Ocean Isle Bo
On Proposed
ard Sets Hearing
Parking Lot Switch
BY LYNN CARLSON
The Ocean Isle Beach Board of
Commissioners will hold a public
hearing next month on a request by
Ocean Isle Partners to relocate a
public parking lot the developers
dedicated to the town as a courtesy.
The partners?developers of the
new Ross, Crouse and Summerplace
subdivisions?on April 13 asked to
change their original plans for a
parking lot on West First Street be
tween Shelby Street and Duncsidc
Drive, in the occanfront Ross subdi
vision.
Instead, they offered to provide
public parking on two 25-by-100
feet strcctside strips about a half
block farther back from the ocean in
the Summerplace subdivision.
Summerplace lies between the
Ross subdivision and the soundsidc
Crouse development. Partners in the
three projects are Phil Holcomb,
Stuart Cooke and John Sutton.
The commissioners and town at
torney in April expressed concerns
about allowing the partners to make
the change, which would require re
scinding the town's rights to the
tract and returning it to the develop
ers.
The town's current subdivision
ordinance docs not require public
parking in new subdivisions, but the
partners agreed to set aside property
for parking after being requested to
do so by town officials. They later
asked to move the parking area to
the less valuable tract in Sum
merplace.
A resolution prepared by Town
Attorney Elva Jess and approved
unanimously Tuesday by the town
board, sets a public hearing on the
issue at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 8.
The commissioners' resolution
would take no action other than to
"close and release any interest in"
the original parking lot and replace
it with the two parking areas in
Summerplace. However, the board
indicated it will require a 99-year
lease of the new parking area, in
stead of a dedication.
Commissioner Debbie Fox asked
the partners to send registered letters
to everyone who has bought proper
ty in the new subdivision informing
them of the plan. The board did not
vote on the suggestion.
Cooke asked the board act quick
ly on building an overwalk on an
eight-foot public bcach accessway
serving the subdivisions.
In other business, the board:
?Approved two subdivisions pro
posals, one by the Odcll and Vir
ginia Williamson Irrevocable Trust
and the other, an addition to Shady
Oaks.
The Williamson subdivision in
cludes 13 18,000-square-foot ocean
front and soundfront lots on the ex
treme west end of the island.
The Shady Oaks addition is in the
extraterritorial zone adjacent to
Laketree Shores. Developer James
Rush plans to add residential and
commercial lots.
?Reconvened to a budget workshop
set for May 25 at 8:30 a.m. in the
town hall.
?Agreed to seek federal reimburse
ment for damages incurred in the
March 13 storm, since Brunswick
County was included in a presiden
tial disaster declaration two weeks
ago.
Building Inspector Dniied Rober
son said oceanfront property owners
who have not installed any sandbags
may be eligible for help with berm
replacement. "For some reason, if
you help yourself, they won't give
you any more assistance," Roberson
said.
Commissioner Kendall Suh
quipped, "God helps those who
helps themselves. The government
does not."
?Honored Police Chief Curtiss
Pritchard with a five-year service
pin. Mayor Betty Williamson
praised the chief for "loyalty, dedi
cation, hard work and his effort to
ward making our police department
the best"
?Turned over to the planning hoard
a proposal by Roberson to amend
the town zoning ordinance to allow
outdoor portions of air conditioning,
ventilation and heating systems to
be placed in the rear yards of
dwellings and to require the units to
be above the flood level established
by the federal flood insurance pro
gram.
Roberson said the change will
help the town comply with its repeti
tive flood loss plan, which lowers
federal flood insurance premiums
for Ocean Isle Beach property own
ers.
?Reappointed Martha Benton, Pat
McClure and Tom Woodson to the
town's elections board.
?Agreed to seek a $15,000 grant
from the N.C. Office of Waste Re
duction.
SONS WERE ASLEEP ON NEARBY COUCH
Burglar Steals Calabash Man's M/crowave
A burglar entered a man's home
in Calabash man last Wednesday
nighi (May 5) and stole a mi
crowave oven while his sons were
asleep on a nearby couch, according
to a crime report on file at the
Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart
ment Monday.
The owner told Deputy Robert
Long that he had left the door to his
home on McLamb Road unlocked
when the thief came vn some time
between 1 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
The microwave oven, which was
located in the kitchen area, was val
ued at about S700.
In other crime reports on file at
the sheriff's office Monday:
?More than 53,000 worth of jewelry
and old coins were reported stolen
from a trailer in Old Mill mobile
home park, Lcland, early Saturday
morning. The victim told Deputy
William Hcwctt that a male friend of
her daughter's entered her home
shortly after midnight and left a
short time later at her request. At
about 9 a.m., the woman noticed
that a diamond ring, an emerald
ring, other pieces of jewelry, miscel
laneous papers, a bottle of pain med
ication and some old coins were
missing.
