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THE imL'NSWICK BEj\C()N, Thursday. October 8, 1987—Pafie 9-A
BY RAHN AI)A\LS
Four local residents used this
week’s final public hearing on
Brunswick County’s Coastal Area
Management Act (CAMA) land use
plan to ask commissioners for county
/.oning-one issue supported by the
local CAMA plan.
As county planning officials earlier
predicted, turnout was light at the
public hearing Monday night in
Bolivia; only 13 people other than
county officials and reporters attend
ed the hearing, which lasted appro.x-
imately 13 minutes.
After the hearing. Brunswick
Couiiij Boaru of Contmissioners
Chairman Grace Beasley said she
was disappointed with the turnout,
although she noted that citizens had
participated in a number of earlier
public hearings and workshops on the
CAMA plan.
County Planning Director John
llar\’ey .said he felt Monday’s turnout
showed that "the suite should have
permitted us to have it (final public
hearing) la.st fall.”
A “rough draft” of the county’s
CAMA plan submitted to the N.C.
Coastal Resources Commission
iCJtC) last .September was returned
for additional citizen input and revi
sion.
According to Harvey, the county-
planning board, which meets Oct. 21.
is expected to review public input
from the Monday hearing, then
recommend adoption of the CAMA
plan to commissioners.
P'ollowing the county board’s ap
proval. the land use plan again will
be submitted to the CRC for final
review.
At Monday’s public hearing, only
four persons took tlie floor to address
Commissioners Beasley, Frankie
Kabon and Benny l.udlum. Commis
sioners Chris Chappell and Jim Poole
were absent.
All four citizens expressed support
of county zoning, an issue which is
addressed in one of the CAMA plan’s
policies: “Brunswick County sup
ports and encourages the continued
expansion of the existing urban
growth pattern and will attempt to
manage future growth through the
development and use of enhanced
land use controls and growth
management techniques.”
The policy suggests that “a zoning
ordinance should be developed and
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BY RAHN ADAMS
County officials this week announc
ed the hiring of .John William “Billy”
Ingram IV of Ash as Brunswick
County’s new chief building inspec
tor. an administrative position
created to oversee the county’s grow
ing inspections department.
The -ll-year-old Brunswick County
native accepted the post Tuesday
morning, according to Personnel Of
ficer Debbie Bowling.
She .said Ingram will report to work
as chief building inspector Oct. 19
and will receive a $24,014 annual
salary.
Ingram, a 1904 graduate of Wac-
camaw High School, currently is
employed as vice president and loan
officer at Fami Credit Sendee in
.sliailoite.
Ingram said that during his eight
years in management at Farm
( l edit Service, he has worked closely
with the various types of building
prograiiLs that the company has
handled. He said he has done building
inspections for the company.
Prior to joining Farm Credit Ser
vice, he worked as manager
Barclay’s American Credit
Whiteville.
"I’m happy with the move,” In
gram said Tuesday. ”I think it’ll
definitely be a challenge.
"I’ll certainly need the support of
the (inspections) department
employees,” he added, "and they’ll
get my support.”
The county inspections depanment
currently consists of three budding
code inspectors, two electrical code
inspectors and an office staff of two.
According to County Manager John
T. Smith, Ingram was hired due to
his management experience.
”We thought he was the strongest
in administrative ability—in running
a department,’’ Smith said 'Tuesday.
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Eileen Kellagher of Ixing Beach
told commissioners .Monday she
thinks Brunswick County is three to
five years behind the county’s zoning
needs. She said zoning “helps
everyone, including farmers.”
Robert Noe, manager of the
Carolina Shores Property Owners
Association (POAi, said the CAMA
plan is a “step in the right direction,”
and he encouraged commissioners to
’’take the next step and adopt zoning
for the county.”
Noe .said the Carolina Shores POA
supports zoning to control develop-
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protect all property
ment and
owners.
County re.sidenl George Walker
said he would like to see zoning to
help the average homeowner and
protect "a person’s investment.”
Walker noted zoning would ensure
that certain indii.stries are not built in
undesirable arca.s.
Bud Knapp, representing the
Sunset Beach Taxpayers Associa
tion, said his organization is “strong
ly in favor or planned zoning, par
ticularly ea.st of Route 17.’
Following the hearing, .Ms. Beasley
.said she supports zoning but Is un
sure about whether all or Just part of
the county should Ik- zoned.
I think that the urban areas are
really in need of zoning,” .Ms.
Beasley said, "but I’m not sure the
rural areas are in as much need of it
as urban areas are . . . It’s just such
a varied county.”
According to Har.-ey. he received
no comments “of substance” on the
CA.MA plan during the 35-day
notification perioil prior to .Monday’s
bearing. Copies of the draft were
distributed to the county’s 14
municipalities, Wilmington and
neighboring counties including Col
umbus, New Hanover ;ind Horry
(.’oiinty. ,S.(\
Work on the county’s (’A.MA land
u.se plan began in the fall of 1984.
.Since then, the county planning
board has addre.ssed the plan in 27
meetings, he said. Since November
1985, seven public hearings and 15
public workshops on the plan have
been held, he .said.
The current CA.MA draft was
prepared by the planning board, with
technical assistance from the coiintv
planning department and planning
consulting firm Edward D. Stone Jr.
and .As.sociates of Wilmington.
Commissioners interviewed seven
applicants for the inspections post
Sept. 16 in Bolivia. All seven were
Brunswick County residents and had
backgrounds in construction,
building inspection or some other
type of inspections department.
Smith said.
After narrowing the field to one,
commissioners initially asked for a
second interview with Ingram before
officially offering him the job.
However, Smith said he contacted
commissioners individually Monday
and suggested that Ingram be hired
even though the second interview had
not yet been held.
"1 just felt like we needed to bring
him on,” Smith said.
He said the inspections depart
ment, which was formed in July 1985,
is experiencing “growing pains,”
and is in need of better organization
and of more office space than it cur
rently occupies in the county plann
ing building.
Brunswick County Planning Direc
tor John Harvey has served as the in
spections department’s ad
ministrator since its formation.
Smith said Ingram initially will work
closely with Harvey to insure a
smooth transition.
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