NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY FORUM NEW HANOVER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD November 6, 2025 The New Hanover County Planning Board will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, November 6, 2025 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or thereafter at the New Hanover County Historic Courthouse, 24 North Third Street (corner of Third and Princess Street), Room 301, in Wilmington, NC to consider the following requests: The live meeting will be available on NHCTV.com and NHCTV’s cable stations: Spectrum channel 13 and Charter channel 5. PUBLIC COMMENT: For the upcoming Planning Board meeting, individuals can submit public comments or questions in advance to https://www.nhcgov.com/1105/Public-Comment-Form by Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Written comments will be provided to the board, and the board chair will acknowledge receipt during the public hearing or will submit comments into the record during the public hearing. PRELIMINARY FORUM: Item 1: Special Use Permit – (S25-06 – Standard Technologies) – Request by Max Valentine and Brian Thompson with Standard Technologies, applicants, on behalf of H. Phillip Berman, Jr. and Jim Teachey, property owners, for the use of Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing in an I-1, Light Industrial district on approximately 34.7 acres located at 4901 Las Tortugas Drive. The Planning Board may consider substantial changes to petitions as a result of objections, debate, and discussion at the meeting. Petitions for the above items may be viewed or inquiries made by contacting the Department of Planning & Land Use at 910-798-7165, 230 Government Center Drive, Wilmington, NC. All interested citizens are invited to attend. To review specific application documents, please visit the Development Activity page online at: www.PlanNHC.com.