NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A long-debated rezoning along Carolina Beach Road in New Hanover County was denied again Tuesday.
The 4.56-acre tract at 6634 Carolina Beach Road has come before county boards multiple times in recent years. On Tuesday, commissioners voted to deny a request to rezone the site from R-15 (residential) to conditional R-5 for a 36-unit attached single-family townhome community. The decision came despite an August 7 Planning Board recommendation for approval and staff support tied to conditions.
“It is acceptable for us to mark certain parcels and properties as ones that need to remain just as they are, R15,” said Commissioner Dane Scalise. “And I think this parcel is one of the pieces of property. It is okay there are some we are not going to rezone. And I think it’s consistent with this board’s position over the last several times that this issue has been brought before us for us to continue to adamantly explain to the property owners that we do not intend to rezone this property.”…