Page l-A—THE BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday. Eebruary 12, 1987
Consultant To Help Complete County Land Use Plan Update
BY SUSAN USHER .
Bnins»ick County Commissioners
last Wednesday night unanimousl>'
approved the hiring of a consultant to
help update its land use plan and
authorized the planning board to
begin reviewing the subdivision or
dinance.
Commissioner Benny Ludlum was
absent.
Several members of one board or
the other stressed the need to main
tain some controls over the rapid
changes the county is experiencing in
growth and development, though
tools such as subdivision regulations
and zoning may not be readily ac
cepted.
“Over the next five years we will
experience major changes our
citizens are not going to want to ac
cept," said Commissioner Chris
Chappeli. *'Wc have to start lookhig
at ail our regulatoo* boards, vtv have
to make some changes—like it or
not."
Added Chairman Grace Beasley,
"Plowing new ground is never easy:
change is never easy. And in
Brunswick County it happens so fust
it*s hard for us to get a grasp on it."
To Hire Consultant
The planning board had asked to
hire a consultant at a cost not to ex
ceed $10,000. saying the move would
allow Planning Director John
Han'cy to give attention to his new
duties as coordinator for the Utility
Operations Board. The consultant; to
be chasen from three candidates in
terviewed by a committee of plann
ing board members, will work in-
house, supplementing the work of the
county planning staff. The commit-
Ocean Isle Approves
UWII IVI
Use Plan Update
BY ETTA SMITH
After making only a few minor
changes in wording. Ocean Isle
Beach Commissioners adopted the
town's land use plan update Tuesday.
The first review of the update was
called excellent by a reviewer for the
N.C. Office of Coastal Management,
who said it needed only slight
changes. Now the consultants,
Talbert. Cox and Associates will
resubmit it to the agency for final ap
proval by the Coastal Resources
Commission.
The only changes commissioners
requested at the meeting were that
the need for a traffic signal at the in
tersection of N.C. 179 and the
causeway be deleted, since that light
has now been installed, and that
policies on recover^' and reclamation
of public and private facilities be ad
ded after they are developed at the
next planning session.
Mayor l^Dane BulUngton also said
she thought that it should be clarified
that reclamation didn't mean the
town could take private property, but
could reclaim or renourish property
damaged by severe erosion.
Request Heard
The board directed Town Attorney
Elma Jess to prepare a conditional
contract to allow a development to be
connected to the to’.vn’s water system
after the county treatment plant is
completed at Malmo.
County Commissioner/Dcveloper
Chris Chappell asked the board to
consider allowing connection of
Ocean Aire Estates subdivision to the
town's water system. Chappell is
vice-president of the mobile home
development.
He said he wanted to hook up to the
town’s system instead of the county
water system because it would be
cheaper, since the town already has a
line running past the subdivision.
The three wells In the subdivision
are not enough to serve its 46 homes,
he said. The state recently asked
Chappell to either seek hook-up to a
municipal system or to build a
private one.
Ocean Isle Beach buys much of its
water from the county, supplemen
ting that supply with well-water. Un
til the county’s new 24 mgd plant
begins operation and can supply
Ocean Isle with all the water it needs,
commissioners said, the town isn’t in
a position to add on customers.
Other Business
In other business commissioners:
•Nominated Mayor LaDanc Bull-
ington for the YWCA-sponsored Cape
Fear Women of Achievement Awart.
She was nominated by Commissioner
Betty Williamson.
•Accepted a $2,000 matching state
state grant to install a rotating
beacon to help direct planes to the
town’s airport
•Approved purchase of about 2,000
sprigs of beach grass to plant along
oceanfront dunes.
•Accepted the resignation of Ann
McMillan from the Board of Elec
tions and appointed Martha Benton
to the position.
•Voted, following a 4S-minute ex
ecutive session, to have Jess prepare
a letter to the Department of
Transportation regarding the
removal of the town's old water line
from under the Intracoastal Water
way. The town wants to know If the
money it spent toward having a new
water line suspended from the Odell
Williamson Bridge can be considered
its share of the cost of removing the
old line.
•Heard a report from Building In
spector Druid Robinson that during
January 16 building peirrits were
issued and $5,450 in permit fees col
lected.
