The Sea Trail community in Sunset Beach never quite reached its full potential and, as of late, many of its amenities sit dormant. A recent Sunset Beach Unified Development Ordinance
A revised version of House Bill 385 includes nearly 1,400 acres that could be removed from Sunset Beach’s planning control, half inside town limits and half within the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. Map key: Shown in red is property owned by Chinaway and Riptide Builders, located in town limits; in orange is property owned by RHH Land, Bill Clark Homes, and The Coastal Companies, located outside town limits; in blue is property owned by Carolina Dreams Golf, in town limits. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy Riptide Builders)
SUNSET BEACH –– A de-annexation bill could get expanded to remove nearly 1,400 acres out of the Town of Sunset Beach’s planning control.
Riptide Builders purchased Sea Trail in August 2020 and has plans to revitalize and finish longstanding plans in the golf-course community, abandoned after the Great Recession. A 30-acre portion of the development (shown in purple up top) is slated to be de-annexed from the Town of Sunset Beach, should a local bill pass the General Assembly. (Courtesy/Town of Sunset Beach)
SUNSET BEACH Just a few miles east of the state border, the Town of Sunset Beach has spent the last few months poring over its land-use policies, trying to codify a means to curb and control growth.
The town finds itself entangled in a web