69 West First OIB LLC

oceanisle
B E A C H
March 17, 2017 Exemption No: Qtr 3.20
69 West First 01B LLC
Post Office Box 759
Burlington, NC 27216
RE: EXEMPTED PROJECT SAND FENCE -15A NCAC 07K .0212
OCEAN HAZARD AEC
PROJECT LOCATIONIADDRESS - 69 West First Street - Units 1 & 2
Dear Sir or Madam:
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. After making a site atspedbon on
March 17, 2017, 1 have determined that the activity you propose is exempt from needing a minor development permit as
long as it is installed in accordance with the attached specifications, 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.
SAND FENCE CONDITIONS:
(1) Sand fencing may only be installed for the purpose of. building sand dunes by trapping wind blown send, the
protection of the dune(s) and vegetation (planted or e)usting).
(2) Sand fencing shall not impede existing public access to the beach, recreational use of the beach or emergency
vehicle access. Sand fencing shall not be installed in a manner that impedes or restricts established ubmmon
law and statutory rights of public access and use of public trust lands and waters.
(3) Sand fencing shall not be installed in a manner that impedes, traps or otherwise endangers sea turtles, sea
turtle nests or sea turtle hatchiings.
(4) Non-functioning, damaged, or unsecured sand fence shall be immediately removed by the property owner.
(5) Sand fencing shall be constructed from evenly spaced thin wooden vertical slats connected with heisted wire,
no more than 5 feet in height. Wooden posts or stakes no larger than 2" X 4" or 3" diameter shall support sand
fencing.
(6) Location. Sand fencing shall be placed as far landward as possible to avoid interference with sea turtle resting,
existing public access, recreational use of the beach, and emergency vehicle access.
(a) Sand fencing shall not be placed on the wet sand beach area.
(b) Sand fencing installed parallel to the shoreline shall be located no farther waterward their the
crest of the frontal or primary dune; or
(c) Sand fencing installed waterward of the crest of the frontal or primary dune shall be irellled at
an angle no less than 45 degree to the shoreline. Individual sections of sand fence Ow not
exceed more than 10 feet in length, and shall be spaced no less than seven feet apart, and
shall not extend more than 10 feet waterward of the following locations, whichever is most
waterward: the first line of stable natural vegetation, the toe of the frontal or primary d¢1e, or
erosion escarpment of frontal or primary dude. ✓ EL_
Duivi WIBAINGTON, NO
MAR 1 7 2017
TOWN OF OCEAN ISLE BEACH / 3 W. THIRD STREET/ OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC 28469
[phone]/ FAX [phone] / WWW.OIBGOV.COM

March'17f 2017
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This_exempicm td CAMA,permit requirements does not alleviate the necessity of youi obtaining a�iy. other_St" ate,
�Federal:or.L'bcal.authorizaticn. This exemption expires:90.days from !the date of theletter.
Sincerely,
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Keikh Dycus, LPO
Town of. -OF n Isle Beach
3 West Third StreetI
Ocean`Isle Beach,;NC 28469
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P.ermit.gmdehi es:and.exemption cm ire a for tha instellahon
of'sand fences-aiong tfie oceanhont took effect Aug. 1' ,
2002: P u- a u a
When properly installedi sand, fences; help build dunes_by,
trapping wiridbiown sand. ^But if installed improperly, they
can'impede`pubiic access tithe beach,'and,can`ftpI,or
endanger-'sealurtles, their nests'or hatchlings:
Und'er-the new guldeline$,ipfoperty owners=who follow,
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What -the guidelines say.?-,
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• The: fencing must, no taller th`an-5 feetand-bulit —fro m-eveniy spaced thinwooden vertical slats,;et�atl
wrth-Ww jted wires
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a The:fendrig.inust"be placed aefar landward;as-possible'to avold'iriterference:wdh sea:turtle ryg'a ftlpublic
access and use of the beach: It rnust not; be placed onthe wet sand Ui aoh.
'if-fencing•is to`6e placed'parallel=to:the.shhoreline„if.must not be-locatediwaterward of -the crest oft fronta]or
aryj ME dune. y * 7 _s i
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s ilf fencing is to:bet placed waterward-ofthe crest ofrthe: dune;, it must be, Installed at'a 45'=degree oi'.§(eater
angle to ttOshorelfne. Eecli.sed6fiIof:f&nce must not:be longer than Wfeet; and'sections mustbai paced'at
least 7 feet apart: :1 a'
'Fencing muslmot extend more than 10 feet beyond either the first line of stable naturaiwegefago the toeof
the frontal orpnmary dune„ orthe-erosion' esca pment-of the dune'; whrcheyer-is closest to the
:. Sandfencing foie:placed along —public accesses may; be asaong,a's tfie:acc`ess, and:may inc1-d- a 45-degre
funne..lon,t�he_wetewend:ThY :the:end:of-thrarde:mayreu:o yn- acoes,
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In -recent years, the amount;of sandifeu- g:along the coast has -grown significantly as,propertyowneM.-Ought to',
protect their homes from storms ar djlong term beachrerosion As such, mites of sand fencing..-some_ofS71hlo1i is
improperly installed or nngle ,now line the state's beaches.,
decausedvlus saod,ncing an,pose:a threat to sealu—Mes,,the state Wildlife Resources=Commissjt-t as
Because improper sand:fe w ,__
fencing grLdelines:
Several beach communities had attempted to address the issue through sandJencing ordinances; but iHa slope of;
ttie problem required state attention, The CRC's=new regulatory guidelines':were,developed:imcooperaUf In aith the
WRC and the U.S. Fish and Wilci fe Service_,

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