Welcome!

This website is your place for information and announcements during the planning process to update the County's Comprehensive Plan. This is a community-driven planning process that will chart the future course for Camden County.

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

A Comprehensive Plan is a "blueprint" that provides guidance as to where and how a community will grow and change. Comprehensive Plans typically consist of maps, goals, policy statements and strategies for addressing a number of issues relating to growth, housing, economic development, transportation, parks, recreation, aesthetics, community character, historic preservation and conservation, and other topics. The County's current plan – the 2005 Advanced Core CAMA Land Use Plan – will be updated through this planning process.

The new Camden County Comprehensive Plan will guide growth and development by addressing three main questions:  (1) what is the status of Camden County right now; (2) what is the vision for Camden County in the future; and (3) what needs to happen to achieve that vision?

What is the schedule for the planning process?

The planning process to update the Comprehensive Plan began in the summer of 2011. The plan is expected to be completed by the summer of 2012.

Click here for the general project schedule.

Who is leading the planning effort?

The Camden County Board of Commissioners has appointed a Steering Committee to oversee development of the new plan. Steering Committee members were selected to represent a broad array of community interests.

Click here to view the list of Steering Committee members.

Camden County Planning and Community Development Department staff and a consultant team led by Clarion Associates are providing administrative and technical support for the planning process. To learn more about the consultant, go to www.clarionassociates.com.

How does this relate to the Comprehensive Transportation Plan?

Camden County is fortunate to be developing both the County Comprehensive Plan and the County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) concurrently. These plans are being coordinated to ensure that final policy and strategy recommendations are consistent. The CTP is being developed with the assistance of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The final CTP document will include maps that identify existing and planned future components of the County's transportation system, including interstates, highways, roads, transit, bike paths, trails, and pedestrian ways. For more information on the CTP, contact Ivo Dernev, PE with the NC-DOT Transportation Planning Branch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (919) 707-0925, or visit this link.

How do I get more information about the process?

To learn more about the Camden County Comprehensive Plan process, contact one of the following planners:

Leigh Anne King, AICP, LEED® AP
Clarion Associates
919-967-9188

or

Camden County Planning & Community Development
117 NC Hwy 343 North. Camden NC 27921
252-338-1919 

 

Convenience Sites are open for Camden County Residential Waste Only.

You are responsible for unloading your waste into the proper containers.

Convenience Sites are Closed on the following Holidays:

Easter Sunday

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day (Site close at 1:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve)

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WE ACCEPT
Yard Waste	Appliances
Used Oil Filters	Motor oil
Household Goods	Antifreeze
Scrap Metals	Tires
NO WET PAINT
NO CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS
NO SHINGLES

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You can Recycle the following items at any of our Convenience Sites

The following items will go directly into the compactors:

Glass	Newspaper
Aluminum Cans	Mail, Office paper
Paper Bags	Magazines & Catalogs
Cardboard	Steel Cans
Plastic Bottles	Phone Books
Paperboard (cereal, shoe boxes)

***Plastic Tips: Only bottles and jugs with a neck that is smaller than the body is allowed.***

The following types of plastic are not recyclable:

Bags	Film
Toy	Tubs
Pails	Plates
Cups	Trays
Styrofoam

Camden County has selected GovDeals, an online auction service for City, County and State governments and agencies, to conduct online sales of our surplus property and equipment.

Camden County joins over 2,220 governments nationwide, including 277 other North Carolina governments that have adopted GovDeals' online auction solution. Since 2003, GovDeals has assisted North Carolina governmental agencies state-wide in the sale of $22,414,329 worth of surplus.

GovDeals is endorsed by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and the North Carolina League of Municipalities as a strategic partner offering online auction services to members.

Camden County Board of Commissioners voted to participate in GovDeals at their meeting October 6, 2008.

Click to check out current auctions.

Auction participants can view and register to bid on the county's surplus by visiting www.govdeals.com.