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BEAUFORT COUNTY _ 1960- 1' 66 ' O" UlATION It would seem, therefore, that the basic concern of the people of our County should be to ensure that the coming development, with 011 its undoubted benefits, will not mindlessly ravage the countryside but will insteod preserve as much os possible of the beouty ond worth of our lands ond waters. _ _ ". OJECTION Of 1960- 06 TUNO Gronted, the full impoct of such development as outlined above may be fifty yeors in coming; then ogain, it may take only ten, or less, The point is thot, however long it tokes, Our County is going to develop to 0 significant degree along industriol and urban lines. ••• U" ECTfO caowTH 1. The phosphate deposits in our County already have begun to be tapped, ond these aperotions may well double or triple in scale within the next ten yeors. While presently there is but one company octually engaged in mining and processing phosphote in Beaufort County, it is expected thot by the turn of the century there probably will be between three ond six firms mining ond processing the phosphate rock in our County. These firms ore expected to produce a total of between 12 and 18 million tons of phasphote rock annually. Most of phasphote will be used as fertilizer; however, part of it may be shipped to other areas of the country for industrial usoge, and there is a possibility thot some phosphote- based industriol chemicols eventually moy be produced here in Beaufort County. 2. The existing trend in our County away from small farms toward lorge scale" industrial" forming, including processing operations, is practically certain to acceler · ate in the coming years. In the period 1959 to 1964, the number of farms over 500 acres in size increased by 13~, from 54 to 61; farms in smaller size categories de · creased in number by varying percentages. During this same period, commercial farms with sales of S10,000 and over increosed 92", from 307 to 590, ond the overage volue per farm increosed 94%, from S17,022 to S33,028. It will be these more efficient, more specialized, larger form units thot will have the odvontage in the coming competition for the exponding farm product morkets of the growing Eastern Seoboord Megolopolis ( which even now sprawls from southern New Hampshire to Northern Virginia). 3. The odvent bath of 0 shorter work week and of an increosed reol income for 0 steadily expanding proportion of people in this country will focus greater attention upon the tremendous opportunities for recreational activities which exist in our County. Beaufort County is so located that a tremendous number of vacotioners pass either through or near it. With proper development of its tourist industry potential, many of the people traveling south from the northern populotion centers ondlor east to the Outer Banks could be induced to spend part of their time ond money here in our County. 4. As future development occurs alo'ng the preceding lines, corresponding development will take place in the commercial activity in our County. While the particulars are tao involved to include in this document, there appeors to be 0 relotively solid growth trend ot present in the retail trode, wholesole trode, ond selected services categories of commercial activity in Beaufort County. Future development along other lines cannot help but increase both the solidity and the rote of commercial growth in our County in the years to come. ... our County, encompasses abundant water assets, vast timberland, rich agricultural land, valuable mineral deposits, and sturdy communities. These immense resources enrich the lives of each and every resident of our County; it would be a shame if ever they were despoiled. In doys gone by, little special attention need have been given to conserving the naturol riches and beauty of our County. The amount of non- agricultural development in those days did not amount to much when compared with our County's great resources, hence there was I ittle need for a formal reSOurce conservation and development program. Todoy, however, Beaufort County is on the threshold of an entirely new stoge of development. This new development is likely to occur along ot least the following four lines: A T ( IPAT ' MOO ;> QPULATIO "'... SR A TI EE tlLF " T Z ( r-.- y !! 41! l. 000 ~ 1957 ' E7 C oJ 40,000 :: l ..... -. - l- II a 3~, OOO IL Jock E. Swindell M. D. Whisnant Warren W. Harris Russell L. Peed 1. 0:: 1 E. S. Mann, Chairman COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Alton Cayton, Chairman TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF COMMUNITY PLANNING George J. Monaghan, Administrator Coastal Area Office James R. Hinkley, Director PROJECT STAFF Edward R. McFadden, Project Planner T. J. Haddock, Jr., Draftsman Marion J. Alligood, Secretary STATE LIBRARY OF NORTH CAROLINA [ 11111111 ~~ III i~ III~ I ~ 111111111111~ II ~~ IIIIII[ IIII~ 3 3091 007479025 PREPARED FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA PREPARED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Sam T. Carter A. Mayhew Edwards Onnie Boyd Linwood O. Cayton 2. adoption of subdivision regulations to provide quality control in residential development; 3. provision for administration of the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations; 5. outharization for the Beaufort County Planning Boord to serve as the coordinating ogent for the various development oriented public and quasipublic activities. Once this pockoge has been put together, our County officiols will be in a position to begin work on a series of basic operational priorities: Priority 1. Lobby os actively os possible for construction of the bridge REGARDLESS OF ITS ULTIMATE SPECI FIC LOCATION. As you can see On the mop, all sections of our County can expect to benefit from the bridge no matter where in our County it crosses the Pamlico River. Priority 