Town of North Topsail Beach
Daniel Tuman, Mayor
Tom Leonard, Mayor Pro Tem
Aldermen:
Suzanne Gray
Don Harte
Richard Macartney
Richard Peters
Stuart Turille
Town Manager
Carin Z. Faulkner, MPA
Town Clerk
Board of Aldermen
Special Meeting/Public Hearing
Minutes
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
10:00 A.M.
PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem Tom Leonard, Aldermen Suzanne Gray, Don Harte, and Richard
Peters, Town Attorney Brian Edes, Town Manager Stuart Turille and Town Clerk Carin Faulkner.
NOT PRESENT: Mayor Daniel Tuman and Alderman Richard Macartney
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Pro Tem Leonard called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. He
went over some ground rules for conducting the public hearing.
II.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
• Alderman Gray made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Alderman
Peters seconded the motion.
• The motion passed unanimously.
III.
PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A PROPOSED
MORATORIUM FOR BUILDING ANY HOUSES WITH MORE THAN SIX
BEDROOMS:
A public hearing was conducted to receive comment on the proposed moratorium.
The following person spoke in support of the moratorium: Pat Stigall
The following persons spoke in opposition to the moratorium: Mo Afify, Orin
O’Quin, Tyler Newman, Christina Asbury, Sandra Ledbetter, Michael Afify, Paul
Dorazio, Greg Eichman, Mike Sauer, Craig Greif, Chuck Thompson, Lenny Denittis,
Richard Baker, Steve Coggins (Mr. Coggins presented a written memo to the Board and
Town Attorney), Stuart Harness, Hiram Williams, Jean Miller, John Dabney, Hanna
McCloud (Ms. Hill read the Planning Board report aloud on her behalf)
Alderman Peters made a motion to close the public hearing. Alderman Harte seconded
the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
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Town of North Topsail Beach
Board of Aldermen Special Meeting Minutes
May 14, 2014
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 2014-4
(ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A DEVOLOPMENT MORATORIUM ON HOMES
WITH MORE THAN SIX BEDROOMS - DRAFT):
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Alderman Gray made a motion to adopt Ordinance 2014-4 Ordinance Establishing a
Development Moratorium on Homes with More than Six Bedrooms. Alderman
Peters seconded the motion.
There was discussion.
Mayor Pro Tem Leonard discussed amending the draft ordinance as presented to
make it less restrictive such as what Oak Island passed.
Attorney Edes confirmed that Oak Island passed an ordinance limiting over 7
bedrooms and over 5,000 square feet.
There was discussion.
Alderman Harte asked if the Board could legally impose the moratorium.
The Town Attorney mentioned NCGS 160-A 31(e) and indicated, from his
discussions with the School of Government, that traditional residential use is not the
same as high intensity rental use and that a moratorium aimed at the seasonal rental
use could be passed in order to study density or intensity of intransient use as
opposed to residential use. He advised the Board that regardless of whether or not the
ordinance establishing the moratorium passes, that the Board direct the Planning
Board to discuss objective criteria and subjective criteria (set-backs, height,
impervious surface, parking, and being in harmony with the surrounding areas) and
make the homes of whichever number of bedrooms and square footage the Board
prefers be subject to a special use permit process which is where the Town of Oak
Island is right now.
There was further discussion.
Alderman Harte made a motion amending the current motion for the ordinance to
read “more than seven bedrooms and greater than 5,000 square feet” and to keep the
moratorium at 60 days. Alderman Peters seconded.
There was further discussion.
The Board voted on Alderman Hart’s motion to amend the drafted ordinance to read
“more than 7 bedrooms and greater than 5,000 square feet.”
The motion failed 3 to 1 for lack of a 2/3 vote, with Alderman Gray voting against.
Alderman Gray made a motion to direct the Planning Director to review the Town
policies as far as parking, house sizes, lot sizes, set backs, the whole zoning issue and
permitting process for homes being built with the Planning Board and a have a
decision by June 5th.
Attorney Edes made a suggestion to have the Planning Board discuss making a
special use process.
Alderman Gray amended her motion to direct the Planning Director, pursuant to the
Town Attorney’s advice, to have the Planning Board discuss the issues in her original
motion plus making a special use process concerning larger homes. Alderman Harte
seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
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Town of North Topsail Beach
Board of Aldermen Special Meeting Minutes
May 14, 2014
Alderman Gray made a motion to direct Town Staff to advertise for a public hearing
to amend the Town’s Unified Development Ordinance at the June 5th regular Board
of Aldermen meeting. Alderman Harte seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT: Alderman Gray made a motion to adjourn. Alderman Peters seconded
the motion. The meeting adjourned at 11:31 a.m.
APPROVED:
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Daniel Tuman, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Carin Z. Faulkner, Town Clerk
Approved on: 6/____/2014