19970910 Ver 1_COMPLETE FILE_19971010

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources • •
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary p E F H N
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
December 8, 1997
MEMORANDUM
To: John Parker, DCM
From: John Dorney, D
Re: Water Quality comments
Norma Grabenstein project
Pender County
DWQ Project # 970910
DWQ has no objections to this project plans to construct a community dock with
moorings and a bulkhead.
Please call me at 733-1786 if you have any questions.
cc: Wilmington DWQ Regional Office
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Division of Water Duality • Environmental Sciences Branch
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DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT
1. APPLICANT'S NAME: Norma Grabenstein PROJECT: Avila Subdivision Community Dock
2. LOCATION OF PROJECT SITE: Avila Avenue, Hampstead, NC
Photo Index - 1995: 26-323 GR 19-Q,R,S 1989: 4 171 4 GR 16,17-W,X
State Plane Coordinates - X: 2 409 200 Y: 231 600
3. INVESTIGATION TYPE: CAMA
4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURE: Dates of Site Visit - April 1, 1997
Was Applicant Present - Yes
5. PROCESSING PROCEDURE: Application Received - cc: September 19, 1997
Office - Wilmington
6. SITE DESCRIPTION:
(A) Local Land Use Plan - Pender County
Land Classification From LUP - Limited Transition
(B) AEC(s) Involved: PT, EW, ES,
(C) Water Dependent: Yes
(D) Intended Use: Community Dock With Boat Slips
(E) Wastewater Treatment: Existing - None `<2,
Planned - Septic Tanks<
(F) Type of Structures: Existing - Gravel Road, Private Pier & Dock
Planned - Community Dock & Bulkhead, Residential Subdivision
(G) Estimated Annual Rate of Erosion: N/A
Source - N/A
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HABITAT DESCRIPTION: [AREA]
DREDGED FILLED OTHER
(A) Vegetated Wetlands
6' Wide Pier Shades Marsh 1450 sf
(B) Non-Vegetated Wetlands
(C) Other
Open Water Shaded by Slips/Docks 7000 sf
High Ground Area Graded 11 Acres
(D) Total Area Disturbed: 11 Acres
(E) Primary Nursery Area: Yes
(F) Water Classification: SA Open: Yes
8. PROJECT SUMMARY: The applicant proposes to construct a community dock with mooring
for 10 boats. Also proposed is a bulkhead/retaining wall landward of the federal wetland line.

Avila Subdivision Community Dock
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9. PROTECT DESCRIPTION
Avila Subdivision is a project that has been in the works for a number of years. One phase has been
recorded for some time and a house has been built on Lot #4. The existing Avila Drive is a gravel
road. The applicants propose to pave Avila Drive, offer lots for sale, bulkhead the line between the
federal wetlands and high ground, and convert an existing private pier/dock into a community dock with
a total of 10 slips.
The property is a 36-acre tract located off of Country Club Road, behind Olde Point and north of
Hideaway Shores Subdivision near Hampstead, Pender County. The configuration of the property is
long and narrow (approximately 250' wide by about 6,000' long). Common Area for the subdivision
borders the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The property has significant elevation which is shown on
Addendum Sheet # 5, the topo map submitted with the permit package. There is a wide, stable,
marsh/wetland fringe that separates the high ground from the waters of the AIWW. This is depicted
on the drawings submitted.
The waters of the AIWW in this area have been designated as Primary Nursery Area by the Division
of Marine Fisheries and are open to the taking of shellfish. The Division of Water Quality has
classified these waters as SA. The water in the immediate area of the existing floating docks is
approximately 1 1/2'-2' deep at low tide. No dredging is being proposed with this project.
Federal wetlands along the waterfront have been delineated and their location verified by the Army
Corps of Engineers. A wooden bulkhead/retaining wall is proposed landward of the wetland alignment.
This bulkhead would be approximately 160' long and would be located on high ground along the top
edge of the bluff. The purpose of the wall would be to retain fill material on the upland side. The land
begins to fall off quickly where the federal wetlands commence along the edge of the bluff.
A small parking area is proposed within the common area landward of the bulkhead, near the beginning
of the pier. The subdivision project is currently under review by the Division of Water Quality for
compliance with the stormwater regulations. The proposal meets the 30 % impervious surface limitation
within the 75' AEC as is outlined in T15A: 07H.0209 (e) (2). Currently some of the lots have been
cleared and others still have tree cover.
