All right.

We're gonna go to go ahead and call to order the City of Wilmington's Board of Adjustments meeting for Thursday, August 14th, 2025.

It is one o'clock.

Um before we get started, uh I'm going to read the Board of Adjustment introduction.

Hearings before the Board of Adjustments are quasi-judicial in nature.

Decisions for the board are based on the record of these proceedings.

To grant a variance requires a concurrent vote of four-fifths of the members of the board.

To reverse or modify the determination of an administrative official requires a simple majority.

Evidence submitted to the board for review becomes part of the record.

Appeals for the board's decisions are to Superior Court on based on the record.

Appeals must be filed within 30 days of the date of filing of the board's order in the planning division.

A hearing before the board is conducted in accordance with the rules of procedure.

Those who want to testify in a case are sworn as witnesses.

The chairperson recognizes those who want to testify or their attorneys for presentation of evidence during the hearing to ensure that all testimonies properly recorded.

Please come forward to address the board, state your name, address, and speak clearly.

Do you want to go ahead and swear in anyone?

All right, I'm gonna ask staff applicants and members of the public that wish to speak today to stand and raise your right hand.

Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Um, our next item will be the approval of the minutes from the July 17th, 2025 meeting.

Is there a motion for that or any questions?

Uh make a motion to approve the minutes is presented.

Is there a second?

Second.

All right.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Anyone opposed?

Those pass.

Our next item is old business regarding uh 1225 Great Oak Drive.

There's been a request for a continuance for this item.

And I wouldn't ask for unless there's any additional information.

Do you no?

The applicant has just requested additional time to provide um information that would be helpful in the hearing.

Okay, great.

And that continuance would be date specific to September 18th and would be at skyline.

Uh is that 929 north front?

All right.

Is there anyone that would make a motion?

I'll make a motion to continue this item to September 18th meeting.

And is there a second?

I'll second.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

That passes.

Our next item is new business.

It's 302 Summer Rest Road, a variance to allow a bulkhead extension into the R20 legacy district.

And Catherine, you're presenting.

Thank you, Chairman Hubbas.

The Suntec property at 302 Summer Rest Road is a vacant lot in the R20 legacy district with a pier and a dock on an adjoining lot within the intercoastal waterway.

The lot currently contains a riprap revetment and a gazebo that was installed prior to annexation into the city limits, which was January of 1999.

The majority of the dock in the pier facility is located below the Mean High Waterline and is therefore outside the city's jurisdiction.

The conservation resource applicable to the upland portion of the site's a coastal wetland, which requires a 75-foot setback from the edge of the resource to protect the city's ecologically important estuary systems, preserve open space, retain flood storage capacity, and promote water quality.

City Code Chapter 18, the land development code, section 1828, sets forth standards for water dependent structures and criteria by which erosion control devices may be permitted within the conservation resource setback area.

The applicant states that there's a documented erosion control problem as demonstrated by CAMA's issuance of a permit for the installation of RIPRAP in 1990.

The proposed bulkhead would be installed landward of the existing riprap, thereby avoiding further encroachment into the resource setback.

I've taken a few photos of the subject property.

This is just to show that all the zoning uh around the property is also R20 legacy.

You can see the um the old building material that was used for the um rip rap revetment, and the the little photo key to the uh upper right-hand corner shows you where the photo was taken from and the angle.