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Land Use Restrictions (“LUR”) UPDATE
Year CertificationMade:2021Project:
Project Number:
Address:County:Property Owner (In part or whole)/Association:
Read the following LURs and mark each restriction accordingly. Additional remarks may be added for compliance status clarification.Attach any required or supplemental documentation,sign,
notarize and submit to the following address or email:
NC Division of Waste Management
Attn: Brownfields Property Management Unit
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646
BFPropertyManagement@ncdenr.gov
No use may be made of the Brownfields Property other than for high density residential with associated parking, and with prior written Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) approval,
other commercial uses. For purposes of this restriction, the following definitions apply:
“High Density Residential” defined as permanent dwellings where residential units are attached to each other with common walls, such as condominia, apartments, group homes, dormitories
or boarding houses, and any property outside the dwelling structures is usable by all residents and not privately owned as part of a particular unit (e.g., privately-owned courtyards
are prohibited), and may include related amenities, such as pools, clubhouses, courtyards, common areas, recreation areas and parking garages. Single family homes are prohibited; townhomes,
duplexes or other units with yards are prohibited unless approved in writing by DEQ in advance.
“Parking” defined as the temporary accommodation of motor vehicles in an area designed for same.
“Commercial” defined as an enterprise carried on for profit or nonprofit by the owner, lessee or licensee.
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Remarks:
Physical redevelopment of the Brownfields Property may not occur other than in accord, as determined by DEQ, with an Environmental Management Plan (“EMP”) approved in writing by DEQ
in advance (and revised to DEQ’s written satisfaction prior to each subsequent redevelopment phase) that is consistent with all the other land use restrictions and describes redevelopment
activities at the Brownfields Property, the timing of redevelopment phases, and addresses health, safety and environmental issues that may arise from use of the Brownfields Property
during construction or redevelopment in any other form, including without limitation:
soil and water management issues, including without limitation those resulting from contamination identified in the Environmental Reports;
issues related to potential sources of contamination referenced in Exhibit 2;
contingency plans for addressing, including without limitation the testing of soil and groundwater, newly discovered potential sources of environmental contamination (e.g., USTs, tanks,
drums, septic drain fields, oil-water separators, soil contamination); and
plans for the proper characterization of, and, as necessary, disposal of contaminated soils excavated during redevelopment;
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Remarks:
By the end of January, after each one-year anniversary of the effective date of the Agreement for as long as physical redevelopment of the Brownfields Property continues (except that
the final deadline shall fall 90 days after the conclusion of physical redevelopment), the then owner of the Brownfields Property shall provide DEQ a report subject to written DEQ approval
on environment-related activities since the last report, with a summary and drawings, that describes:
actions taken on the Brownfields Property in accordance with Section V: Work to be Performed above;
soil grading and cut and fill actions;
methodology(ies) employed for field screening, sampling and laboratory analysis of environmental media;
stockpiling, containerizing, decontaminating, treating, handling, laboratory analysis and ultimate disposition of any soil, groundwater or other materials suspected or confirmed to be
contaminated with regulated substances; and
removal of any contaminated soil, water or other contaminated materials (for example, concrete, demolition debris) from the Brownfields Property (copies of all legally required manifests
shall be included).
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Remarks:
Neither DEQ, nor any party conducting environmental assessment or remediation at the Brownfields Property at the direction of, or pursuant to a permit, order or agreement issued or entered
into by DEQ, may be denied access to the Brownfields Property for purposes of conducting such assessment or remediation, which is to be conducted using reasonable efforts to minimize
interference with authorized uses of the Brownfields Property.
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Groundwater and surface water at the Brownfields Property may not be used for any purpose, other than in connection with legally compliant storm water collection and reuse techniques,
without the prior written approval of DEQ.
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No activity that disturbs soil on the Brownfields Property, may occur unless and until DEQ states in writing, in advance of the proposed activity, that said activity may occur if carried
out along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified in LUR 1 above while fully protecting public health and the
environment, except:
in connection with landscape planting to depths not exceeding 24 inches;
mowing and pruning of above-ground vegetation;
for repair of underground infrastructure, provided that DEQ shall be given written notice at least seven days in advance of a scheduled repair (if only by email) of any such repair,
or in emergency circumstances no later than the next business day, and that any related assessment and remedial measures required by DEQ shall be taken; and
in connection to work conducted in accordance with a DEQ-approved Environmental Management Plan (EMP) as outlined in LUR 2.
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Remarks:
No use of the Brownfields Property may occur until the then owner of the Brownfields Property or Prospective Developer conducts representative final grade soil sampling of the Brownfields
Property on the plat component of the Notice of Brownfields Property described in the EMP referred to in LUR 2 pursuant to a plan approved in writing by DEQ that is not covered by building
foundations, sidewalks, or asphaltic or concrete parking areas and driveways.
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Remarks:
Soil may not be removed from, or brought onto, the Brownfields Property without prior sampling and analysis to DEQ’s satisfaction and the written approval of DEQ, unless conducted in
accordance with an approved EMP as outlined in LUR 2.
