REZONE 2026-96
Description
A conditional use zoning map amendment was scheduled for public hearing to rezone roughly 32 acres in Topsail Township for a wastewater treatment facility.
Impact summary
Adds sewer capacity for thousands of Hampstead-area homes and businesses and shifts about 30% of flow off the existing 13-mile force main to Blake Farm; neighbors worry about PFAS, odors, and impacts to Holly Shelter game lands.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 4
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 4
Last vote · County Commission
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 5, 2026.
Meeting timeline (4)
Board of County Commissioners - Oct 5, 2026
Rezone of about 32 acres from RA to a conditional zoning district for a 1.5 million-gallon-per-day membrane bioreactor wastewater plant, approved 3-2 with permit-first conditions.
Board of County Commissioners - Sep 21, 2026
A request to rezone about 32 acres in Topsail Township for a wastewater treatment facility, set for an 8 p.m. public hearing.
Planning Board - Aug 4, 2026
A request to conditionally rezone about 32 acres from Rural Agricultural for a private wastewater treatment plant using membrane bioreactor technology, treating up to 1 million gallons per day.
Planning Board - Jul 7, 2026
A request to rezone about 32 acres from Rural Agricultural to a Conditional Zoning District so a private wastewater treatment plant can be built. It was scheduled for a public hearing, with no outcome recorded.
Related issues (4)
Large-Scale Residential Development in Long Creek Township
Last discussed Nov 2, 2026
Commercial rezoning in Topsail Township
Last discussed Oct 5, 2026
Topsail Township commercial rezone of 0.31-acre parcel
Last discussed Oct 6, 2026
Topsail Township Wastewater Treatment Facility Rezoning
Last discussed Oct 5, 2026
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