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Pine Knoll Shores ... A Brief History
Home Owners Organizations
Continuing to quote from “Town of Pine Knoll
Shores 1973-1985” by the late Ken Haller:
Pine Knoll Association, Inc. was the first
homeowners group in PKS. It was incorporated
May 31, 1967, some six years before Pine Knoll
Shores became a town. It was formed by the
Roosevelt interests but its members included all
property owners in ‘new’ PKS - so called to
distinguish the area from the earlier development
in the eastern sector. The line of demarcation
between the Association and the rest of PKS to the
east was extremely erratic and could be located
only on an Association map.
The Association has played a major role in the
development of PKS and cannot be ignored in any
account of that development. There is no legal
relationship between the Town and the Associa
tion. However, the Association has addressed
some major problems of considerable import.
The directors had been made fully aware of the
serious erosion taking place at an area on the
Sound extending roughly from McNeill Inlet to
Brock Basin. Director Hammon suggested that
the cost of bulk heading should be shared equally
by the property owners and the Roosevelts. The
newly established Sound Maintenance Commit
tee contacted the Roosevelts who agreed to con
tribute to the project.
Minutes of an October 9, 1973 meeting state:
“The Treasurer reported a check for $30,900 was
received from the Roosevelts as a donation to Pine
Knoll Association for the bulk-heading with $900
designated to be used toward construction of load
ing docks at both Brock Basin and McNeill Inlet.”
The Association’s second problem of bulk-
heading arose out of erosion along the banks of the
By Diane
canal on such lots as remained unbulkheaded. In
early summer of 1973 the Mimosa bridge was
completed and eastern and western sections of the
canal were joined. People noticed more and more
erosion of the canal banks and the importance of
bulkheading the canal banks became evident.
Letters of concern and information were sent to
all property owners. “The Canal Committee is
meeting with the Town Planning Committee—to
ask that the Town pass an ordinance requiring
owners to bulkhead their property before the issu
ance of a building permit.” Meeting of September
14, 1976.
The bulk-heading—was started April 11,1977
and now on December 13, 1977 the last bit of
sheeting is being placed. One and one-half miles
of bulk-heading has been done.” Meeting of De
cember 13, 1977.
Another troublesome problem related to the use
of Brock Basin and Hall Haven as marinas. At the
annual meeting held in June, 1972, it was pro
posed that the Association build slips in those
areas to be owned by the Association and allo
cated to members at a rental sufficient to reim
burse the Association for both construction and
maintenance costs. No action was taken.
Plans for building slips, rental charges, etc.
were finally adopted At the annual meeting of
June 11,1977 the membership approved the “poli
cies, rules and regulations” contained in the
association’s letter sent to property owners dated
November 21, 1976. The membership also
approved...assessments for use of dock facilities
on an annual basis to cover costs of providing the
facilities, maintenance....and other services.
When the town was incorporated the Roosevelts
deeded the parks that they had envisioned for the
Donovan
area to the home owners associations. PKS re
ceived Brock Basin, Hall Haven, Ocean Park and
Davis Landing. PIKSCO received McNeil Inlet,
Gamer Park, the ocean park at Bay Street, and an
undeveloped tract lying ocean side midway be
tween Mimosa and Maple Court. (Ed. Note: this
has now been developed as public beach access.)
Deeding these parks to the homeowners associa
tions rather than to the town kept them as private
lands and limited their use to association mem
bers, exclusive of the general public.
PIKSCO was incorporated in November 1972
to act on behalf of property owners in the older
eastern section of Pine Knoll Shores.
The early days of the corporation involved its
endeavor to make certain it received from the
Roosevelts title to the park areas designated for
use by residents of ‘old’ PKS. Eventually these
areas were in fact deeded to PIKSCO.
The Board of Directors spent many hours for
mulating plans for the efficient development of
their parks and in properly maintaining and im
proving them. Initially the directors were ham
pered in their efforts by reason of the fact that
property owners in the corporation’s area were
not required to accept membership in PIKSCO so
payment of dues was entirely a voluntary matter.
Valiant efforts were made to enroll residents as
members. Those efforts have been successful. As
of 1985 some 70% or more of the owners are dues
paying members.
Problems arose from time to time about the
Willard Gamer Park which boasts a boat basin
near the center of the park area from which a canal
leads through adjoining lots to the sound.
Discussions have been carried on by the corpo
ration with PKA as to the most efficient way of
controlling illegal parking in the parks of both
associations. Each association has extended to the
members of the other parking privileges. They
agreed on the use of identical parking stickers.
Dues payable annually to PIKSCO began at
$10 but increased to $20 in the same manner as
those of PKA.
With the passage of time large areas...have
been developed to accommodate condominiums.
Many of these are collectively known as Beacon’s
Reach. The members of Beacon’s Reach Master
Association are smaller homeowners associations
whose members in turn are the property owners in
the particular area the smaller association repre
sents.
These small associations collect dues from their
members and pay for the upkeep of their own
common properties. They also pay dues to the
Master Association which offers use of a marina
on the sound, two swimming pools, tennis courts,
two ocean entrances and a cart system to carry
members to those various facilities.
Development of McGinnis Point has also come
about in recent times. It, too, has a McGinnis Point
Master Association which provides maintenance
for properties common to the whole McGinnis
section. Three smaller associations, Albemarle,
Currituck and Pamlico, each maintain the com
mon properties allocated to it. Association mem
bers are provided with tennis courts and a pool.
Albemarle also enjoys a dock for every two houses.
There are several other associations in the town
such as Pine Knoll Townes, Phases I, II and III.
Each has its own association. Similar associations
are found elsewhere in locations where areas were
not included in either PKA or PIKSCO.
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