2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Pitt County Government

engineering, financial and land use planning issues that needed to be resolved beforepublic sewer service could be extended to Bethel. In the memorandum, the City ofGreenville agreed to relinquish authority to the County for sewer connections within theCounty’s planning jurisdiction provided the County developed a land use plan andassociated zoning regulations for the area to be served by the proposed sewer line.The Bethel sewer line construction project also coincided with the widening andimprovement of NC 11 North. The portion of the NC 11 North project from Greenville toBethel was completed in 2000. The remaining portion of the project – the NC 11 BethelBypass around the eastern side of Bethel - is currently under construction.After meeting nine times and holding three public forums in 1999-2000, the NC 11 NorthCorridor Planning Committee’s work culminated with a recommended land use plan andzoning ordinance on November 30, 2000. The Board of Commissioners has chosen not toadopt the plan or zoning ordinance. The NC 11 North Corridor Plan information will beincorporated in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan update.Northwest Planning Area Land Use Plan and Zoning OrdinanceThe Northwest Planning Area Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance were developed in1999-2000 by a citizen steering committee, endorsed by the Planning Board and adoptedby the Board of Commissioners in January 2001. The Northwest Planning Area Land UsePlan covered approximately 40,000 acres of land area along NC 33 in the northwest portionof the County. This area of the County had experienced rapid residential growth and washeavily impacted by flooding associated with Hurricane Floyd in September 1999.The Board of Commissioners adopted the Northwest Planning Area Land Use Plan andZoning Ordinance in January 2001 with an effective date of July 1, 2001 for the zoningregulations.2002 Comprehensive Land Use Plan UpdateIn 2002, Pitt County completed the first major update to the 1990 Comprehensive LandUse Plan. The Pitt County Planning Board, which served as the Plan Steering Committee,as well as Planning staff and consultants from The Wooten Company, developed the 2002CLUP Update over a period of several months from late 2001 to early 2002. In October2001, the Planning Board and staff held a series of four public forums at various locationsthroughout the County. The forums provided an opportunity to review maps and reportsand to comment on land development issues and concerns. A second set of public forumswas held in February 2002 and provided citizens an opportunity to review and comment onthe completed draft update.As with the 1990 CLUP, an important factor for the 2002 Update was population growth.Since the adoption of the 1990 CLUP, the County had experienced significant populationgrowth and had far exceeded the population projections indicated in the 1990 CLUP. The2000 U.S. Census for Pitt County found 133,798 persons in the County - more than 11,000persons more than the 2010 projection of 122,871 included in the 1990 CLUP.The development of the 2002 Update followed a nearly identical five step process as wasundertaken in 1990 – collection of background information, identification of land use2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Appendix A: Inventory and AnalysisPitt County, North Carolina A-2