PITTSBORO — The developers of Mosaic at Chatham Park were charged a $10,000 re-application fee last month after a violation of the project’s Land Disturbance Permit.
An excavator drove through Haven Creek, which is on-site at the property, “to perform work that was outside the approved limits of disturbance” while a county inspection was taking place, according to a January 9 inspection report from the Chatham County Watershed Protection Department.
The work violated ordinances ranging from “failure to take all reasonable measures” to “protect all public and private property from damage caused by the activity,” taking “insufficient measures to retain sediment on site” and “failure to follow (a previously) approved plan.” The developers subsequently paid the fee and followed county guidelines for restoration of the permit. The fee amount came from $250 per disturbed acre.
Kirk Bradley — one of Mosaic’s developers and a partner in Chatham Media Group, owners of the Chatham News + Record — said the issue was “rectified.”
“We had a subcontractor do something nobody instructed them to do,” he said. “Everyone’s been appropriately disciplined and rectifications made.”
When the development’s Land Disturbance Permit was revoked, all activity associated with the site apart from work to rectify the issue was halted. A January 15 letter to developers said the permit was reinstated.
“Corrective actions have been addressed to bring the site into compliance,” wrote Justin Hasenfus, watershed specialist with the county’s Watershed Protection Department. “A new land disturbing permit application and associated land disturbing permit reapplication fee have been accepted.”
The letter stated that revised erosion control plans were submitted to the county office on January 13 and included construction of around 140 feet of “aerial sanitary sewer line southeast of the current project and project limits of disturbance,” and that the plans include that “additional area of disturbance.”
Initial construction work on Mosaic, a 226-acre and $500 million mixed use development, began in February 2019. Phase 1 of the project will include a 114-room hotel, movie theater, 350-seat live performance theater and thousands of square feet of office space. Retail outlets are scheduled to begin operation in October 2020, joining apartments for lease and condos for purchase.
Reporter Zachary Horner can be reached at zhorner@chathamnr.com or on Twitter at @ZachHornerCNR.