2. Three efforts need to be undertaken simultaneously at this stoge: a) encourage purchase of lond for a Stote Park in the Both C. reek area; b) seek to interest a private commercial entertoinment firm in developing the potential of the Blackbeord lore in the Both Creek areo; and c) oct to have the State Highway Commission give attention to improving the proposed NC 32- NC 306 north- south access route in a manner in keeping with the proposed park ond recreation development in the Both Creek areo. 1. adoption of a zoning ordinance, with the zoning map bo~ ed upon our Plan map, to prevent the detrimentol encroachment of one type of lond use upon another, and to preserve for future development those area 5 of our County best suited for the vorious types of lond use; b) US 264 - four lone controlled occess from its interchonge with NC 32 - NC 306 west to Raleigh. A PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING ... our Pion is necessory for the simple reason that 0 Land Development Plan is not an operational document; it is a policy statement. Our Plan itself does not regulate development; it is simply on officiol statement of the manner in which the people of our County would like their County to develop. Actuol implementotion of our Plan requires the development and execution of a package of inducements and controls designed to constroin development to the desired pattern. Such a packoge would necessarily include: 4. formation of a Beaufort County Economic Development Commission to seek to locote desiroble commercial ond industrial firms in the proposed industrial sites and to encouroge the formation of private development agencies to provide the necessary preliminary site improvements; ond c) US 17 - improved two- lone ( ond some four lane near Washington) controlled access with 0 by- poss to US 264 east of Washington. d) US 264 - improved two- lone controlled occess from its interchange with NC 32- NC 306 to the Outer Bonks. e) NC 33 - improved two- lone controlled occess from Auroro to Greenville. Priority 3. Seek to have the State Highway Commission improve the orterial traffic flow throughout our County according to the following schedule: 0) NC 32- NC 306 - four lane controlled access ( Note: The proposed NC 32- NC 306 north- south access route is port of a regionol proposal which calls for 0 four lane limited- access arteriol highway running from US 13 south of the Chesapeoke Boy Bridge- Tunnel, passing north of Elizabeth City, north of Hertford, eost of Ed ", ton, eost of Plymouth, eost of Washington, ond east of New Bern, to connect with US 17 north of Jacksonville.). The best monner in which to begin action an this priority motter probably would be for our County and the Stote Highwoy Commission mutually to odopt an official thoroughfare plan bosed upon the improvements listed above. Our Plan presently is but an outline of ideas; ONLY YOUR ACTIVE SUPPORT CAN MAKE IT TOMORROW'S REALITY.
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Full Text | BEAUFORT COUNTY _ 1960- 1' 66 ' O" UlATION It would seem, therefore, that the basic concern of the people of our County should be to ensure that the coming development, with 011 its undoubted benefits, will not mindlessly ravage the countryside but will insteod preserve as much os possible of the beouty ond worth of our lands ond waters. _ _ ". OJECTION Of 1960- 06 TUNO Gronted, the full impoct of such development as outlined above may be fifty yeors in coming; then ogain, it may take only ten, or less, The point is thot, however long it tokes, Our County is going to develop to 0 significant degree along industriol and urban lines. ••• U" ECTfO caowTH 1. The phosphate deposits in our County already have begun to be tapped, ond these aperotions may well double or triple in scale within the next ten yeors. While presently there is but one company octually engaged in mining and processing phosphote in Beaufort County, it is expected thot by the turn of the century there probably will be between three ond six firms mining ond processing the phosphate rock in our County. These firms ore expected to produce a total of between 12 and 18 million tons of phasphote rock annually. Most of phasphote will be used as fertilizer; however, part of it may be shipped to other areas of the country for industrial usoge, and there is a possibility thot some phosphote- based industriol chemicols eventually moy be produced here in Beaufort County. 2. The existing trend in our County away from small farms toward lorge scale" industrial" forming, including processing operations, is practically certain to acceler · ate in the coming years. In the period 1959 to 1964, the number of farms over 500 acres in size increased by 13~, from 54 to 61; farms in smaller size categories de · creased in number by varying percentages. During this same period, commercial farms with sales of S10,000 and over increosed 92", from 307 to 590, ond the overage volue per farm increosed 94%, from S17,022 to S33,028. It will be these more efficient, more specialized, larger form units thot will have the odvontage in the coming competition for the exponding farm product morkets of the growing Eastern Seoboord Megolopolis ( which even now sprawls from southern New Hampshire to Northern Virginia). 3. The odvent bath of 0 shorter work week and of an increosed reol income for 0 steadily expanding proportion of people in this country will focus greater attention upon the tremendous opportunities for recreational activities which exist in our County. Beaufort County is so located that a tremendous number of vacotioners pass either through or near it. With proper development of its tourist industry potential, many of the people traveling south from the northern populotion centers ondlor east to the Outer Banks could be induced to spend part of their time ond money here in our County. 