permit under the Coastal Area Management Act. Based on the information provided, I have determined that the activity
you propose is exempt from needing a minor development permit as long as it remains consistent with your proposal dated received by
DCM on 6/5/2013, and meets the conditions specified below. If your plans should change and your project will no longer meet these
conditions, please contact me before proceeding.
STRUCTURAL ACCESSWAY EXEMPTED
(1) The accessway must not exceed six feet in width and shall provide only pedestrian access to the ocean beach.
(2) The accessway must be constructed so as to make negligible alterations to the frontal dunes. This means that the
accessway must be constructed on raised posts or pilings of five feet or less in depth, so that wherever possible only the
posts or pilings touch the frontal dunes without any alteration to the dunes. In no case shall the frontal dune be altered so as
to significantly diminish its capacity as a protective barrier against flooding and erosion.
(3) Construction of the accessway be shall consistent with all other applicable local ordinances and N. C. Building Code
standards.
(4) The accessway shall not extend beyond the ocean side toe of the frontal dune.
This exemption to CAMA permit requirements does not alleviate the necessity of your obtaining any other State, Federal or Local
authorization. This exemption expires 90 days from the date of the letter.
Sincerely,
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Terrie Woodle, Town of North Topsail Beach
127 Cardinal Drive Ext., Wilmington, NC 28405
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Dail, Jason
From: gary mills [[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:14 PM
To: Dail, Jason
Subject: Re: North Topsail Beach Crossover
Dear Mr Dail
I prepared an email yesterday with the requested information but I cannot find that it was
sent. It is possible that I mistakenly deleted it so if this is a duplicate, I apologize, but I want
to make sure you have received the information from me. Therefore, I am sending this
email as well:
The Village at Topsail Shores HOA (of which I am president) , and its homeowners
(of which I am one of the owners) own the beach access. The address of the HOA is 211-1
Gy Sgt D W Boatman Drive, North Topsail Beach, NC 28460. Any mail to the HOA or
myself should be sent to me c/o my home address at 7029 Cedar Bend Ct., Raleigh, NC
27612.
The telephone number for the HOA and myself is 919-247-8830.
Location of the Work: The crossover is located in Onslow Conty, in North Topsail Beach
community between 2070 New River Inlet Rd., North Topsail Beach and the Topsail Reef
condo complex on New River Inlet Rd.
Dimension of the Crossover: It will be approx 4 ft wide. At the top it will have a landing
between 4 and 10 feet long out over the top of the dune and have stairs going down to the
beach from there (up to 12 steps). I originally thought the landing would be about 4x4, but
the builder thinks it may need to be longer- as much as 10 feet, which is approximately the
size of the original structure.
I am not sure I understand the exact process from here. Will you issue a permit or other
document or simply an email that authorizes the rebuild? Please let me know if ok to
proceed with the builder once you authorize. I am sure that you are very busy but obviously
we need a crossover as soon as possible and I would appreciate your assistance with this
request.
Thanks very much,
Gary Mills
From: "Dail, Jason" <[e-mail]>
To: gary mills <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 3:45 PM
Subject: RE: North Topsail Beach Crossover

Mr. Mills,
In order to write a CAMA exemption for walkway replacement, I will need the following information highlighted below.
Additionally, the info. I have cited below is applicable to the walkway construction. Please provide the requested
information and I will prepare an exemption for the rebuild.
Thank you and take care.
Jason Dail
15A NCAC 07K .0207 STRUCTURAL ACCESSWAYS OVER FRONTAL DUNES EXEMPTED
(a) The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission hereby exempts from the CAMA permit requirement all structural pedestrian
accessways over frontal dunes which can be shown to meet the following criteria:
(1) The accessway must not exceed six feet in width and must be for private residential or for public access to
an ocean beach. This exemption does not apply to accessways for commercial use or for motor -powered
vehicular use.
(2) The accessway must be constructed so as to make no alterations to the frontal dunes that are not necessary
to construct the accessway. This means that wherever possible the accessway must be constructed over the
frontal dune without any alteration of the dunes. In no case shall the dune be altered so as to significantly
diminish its capacity as a protective barrier against flooding and erosion. Driving of pilings into the dune
shall not be considered alteration of a frontal dune for the purposes of this Rule.
(3) The accessway shall conform with any applicable local or state building code standards.
(b) Before beginning any work under this exemption the CAMA local permit officer or Department of Environment,
Health,
and Natural Resources representative must be notified of the proposed activity to allow on -site review of the proposed
accessway. Notification can be by telephone, in person, or in writing and must include:
(I) name, address, and telephone number of landowner and location of work including county and nearest
community;
(2) the dimensions of the proposed structural accessway.
*Please note that e-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public records Law and
may be disclosed to third parties. *
Please complete the DENR Customer Service Survev by May 31 to give us feedback on how we are doing and how we can
improve. httnsJ/www.surrei-rnoukei-.com/s/2013DGNRCustomerService
Please contact eaddwedeur.gov ifvou have problems accessing the survey.
From: gary mills [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:55 PM
To: Dail, Jason
Subject: Fw: North Topsail Beach Crossover
Dear Mr Dail -
I am confirming a telepnone message I left for you this afternoon. My HOA has a beach access
with a crossover stairway, and according to the NTB town hall the stairs were torn off during
the winter by a storm. I just discovered the stairs were missing two weeks ago when I visited
our house on Gy-Sgt DW Boatman Drive. We of course want to replace the stairs and when I
called the NRB town hall today, they referred me to you.

Our access is between the Topsail Dunes condos and the round dome house (I think its address
is 2070 New River Inlet Rd). Ms Carin Faulkner sent me the attached photo that was taken
after the storm which shows where the stairs were located. I understand that we apparently
need to get a permit from CAMA to replace the stairs. Since we have several families that use
the access, we need to get some new stairs as soon as possible. Could you please give me a
call this afternoon? I am here for a few days this week so it would be great if we can get the
permit process going. If you need to come out, would it possible to do so tomorrow
(Tuesday)?
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Gary Mills
Phone: [phone]
Photo: http://www.ntbnc.org/Documents/Aerial%20Pic%20112012%202.pdf