PKA. News
ByAmryCox
We have completed a year of events celebrating
the 50th Anniversary of Pine Knoll Association
(PKA). It is hard to believe that 37 events over
12 months have been pulled off with no costs to
the budget. Our goal from the first was to have
free events open to all members that highlighted
our great common areas and were hosted, led
or taught by our members. We boated, walked,
hiked, danced, stand up paddleboarded, kayaked,
sand bar partied, ate, tasted wine and champagne, swapped plants, planted trees, lit
luminaries, star gazed, counted birds, scavenger hunted, sailed the sound, displayed
talent in the park and generally had fun in a wide variety of ways.
The numbers are pretty impressive too: 37 events, three different volumes of the
PKA 50th newsletter, 16 Shoreline articles that covered what was planned or what
was going on that month, 75 newsletters delivered to members without email access,
eight trees planted in four parks, 15 pictures posted to the PKA 50th Facebook page,
40 website calendar entries updated, notices maintained at three different parks, 13
posters announcing special events and 50 different PKA 50th rocks.
None of this could have happened without our volunteers. Foremost among the
volunteers are the Fab Five who started out on this odyssey by getting together and
saying we should do something special to celebrate our 50th Anniversary: Yvette
Bannen, Sofia Hein, Laura Allen, Jeni Ault and Lee Dawkins. Yvette was our Energizer
Bunny all along. Our volunteer list continues with Matt Lara, Rick Geisler, Reg
Pendergraf, Bill Brophy, Jim Ault, Suzanne Carmel, Sheryl Woodbury, Jan Corsello,
Lana Hathaway, Steve Felch, Paul Pylko, Art Southard, Don Grant, Duncan Dawkins,
Kathy Anderson, Teresa Stanton-Law, Dan Law, Fran Zaik, Rachel Hardesty, Lorraine
McElroy, Laura Alexander, Kathy Connelly, Julia Farmer, TJ Farmer, Dickie Jones,
Darlene Sanchez and Frank Sanchez. Some did more than one thing or, in one case,
multiple things. Last, but not least, is Robert Cox, who designed the PKA 50th
Anniversary logo and helped in a million ways behind the scenes.
A big thank you is extended to each of you for loving this place, giving of your time
and energy and paying it forward so our homeowners association can look forward to
the next 50 years of good times in our neck of the woods.
June is the month for the Pine Knoll Association, InC. annual meeting. This year it
is scheduled for Friday, June 22, at the Pine KnoU Shores town hall, with registration
starting at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available. Come and sociahze with yom
fellow members and hear the business of the association.
PKA contact. The PKA Administrator is Dennise Wolfe, and the PKA box is
located at 101 W. Olive Court. Please note that incoming correspondence goes in the
black box. Contact PKA by phone at 240-1717, by email at PKAbox905@gmail.com,
via the PKA website at pineknollassociation.com or by mail at PO Box 905, Atlantic
Beach, NC 28512.
PKS Board of Adjustment Notes
By Richard Seale
The Pine Knoll Shores Board of Adjustment (BOA) met on May 1 to hear a variance
request by John and Jamela Everhart. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. by
Chairman Richard Seale. The BOA members serving in this hearing were Seale, John
Tilyard, JoAnn Shallcross, Dominic Bacollo and alternate Pete Miller. Arlene Terrell
was in attendance as an alternate. A variance was needed for the Everharts to get a
building permit from the Town of Pine Knoll Shores to add an enclosed garage and
a screened porch to the south side of their house on the corner lot at 146 Salter Path
Road. This construction would slightly infringe into the setback limits that now exist
for Myrtle Court. This property and house have been in Jamela Latham Everhart s
famUy since 1966, when her father, James E. Latham, pmehased the property. Jamela
Everhart inherited ownership of the property from her father’s estate.
The long history of this particular property covers many permutations of surveys,
ordinances, and the physical location, length and width of the Myrtle Court right of way.
After the normal Pledge of Allegiance and approvals of past meeting minutes, Natalie
Gibble swore in Town Planner Kevin Reed and Jamela and John Everhart as presenters of
evidence.
Seale asked that Mr. Reed outline the Pine Knoll Shores position(s) for requiring a
variance before a building permit could be issued. The basic issue was that the currently
surveyed right of way of Myrtle Court put the current dwelling into setback limits for
that road. The existing dwelling is covered by grandfather clause realities. The requested
additions could not be grandfathered and would extend slightly into the required current
30-foot setback from the Myrtle Court right of way and would thus require a variance in
order to receive a building permit.
The Everharts made a very well-docmnented presentation that showed that past
survey errors and other historical factors would cause them “unnecessary hardship if
strict application of the ordinance was enforced,” and “such hardship did not result from
actions taken by the applicants/property owners.”
The seated BOA hearing members then went through the other seven factors included
in a variance analysis and unanimously concluded and voted that the applicants/owners
were appropriately deserving of a permanent variance for the construction requested.
After the mandatory 30-day appeal waiting period, which begins upon written
notification to the Everharts, the Town of Pine Knoll Shores should issue a building
permit to the Everharts upon submission of their building permit application. The
approved variance is to run with the deeded title of the property in perpetuity. An order
from the BOA to the town was so ordered and Town Planner Reed was to write up such
documentation for Chairman Seale’s signature on the 1st or 2nd of May.
The meeting was adjourned by Chairman Seale at 9:58 a.m.
MpifcrS
By Ken Jones
June to go!
The first part of June is always an exciting time in Pine Knoll Shores. The 11th
Annual Kayak for the Warriors (K4TW) will be held on June 2, and the events
surrounding the main kayak event draw as big a crowd as the actual race itself.
Last year you raised close to $80,000 for this worthwhile cause. Once again we have
an all-volunteer team, with three team captains, one for each of the three big K4TW
events—the 5k Rvm/Walk on the beach and through Beacon’s Reach; the auctions at
the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores; and, of course, the kayak and paddleboard
race at Garner Park. One of my favorite parts of these events is the crowds waving
and cheering along the canals during the kayak and paddleboard race. I extend a huge
thank you to PIKSCO HOA and the Beacon’s Reach Master Association for the use of
their facilities.
We are heading into the final stretch of the 2018-2019 town budget process. Again,
your Board of Commissioners and your town staff have done a yeoman’s task of putting
together a balanced budget and keeping the tax rate steady. There also are no changes
to the water rates. A heads up, though: this next year there will be a revaluation of
property values in. Carteret County.
In June, activity in the water around Pine Knoll Shores really picks up. I signed a
proclamation for National Safe Boating Week from May 19 through May 25 that also
began a year of promoting the use of life jackets when on the water. We encourage you
to have your boat safety checked by the Fort Macon Sail and Power Squadron any time
of the year.
Another change to our crosswalks this year is the addition of LED lights to increase
the visibility of pedestrians at night. As our population dramatically spikes this month,
please give your driving your vmdivided attention. If you are crossing or near the
highway, please choose a color brighter than the environment and avoid black, brown
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June 2018 ! The Shoreline