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NC BROWNFIELDS
LAND USE RESTRICTIONS (“LUR”) UPDATE
Year Certification Made:2017
rd
Name: Address:
3 and Poplar 225 Poplar Street
Project #: County:
18017-14-060 Mecklenburg
Property Owner (In part or whole):
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:
NC Division of Waste Management
Brownfields Program
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646
LUR 1:No use may be made of the Brownfields Property other than for high density
residential, office, retail, and parking uses and, subject to the Department of Environmental
Quality’s (“DEQ”) prior written approval, other commercial uses. The planned redevelopment will
include a high-rise building to be used for commercial purposes at the street level and on lower
floors and for residential purposes on higher floors with associated parking. For purposes of this
restriction, the following definitions apply:
a."High Density Residential" shall mean permanent dwellings where residential units
are attached to each other with common walls, such as condominia, apartments,
group homes, dormitories or boarding houses, and in which any property outside
the dwelling structures (other than attached patio/balcony space) is usable by all
residents and not privately owned as part of a particular unit, and shall include
related amenities, such as pools, clubhouses, courtyards, common areas, recreation
areas and parking garages;
b."Office" refers to the rendering of business or professional services;
c."Retail" refers to the sale of goods, services, products, or merchandise directly to
the consumer including the sale of food and beverage (including alcoholic
beverage) products (for example and without limitation, restaurants, bars, and
nightclubs);
d."Parking" refers to the temporary accommodation of motor vehicles in an area
designed for same; and
e."Commercial'' refers to an enterprise carried on for profit or for a non-profit purpose
by the owner, Jessee or licensee.
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
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3 and Poplar (#18017-14-060)
LUR 2:Groundwater at the Brownfields Property may not be used for any purpose
without the prior written approval of DEQ.
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
LUR 3:Soil disturbances must be handled in accordance with an approved Soil
Management Plan including subsequent DEQ approved modifications to that plan.
Notwithstanding the above, landscaping activities may be conducted on the Brownfields Property
including without limitation mowing and pruning of above-ground vegetation, landscape plantings
that do not exceed 18 inches in depth and, as well as emergency repair of underground
infrastructure, provided that DEQ shall be given written notice (if only by email) of any such
emergency repair no later than the next business day, and that any related assessment and remedial
measures required by DEQ shall be taken.
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
LUR 4:No building with residential use on the ground floor may be constructed on the
Brownfields Property and no existing building with residential on the ground level, defined as
those depicted on the Plat component of the Notice of Brownfields Property (“Notice”), may be
occupied unless and until DEQ determines in writing that:
a.it is demonstrated to DEQ's written satisfaction through a site-specific risk
assessment that the building is protective of the building's users, public health and
the environment from risk of vapor intrusion;
b.it is demonstrated, pursuant to a DEQ-approved plan, and subject to DEQ's
approval, that the building would be or is sufficiently distant from the Brownfields
Property's groundwater and/or soil contamination that the building's users, public
health and the environment will be protected from risk from vapor intrusion related
to said contamination; or
c.a plan for vapor mitigation measures, approved in writing by DEQ in advance and
including a proposed performance assessment for demonstration of the system's
protection of the building's users, public health and the environment from risk from
vapor intrusion, is implemented to the satisfaction of a North Carolina licensed
professional engineer licensed in North Carolina, as reflected by an implementation
report, bearing the seal of said engineer that includes photographs and a description
of the installation and performance assessment of the mitigation system.
In compliance Out of compliance
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3 and Poplar (#18017-14-060)
Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
LUR 5:None of the contaminants known to be present in the environmental media at the
Brownfields Property, as described in paragraphs 7 and 8 in Exhibit A of the Notice, may be used
or stored at the Brownfields Property without the prior written approval of DEQ, except
a.in de minimis amounts for cleaning and other routine housekeeping activities;
b.as component constituents of articles, equipment and materials used or sold in
connection with uses permitted under the Brownfields Agreement (“Agreement”),
such as in consumer products, stainless steel or building materials; and/or
c.except as fuel or other fluids customarily used in vehicles, landscaping equipment,
elevators or emergency generators.
For the avoidance of doubt, this LUR 5 is not intended to prevent the use, storage or other
handling of any particular materials or constituents on the Brownfields Property. Instead, it is
intended to allow DEQ to review and approve of methods and procedures for the handling of
materials or constituents so as to assist DEQ, if necessary, in reasonably distinguishing such
materials or constituents from contamination at the Brownfields Property predating the effective
date of the Agreement.
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
LUR 6:The owner of any portion of the Brownfields Property where any DEQ-approved
monitoring well is installed in the future is damaged shall be responsible for repair of any such
wells to DEQ's written satisfaction and within a time period acceptable to DEQ, unless compliance
with this LUR is waived in writing by DEQ in advance.
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
LUR 7: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.
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
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3 and Poplar (#18017-14-060)
LUR 8:During January of each year after the year in which the Notice is recorded, the
st
owner of any part of the Brownfields Property as of January 1 of that year shall submit a notarized
Land Use Restrictions Update ("LURU") to DEQ, and to the chief public health and environmental
st
officials of Mecklenburg County, certifying that, as of said January 1, the Notice of Brownfields
Property containing these land use restrictions remains recorded at the Mecklenburg County
Register of Deeds office and that the land use restrictions are being complied with, and stating:
a.the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person's
e-mail address of the owner submitting the LURU if said owner acquired any part
of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year;
______________________________________________________________
b.the transferee's name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and
contact person's e-mail address, if said owner transferred any part of the
Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year;
______________________________________________________________
c.whether any vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems installed pursuant to
subparagraph 4 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.
______________________________________________________________
d.A joint LURU may be submitted for multiple owners by a duly constituted board
or association, or another person or entity approved in advance by DEQ. Such joint
LURU shall include the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers,
and contact person's e-mail address of the entity or person submitting the joint
LURU as well as for each of the owners on whose behalf the joint LURU is
submitted.
______________________________________________________________
e.LURUs 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 paragraph 21 and 22 in Exhibit A of the Notice,
provided that if standard form leases are used in every instance, a copy of such
portions of such a standard form lease may be sent in lieu of copies of actual leases.
______________________________________________________________
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
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3 and Poplar (#18017-14-060)
LUR 9:Any deed or other instrument conveying an interest in the Brownfields Property
shall contain the following notice: "The property which is the subject of this instrument is subject
to the Brownfields Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Brownfields Property
recorded in the Mecklenburg County land records, Book 30815, Page 909." A copy of any such
instrument shall be sent to the persons listed in Section XV (Notices and Submissions) of Exhibit
A of the Notice, though financial figures related to the conveyance may be redacted. Prospective
Developer may use the following mechanisms to comply with the obligations of this paragraph:
(i) If every lease and rider is identical in form, Prospective Developer 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) in Exhibit
A of the Notice; or (ii) Prospective Developer may provide abstracts of leases, rather than full
copies of said leases, to the persons listed in Section XV in Exhibit A of the Notice.
In compliance Out of compliance
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Remarks: ______________________________________________________________
Notarized signing and submittal of this Land Use Restrictions Update constitutes certification that
the Notice of Brownfields Property remains recorded at the Mecklenburg County Register of
Deeds office and that the Land Use Restrictions are being complied with.
This Land Use Restrictions Update is certified by _____________, owner of at least part of the
Brownfields Property 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: ___________________
NORTH CAROLINA
__________ 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 Notary
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Notary’s printed or typed name, Notary Public
(Official Seal) My commission expires: _________________