🚨 Petition to Protect Brunswick County

Immediate Moratorium on Reckless Development, Permits, and Clear-Cutting

We, the people of Brunswick County, demand an immediate halt to reckless development — not just new subdivisions, but also the flood of building permits in already-approved mega-developments and the clear-cutting that wipes our land bare.

Developers have been handed thousands of lots through years of rubber-stamped approvals. If the county allows unlimited permits and wholesale clear-cutting, the bulldozers keep rolling, the flooding keeps rising, and our communities pay the price.

This is not growth. It’s exploitation.

And if we don’t act now, our children will inherit gridlock, sewage, and a county stripped of its soul.

❗ Why This Moratorium Is Urgent

Infrastructure is collapsing.

In 2024 alone, 15 subdivisions were approved — more than 2,000 homes. Highway 17 traffic surged 25%. Sewer spills are increasing. Schools and roads are overwhelmed. Our systems are breaking.

Our land and water are being erased.

Developers are clear-cutting entire forests, draining wetlands, and building in floodplains. Every tree cut and every acre paved makes flooding worse. Farmland and habitat are vanishing forever.

The rules are rigged.

The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) was written by and for developers. The sections protecting residents and the environment were left unfinished, while thresholds for developers have been loosened again and again.

The people are ignored.

Over 600 residents have already demanded a moratorium. Yet subdivisions and permits are still rubber-stamped at nearly every meeting.

📣 What We Demand

1. Immediate minimum 1-year moratorium on:

All new residential subdivisions.

All building permits in subdivisions over 50 lots until infrastructure is proven capable

2. End clear-cutting. Require phased development, real buffers, tree preservation, and mandatory replanting.

3. Amend the UDO immediately to protect residents:

Stop approvals in floodplains

Require true 1-acre lot minimums

Enforce farm and neighborhood buffers

Ban density loopholes like cluster septic systems

4. Developer-funded infrastructure. Roads, sewer, and schools must be paid for by those who profit, not taxpayers.

5. Floodplain and wetland protections. Ban subdivisions and permits where water belongs.

6. True transparency. At least 10 days public notice, mandatory livestreams, and binding community input.

7. Resident oversight board. Longtime citizens must have a permanent seat at the table to hold government accountable.

🌱 The People’s Growth Plan

We don’t need “smart growth” spin. We need real protections that safeguard our homes, health, and heritage:

PFAS & water testing before any approvals or permits

Citizen-led stormwater enforcement

No clear-cutting without strong mitigation

Legacy zoning to protect longtime families

Developer bonding to cover infrastructure failures

Clawbacks if projects aren’t built within 2–3 years

Conflict-of-interest enforcement for officials

No “bulk approvals” hidden in technical reviews

This is how we safeguard Brunswick County for the next 100 years.

💚 For Our Kids, Our Dogs, Our Future

This fight isn’t just about numbers, ordinances, or traffic studies. It’s about the lives we live every day.

Our kids deserve an acre to play on, to chase fireflies, climb trees, and grow up with room to breathe. Not postage-stamp lots crammed together in subdivisions with no yards, no shade, and no safe space to explore.

Our dogs deserve trees to lay under, cool grass to roll in, and creeks that aren’t polluted with runoff and sewage. Not treeless moonscapes where the ground bakes under concrete.

Our families deserve clean water, safe roads, and a county with character — not endless sprawl, sewage spills, and traffic jams.

Brunswick County was built on open land, family farms, and natural beauty. If we lose that, we lose who we are.

This petition is not just about stopping reckless development — it’s about protecting the soul of Brunswick County for the next 100 years.

🗳️ Our Message to Commissioners

Developers don’t vote here. We do.

You were elected to protect Brunswick residents, not rubber-stamp profit-driven sprawl.

We demand you:

Place the moratorium on the next agenda as a stand-alone item.

Announce it publicly with full notice. Online. Sponsored on Facebook. 

Allow open comment.

Vote publicly, on record, where every citizen can see.

If you refuse, we will elect leaders who will.

🚫 No more subdivisions rubber-stamped.

🚫 No more permits in floodplains.

🚫 No more clear-cut moonscapes.

👉 Sign this petition. Share it with your neighbors. Together, we will protect Brunswick County. Join Citizens for Better Brunswick on Facebook.