NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Pitt County Development Ordinance & Zoning Map Amendments
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings on Monday, July 21, 2025, at or after 6:00 p.m. in the Eugene James Auditorium in the County Administration Building located at 1717 W. 5th Street, Greenville, N.C. to consider the following requests:
• Request by Ark Consulting Group, PLLC to amend the Pitt County Zoning Ordinance to create a Conservation Area Overlay District. The purpose of the Conservation Area Overlay District is to establish a mechanism to provide for permanent open space and desirable buffers between proposed uses and incompatible adjacent land uses, environmentally sensitive areas, or hazardous areas in excess of minimum standards.
• Rezoning request by Calvin Overcash to rezone 5.0 acres of his property from Rural Residential (RR) to General Commercial (GC). The subject property is identified by the Tax Assessor’s Office as Parcel Number 23108, and is located on both sides of SR 1737 (Edwards Farm Road), east of NC 43 South in the Chicod Township.
• Rezoning request by Weyerhaeuser Company to rezone 3,319.59 acres of property from Rural Agricultural (RA) and Rural Residential (RR) to General Industrial (GI) and to establish a Conservation Area Overlay District. The subject properties are identified by the Tax Assessor’s Office as Parcel Numbers 28076, 40475, 57817, and 57818 owned by Weyerhaeuser Company, and 01697, 16403, 23227, 23571, and 24244 owned by Weyerhaeuser Forest Holdings, LLC. The properties are located on both sides of SR 1416 (Saintsville Road) west of its intersection with SR 1424 (Allpine-Taylor Road) and along the northern side of SR 1415 (Briley Road) east of its intersection with Saintsville Road in the Belvoir and Carolina Townships.
The purpose of these public hearings is to gather public comment and input on the proposed requests prior to consideration by the Board of County Commissioners. Citizens interested in obtaining additional information on these requests should contact the Pitt County Planning Department at (252) 902-3250. Those persons unable to attend the hearing may send written questions or comments via email to the Clerk to the Board at Kimberly.Hines@pittcountync.gov or by mailing to: Clerk to the Board, Pitt County, 1717 W. 5th Street, Greenville, N.C. 27834. All meetings can be viewed by the public on PittTV (OptimumTV Channel 13) or the Pitt County YouTube channel @PittCountyNC (www.YouTube.com/PittCountyNC).