Carteret commissioners approve parcel adjustment, two rezonings and a master‑plan cut to 132 homes

The Carteret County Board of Commissioners approved three land‑use requests during its Jan. 12 meeting: a parcel‑line change and rezoning affecting 187 and 105 Beulah Lane, a rezoning and lot combination for 825 and 833 Russell Creek Road, and a modification to the Hamptons on the White Oak master plan that reduces the approved unit count by 35.

Planning staff (identified in the public record as Matt Rennell) described the Beulah Lane request as moving a northern parcel line to increase 187 Beulah Lane to 0.717 acres; the added acreage will be rezoned to R‑15M so it is not split‑zoned, while the northern parcel will be reduced to about 1.349 acres and remain R‑15. Planning Commission recommended approval 6–0 in December and staff reported two responses with no objections from notified adjacent owners. The board opened and closed the required public hearing with no speakers and approved the parcel adjustment, the rezoning of the added acreage to R‑15M, and adopted a statement of consistency and reasonableness.

On Russell Creek Road, staff said the applicant requested rezoning roughly 8 acres of 825 Russell Creek Road (currently B‑1C‑Z) and combining it with 833 Russell Creek Road to create a 15.09‑acre parcel for consistent R‑15M zoning. Planning staff reported 51 adjacent property owners were notified; two objections and five no‑objection responses were logged. The board opened the public hearing, heard no speakers, and approved the rezoning and related statement of consistency.

The board also approved a modification requested by Dirt to Dreams LLC to the Hamptons on the White Oak conditional zoning. The original July 2022 conditional zoning anticipated 167 total dwelling units; the revised plan reduces that to 132 single‑family home sites (a 35‑unit reduction) and shifts some internal amenities. Planning Commission recommended approval 6–0; staff reported 154 adjacent landowners were notified and that the county had received 17 no‑objection responses and 5 objections. Ron Culver, representing Dirt to Dreams, spoke in support of the reduction at the public hearing; the board approved the modification and adopted a statement of plan reasonableness.

All three requests were presented by county planning staff, each had prior Planning Commission support, and each was approved by the board by voice vote with no roll‑call tallies read. The approvals are subject to the standard permit and implementation processes for rezoning and subdivision actions.