Monday’s Planning Board Meeting Will Include Public Comments from Buxton
Arrangements have been made to accept public comments from the Fessenden Center Annex in Buxton during the Planning Board meeting on Monday night, per Donna Creef, Planning Director for Dare County.
Monday’s Planning Board meeting has garnered attention by island residents and visitors this past week, due the Planning Board’s scheduled consideration of a text amendment to the C2-H General Commercial Zoning District in northern Hatteras village.
The Request to Amend C-2H General Commercial Zoning to Add Mixed Use Development as a Conditional Use stems from a proposed hotel project that would potentially have six stories and a rooftop amenity.
It is the very first step in the process, and is an opportunity for the Planning Board, (a seven-member advisory board for the Dare County Board of Commissioners), to review the proposed amendment to the current commercial standards in this specific zone.
After the upcoming June 10 discussion, the Planning Board will likely schedule a public hearing sometime in July before proposing a recommendation to the Dare County Board of Commissioners, who are not involved in the conversation until the Planning Board has made their determination.
The Fessenden Center Annex building is located at 47017 Buxton Back Road Buxton, and the meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, June 10, and is held in Manteo.
Please do NOT build a high rise Hotel like the one you are discussing. I am from TN and love coming to Hatteras Island because of non-commercial atmosphere. Put in a six story Hotel and then others will pop up throughout the villages. Keep Hatteras simple. I am constantly telling people about The Outer Banks / Hatteras Island and the fact that there are no highrises that it’s mostly homes. Also please do not put in any franchise restaurants. Keep your Mom and Pop restaurants! Keep Hatteras the way it is!!