THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 4, 1995 TAG: 9501040403
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY ANNE SAITA, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CURRITUCK LENGTH: Short : 48 lines
The Currituck County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night again postponed action on The Currituck Club, a golf course community planned on the last large piece of pristine property in Corolla.
The developer of the 587-acre project wants the commissioners to hold off voting on his rezoning and sketch plan to allow more time for private negotiations.
The commission learned Tuesday that an agreement had not been reached in negotiations with an adjoining landowner.
Developer C.J. ``Mickey'' Hayes, president of Kitty Hawk Land Co., and his associates want the county board to approve their plans for a planned unit development and $6.9 million golf course on the west side of N.C. 12.
The project, which has been on the drawing boards for several years, also would include a 5,000-square-foot clubhouse with swimming pool and tennis courts surrounded by 640 homes, a 100-room hotel and two commercial sites.
On Tuesday, Planning and Inspections Director Jack Simoneau asked the board of commissioners again to postpone taking action until several issues were resolved.
Simoneau said, prior to the meeting, that his staff believes the subdivision needs a road to lead into a commercial site at the northern end of the property. The main entrance into the subdivision also currently lacks an access, Simoneau said.
Discussion on The Currituck Club was preceded by three public hearings, including one on a proposed subdivision in Moyock called Boca Point.
Local developer Larry Woodhouse would like to build a 30-lot neighborhood on the west side of Backwoods Road across from the Orchard Park Mobile Home Park.
The Currituck County planning department does not support the project because of its impact on already overcrowded county schools, particularly Moyock Elementary School.
Votes on sketch plan approvals on several other projects for the Moyock and Crawford townships have been postponed until February. These include The Plantations, Dove Roost and Dozier Acres, which collectively would create 808 single-family homes.
Commissioners plan to find solutions this month to problems created by Currituck County's rapid residential growth. by CNB