With a goal to start pumping sand by next spring, Nags Head is moving ahead quickly with a petition drive to raise money for its 10-mile beach nourishment project.
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Nags Head would pay $64,000 a year as an oceanfront property owner if a petition drive establishes a special assessment for beach nourishment.
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Changes in Nags Head ordinances will prevent owners of nuisance houses from making repairs that would allow them to be reoccupied or rented out.
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Oceanfront property owners may be the last hope for $10 million Nags Head still needs to move forward with its $36 million beach nourishment project.
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Legislation that would have allowed terminal groins, or jetties, under limited circumstances has again stalled in the General Assembly.
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A bill to authorize a 1 percent increase in the local occupancy tax to fund beach nourishment was filed in the state House of Representatives Monday.
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Nags Head would be the “guinea pig” in trying a new form of borrowing for beach nourishment, the town manager says. It’s a variation on the special assessment district the Board of Commissioners has been discussing.
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Nags Head officials are dealing with homes operating in a twilight zone of sorts where they are on the beach but can legally be repaired and reoccupied.
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Nags Head is looking at how an oceanside special assessment district could cover a gap of at least $8 million for its plan to pump sand onto 10 miles of beach. It would include up to 1,100 properties.
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners endorsed a resolution Monday to ask the General Assembly for permission to add 1 percent to the local occupancy tax. The money could be used only for shoreline management, which includes beach nourishment.
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Critical earlier this year of disunity among Dare County towns, The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce has written a letter recognizing the efforts of the Shoreline Management Commission.
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If Dare County agrees to ask for it Monday, an increase in the occupancy tax paid by visiting renters would face close scrutiny in the General Assembly and outright opposition from some legislators, state Rep. Tim Spear says. Commissioners vote Monday.
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