•Heard from Police Chief Jerry
Gurangus that the annual auto
stickers for permanent residents
.should arrive on Jan. 31; failure to
display them on vehicles can result in
a fine, he said.
Holden Beach Gets Blanket
OK To Push Sand On Strand
BY ETTA SMITH
Holden Beach property owners can
now get permits from the town to
push sand up to repair dunes abutting
their property.
The town received a blanket per
mit from the N.C. Department of
Natura! Resources and ConuTiunity
Development last Friday that
authorizes the the bulldozing.
Commissioners voted In January* to
act as a broker for interested proper
ty owners, offering to solicit the
cheapest price for a contractor to
repair dunes damaged in the Jan. 1
high tides. I.ater they learned the
town needed a permit to authorize
the work.
When the town applied for the per
mit on Jan. 19, U was told approval
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tec's recommendation may be
presented to the conuiilssioners as
early as Feb. 16.
The decision came during u joint
meeting of Uie conunissioners and
the planning board.
"Go find him," said Grace
Beasley, chairman of the commis
sioners. ‘‘Proceed, Mr. Harvey."
Han’cy reviewed with conuiiis-
sioners conunents by the Coastal
Resources Coimnission and its staff
when a rough draft of Uie update was
reviewed in tlie fall. Of the 258 com
ments, he classified 18 as "substan
tive" and 41 as "absclutely irrele
vant," while the majority were
strictly editorial in nature.
CRC Cliairinnn Dan Besse, noting
the draft had been due in March,
recommended the county hire a plan
ning consultant.
"They’ve criticized this county for
not having sought their grants." said
Harvey. "There may be some sen
sitivity there."
The two boards took advantage of
the joint meeting to talk about
several other common concerns,
namely an upcoming hearing on zon
ing and Uic need to update the coun
ty's subdivision ordinance.
That need was recently called to
the county's attention by Rep. David
Rcdwinc, who had been asked by
commissioners to seek a legislative
change in DOT regulations that
would allow all subdivision roads to
be accepted for state nmlntenance.
regardless of when they were built.
Rcdwinc advised the commis
sioners that legislators would not eye
such a bill favorably, since
Bruaswick was about the only county
in the siute that hadn't upgrntled its
subdivision road staiuhmis so that
they could be taken over by the 1X)T
when the residents so desired.
Along with upgrading roiid .stan
dards, the ulnnning boani has tiLso
suggcsteil revising the .suUllvi.siuii
ordinance to require hook-up to coun
ty water where it is available.
Planning Board Cliainnnn Ed Gore
told Beasley adding water would only
increase the price of a lot $1,000 to
$2,000, which Commissioner (Tiris
Chappell said was similar to the cost
of installing a well and a pump. At
the same time, in.stallation of a water
system might allow subdividing into
smaller lots.
New subdivision ordinances could
contain two sets of standards.
Harvey noted, citing the example of
Orange County—one for more iir-
luinized areas aiul another fur rural
areas.
"If we get into major rovislons,"
he said, "it would be suinething to
cou.sidcr."
PiaiiiiMig hr".ard ntembers will
begin reviewing the existing subdivi
sion ordinance and a proposed revi
sion that was shelved .some years ago
after it failed to receive commLs-
sioaers' approvid.
(^irreiit cominLssioners will also
get sets of both CE>ple.s for their own
review.
Ill discussing a public hearing on
county zoning, members of both
iMMirds .stre.sscd the need for more
public iiiforiiuition on the .subject.
Harvey noted that zoning or-
dinance.s would not have to be same
all over the county, but could vary
according to the needs of each
district.
Higher Tap-On Fee Recommended
ANiWAl MdrAlE ItACUl dIOlO
TAKE HOME Dust>*, a 5-year-old
sable ami white collie, from the
county animal shelter in Supply.
Collie's Up
For Adoption
A male sable and white collie with
an up-to-date rabies shot Ls among
the pets recommended for adoption
this week by Zelma Babson, animal
control supervisor for the Brunswick
County Health Department.
Also listed arc a male coUie-
German shepherd mixed breed with
reddish-blond hair, and a male,
medium-haired grayish-white kitten.
These pets and others can be
at the county animal sheltef. located
off N.C. 211 south Mondays through
Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Exhibit Continues
Through Feb. 28
one-person watercolor exhibit by
Iris Raynor will continue at the Art
Que.st Gallery in Wilmington through
Feb. 28.
