(A) Any proposed park shall be subject to review by the Planning Board unless the Dare County Zoning Ordinance specifies the park shall be subject to special use permit review. If so, the procedures for review as a special use permit shall be followed with submittal of the preliminary site plan for review by the Planning Board and approval of the preliminary site plan by the Board of Commissioners.
(B) Submission and contents. The applicant shall submit to the Planning Board, at least 15 days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Board, 10 print copies and 1 digital copy of a site plan of the proposed park prepared by a professional engineer or land surveyor currently licensed or registered by the North Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors containing the following information:
(1) A vicinity map of the proposed park showing its location in relation to neighboring tracts, subdivisions, roads, and waterways;
(2) The boundaries of the entire tract and the portion of the tract to be developed;
(3) The total acreage to be developed;
(4) The existing and proposed uses of the land within the park and the existing uses of adjoining lands including names of owners of adjoining lands;
(5) The proposed street layout with pavement and right-of-way width, site layout and size of sites;
(6) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner and, if applicable, a written and acknowledged statement of the owner designating the applicant or other person to act as his or her agent for the submission of plats;
(7) The name of the proposed park;
(8) Streets and lots of adjacent developed or platted properties;
(9) Title block containing:
(a) Property designation;
(b) Name of owners;
(c) Location (including township, county and state);
(d) Date or dates survey was conducted and plat prepared;
(e) A scale of drawing in feet per inch listed in words or figures;
(f) Name, address, registration number and seal of the land surveyor and/or professional engineer;
(10) Corporate limits, township boundaries, county lines if on the tract;
(11) The names, titles, firm association, addresses and telephone numbers of all owners, developers, mortgagees, planners, architects, landscape architects, and engineers responsible for the park;
(12) North arrow and orientation;
(13) Boundary lines of the tract, fully dimensioned by lengths and bearings, and the location of existing boundary lines of adjoining lands;
(14) Minimum building setback lines, front, side and rear as applied to the entire parcel;
(15) The zoning classifications of the tract and adjoining properties;
(16) Existing buildings or other structures, water courses, bridges, culverts, storm drains, both on the proposed park and adjoining lands;
(17) Proposed camping spaces and dimensions numbered consecutively throughout the park;
(18) Wooded areas, marshes, swamps, mean high tide line, vegetation line, primary and other dunes, ponds or lakes, streams or streambeds and any other natural features affecting the site;
(19) Flood hazard, floodway and floodway fringe areas and regulatory flood elevation data if available;
(20) The following data concerning streets:
(a) Proposed streets;
(b) Existing and platted streets on adjoining properties and in the proposed park;
(c) Rights-of-way, location and dimensions including width of the proposed improved area;
(d) Approximate grades and linear footage of roads;
(e) Design engineering data for all corners and curves;
(f) Typical street cross sections;
(g) Street names. Such names shall not conflict with other existing street names in unincorporated Dare County. Street name signs shall be erected in the park by the park owner.
(21) The location and dimensions (if applicable) of all:
(a) Utility and other easements;
(b) Riding trails, pedestrian and/or bicycle paths;
(c) Parks and recreation areas with specific type indicated;
(d) Areas to be dedicated to or reserved for public use.
(22) The plans for utility layouts including:
(a) Wastewater systems;
(b) Stormwater management systems or improvements;
(c) Water distribution lines;
(d) Electric, gas, telephone, cable or other utility services;
(e) Illustrative connections to existing systems, line sizes, the location of fire hydrants, blowoffs, manholes, force mains and gate valves, etc.;
(f) Plans for individual water supply and sewage disposal systems.
(23) Site calculations including:
(a) Acreage in total tract including any wetland areas;
(b) Total number of camping spaces;
(c) Size of smallest space in the park;
(d) The names and location of any property or buildings within the proposed park or within any contiguous property that is located on the U.S. Department of Interior's National Register of Historic Places;
(e) Sufficient engineering data to determine readily and reproduce on the ground every straight or curved lines, street line, lot lines, right-of- way line, easement line, and setback line, including dimensions, bearings, or deflection angles, radii, central angles, and tangent distance for the center line or curved property lines that are not the boundary line of curved streets. All dimensions shall be measured to the nearest 1/10 of a foot and all angles to the nearest minute;
(f) The accurate locations and descriptions of all monuments, elevations, markers, and control points;
(g) Topographic map when it is determined by the planning board that one is needed, with contour intervals and scale as determined by the planning board;
(h) Boundaries of all Areas of Environmental Concern designated in accordance with the Coastal Area Management Act of 1974.
(24) If the park is to be developed in phases, the boundaries of each phase and the sequence in which each is to be developed;
(25) An inventory and evaluation of the soil and water resources within the proposed park.
(C) Review.
(1) Review by other agencies. A copy of the preliminary site plan shall be submitted to the District Highway Engineer, the County Health Director and to other appropriate agencies to assure coordination with the North Carolina Coastal Management Program and offices of the County for their review and recommendations.
(2) Review by Planning Board.
(a) After considering any report and/or recommendations received in addition to any comments which the applicant may have, the Planning Board shall approve or disapprove the preliminary site plan. If the Planning Board disapproves the preliminary site plan, the reasons for such action shall be stated, and recommendations made on the basis of which the proposed park could be approved.
(b) Once the Planning Board has approved the preliminary site plan, work to install the infrastructure and other park improvements may begin. Any necessary building permits shall be obtained from the Dare County Building Inspector.
(c) For those parks subject to special use permit review, the review procedures set forth in the Dare County Zoning Ordinance shall be followed. Work to install the infrastructure and other park improvements may begin after special use approval is granted by the Board of Commissioners. Any necessary building permits shall be obtained from the Dare County Building Inspector.
(Ord. passed 3-18-1985; Am. Ord. passed 7-20-1992; Am. Ord. passed 10-19-2020; Am. Ord. passed 2-16-2021)