Dare Planning Board kicks out zone of influence amendment - The Coastland Times

Dare Planning Board kicks out zone of influence amendment - The Coastland Times

For an hour, the Dare County Planning Board wrestled with a 1988 amendment to the Special Environmental District-1 that protects the maritime forest in Buxton and Frisco. The special district was created in March 1988 in response to North Carolina adopting an Area of Environment Concern around the water well fields of Cape Hatteras Water Association and to protect Buxton and Frisco Woods. In 1996, Dare County assumed control of the water system,…

Zoning text change leads to new questions about an old amendment for Buxton Woods

Buxton Zoning Map with Zone of Influence overlay. At the April 1 meeting of the Dare County Planning Board, the board approved a zoning text amendment that removed a paragraph referring to a Zone of Influence near Buxton Woods. Included in the SED-1 (Special Environmental District) zoning restrictions, but applying to zones that are outside the SED-1 zone, the text to be removed reads as follows: “Dwelling density within the zone of influence of…