No individual lots border the water; only the common area fronts the waterway. The ten slips that are
proposed will be offered for sale on a first come-first serve basis. The Major Permit Application states
that conveyance of the slips are limited to the property owners of this subdivision. A CAMA General
Permit was issued on July 29, 1996 for the construction of a 4-slip, private pier with a gazebo and
floating docks. The applicants are proposing to add on to the existing structure and change the use from
private to community dockage. A total of six additional slips are proposed, bringing the total number
of slips to 10. The applicant is applying for a boathouse, 20' x 25' in size. The roof of the boathouse
would be flat, allowing it to double as a sun deck. The location of the proposed boathouse is shown
on Addendum Sheet #6, entitled Avila Yacht Basin. The proposed layout for mooring 10 boats is best
depicted on Sheet V. This community docking facility requires review through the Major CAMA
Permit process. The proposal meets all CAMA regulations relative to the 1/3rd rule, distance from a
federally-maintained channel and 15' setbacks off of the adjacent riparian corridor lines.
Avila Subdivision Community Dock
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10. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS
No significant impacts should be associated with the proposed bulkhead/retaining wall. No wetlands,
waters or marsh will be filled in conjunction with this proposal. Sedimentation control devices must be
employed to prevent loose soil from eroding into wetlands during rain storm events while under
construction. Any other impacts resulting from the bulkhead construction will be to high ground,
previously disturbed.
Development of the individual lots will result in more impervious surface coverage over the tract, less
cover and food for wildlife and birds.
Approximately 7000 square feet of public trust, estuarine waters will be covered by the gazebo,
boathouse, floating docks and slips should this proposal be built as proposed. Temporary impacts to
water quality will likely result from the jetting-in of mooring pilings. These impacts could be reduced
by driving the pilings in without the use of a jet pump.
Janet M. Russell / October 1, 997 / Wilmington
Avila Inc.
P.O. Box 1061
Wrightsville Beach, NC, 28480
[phone]
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DIVISION OF
COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Avila subdivision is a thirty six acre tract on the intracoastal waterway located on Country Club
road between Olde Point development and Belvedere Plantation; just north of Hampstead Village.
Avila subdivision is comprised of twenty six recorded lots of which the first eighteen lots are
considered as Phase L Avila would like to propose ten deeded condominium boat slips to
complement our private development The use of these slips would be for the enjoyment of
property owners. All property owners will share the common area, pier, and gazebo. Phase II are
the remaining lots naturally separated by a three acre pond. It is the intention to reconfigure and
reduce the size of the lots in Phase IL
Using the natural landscape and 302 feet of shoreline, we propose a well landscaped retention
wall with a gentle incline and vegetation to detain erosion.
Under a general permit issued in 1996, a handrail six foot pier extends out three hundred twenty
six feet (326) and twenty two feet to the south of the northern riparian corridor. A sixteen by
sixteen T-Head gazebo is centered seventeen feet from the northern riparian corridor.
To the south marks an existing twenty five by twenty foot (25 x 20) wet slip and three (3), forty
foot wet slips. Two (2), six by twenty foot floating docks (6 x 20), are adjoined to the aft of the
slips.
Avila would like to extend an additional ninety feet (90), to the south of the fourth slip and add six
wet slips; four (4), forty foot slips and two (2), eighteen foot slips. Access to each slip would
have a shared finger pier of twenty four feet as well as a walk way to the aft of five (5), six by
eighteen foot floating docks (6 x 18). In addition, we propose a boathouse in which we would
build a flat roof above the existing 25' x 20' slip.
At present the A.LW.W. is ninety four (94), feet from the waterward side of the outer mooring
pilings and would remain constant with permitted addition.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration ofthis project Please call me at the above
number with any questions or comments.
4? Sincere
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?vila Inc.
