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The Shoreline
August, 2000
Planning Board
Topics of discussion included:
1. The Planning Board conditionally approved a request
to rezone a tract of land north of Christmas By the
Sea from commercial to multi-family 1 and
subdivide this lot and a lot adjacent to Crystal Coast
Resort. The request was then forwarded for Public
Hearing and the consideration of the Board of
Commissioners.
2. The Planning Board also considered a request to
change the ordinance with restrictions on open
house signs, after consideration the members voted
for the ordinance to remain as written.
Community Appearance Commission
The Community Appearance Commission is delighted to
announce that the Town of Pine Knoll Shores has
passed its first test in our goal to become certified as a
Tree City USA.
Through the good direction of Roy Brownlow and the
cooperation of the Board of Commissioners, the
authority at the North Carolina Division of Forestry has
approved our voluminous application.
The Final stamp of approval is expected from the
National Arbor Day Foundation in the spring of 2001.
Thanks to ah citizens who assisted jn thjs endeavor, or
urged us on toward the attainment of our goal!
Submitted by: Bob Curry, Jr., Chairman
From the Desk of the Commissioner of Streets
and Public Property
Occasionally this office fields questions and comments
that are of general interest. Such is the situation as I
leave this job. As you read this consider how you can
help the Town look better and also decrease the cost of
government.
There have been concerns relayed to this office about
sand in the street. This usually occurs after a rain event
and produces a sand layer of a dusting to as much as
half an inch to an inch, usually flowing from unpaved
driveways.
Our beach sand is comprised primarily of quartz
particles, which have been rounded by past wave action
to roughly spherical shape. As a consequence, they
behave like tiny ball bearings, causing skidding of a
vehicle while braking or when rounding a curve too^
rapidly. Therefore, be aware of the danger.
The paved surface is comprised of various petroleum
compounds (tars), larger aggregates (stones) and also
sand. The softest component of the 4 surfaces involved
is your tires, which will wear the fastest under skidding
and rolling conditions. Roads also wear but non
highway roads almost always fail some other way first,
e.g. cracking or damage. It is usually interstate and
federal highways that get enough traffic to worry about
serious wearing of the surface.
We have to pay someone to sweep away the sand and
collect it if it is not done by citizens. Consequently, it is
to your advantage (safety and monetarily) to remove
sand from the streets, that has migrated from your
driveways. You will help yourself, your neighbors and
your town.
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Squad #65
Your EMS squad is in urgent need of individuals who are*
willing to be trained and equipped, at town expense, to
serve on our squad, hopefully by the end of this year.
We ask for a minimum of two years of service, which
you will find personally worthwhile, interesting and
rewarding. If there is no meaningful response to this
plea our volunteer squad, as we know it, could cease to
exist. Those who have used our service know how
reassuring it is to have people you know responding to
your 911 calls.
If the town has to field a fully paid EMS squad it is
estimated that the cost, for a home assessed at
$200,000, would be an additional $250 per year in
taxes, not to mention the loss of free transports to out
of county hospitals example Duke. Citizens of Pine Knoll
Shores - DECISION TIME IS NOW! We who are
serving do not accept the idea that volunteerism is
dead. Surely there are those in our town who will
respond to this call for help. If you are willing to step
up to this plea call and register your name at the town
hall or call Ted Lindblad 240-0580 and let him know.
The next class will be given in the fall at Carteret
Community College, more information to come.
Squad 65 responded to 9 medical emergencies and 5
fire calls.
Submitted by: l^aureen Danehy