North Beach Plantation: Rezoning approved with conditions

The North Myrtle Beach city council approved the rezoning request for the North Beach Plantation project with the following conditions. The developers must:

• Increase space between the single-family homes from 8 feet to 10 feet
• Not sell time-share units on the property
• Limit the number of bedrooms to a maximum of five per unit
• Develop a public beach access walkway from 48th Avenue South - parallel to White Point Swash - to the public beach
• Develop safe and attractive pedestrian connections to Barefoot Landing
• Create public beach access parking and/or payment in lieu of needed public improvements
• Make at least one of the public access walkways on the beach accessible to the handicapped.

Developers have agreed to give the city $2.25 million to enhance public beach access facilities.

Property owner Barefoot Partners LLC plans to build up to 873 single-family and multifamily homes, office and retail space, restaurants, and resort amenities, including swimming pools, on the 56.4 acre property.

The oceanfront towers will be the tallest in the city at a maximum height of 216 feet including the antenna on the roof, planning officials said. The maximum height on the oceanfront is currently 165 feet.

For More Information on North Beach Plantation: contact Barbara Chartier

Source: Janelle Frost, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC