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The Shoreline
December, 1999
Planning Board
A quorum was not present at the October meeting;
therefore, decisions on the following items have not
been concluded.
Topics of discussion included:
1) Bulkheading of Canal Front Lots
2) Bulkheading of Sound Front Lots
3) Condo-Tels
4) Signage - The Commissioner of Planning and
Inspections informed the members that the Board
of Commissioners defeated a proposed change to
the sign ordinance to allow perpendicular
placement of real estate signs. The ordinance
regarding real estate signs will remain the same.
The present ordinance indicates that real estate
signs shall be placed parallel to the adjoining
street.
5) Under New Business - The C.A.C. requested the
Planning Board to consider a tree ordinance,
which could possibly help in the process of making
application for PKS to become a "Tree City, U.S.A.
Community Appearance Commission
Largely because of the considerable response to our
challenge for each Pine Knoll Shores family to plant at
least one tree to help replace our denuded maritime
forest, the C.A.C. has been able to secure
approximately 1700 seedling trees (live oak, laurel
oak, wax myrtle, pond pines, etc.) from the State
Division of Forestry. These are expected to be
available shortly after the New Year begins.
The PKS Garden Club has agreed to assist us in
dispensing these FREE trees.
Further information will be available in the January
Shoreline.
Thanks for your continued support!
Board of Adjustment
The Board of Adjustment had their organizational
meeting on October 29“". There was no new business
to address. The Board of Adjustment generally meets
as necessary the first Tuesday of each month at 9:00
a.m.
PICS Poiice Dept...
From top state officials to town
safety officers and patrolmen in the smallest
communities. North Carolinians mobilized in early
1993 to reduce death and injuries from motor
vehicle crashes. The goal was more people buckling
up and fewer drivers impaired by alcohol. After five
years, "Click It or Ticket" had boosted belt use rates
from 64 to 84 percent, putting this state among the
best in the nation. The number of drivers with illegal
blood alcohol concentrations fell by more than half,
measured at sobriety checkpoints after "Booze It
and Lose It". Data gathered before the first
enforcement effort indicated that 2.4 percent of
drivers had blood alcohol concentrations at or above
North Carolina's per se limit of 0.08 percent. In the
"Booze It and Lose It" demonstration areas, the
percentage of drivers with blood alcohol
concentrations at or above 0.08 percent passing
through state checkpoints declined from 2.0 percent
before the program to 0.9 percent after it. These
campaigns work to save lives and prevent serious
injuries!
Although checkpoints provide the opportunity to
ticket offenders, the ultimate goal is DETERRANCE-
fiQ violators and therefore no tickets at all! Do
citizens resent strong police enforcement of traffic
laws? Not in North Carolina, where statistics show
more than 80 percent of respondents favor strong
enforcement of safety belt and DWI laws. How can
the public resent enforcement of laws geared at the
Safety of the individual and their loved ones while on
Our roadways? Sobriety checkpoints are conducted
statewide. Every county and community has a
Checkpoint and/or roving patrol because
enforcement is a proven way to keep our citizens
Safe. These checkpoints are well coordinated and
are conducted with minimal inconvenience to
motorists. Our simple checkpoints have resulted in
Dwi arrests, taking revoked drivers off the road,
felony drug arrests, firearm violations, recovering
stolen vehicles and property, fugitives arrested and
other traffic and criminal violations right here in Pine
Knoll Shores. Therefore your police department is
Proud to be a part of the North Carolina Highway^
Safety Initiative and the Governor's Highway Safet^^
Program working to keep our community safe.
Submitted by: Police Chief Mary Muhlig
W/I