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PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT
Planning Director
March 14 2024
Timothy Evans
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Development Services
Exemption Number —14 -24EX
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7anna Pigott
[e-mail]
Geroge Finnegan
Building Inspector/Plan
229 Finnegan Rd
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Wind Ridge, PA 15380
RE: EXEMPTED PROJECT — STRUCTURAL BEACH
ACCESSWAY EXEMPTED (15A NCAC 07K .0207)
PROJECT ADDRESS — 487 Ocean Boulevard West
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 inspection on March
14, 2024, I have determined that the activity you propose is
exempt from needing a minor development permit as long
as it remains consistent with your site drawing dated
received March 13, 2024, and meet the conditions specified
below. If your plans should change and your project will no
longer meet these conditions, please contact me before
proceeding.
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.
STRUCTURAL BEACH ACCESSWAY EXEMPTED
1. The wooden walkway shall be a maximum of four feet in
width based on Town Ordinance.
2. The walkway shall be replaced in the same footprint and
shall not go beyond the existing ocean side steps to meet
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the conditions of chapter 94 located in the Holden Beach
Code of Ordinances.
3. The accessway shall be constructed to make negligible
alterations to the frontal dunes. This means that the
accessway must be constructed on raised posts or pilings to
a minimum of five feet 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 to significantly diminish its capacity as a protective
barrier against flooding and erosion.
4. Construction of the accessway shall be consistent with all
other applicable local ordinances and NC Building Code
standards.
5. A single walkway is permitted.
6. Any areas of vegetation that are disturbed are to be
revegetated as soon as feasible, prior to final inspection.
7. The accessway is exclusively for pedestrian use.
8. The sections on the walkway that are wider than 4 feet
must be removed and shall not be re laced.
Town Ordinance 94.03 (2) in part:
1. The walkway shall be constructed only of building
materials approved by the North Carolina State Building
Code. The walking passageway shall be no wider than four
feet. The Underside of the walkway across the frontal dune
shall be a minimum of 18 inches and a maximum of 36
inches above the crest of the sand.
2. The first step down the beach strand shall be placed no
further seaward than the beginning of the downward slope
of the dune.
3. Steps shall be of open tread construction with a maximum
riser height of eight and one -quarter inches and a minimum
tread depth of nine inches and shall meet the requirements
of the North Carolina State Building Code.
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4. In accordance with North Carolina State Division of
Coastal Management's enforcement of the Coastal Area
Management Act (LAMA), the walkways access to the beach
strand over the frontal dune shall be conclusively presumed
to entail negligible alteration of the dune. In no case shall
the walkway be permitted if it will, in the opinion of the
Local CAMA Permit Officer, diminish the dunes capacity as a
protective barrier against flooding and erosion.
5. Except for approved handicap ramps, steps from the
walkway to the beach strand shall be placed only
perpendicular to the frontal dune line.
6. NO STRUCTURE other than the four -foot wide wooden
walkway shall be located south of the landward toe of the
frontal dune.
*The section wider than 4 feet on the frontal dune must be
removed and cannot be replaced. The walkway shall end no
further than where delineated.*
This exemption to the CAMA permit requirements does not
alleviate the necessity of obtaining any other State, Federal,
or Local authorization. This exemption expires 90 days from
the date of this letter.
Sincerely,
Janna Pigott -LPO
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