The Moore County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday evening, July 19, will once again take up the controversial rezoning permit for the Pine Forest PUD -- a 1700 residential and resort development with three golf courses that lies along NC Highway 211 between West End and West Pine Middle School.
The Planning Department has proposed as conditions of approval setbacks of 50 feet from streams and 25 feet from wetlands -- as well as the dedication of streams and wetlands to a conservation organization -- as conditions of approval. Those measures are designed to protect Nick's Creek, the source of water for the Town of Carthage. The Town itself may seek more substantial buffers during the Town Commissioners' meeting on Monday.
The Planning staff also recommends a condition prohibiting any withdrawals of water from Nick's Creek.
Not included in the Planning Department's recommendations are any special conditions regarding the development's privately owned and operated wastewater treatment plant -- which would be the first such facility in Moore County.
Download the agenda for the Board of Commissioners meeting, or the full meeting packet, which includes the proposed conditions for approval of the Pine Forest rezoning.