The public can view the artist’s
work from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday.
Raynor’s work "bridges realism
and abstraction with perso.nal mean
ing and powerful mood," according
to Brooks Pearce, publicity chairper
son for the gallery.
The gallery is located at Second
and Grace Streets in downtown
Wilmington.
A reception for the artist Is planned
Saturday. Feb. 14, from 1 p.m. to 5
p.m. at the gallery.
tf'onlinucd From Page 1-A)
engineering figurc.s developed by
foniior county engineer Dar. Shields
os Uie estimated cost of the first pro
ject—a mainland area near Holden
Beach—at just under $11 per front
foot, a sum that would be divided
equally between residents on both
sides of the street. But the teta! cost
for each project—including borings
uriuCT streets and the like—won’t be
determined unUl the work has been
completed.
A public hearing on the first assess
ment area is planned March 10 at 7
p.m. in the public assembly building
ut the complex.
His questions might be answered at
that meeting, a Holiday Ranches sub
division resident was told Monday.
The man didn’t identify himself,
but said he and others in the com
munity don’t understand the assess
ment system and need more informa
tion. He added that not all residents
favor running public water in the
area.
In his subdivision there are only
eight permanent residents, he said,
with the rest only part-time. All have
their 01^11 wells, he continued, with
only two hou.seholds unable to use
Near-Narmal
Weather
xpected
could take at least 75 days for the 12
agencies involved to reriew and ap
prove the application, according to
Commissioner Gay Atkins.
However, Atkins said state of
ficials who promised to expedite the
approval process kept their word.
Before the bulldozing can begin,
participaUng property owners must
obtain permits from the town. WhQe
there is no charge for these permits,
the town paid $100 for its blanket per
mit, said Atkins.
The blanket permit allows sand to
be pushed from the high water mark,
and expires on Dec. 31,1990. The per
mit also prohibits any sand being
pushed during the loggerhead turtle
season from May 15 until Oct. 15 of
each year.
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their water supply.
"We’re in the dark on It," he said.
"\Vc don't understand whst's **0!!»v
on. We can’t afford to have an expen
sive water line going in through
there."
For use in hiring a engineer on a
contract basis, board members
received a list of registered profc.s-
sional engineers doing business in tlie
county*
They also received from Hewett
drafts of proposed new standard
lvchuic^d spceificitiiuiis fur wutvi
distrlhiitiim sysU'tns .-tnii n nrrmauil
for accepting water di.stribution
•sy.stem projects l>ofore they arc com
pleted.
In addition to English and Nubcl.
members Alfonz«’i Roach, Jimmy
Oldham and Morris (Ymirh wero pro-
sent, along with c.x-officio member
Commissioner Frankie Kabon.
Member Ed Gore was absent.
Twa Injured In Accident
Two people I'eceivcd minor injuries
in a two-car accident at the intersec
tion of N.C. 904 and U.S. 17 on Feb. 7.
David Roger Keaton, 35. of
Shallotte, was charged by the N.C.
Highway Patrol with driving while
intoxicated and failure to reduce
speed after his 1984 Datsun truck hit
Anna Bozeman Wheeler, 40, also of
Shallotte.
Wheeler was stopped at the in
tersection when Keaton’s vehicle hit
her car from behind, according to a
N.C. Highway Patrol report filed by
Trooper I,.M. Richardson.
She and u passenger, Dianne Price
of Ash, 40, were slightly injured in the
7:20 p.m. accident that occurred
about six miles south of Shallotte.
Neither required Iwing traruferred to
the hospital.
Wheeler’.s 1976 Ford received about
$500 damage a.nd Keaton’s $1,500,
said the report.
Ex
Near-normal temperatures and
precipitation are expected over the
next few days.
Shallotte Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady said Tuesday that
temperatures should range from the
upper 30s at night into the upper 50s
during the daytime, with about a
half-inch of rainfall.
For the period Feb. 3 through 9, a
maximum high of 66 degrees was
recorded on the 6th and a minimum
low of 30 degrees occurred on the 8th
and the 9th.
An average daytime high of 58
degrees combined with an average
nightly low of 38 degrees for a daily
average temperature of 48 degree.s,
which Canady said was about one
degree above normal
For the period he recorded 1.4 in
ches of rain.
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