Form DCM-N W-1 _
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APPLICATION , N , 419Q7
(To be completed by all applicants) [_; . i C) ') F=
DOASTAL MA10 Gr:fM'iENT
b. City, town, community or landmark
Topsail Township, Hampstead
1. APPLICANT
c. Street address or secondary road number
SR 1565 and Avila Ave.
a. Landowner: (,?A I- I
Name l d. proposed work within city limits or planning
J risdiction? Yes x No
Address 507 Biscayne Dr.?J AUG 1 1997
DIVISION OF e. Name of body of water nearest project (e.g. river,
City Wilmington StarOASA i_CMAI?AGEMENTkeek, sound, bay) A _ T _w_w. MM96
Zip 28405 Day Phone (910 ) 686-7 965
Fax n/a 3. DESCRIPTION AND PLANNED USE
OF PROPOSED PROJECT
b. Authorized Agent:
Name - T _ F. T,arsen
Address P _ n _ Box 1 061
City wri ghtsvi l l e Bch State N. C.
Zip ?g11gn_ Day Phone (_910) 256-9291
a. List all development activities you propose (e.g.
building a home, motel, marina, bulkhead, pier, and
excavation and/or filling activities.
18 one acre lots with houses
• Rulkhead ?110'
-Avila Inc would like to construct
an additional six slips to exsisting
four slips.
b. Is the proposed activity maintenance of an existing
project, new work, or both? Ex . ns i on
Fax [phone]
c. Project name (if any) Avila Subdivision
Avila Yacht Basin of Avila
Homeowners Association.
NOTE: Perrrdt will be issued in name of landowner(s), and/or
project name.
2. LOCATION OF PROPOSED
PROJECT
a. County of Pender
c. Will the project be for public, private or commercial
use? Private
d. Give a brief description of purpose, use, methods of
construction and daily operations of proposed
project. If more space is needed, please attach
additional pages. T?4p_i Cal construction
usina .40 CCA treated material.
Pur-pose and use to be a Private
deeded mooring boat
slip of forty feet in length.
Boat slip owners are to s are
common areas of Gazebo and pier
with all property owners of sub-
division. All conveyance of slips
are restricted to Avila property
owners ONLY.
Revised 03/95
Form DCM-MP-1
4. LAND AND WATER
CHARACTERISTICS
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?OAST?L N/a.'v,'. ?i.M C?AS?'AL MA[dAGEMP J
Describe existing wastewater treatment facilities.
Individual septic tanks
a. S ize of entire tract 3 h A r r P q n.
b. Size of individual lot(s) 1/3, 1/2, & full acres.
c. Approximate elevation of tract above MHW or
NWL ?8-7 MHW
d. Soil type(s) and texture(s) of tract
typical
e. Vegetation on tract P i n e, M i -r r- d f n r P!? t-
f. Man-made features now on tract
_1.Vi' pier, 1hw1h ga7P7-in,fIn;;f
docks and mooring pilings.
g. What is the CAMA Land Use Plan land
classification of the site? (Consult the local land use plan.)
Conservation_ Transitional
Developed Community
X- Rural. Other
h. How is the tract zoned by local government?
R-20 residential
i. Is the proposed project consistent with the applicable
zoning? y Yes No
(Anach zoning compliance certificate, if applicable)
j. Has a professional archaeological assessment been
done for the tract? Yes No
If yes, by v;horf,7
k. Is the projerl for ateii in a National Registereci
E . ;,toric District ??r does it involve a National
R. gister liste:.1 or L.igible property?
Yes -_y __ N: o
1_. Are there wetlands on die site? _X_, .j No
Coastal (marsh) X Other -4.014_
If yes, gas a delineation been coaducted? ? ,LLr?_ ? 97
(Anach docewwwation, if aNaila;?le)
Describe location and type of discharges to wate
of the state. (For example, surface runoff, sanita
wastewater, industrial /commercial effluent, "wa
down" and residential discharges.)
Di Gt-.anrP from GP= t.i r 200+'
o. Describe existing drinking water supply source.
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In addition to the completed application form,
following items must be submitted:
• A copy of the deed (with state application only)
other instrument under which the applicant claims ti
to the affected properties. If the applicant is r
claiming to be the owner of said property, th
forward a copy of the deed or other instrument unc
which the owner claims title, plus written permissi
from the owner to carry out the project.
• An accurate, dated work plat (including plan vi(
and cross-sectional drawings) drawn to scale in bla
ink on an 8 1/2" by II" white paper. (Refcr
Coastal Rr_?.-,ourrrrs Commission Rule 7J.0203 for
detailed
Pleas:?,_ route rkxs ok4yioJ drawing are preferrF;,i
only high r.:r:,'1i'i:w x?(1ic . will b.-; z.;cepted. 13!7..
prints ar 1i;,,,r a_; _,--.l,table only if
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