PMe 10-A-THE BRUNSWICK BEACON, Thursday, May M. 1987
Leland Residents List Needs For County Land Use Update
BY TERRY POPE
Improved highways and more orderly growth top
the list of priorities that Leland residents hope the coun
ty will ad^ss in its 1987 I,and Use Plan Update.
Although only seven Leland residents attended a
public hearing there Monday, the group provided the
Brunswick County Planning Department with a list of
27 growth-related issues affecting the Leiand area.
Planning board member Thomas Dixie said he was
“very disappointed" with the turnout
“People must have other things to do," he said.
The series of hearings was advertised in local
newspapers. The hearing at the Leland Conununity
Center was the first of four to be held in the county this
week by the planning department.
Glenn Harbeck, manager of planning services for
Edward D. Stone Jr. and Associates of Wilmington, said
the hearings are the starting point for a Land Use Plan
that should be completed by September.
The updated plan is needed to "identify the growth
issues," Harbeck said. The county’s population will
double by the year 200C, he added, and the county must
develop "policies for dealing with the specific growth
problems."
The growth probleiiu listed at the hearing Monday
included a need to eliminate traffic congestion from
Woodbuni to Oldc Towne and the four-inning of U.S. 17
throughout the county.
Residents also listed a need for countywide .sewer
and zoning.
"I’d just like to see the natural beauty of this cimnty
improved," said Edith Tilbiun.
Another resident said the land use plan should be
aware of the effect that adjoirdr,g areas, such as Wilm
ington and Myrtle Beach, S.C., have on Rrutrswick
County’s growth.
"I feel like Wilmington is already encroaching on
us because there are no standards for mobile home
developments." Ms. TiUman added. She added that
there arc at least 50 mobile home parks in the l,eland
ureu. ‘
Dixie said the majority of I^iland residents that
spoke at a county public hearing earlier tliis year spoke
ngabist the need for countywidc zoning. The issue was
dropped by the county conunissioners.
(ilemi Peterson said he would like to sec the plan
address ways to preserve the aesthetics of certain
transportation corridors, such as N.C. 133 from Uland
to Southport and the Hoods Creek area. He also asked
that the plan recognize the fanning areas of the county
and that county historic sites be protected.
Other issues that received votes of high priority in
cluded the need for the prctecticr, of estuaries {nursery
areas for shellfish and marine life), specific long-range
plans to address growth-related problems and rcgula-
tioiutf billboards.
Other growth-related problems listed by the
rejiidents includeii;
•the need for developers to bear the county’s costs
associated with development;
•the need to keep a close watch on residential densi
ty:
•a concern for the devaluation of property due to
lark of regulations;
•the need for a plan for county swlnuning pools;
•the need to encourage higher standards to ensure
hIgiKr quality development;
•the need to develop the Northwest Township
District Pork;
•the need to protect the Carolina bays from
development getting too close (Goodman Road area);
•the need to establish district offices for county ser-
•the need to protect natural drainage areas;
•the need to construct a boat ramp in Iceland;
•the need of an ordinance to control the discharge of
firearms in populated areas; and
•the need to construct bikclancs or trails and other
family recreational facilities.
STAFf FHOtO BY SUSAN U$H(R
Dumpster Burns Again
Sunset Beach firefighters were called Thursday after
noon to put out another fire at the Sea Trail area county
convenience station. Fires are started regularly in the
40-yard containers, sometimes
damage to the station as well.
causing structural
SlAFf f HOIO by CAttOiTN SWiAl I
Building Leveled
An oceanfront building at Mace’s Trailer Park on
Holden Beach was demolished last week. 'The building
had been damaged by the ocean and later condemned
by the town, said Building Inspector Dwight Carroll.
'The owner, K.G. Mace Jr., had the building leveled and
only a burning pile of debris was left Monday morning.
Mrs. K.G. Mace Jr. said Tuesday that she and her hus
band "haven’t made any plans” to rebuild on the site.
VA Approves Help For Homeless Vets
Jess Parker of the Brunswick
County Veterans Service office said
the Veterans Administration has ap
proved 43 projects for homeless men
tally ill veterans.
Funds for these projects come
from $5 million set aside by Congress
for evaluation and treatment of that
category of veterans. The first reci
pients are expected to be contacted in
shelters or on the street.
Projects will identify the veterans
without homes who are chronically
mentally ill, provide them ap
propriate medical and psychiatric
care, and place them in community
residential treatment settings.
Tho Brunswick County Small Butinatt awards war* presontad
jointly by Brunswick Technical College Smoll Business Center and
Brunswick County Chamber ef Ca—,m«rc«.
The following finonciol institutions ond utility companies mode
the presentation possible:
Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp., Shallotte
Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation, Shallotte
First Investors Savings Bank, Shallotte
NCNB Notional Bank, Shollotte
Pioneer Savings & Loan, Shallotte
Security Savings & Loan Association, Shallotte
Southern National Bank, Shallotte
United Carolina Bank, Shallotte
Brunswick Technical College Small Business Center would like to
thank them for their generous support.
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PHONE 754 6333
Neil Lucas
is now associated with
the soles staff of
JONES FORD
CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTH/DODGE
Neil has been married to Betty Worth Lucas for
37 years. They hove 7 children ond 14 grandchildren.
They live on Hwy. 179, Shallotte and moved here from
Florence, Kentucky. Neil retired os Security Director for
L&K Restaurants & Motels after 30 yeors of employment.
SEE NEIL FOR NEW & USED CAR SALES!
HWY. 17 IN SHALLOTTE, 754-4341
Parker said studies indicate as
many as GO percent of homeless
veterans suffer from mental illness,
including chronic alcoholism or drug
addiction.
The project center nearest
Brunswick County is in Charleston,
S.C.
CONGRATULATIONS
Phil Gore
SALESMAN OF THE MONTH
OVER $1,250,000
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