?Someone stole two chain saws
from a shed behind a home on Amos
Road, off Bricklanding Road, some
time in the past few weeks. The
CRIME REPORT
owner told Deputy Randy Robinson
that he discovered the theft Saturday
evening. The saws were valued at
about S600.
?About $420 worth of car stereo
equipment was stolen from a 1984
Toyota Camry parked at a home on
Holdcn Beach Road Saturday night.
The owner told Deputy Cathy
Hamilton that the car was locked
and secure when he went inside his
home at about midnight. The next
morning he discovered that someone
had broken the trunk lock and re
moved his stereo speakers and am
plifier.
?A West Brunswick High School
student reported that someone stole
the bed liner from his 1989 Mazda
pickup truck while it was parked in
the school parking lot Wednesday
afternoon. The boy told Deputy
Shelton Caison that the theft oc
curred sometime between 1:30 p.m.
and 3:15 p.m.
?Two hitchhikers reportedly stole a
.380-caliber semi-automatic pistol
from the seat of a truck in which
they were given a ride on N.C. 211
near St. James Plantation last
Monday night (May 3). The victim
reported the theft Wednesday morn
ing. The gun was valued at about
$100.
?A ,22-caliber survival rifle and a
.22-caliber revolver were stolen
from a home on Maco Road, Le
land, last week. According to He
wett's report, the victim said there
were no signs of forced entry to his
home. The stolen guns were valued
at $400.
?Someone broke in through the
back door of a mobile home on
Green Loop Road and stole a vidco
cassette recorder, a 35mm camera
and several pieces of jewelry last
weekend, Deputy Brian Sanders re
ported. The owner said she had been
working out of town and returned
Sunday to discover the break-in.
Sanders estimated the value of
stolen goods at $850.
?About $400 worth of fishing tackle
was stolen from the garage of a
home on N.C. 133 sometime be
tween Wednesday and Saturday of
last week. The owner told Deputy
Michael Wcldrick that he was miss
ing a tackle box, two rods and a reel.
?A thief or thieves crawled in the
bedroom window of a trailer in the
Boardwalk Mobile Home Park in
Southport and stole a video cassette
recorder Friday night. The victim
told Hcwctt that she had left the
back door unlocked. He valued the
VCR at about $250.
?Someone stole a chain saw from
an unlocked shed at a home on Old
Town Creek Road, Leland, some
lime in the past two months. Detec
tive Steve Mason estimated its value
at $250.
?Deputy Marie Snowaen was called
to investigate the discovery of a go
cart found abandoned on Green
Loop Road, Leland, Monday morn
ing. A passer-by reported seeing
several young men around the vehi
cle fleeing the area in a maroon sta
tion wagon. The owner said the
thieves probably were unable to get
the go-cart started due to a malfunc
tioning carburetor.
?A Holdcn Beach man caught one
of three juveniles who had ridden
recreational vehicles through his
garden Saturday, uprooting his corn,
beans and watermelon plants. The
homeowner detained the young
man, who identified the two other
boys. According to the report filed
by Deputy Marshal Evans Jr., the fa
ther of the captured youth "has spo
ken with (the owner) to make ar
rangements for his son's portion of
the damages."
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Drivers Charged Following
Two One-Vehicle Accidents
Several injuries were reported and
two drivers charged in one-vehicle
accidents last week, according to the
N.C. Highway Patrol office in
Wilmington.
On Thursday, May 6, at 11:05
p.m., Michael Alan Lane, 22, of
Leland, was traveling west on Ml
Misery Road (S.R. 1426) about 6.6
miles west of Leland at an excessive
rate of speed, reported Trooper B.C.
Jones.
His 1983 Honda motorcycle ran
off the pavement on the right side of
the road and Lane lost control of the
vehicle. It ran into the ditch and
struck a driveway culvert Both
Lane and his passenger, Shelley
Lynn Bennett, 22, of Wilmington,
were thrown from the Honda.
Lane had complaints of injury and
Bennett received serious but non-in
capacitating injuries. They were
transported to New Hanover
Regional Medical Center in
Wilmington.
Damages to the Honda were esti
mated at S3,000.
Jones charged Lane with exceed
ing a safe speed, no registration and
no insurance.
A driver involved in a single-ve
hicle accident Friday, May 7, at 5:45
a.m. said he didn't see a stop sign
because of heavy fog.
Tercy McCoy Stone Jr., 41, of
Bolivia, was driving a 1988 GMCJ
van east on Green Lewis Road (S.R.
1512) in heavy fog, about 4.3 miles
west of Bolivia.
According to the report filed by
Trooper T.W. Caulder, Stone failed
to stop at a stop sign and ran off the
road straight ahead into a large
ditch, striking several trees before
coming to rest in the ditch.
Stone was charged with a stop
sign violation.
He had complaints of injury, but
did not receive medical treatment.
Damages to the van were estimated
at $5,000.
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