Entitlement Application Requirements

Entitlement applications are now applied for through our Development & Permitting Services (DPS) portal unless otherwise noted.  Prior to applying, please review the requirements listed below.

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Planning Commission Entitlement Applications

CD Rezoning

  • Project Narrative
  • Site Plan
  • Legal Description
  • Neighborhood/Community Meeting Report
  • Agent Form (if applicable)
  • Building Elevations (if applicable)
  • Tree Survey (if applicable)
  • TIA or scoping Letter (if applicable)

General Rezoning

  • Legal Description
  • Copy of New Hanover Tax Map
  •  Agent Form submitted via EPL (if applicable)

Street Closure

  • Legal description signed by city surveyor
  • New Hanover County tax map
  • Signatures of majority of property owners (original with wet signatures submitted to City Clerk)
  • Map of proposed closure area and adjacent property ownership depicting the right-of-way requested to be closed, showing the names of adjacent property owners, and indicating the locational relationship of the proposal to adjacent intersections and streets
  •  Agent form (if applicable)

Text Amendment 

  • Narrative & justification
  • Proposed text change

 

 

Historic Preservation Commission Major Works Application

  • Project Narrative
  • Tax Map
  • Proposed Building Materials
  • Digital Photos
  • Agent Form (if applicable)
  • Site plan (if applicable)
  • Material Spec Sheet (if applicable)
  • Building Elevations (if applicable)
  • Architectural drawings including building elevations (if applicable)

 

Design Adjustment Committee Application

  • Narrative/Waiver Request Letter
  • Site Plan
  • Agent Form (if applicable)

 

Board of Adjustment Variance Application

  • Narrative/Waiver Request Letter
  • Site Plan
  • Agent Form (if applicable)

 

Other Entitlement Applications

Annexation

  • Annexation Plat Map

Applications Submitted to the City Clerk

Appeal of Administration Decision & Petition for Land Development Code Interpretation

  • Application
  • Determination or Interpretation Letter
  • Agent Form (if applicable)

Appeal of Historic Preservation Commission Decision

  • Application
  • HPC Certificate of Appropriateness Order