4. As future development occurs alo'ng the preceding lines, corresponding development will take place in the commercial activity in our County. While the particulars are tao involved to include in this document, there appeors to be 0 relotively solid growth trend ot present in the retail trode, wholesole trode, ond selected services categories of commercial activity in Beaufort County. Future development along other lines cannot help but increase both the solidity and the rote of commercial growth in our County in the years to come. ... our County, encompasses abundant water assets, vast timberland, rich agricultural land, valuable mineral deposits, and sturdy communities. These immense resources enrich the lives of each and every resident of our County; it would be a shame if ever they were despoiled. In doys gone by, little special attention need have been given to conserving the naturol riches and beauty of our County. The amount of non- agricultural development in those days did not amount to much when compared with our County's great resources, hence there was I ittle need for a formal reSOurce conservation and development program. Todoy, however, Beaufort County is on the threshold of an entirely new stoge of development. This new development is likely to occur along ot least the following four lines: A T ( IPAT ' MOO ;> QPULATIO "'... SR A TI EE tlLF " T Z ( r-.- y !! 41! l. 000 ~ 1957 ' E7 C oJ 40,000 :: l ..... -. - l- II a 3~, OOO IL Jock E. Swindell M. D. Whisnant Warren W. Harris Russell L. Peed 1. 0:: 1 E. S. Mann, Chairman COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Alton Cayton, Chairman TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF COMMUNITY PLANNING George J. Monaghan, Administrator Coastal Area Office James R. Hinkley, Director PROJECT STAFF Edward R. McFadden, Project Planner T. J. Haddock, Jr., Draftsman Marion J. Alligood, Secretary STATE LIBRARY OF NORTH CAROLINA [ 11111111 ~~ III i~ III~ I ~ 111111111111~ II ~~ IIIIII[ IIII~ 3 3091 007479025 PREPARED FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA PREPARED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Sam T. Carter A. Mayhew Edwards Onnie Boyd Linwood O. Cayton 2. adoption of subdivision regulations to provide quality control in residential development; 3. provision for administration of the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations; 5. outharization for the Beaufort County Planning Boord to serve as the coordinating ogent for the various development oriented public and quasipublic activities. Once this pockoge has been put together, our County officiols will be in a position to begin work on a series of basic operational priorities: Priority 1. Lobby os actively os possible for construction of the bridge REGARDLESS OF ITS ULTIMATE SPECI FIC LOCATION. As you can see On the mop, all sections of our County can expect to benefit from the bridge no matter where in our County it crosses the Pamlico River. Priority 2. Three efforts need to be undertaken simultaneously at this stoge: a) encourage purchase of lond for a Stote Park in the Both C. reek area; b) seek to interest a private commercial entertoinment firm in developing the potential of the Blackbeord lore in the Both Creek areo; and c) oct to have the State Highway Commission give attention to improving the proposed NC 32- NC 306 north- south access route in a manner in keeping with the proposed park ond recreation development in the Both Creek areo. 1. adoption of a zoning ordinance, with the zoning map bo~ ed upon our Plan map, to prevent the detrimentol encroachment of one type of lond use upon another, and to preserve for future development those area 5 of our County best suited for the vorious types of lond use; b) US 264 - four lone controlled occess from its interchonge with NC 32 - NC 306 west to Raleigh. A PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING ... our Pion is necessory for the simple reason that 0 Land Development Plan is not an operational document; it is a policy statement. Our Plan itself does not regulate development; it is simply on officiol statement of the manner in which the people of our County would like their County to develop. Actuol implementotion of our Plan requires the development and execution of a package of inducements and controls designed to constroin development to the desired pattern. Such a packoge would necessarily include: 4. formation of a Beaufort County Economic Development Commission to seek to locote desiroble commercial ond industrial firms in the proposed industrial sites and to encouroge the formation of private development agencies to provide the necessary preliminary site improvements; ond c) US 17 - improved two- lone ( ond some four lane near Washington) controlled access with 0 by- poss to US 264 east of Washington. d) US 264 - improved two- lone controlled occess from its interchange with NC 32- NC 306 to the Outer Bonks. e) NC 33 - improved two- lone controlled occess from Auroro to Greenville. Priority 3. Seek to have the State Highway Commission improve the orterial traffic flow throughout our County according to the following schedule: 0) NC 32- NC 306 - four lane controlled access ( Note: The proposed NC 32- NC 306 north- south access route is port of a regionol proposal which calls for 0 four lane limited- access arteriol highway running from US 13 south of the Chesapeoke Boy Bridge- Tunnel, passing north of Elizabeth City, north of Hertford, eost of Ed ", ton, eost of Plymouth, eost of Washington, ond east of New Bern, to connect with US 17 north of Jacksonville.). The best monner in which to begin action an this priority motter probably would be for our County and the Stote Highwoy Commission mutually to odopt an official thoroughfare plan bosed upon the improvements listed above. Our Plan presently is but an outline of ideas; ONLY YOUR ACTIVE SUPPORT CAN MAKE IT TOMORROW'S REALITY. |