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"1 !»5IRc 2-B—the BRUNSWICK BE/\CON. Thursday, July 23, 1987 Holden Boards To Study Town s Sign Ordinance BY TERRY POPE While the county is concerned with a growing miinber of billboards, Holden Beach is struggling with signs. Town officials admit some town or dinances Iwven’t been strictly en forced. Among those is the town’s sign ordinance. •‘Signs and parking are the two ma jor problems on the island.” said Planning and Zoning Board Chair man Alan Holden. “The problem is inconsistency with enforcement," Holden said. “We need to get a group with some teeth that will go out with some enforce ment and correct the problem.” At a commissioners’ meeting last 'veek. Mayor John sain hp has received a number of complaints from residents about the placement of real estate and directional signs within street rights-of-way on the island. •‘If you’re coming from the bridge and turn right," Tandy said. "you'U see a row of real estate signs at houses for rent or sale that have some people upset. I would like to have a look at this thing, too.” Tandy appointed (’ommissioners Piraham King and Hal Stanley to work witl» planning and 7oning board members to review the town or dinances “that are not being enforc ed or are outmoded." Some or dinances, he said, are outdated and no longer apply to the town and need to be removed from the books. Tandy noted how inconsistency in enforcing the town’s sign ordinance may be unfair to some businesses on the island. One business has been allowed to keep an off-premise sign in place throughout the sununer. ITie off-premise, or remote, sign for Independent Seafood at Holden Beach is along Ocean Boulevard East. The board noted it is apparent ly an unintentional violation of the town’s sign ordinance, but owner Kay Kirby said his sign is not in vrniafinn of town ordinances. The sign directs motorists on Ocean Boulevard East to the seafood business on Ferry Koad. “It’s a cute little sign." Tandy .said. “It’s not hurting anyone." However, the town’s sign or dinance prohibits remote signs in K-1 (residential districts) for businesses on the island. Restrictions are also placed on remote signs in commer cial districts. According to the ordinance, a remote sign indicating *1110 location Holden Beach Sets Hurricane Program A1 Hinn, meteorologist for the Na tional Weather Service m Wilm ington. will be the guest speaker at a hurricane awareness program Tues day. July 28, at 7 p.m., at the Holden Beach 'rown Hall. Town Administrator Bob Buck said case of an emergency evacuation. Hinn will present an hour-long pro gram for residents who would like to learn more about hurricane preparedness. I.€»st Wednesday, July 15, members of the Holden Beach “evacuation team" met to review updated hur ricane evacuation procedures for the island. If a hurricane threatens the coast, Holden Beach will be divided into six sections to insure a more orderly evacuation. Team leaders have been chosen for each section to help warn residents in door-to-door in the neighborhoods to advise residents to leave the island and where to find shelter. The 1987 team leaders and their assigned areas on the island are: •Armand Vasco—from Quinton Street to east end; •Allen Damcron-froin High Point Street to Quinton Street; •Bob Rohde—from Greensboro Street to High Point Street; • Marlin Feldt—from Dream Har bor Beach Access to Greensboro Street; •Jim Collins—from Sailfish Drive East to Dream Harbor Access; and •Horace Barrett and Sid Swarts-from west end to Sailfish Drive. Thinking About j Life Insurance? Consider an established North Carolina company such as... .leffepson Pilot ...represented by an established Brunsvv'ick County agency... Brunswick Insurance Services HWY. 17 • SUPPLY • 754-8672 • tMt b>unsw>ck eiAcou DR. CHRIS MOSHOURES OPTOMETRIST CAN CROSSED EYES BE BEAUTIFUL? Among the ancient Mayans, it was a sign of beauty to be cross eyed. Mayan mothers would hang Ik*;uIs in front of their children’s eyes to make them permanently cross-eyed and consequently “more beautiful." Needless to say, tastes have changed significantly since ihuii. modern parenLs are concerned about correcting this condition, not inflicting it. What does it mean to l>e “cross- eyed?” To begin with, the technical term is .strabismus, and it applies to all abnormalities in coordination of the movements of the two eyes, not only those which are deviated Inward tconvergent). It can a.ssume many forms: one eye turned up or down, in or out. a combination of the two. It may be constant or occasional. But even if your child only exhibits this symp tom rarely, it is unwise to ignore it because it might lead to amblyopia I lazy eye) where early detection is fr* for successful treatment In our age, beauty and good vi sion go together. In the intorc.st of iK'lter vision from the office of; Brunswick Vi.slon Care Chris Moshoures, O.I). Pine St.. .Shallolte. 