…ordinance prohibits protective dunes from being materially altered. Protective dunes are defined as a mound or ridge of sand at least seven feet above mean sea level. These dunes provide an extra layer of defense, reinforcing frontal dunes that are immediately landward of the beach. Builders cannot remove more than…
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Topsail Beach’s Sand Dune Debate
TOPSAIL BEACH – The much-debated dune ordinance Topsail Beach adopted a year ago is once again under review with the town planning board determining how much sand, if any, may be removed from a property in order to build. Adopted last June, the amended ordinance prohibits “protected” dunes from being…
Topsail Dune Rule: Is Legislative Fix Possible?
A group of Topsail Beach residents are raising money for legal expenses in their fight to protect dunes between Sea Vista and Serenity Point at the south end of Topsail Island. Photo: Topsail Citizens TOPSAIL BEACH – As Topsail Beach gears up for another round in court over the town’s…
Dune Rule Kicks Up Sand in Topsail
…the town board in June amended Topsail Beach’s dune permit ordinance, which prohibits the removal of more than a cubic yard of sand from the dune system. Photo: Trista Talton But that may not be possible. In what Topsail Beach leaders say is an effort to protect the dune line…
Topsail Beach Repeals Dune Ordinance
TOPSAIL BEACH – Topsail Beach’s long-standing protective dune ordinance is no more. Town commissioners Wednesday night repealed the more than 20-year-old ordinance following a public hearing on a set of controversial amendment proposals the board had been asked to consider. Julian Bone The 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Julian Bone opposed,…
Judge Dismisses Topsail Dune Rule Case
…A letter with their proposal was titled “Topsail Beach Legislative Goals.” “That was not the intent at all to say it was a town of Topsail Beach goal,” Fleischhauer said. “That letter was actually written to the south Topsail concerned citizens. It should have said ‘concerned citizens of Topsail Beach…
Plan Pitched to Allow Homes, Protect Dunes
TOPSAIL BEACH – Oceanfront property owners in Topsail Beach will be given more wiggle room to shift sand on their property under the newest proposed dune ordinance amendments. Among the recommended changes recently approved by the town’s planning board is to allow property owners, if granted a town permit, to…
Judge Halts Topsail Beach Building Permits
…we re-nourish the beaches so people can haul off the back side of the dune to build.” Topsail Beach has just the beach nourishment success story the senators could share with other legislators, Lee said. The American Shoreline Beach Protection Association named Topsail Beach one of the top five “best…
Derelict Boats Remain A Local Issue In NC
…this year an ordinance prohibiting abandonment of vessels in Ocracoke’s Silver Lake and Currituck County board of commissioners adopted in July 2016 an ordinance prohibiting the abandoning vessels in navigable waters. In 1981, the state General Assembly authorized Beaufort, in Carteret County, to regulate navigable waters within its boundaries. In…
Effort to Secure Federal Help Begins
…had completed its fifth phase in a beach-restoration project in which about 1.25 million cubic yards of sand from offshore were used to rebuild about 3.5 miles of shoreline on the south end of North Topsail Beach. Plantings that are part of a recent renourishment project at North Topsail Beach…
CRC: Changes to Dune Rules Add Flexibility
…than 40 beach accesses and about half of them have vehicle access for the public or public safety workers. Being able to utilize these ramps will keep more of the dune in place and allow vehicle access without altering the dunes.” Steve Smith, a Topsail Beach town commissioner and chairman…
Topsail Towns Prioritize Storm Projects
The Topsail Island towns of North Topsail Beach, the north end is shown here, Surf City and Topsail Beach are in the process of choosing storm mitigation projects funded with a state Division of Water Resources grant. Photo: ATM/Dial Cordy and Associates SURF CITY – Picking their top three? Easy…