Improved Training, Internal Control
Needed To Limit CAMA Violations
BY DOUG HOTTER
Holden Beach officials say the
state should improve training and in*
crease certification standards for lo
cal Coastal Area Management Act
(CAMA) permit officers in an effort
to limit violation* of cossts! man
agement rules.
Tcwu wummissioners also believe
the joint duties of building inspector
and CAMA permit officer should be
separated to provide better internal
control and reduce the risk of errors.
Commissioners voted unanimous
ly Monday night to send both recom
mendations to the N.C Division of
Coastal Management in light of the
recent discovery of a setback viola
tion at an oceanfiont office building.
A Holden Beach committee found
mhh uKjiiih that ine town permitted
Coastal Development and Realty to
build its office too close to the
bcach. The building at 131 Ocean
Blvd. West exceeds 5,000 square
feet, and therefore should have been
set bsck 12S feet frsas the ocean
front dune instead of 60 feet.
The town sent the committee's
findings to the state agency's Wilm
ington office three weeks ago, and
Town Manager Gas UuiCu 3wu no
response had been received as of
Monday.
Besides asking the town to inves
tigate the building. Coastal Manage
ment officials also wanted the town
to take steps to prevent similar vio
lations from occurring in the future.
Town officials say the two recom
mendations approved Monday
should help. Commissioner Jim
Foumier said if state officiate don't
like the suggestions, the town can tell
the stttc to do sts wwii iimhiC* iwniiii
Currently, one person handles the
duties of building inspector and lo
cal CAMA permit officer.
Commissioners want to change
that so two people "sign off" on
each building project. One person
would review compliance with
building and zoning regulations, and
the other would deal with coastal
management rules.
Commissioner Dwight Carroll,
who was building inspector and lo
cal permit officer when Coastal De
velopment was constructed in 1992,
said previously there was no intent
to violate the rules.
Carroll called the sctback viola
tion a "goof" following the release
of the committee's report as May
16.
However, Commissioner David
Sandifer indicated Monday that
Carroll was aware of the 120-foot
setback requirement long before the
Coastal Development office was
constructed.
Sandifer, who works in the real
estate business, said Carroll gave
him a document, with the 120^foot
setback requirement highlighted,
two years before the Coastal Devel
opment office was built.
There's no question the knowl
edge was there. The question is why
was it not done?" Sandifer said.
Carroll did not respond to
Sandifer 's charge, but suggested
Monday that all CAMA permits in
clude wording to the effect that buil
dings over 5,000 square feet must
meet the more restrictive setback re
quirement.
"It's not written on there now.
That would be the whole solution,"
Carroll said.
In addition to the oceanfront set
back violation, the Brunswick
County Health Department has been
looking into alleged septic system
violations at Coastal Development.
Town commissioners said Mon
day they want health department of
ficials to notify the town whenever
they investigate possible violations
on the island.
Ulrich was asked to draft a letter
to riw rvuinty {vaiiji dspsrtinen! and
have it ready for approval at the
June 22 meeting.
Other Business
In other business Monday, com
missioners:
? Voted 4-1 to extend the side
walk along Ocean Boulevard West
from Rothschild Street to Jordan
Boulevard. Sandifer opposed the
plan, saying the town should try to
re-route walkers and bicyclers along
Brunswick Avenue and keep them
away from the bridge.
? Agreed to spend between
S',V*> sad 53,000 for Sagsssc
ments at the new recycling station.
Ulrich said about $1,700 is needed
to place marl on the area and the rest
will be used to build a shelter for the
part-time employee who oversees
the operation.
? Denied a property owner's re
quest to park in the street right of
way adjacent to 202 Hillside Drive.
Town officials said there is enough
room to park in the yard. The town
board earlier granted permission for
a neighboring homeowner to park in
the street right of way.
? Met Monday morning to dis
cuss the 1994-95 proposed budget
The board will iwunvene the meet
ing next Monday, June 13, a! 8 a.m.
? Heard from Ulrich that the
town has changed its plans to install
a beach access ramp for handi
capped people at Jordan Boulevard.
Ulrich said the condition of the
beach in that location is not suitable
for a long ramp. He is looking into
other alternatives.
South Bnjnswick Authority
Meeting Two Weeks In Row
Members of the South Brunswick
Water and Sewer Authority will
meet today (Thursday) and next
Thursday, June 16, at the Maples
Clubhouse at Sea Trail Plantation.
Both meetings will begin at 7
p.m. in the Egret Room, said con
sulting engineer Joe Tombro of
Piedmont Olsen and Associates, the
firm serving as temporary adminis
trator of the authority.
Today's meeting is rescheduled
livui may, wiiik ugm Wee* s meet
ing is the authority's regular June
meeting.
Tombro said members will deal
with :'rgar.:7ut;Owa! uCCuSj?utS fui
the authority as well as financial and
environmental paperwork relating to
applications for two state grants to
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