754-1020 Salt Marsh Sq., Calabash, 579-4020 REMOTE SIGNS IN residential neighborhoods has some Holden Beach residents upset. The owner of this directional sign said it falls under a grandfather clause and is not in violation of (he town’s ordinance. A com mittee of planning and zoning board members and com missioners have agreed to review the town’s sign or dinance. of a church, park, scenic, historic, or other place of general interest” may be placed off-premiscs in R-1 districts provided it is no more than four square feet and that the top is not more than three feet above the ground. The ordinance does not list a business as an acceptable use for remote sigas in rej^idential area.c. A remote advertising sign, the or dinance stales, is one “directing at tention to a business, service, com modity, entertainment, or profession not conducted or offered where such .sign is located.” Kirby said his new remote sign is not in violation of the sign ordinance since it is covered under a grand father clause. However, he said so meone has taken his sign down twice and both times he has replaced it. Kirby said his sign uses the original posts which were puieeu there over 30 years ago by a former seafood business at the .same loca tion, before the to\v7i was incor porated and adopted a sign or dinance. The sign is the same size as the previous one, he added. "When I assumed his business. I assumed his sign,” Kirby said. “If I had changed it to a clothing store, it would have been different.” Kirby said businesses should be allowed to place remote signs on the island if the stores cannot be seen from the main streets. “Why promote tourism when once you gel the people dow'n here they don’t have any directions to follow and don’t know where to go.” Kirby said. He added that there arc a number of businesses on the island that ex ceed tlie 32-foot limit in on-premise advertising signs. "What’s the point in making sign ordinances if you’re going to change them every time someone gets upset,” Kirby said. The town’s sign ordinance also ad dresses the placeniCTii »>f rc*ai osUile signs advertising rental cottages or tourist homes. It states that only one sign can be placed on the property provided it is not more than four square feel in area and "shall be at tached to the building or set back at least ten feet from any property line." Holden used an example to show how inconsistency in enforcing the sign ordinance can be unfair to businesses on the island. If the laws are not enforced properly, he .said, then “someone could place a lighted, neon sign in the right-of-way, four foot high” and not get cited by the town while another business could be ciied for placing an “uiuightCu, one sided, three-foot" sign on the island. In May, the Holden Beach Proper ly OwTicrs Association adopted a resolution asking the town to “en force the laws that are on the books," including the town’s .speed limits, the placement of real estate signs and thp nrHinon^n Vtrtiico ... a ••VW.4W numbers 'oe posted on ail homes. at Rick Edwards in Whiteville WE’VE GOT ’EM ALL! I , LOW LEASE PAYMENTS 14148 * ” * Per Mo. 1987 Dodge Colt 2 Dr. Slock No. }ia. Copiuiitod coil: MS)0; 4| menthi; t.M APR. Flr»i poymont And tocurltv dopoilt roquirod. Liconio foot net Inclvdtd. *153 83 Per Mo. 1987 Dodge Ram 50 Pickup USED CAR & TRUCK CENTER 1985 Buick Riviera Only $216"^ Per Mo. Sale price: tll,*.0; cath down or trade: uftS; lax and tagt: llIJ; amount to linance: m)7. S2U.47 par montn tor 41 monthi, U.9S APR. U58 30 Per Mo. 1988 Pontiac Le Mans '’..APR. depeilt required. Lleente foot net included. 16311 1387 Plymout!) Horizon Slock No 2SJJ. Capilaiiied cetl; SItU; m moniht; ij.e APR. First payment and security deposit renuirod. License lees noi ineum^ ' u ly Per Mo. 1987 Dodge Dakota "S” Pickup deposit foquired. Liconst lees not includod. 50 Per Mo. 1987 Plymouth Reliant LE Stock No. ?sto Cap.taliiod cost: ilO.SOO. 40 months; IJ.f APR. First payment and security Liiiiin ns* .-eluded. 1984 Buick Park Ave. Only $22136 Per Mo. Sale price: tfttO; cask down or trade: S}ffS; taa and taps: SI71; amount to finance: I7I7S. S32I.14 per month lor 41 months. II.SS APR. 1979 Buick Electra $1 0006 Only Per Mo. 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