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No enclosed building may be constructed on the Brownfields Property and no existing building, defined as those depicted on the plat component of the Notice of Brownfields Property, may
be occupied until DEQ determines in writing that:
the building is or would be protective of the building’s users, public health and the environment from risk of vapor intrusion based on site assessment data or a site-specific risk assessment
approved in writing by DEQ;
the building is or would be sufficiently distant from the Brownfields Property’s groundwater and/or soil contamination based on assessment data approved in writing by DEQ that the building’s
users, public health and the environment will be protected from risk from vapor intrusion related to said contamination; or
vapor intrusion mitigation measures are designed, installed, and implemented in a manner that will fully protect public health to the satisfaction of a professional engineer licensed
in North Carolina, as evidenced by said engineer’s professional seal on a report that includes photographs and a description of the installation and performance of said measures, and
to DEQ. Any design specification for vapor intrusion mitigation measures shall be approved in writing by DEQ in advance of installation and/or implementation of said measures. The
design specifications shall include methodology(ies) for demonstrating performance of said measures.
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Any deed or other instrument conveying an interest in the Brownfields Property shall contain the following notice: “This property is subject to the Brownfields Agreement attached as
Exhibit A to the Notice of Brownfields Property recorded in the New Hanover County land records, Book 6276, Page 2494.” A copy of any such instrument shall be sent to the persons listed
in Section XV (Notices and Submissions), though financial figures and other confidential information related to the conveyance may be redacted to the extent said redactions comply with
the confidentiality and trade secret provisions of the North Carolina Public Records Law. The owner may use the following mechanisms to comply with the obligations of this paragraph:
(i) If every lease and rider is identical in form, the owner conveying an interest may provide DEQ with copies of a form lease or rider evidencing compliance with this paragraph, in
lieu of sending copies of actual, executed leases, to the persons listed in Section XV (Notice and Submissions); or (ii) The owner conveying an interest may provide abstracts of leases,
rather than full copies of said leases, to the persons listed in Section XV.
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None of the contaminants known to be present in the environmental media at the Brownfields Property, as described in Exhibit 2 of the Agreement and as modified by DEQ in writing if additional
contaminants in excess of applicable standards are discovered at the Brownfields Property, may be used or stored at the Brownfields Property without the prior written approval of DEQ,
except:
in de minimis quantities for cleaning and other routine housekeeping and maintenance activities; and
as fuel or other fluids customarily used in vehicles, landscaping equipment and emergency generators.
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Remarks:
During January of each year after the year in which the Notice is recorded, the owner of any part of the Brownfields Property as of January 1st of that year shall submit a notarized
Land Use Restrictions Update (“LURU”) to DEQ, and to the chief public health and environmental officials of New Hanover County, certifying that, as of said January 1st, the Notice of
Brownfields Property containing these land use restrictions remains recorded at the New Hanover County Register of Deeds office and that the land use restrictions are being complied
with. The submitted LURU shall state the following:
the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person’s e-mail address of the owner or board, association or approved entity submitting the LURU if said owner,
or each of the owners on whose behalf the joint LURU is submitted acquired any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year;
the transferee’s name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person’s e-mail address, if said owner, or each of the owners on whose behalf the joint LURU is submitted,
transferred any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year;
whether any vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems installed pursuant to LUR 9.c above are performing as designed, and whether the uses of the ground floors of any buildings containing
such vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems have changed, and, if so, how.
A joint LURU may be submitted for multiple owners by a duly constituted board or association and shall include the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact
person’s e-mail address of the entity submitting the joint LURU as well as for each of the owners on whose behalf the joint LURU is submitted.
LURU’s submitted for any portion of the Brownfields Property that contains rental units shall include a list of tenants and their addresses.
A LURU submitted for rental units shall include the rent roll and enough of each lease entered into during the previous calendar year to demonstrate compliance with lessee notification
requirements in paragraphs 21 and 22 of the Agreement provided that if standard form leases are used in every instance, a copy of such standard form lease may be sent in lieu of copies
of actual leases.
A property owners’ association or other entity may perform this LURU’s duties, on behalf of some or all owners of the Brownfields Property, if said association or entity has accepted
responsibility for such performance pursuant to a notarized instrument satisfactory to DEQ that includes at a minimum, the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and
e-mail address of each owner on whose behalf the LURU is proposed to be submitted.
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Remarks:
Notarized signing and submittal of this LUR Update constitutes certification that the Notice of Brownfields Property remains recorded at theCounty Register of Deeds offices and that
the LURs are being complied with.
This LUR Update is certified by, the owner of at least part of the Brownfields Property, or if appropriate another entity on behalf of some or all owners, on this day of, 20.
Name typed or printed of party making certification: [Note: additional entities or owners may be added if appropriate (i.e. multiple managing members/entities)]By:__________________________
(signature)
Name typed or printed:
Title typed or printed:
COUNTY
I certify that the following person(s) personally appeared before me this day, each acknowledging to me that he or she voluntarily signed the foregoing document for the purpose stated
therein and in the capacity indicated: .Date: ___________________________________Official Signature of NotaryNotary’s printed or typed name, Notary Public(Official Seal)My commission
expires: