Board Steps Back For Longer
Look At Privacy Fence Rules
BY SUSAN USHER
A proposed ordinance amend
ment that would allow a privacy
fence in the MR-3 (multifarnily res
idential) zone as a spccial use is go
ing back to the Sunset Beach Plan
ning and Zoning Board for more
work.
Unable to agree thus far on stan
dards for privacy fences, the plan
ning board submitted a proposed or
dinance to the town council Mon
day to keep from delaying consider
ation of a request for a fence from
Sea Trail Corp.
The proposed ordinance specifies
that subdivisions of 60 or more lots
may qualify for a privacy fence of
slatted wood on concrete pillars. The
fences would be allowed only as
buffers between subdivisions, dif
fering residential uses (such as sin
gle- and multi-family) or between
those uses and structures such as
roads.
"We want to discourage spite
fences between neighbors," said
Sky Bramley, a member of the plan
ning board.
However, the minimum-lot re
striction, said Mayor Pro tcm Ed
Gore, makes the ordinance "totally
worthless except for that one situa
tion." He recommended a lower fig
ure, such as 20 or 25.
Attorney Michael Isenbcrg cau
tioned the board that it needs to
adopt a specific policy outlining
standards for obtaining a special
use permit for a privacy fence that
the planning board can follow in
making recommendations to the
council.
Otherwise, he said, "legally
you're going to get in a hassle if ev
ery time you have to approve a dif
ferent ordinance."
The board had previously ap
proved, by way of another special
ordinance, an "experiment" involv
ing use of a privacy wall at Tabby
Walk. Members had agreed to ap
prove any privacy fences requests
on a case-by-case basis through use
of a special use permit.
The planning board expects to
take up the issue at a future joint
workshop. Planning board member
Nell Eaddy asked council members
to begin thinking about possible
challenges in developing a privacy
fence standard.
Weedy Question
A proposal to have property own
ers resume responsibility for mow
ing of vacant lots, met with a 3-2
vote by council members Monday
night, which means a second vote
will be neccssary at the board's
June 21 meeting.
Voting against the measure were
Ed Gore and A1 Odom, and for it,
Julia Thomas, Bud Scrantom and
Mary Kalherine Griffin.
As written property owners would
have to mow overgrown vacant lots
at least once before July 1 (to reduce
the fire hazard associated with fire
works) and then again after Oct. 1.
Otherwise if the lots become over
grown the town will mow it or have
it mowed and bill the property owner.
Gore believes the town should
continue mowing all vacant lots as
it had at one time.
Other Business
?Scheduled a public hearing on the
1991-92 budget and a regular busi
ness meeting Friday, June 21, at
2:30 p.m., in lieu of the July 1 meet
ing, and began filling up the agenda.
?Received, but look no action on, a
petition from Sea Trail Corp. re
questing voluntary annexation of
Oyster Point Phase 1;
?Discussed the proposed annexa
tion of additional property in Sea
trail Plantation, with the idea of
adopting a resolution intent at the
June 21 meeting.
?Approved a preliminary plat for
Oyster Point Phase II, a 60-unit,
single-family residential community
behind the Oyster Bay Clubhouse
and Oyster Bay Colony;
?Retained as the town's consulting
engineer Phil Norris of Andrew &
Kuskc, at the same S75 per quarter
rate as last year;
?Adopted an emergency plan for
the town and assessment resolutions
for paving of 29th and 30th street
with property owners and the town
splitting the cost;
?Learned from Mayor Barber that
town property owners will qualify
in October for a 5 percent reduction
in premiums under the federal
Flood Insurance Program and that
after a February 1992 inspection the
town may qualify for additional re
ductions effective October 1992.
?Approved Memorial Day as the
sixth official holiday for town em
ployees, starting next year,
?Decided not to take action on a
suggestion for the town to purchase
indemnity insurance.
?Learned from Town Administrator
Linda Flucgcl that Police Chief J.B.
Bucll has received a Distinguished
Public Service Award, consisting of
a plaque and medal, from the Am
erican Police Hall of Fame.
?Decided to ask a representative of
Brunswick County Travel Pack, a
cooperative tourism promotion ven
ture of the county's chambers of
commerce, to make a presentation
June 21 on a proposal to place bill
boards promoting local beaches
along the Raleigh beltway Aug. 15
through March 15 at a cost of
S7.000 per town.
?Learned that the planning board is
working on plans to extend the boun
daries of the extraterritorial area be
yond the Seaside intersection.
?Heard from Bud Scrantom on the
work of the sign committee, which
is proposing erection of large infor
mational signs at the intersections
of N.C. 179 and Sunset Boulevard
and N.C. 904 and N.C. 179, and at
the sharp curve on N.C. 179 be
tween Sunset Beach and Calabash.
Smallcrs signs would be placed at
the town's discretion.
?Heard a request for trash contain
ers at the public parking area on
Sunset Boulevard and along the
town sidewalks.
May Was Hottest Since 1 953
Southeastern North Carolina resi
dents endured the warmest month of
May since 1953 and the second hot
test sinae the National Weather Serv
ice started keeping records 120 years
ago.
May also was much drier than
normal, with the area receiving less
than half the normal amount of rain
fall, according to the monthly report
from the weather service in Wilm
ington.
The average temperature in May
was 74.9 degrees, which was 4.2
degrees above normal. May 1953
was the hottest May on record, with
an average reading of 75.9 degrees.
The average high temperature last
month was 83.9 degrees, and the av
erage low was 65.9 degrees, accord
Designer T's Are Topic Of Session
Participants will leam to create
designer T-shirts at a June 27 work
shop at the Brunswick County Coop
erative Extension office at Bolivia.
Registration of $7 is due to the
extension office by Friday, June 21,
payable to Brunswick County Ex
tension Homcmakcrs.
Registered participants will need
to bring a prewashcd T-shirt, foil
backcd acrylic facet stones if de
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Class size is limited, a news re
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mediately at 253-4425.
ing to the weather service report.
The highest daily temperature
was 95 degrees May 31, and the
lowest was 53 degrees May 3.
National Weather Service record
ed measurable rainfall on 10 days
during May. The monthly total was
1.75 inches, which was 2.47 inches
below normal.
The greatest amount of rainfall in
a 24-hour period was .87 inches
May 15. Thunderstorms occurred
on four days during the month.
Despite the lack of rainfall, there
were only five clear days during the
month. The weather service report
ed that there were 13 partly cloudy
and 13 cloudy days in May.
Average wind speed for the month
was 7.6 mph. A peak gust of 31 mph
from the northeast was recorded dur
ing a thunderstorm May 18.
We are pleased to announce
the association, effective July 1, 1991 , of
Gary D. Ross, MD
in the practice of
General And Internal Medicine
with special interest in
Diabetes Care and Management
Brunswick Islands Medical Associates, P.A.
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at their new location in the
South Brunswick Islands Medical Park
Junction of Hwy. 1 7 And Union School Road
(Approximately 5 miles south of Shallotte)
Now accepting appointments
579-0707
Hoaglond Officer Of Year
STAFF PKGTO BY SUSAN USHER
Lisa Hoagland became the first Police Officer of the Year for the Sunset Beach Police Department
Monday night. Chief J.B. Buell presented the newly-established annual award at the town council
meeting, saying, "I feel like she has shown she can get the job done." Officer Hoagland won
widespread recognition in January for her leadership role in the apprehension of three Columbus
County men charged in the breaking and entering of more than 50 island homes at Sunset Beach. The
case is still pending in Brunswick County Court.
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