BRUNSWICK COUNTY — As the May planning board meeting approaches in Brunswick County, only two items will be up for consideration and one could bring a couple hundred homes to the Shallotte area.
A 400-home planned development is being submitted for Gray Bridge Road Southwest from Humabuilt Development, a North Carolina-based, private real estate development and investment firm. It has projects in Durham, Raleigh and Winston-Salem.
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Also on the agenda is a zoning request of two unzoned parcels, owned by Bert and Darlene McGee, to become R-6000; all parcels in Brunswick County Zoning Jurisdictions are required to have a zoning. These parcels are located on 0.38 acres and are in the medium density residential-manufactured future land map classification, intended to accommodate a mix of housing types, including site-built homes, modular homes, and manufactured homes.
The Brunswick County Planning Board makes final decisions on projects that move forward in the state’s fastest-growing county. The Brunswick commissioners have a say only if a development is appealed.
The public is welcome to speak at planning board meetings and will receive 3 minutes to share feedback and concerns with the board. The next meeting featuring these projects will be May 11, 4 p.m., Commissioners’ Chambers of the David R. Sandifer Administration Building, 30 Government Center Dr. NE in Bolivia.
Below is information currently available about the Humabuilt planned development.
Humabuilt Development
Development: Humabuilt has hired Colliers Engineering and Design to help with the construction of 400 single-family homes on 98 acres. The development will have walking trails, greenways, a dog park, and other amenities. It’s proposed to be built in two phases, with 212 homes constructed in the first. The development will be accessible from Shell Point Road and Gray Bridge Road, with multiple future connection points also possible.
Property owner: OI Investment Properties LLC
Zoning: R-7500 / Medium-Density Residential
Density: Currently allowed is 5.8 dwelling units per acre, though the development will come in under at 4.1.
Buffers and surrounding properties: There is a 30-foot periphery buffer and 30-foot street buffer from Gray Bridge Road. Individual home setbacks are 20 feet from the front, 9 feet from the rear, 5 feet from the side and 10 feet from the corner.
Open and recreational space: Brunswick County requires 19.6 acres but the project will go slightly beyond that at 22.08 acres. Recreational space is mandated at 2.91 acres and the development also will exceed it with 8 acres.
Trees: A heritage tree survey will be conducted prior to construction.
Wetlands: Roughly 4.94 acres of wetlands are on the property but home lots are not built within them and the wetlands are not allowed to be filled, disturbed or altered unless the appropriate state agencies allow as much, with proof of support. No impervious structure is to be located within 20 feet of the wetlands.
Other factors: Each lot will have a minimum two parking spaces, not garaged, with streets being privately maintained and sidewalks on at least one side of the road. A homeowners association will be formed, stormwater ponds will be constructed to a 100-year storm event, and school bus pickups will be near the mail kiosk or amenity area.
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