…development regulations into that one unified document,” she said. “So now we have some new tools and we have that UDO format.” The zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, mobile home and travel trailer park ordinance, airport height restriction ordinance and flood damage prevention ordinance were consolidated for the unified document. A…
Search Results for: Kirk Ross/feed/rss2/www.coastalreview.org/2016/12/topsail-beach-repeals-dune-ordinance
Florence Now Cat 2; Surge, Rain Big Threats
…coastal erosion, substantial loss of sand dunes, barrier island over-wash and major infrastructure damage along the immediate coast, according to Young’s analysis. The biggest effects could be seen from Bald Head Island north to Emerald Isle, with the highest surges between Kure Beach and North Topsail Beach. Young notes that…
Some N. Topsail Beach owners want Surf City annexation
This handout map from the town shows the various project phases in the North Topsail Beach beach nourishment plan. NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – A group of property owners here hoping to salvage a proposed 50-year federal beachfront project North Topsail officials turned down last year because of funding issues wants…
Topsail Beach Board Upholds Building Permit
Topsail Beach issued in May a building permit for 1907 Ocean Blvd., which nearby property owners unsuccessfully appealed to the town’s board of adjustment. Image: Google TOPSAIL BEACH – The Topsail Beach board of adjustment has upheld a decision by town officials to issue a building permit for an oceanfront…
Topsail Island panel to lobby for terminal groin funding
North Topsail Beach is shown in this 2014 aerial view from New River Inlet. Source: NTB project proposal A Topsail Island board hopes to prompt change to a North Carolina law that requires beach towns to foot the costs of building and maintaining hardened beach erosion-control structures. When the North…
North Topsail Beach service districts plan draws ire
This handout map from the town shows the various phases in the North Topsail Beach beach nourishment plan. NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – Several property owners here at a public hearing Saturday morning spoke out against a proposal that would divvy a portion of the town into districts for special assessments…
Law Shifts Recovery Funds to Topsail Towns
The wall of sandbags in North Topsail Beach block waves Sept. 13, 2018, as Hurricane Florence neared landfall. Photo: North Topsail Beach TOPSAIL BEACH – A $5 million state grant initially earmarked for a nonprofit has been shifted to the beach towns on Topsail Island. Senate Bill 95, signed into…
Topsail Beach bans Styrofoam in floating dock construction
Topsail Beach has adopted an ordinance prohibiting unencapsulated polystyrene docks, pieces of which are shown here that were collected as marine debris from area waters. Photo: Joe Huie Topsail Beach now bans using unencapsulated polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam, to build floating docks. Town commissioners on April 13 approved an…
Hagan, Jones Side With N. Topsail
…nation, including North Topsail Beach. In 2009 representatives from the town presented U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service with historical data North Topsail officials said proved CBRA boundary lines were incorrectly drawn. North Topsail Beach Mayor Dan Tuman said he and other town officials were promised then that the maps would…
Fresh Christmas Trees Useful After Holidays
…that the season is coming to a close. Several towns and organizations are collecting the trees that will be used for dune stabilization and restoration or the trees are being turned into mulch. On the Outer Banks, Better Beaches OBX has since 2013 collected trees for use in dune restoration…
Lawmakers Tour New River Inlet
…inlet dredging to re-nourish the beach at North Topsail Beach. The long term solution involves building a terminal groin or a jetty. Both steps are expensive propositions and may require changes to existing laws. At last month’s meeting in Sneads Ferry, North Topsail Beach Manager Stuart Turille told legislators that…
Law Tweaks Coastal Barrier Resource Act
North Topsail Beach. Photo: North Topsail Beach/Buddy Morrison NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – A portion of North Topsail Beach is being removed from a longstanding designation that exempts property owners from receiving federal aid. H.R. 5787, The Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018, recently signed by President Donald Trump, amends the…