Planning Committee Looks To
Ease Rules In Subdivision Law
BY KRIC CARLSON
Developers who can't afford to
pave all the mails in a subdivision
before selling the first lot may get
some relief from a law requiring
those improvements from a planning
committee that met last week to con
sider modifying the ordinance.
Responding to complaints that the
subdivision ordinance requirements
put too great a financial burden on
developers, the former Brunswick
County Board of Commissioners di
rected the planning board to join
with local home builders to consider
changing the law.
The newly formed Ad Hoc
Subdivision Committee held its first
meeting Wednesday (Feb. 17). Join
ing the Brunswick County Planning
Board to form the committee was
one member front each voting dis
trict representing development inter
ests, including Art Skipper, Don
Gilbert, Dean Walters, Steve Sim
mons and Graham Justice.
Justice was unable to attend the
Wednesday meeting.
The group discussed ways of
making sure a developer completes
all required improvements to a sub
division without demanding that all
the work be done before the plat can
be recorded and lots sold.
"We want to help the developer
and still assure the citizens of
Brunswick County that things will
be done right," said County Planner
John Harvey.
Planning Board Member Marion
Warren explained that the intent of
the subdivision ordinance require
ments was to prevent an unscrupu
lous developer from selling subdivi
sion loLs without following through
on promised improvements.
"I'm worried about infrastructure,
about good roads," said Warren.
"We have a lot of reputable develop
ers with gocxl track records. But
some have come in here with a lot of
hollow promises. They started out
fine, then ended up selling S50,(XX)
lots with no paved access.
"We're not here to penalize peo
ple. But we don't want people pay
ing taxes for someone's quick prof
its," Warren said.
Among the proposed alternatives
was a cash bond that would Ik put in
escrow by the developer and used to
complete improvements if the
builder failed to do so. But several
committee members noted that this
would still require the developer to
have a large amount of capitol before
recovering any money though lot
sales.
A suggestion to impose a lien on
undeveloped property was likewise
criticized because it would prevent a
developer from borrowing money
against the encumbered land.
One suggested method that re
ceived support was phased develop
ment Instead of seeking plat ap
proval for an entire large subdivi
sion, the builder would be encour
aged to develop the area in stages.
All improvements would have to be
completed in each phase before the
next section of the subdivision could
be approved.
The committee also looked favor
ably on a proposal by County
Engineer Robert Tucker, who sug
gested a release system under which
subdivision Iols could be sold to
Salisbury Man New BCC
Dean Of Continuing Ed
A new dean of continuing educa
tion has been hired by Brunswick
Community College, filling a posi
tion that has been vacant for approx
imately two and one-half years.
President Michael Reaves said he
expects Thrift to begin work in the
latter part of March, after giving 30
days' noticc.
Jerry L. Thrift of Salisbury was
selected from a field of 76 appli
cants for the post previously held by
the late Jesse Clcmmons. Thrift has
served as dean of continuing educ
tion at Rowan-Cabarrus Community
College since 1986.
Of the 76 applicants considered,
10 were interviewed. Those includ
ed two of the five minority candi
dates who applied.
"We had some really good appli
cants for this position," said Belinda
Formyduval, personnel officer.
At Rowan-Cabarrus, Thrift ad
ministered continuing education,
adult literacy, occupational exten
sion and other programs in the
school's two-county service area.
He oversaw a budget of SI.5 mil
lion. Prior to that position, he was
associate dean of continuing educa
tion for eight years.
He received a master's degree in
higher education administration
from Appalachian Slate University
in 1981 and has a bachelor's degree
in economics from Pfciffcr College.
Under a planned staff reorganiza
tion announced last week by
Reaves, Thrift will become one of
four administrators who report di
rectly to him. Others will include the
two vice presidents and the dean of
student services.
Reaves said the changes are an ef
fort to improve in-housc communi
cation and to have more direct con
tacts witli directors and programs.
He intends to work with those four
administrators to make other staff
changes as needed to make informa
tion How better.
Also, Belinda Formyduval, pre
sently Reaves' administrative assis
tant and personnel officer, will be
come full-time personnel officer and
another person hired as his full-time
assistant.
BCC Ranks Near Middle
In Civil Rights Compliance
Brunswick Community College
ranked near the middle in a "desk
audit" by the N.C. Department of
Community Colleges that checked
on compliance with civil rights re
quirements in vocational education
programs.
The state standard is 10.5 percent
utilization of black professionals and
61 percent plus or minus 20 percent
female professionals, based on the
percentage of blacks and females re
ceiving master's degrees in 1992
from public institutions in North
Carolina.
In results released in January,
BCC ranked 16 overall, while the
highest ranked school was Durham
Technical, at 38, and the lowest
ranked was Tri-Couniy, with a rank
of 1. As a result, Tri-Couniy was
one of four campuses targeted for
on-site visits in 1992-93.
The rankings also note program
imbalances in student enrollment on
the basis of race and sex, with BCC
ranked at 19 on race and among the
lowest-ranked, al 5, on sex.
According to figures published by
BCC, as of February the school had
71 full-time employees, of which 12
were black, and 333 part-time em
ployees, 60 were black or of some
other racial minority group.
Of the 767 students enrolled, 650
were white, 108 black and nine from
some other racial group.
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raise capitol for development, hut
building permits would not be issued
until improvements were in plaee.
Tucker said the method has been
used successfully in the Raleigh
area.
The ad hoc committee agreed to
study the proposals and to seek sug
gestions from other developers. The
group will reconvene after the plan
ning board's next regular meeting
March 17.
In regular business before, the
comrnittcc meeting, the planning
board:
?Gave preliminary approval for the
30-lot lirst phase of "Wcxxlbridgc at
Old Townc" subdivision. Several
residents of Old Towne attended the
meeting to ask the board not to ap
prove the developer's eventual plan
to create a through road connecting
the existing development with
Chappell Loop Road. At the board's
request, developer A.O. McCarlcy
agreed instead to end the road in a
cul dc sac.
?Approved an eight-lot first phase
of Holly Hills II subdivision imme
diately north of Holly Hills I on the
border of Halawasa subdivision. The
developer, E.G. Dale, agreed to sub
mit a storm water drainage plan anil
to have a 6-inch base of marl on un
paved roads within the mobile-home
development. Dale told the board he
eventually plans to pave the road.
?Waived a requirement for the
paving of 2(X) feet of road in a pro
posed scvcn-lol subdivision off Old
Ferry Road. The board agreed to the
developer's request on the condition
that he install an approved 6-inch
marl base. The subdivision already
has been approved as a five-lot de
velopment for which no road im
provements arc required. The road
will not serve any homes outside the
development.
?Agreed to extend the borders of a
small commercial zoning district at
Exum Crossroads to include an ex
isting commercial use that was over
looked on the zoning map.
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