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At its October 7 meeting, the Dare County Board of Commissioners approved a special use permit for a cluster housing development project on Big Kinnakeet Drive in Avon.

The project calls for construction of 18 two-bedroom single family dwellings. Each house will have 800 square feet and two parking spaces. These houses must be rented or occupied as long-term housing, defined as 31 days.

After recombination of two parcels, the cluster home group development will be on 1.81 acres. The R-3 zoning district allows for 10 dwelling units per acre. The parcels are zoned C-2 and the R-3 zoning district applies to the commercially zoned parcels.

Wastewater for the proposed development will be served by the existing Kinnakeet Shores Wastewater Treatment Plant. A Willingness to Serve Letter dated June 28, 2024 from treatment plant operator Carolina Water Services of North Carolina, has been received by Dare County.

The applicant plans to manage stormwater runoff internal to the property through a series of basins and swales.

The Dare County Planning Board reviewed the special use permit application and site plan at its regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 3, 2024. During the discussion the need for a centralized dumpster location was discussed with the applicant at the request of Dare County Public Works, and the applicant agreed to install a dumpster at desired location.

“At the close of the discussion, the Planning Board found that the site plan was consistent the Cluster Home Ordinance, and that the draft special use permit was reasonable and appropriate for the proposed use,” states the memorandum from Dare County planner Noah Gillam.

The applicant is Ted Lloyd, manager of Kinnakeet Villas LLC, with the address Fairfax Station, Va. Kinnakeet Villas is the proposed name for the cluster home development.

No one came forward for the required public hearing.

In another land use matter, Dare’s commissioners adopted a resolution in support of reinstituting an Area of Environmental Concern for Jockey’s Ridge State Park.

At an Aug. 6, 2024, Special Meeting, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission voted unanimously to begin the process of reinstituting Area of Environmental Concern protections for Jockey’s Ridge State Park to include a prohibition on removing sand from the park and restrictions on development immediately adjacent to the park.

The resolution supports the re-establishment of Jockey’s Ridge State Park as an area of environmental concern and allow it the special protections granted by the designation.

A public hearing regarding the designation was scheduled for the Jockey’s Ridge State Park Community Room on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.

During the county manager’s report close to the end of the Oct. 7, 2024 meeting, manager Robert L. Outten told the commissioners that four or five properties have nuisance problems. Multiple contacts have been made with the property owners to no avail. Outten requested authority to file legal action to abate the nuisances. The commissioners unanimously agreed.

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