Planning Commission

The Planning Department supports and facilitates the Carteret County Planning Commission. The Planning Commission meets on the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Commissioners' Boardroom at the Carteret County Administration Building in Beaufort, N.C. The Planning Commission reviews and makes recommendations on ordinance text amendments, traditional rezonings, conditional rezonings, planned unit developments, conditional planned unit development districts, and major special use permits. The Planning Commission makes final decisions on major subdivisions, mobile home parks, recreational vehicle parks, non-administrative approvals to communication towers, minor special use permits as well as hears variance requests from the County's Subdivision Ordinance and Down East Conservation Ordinance.

Statutory Authorization: Chapter 160D-301, Article 3 - Planning Boards
Member Specifications: 9 members
Term: 3 years

Meeting Date: Second Monday of the Month
Meeting Time: 5:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Carteret County Commissioners' Boardroom, 302 Courthouse Square, Beaufort, NC 28516
*Meeting dates & locations subject to change

Contact: Leah Aldret, Administrative Manager at (252) 728-8545.

Member NameDesignationTerm Expiration
Dominick Spadaro
February 19, 2027
Norwood Jackson
March 31, 2029
Bruce Rogers, Jr.Vice-ChairJune 19, 2026
Dean GrahamChairSeptember 17, 2027
Robert Buckley
December 2, 2027
Edward Myers
February 17, 2028
Wallace "Drew" Kennedy
June 19, 2026
Michael Laws
July 15, 2027
Vacant