The
May 2007 • Vol. 3, No. 11 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Town Hall 247-4353
New Building Site Requirements
Broaden Permitting Process
By Charlie McBriarty
Last January your commissioners,
by a vote of five to zero, passed "An
Ordinance to Specify the Requirements
of Landscape Plans and Permits and to
Declare Harmful Drainage Practices
Illegal." Initiated by the town's planning
board, this ordinance is designed to
establish landscape requirements,
insure that grading of the site does
not result in drainage to neighboring
properties and create a process to review
and approve landscape plans. The board
of commissioners held public hearings
and concluded that the ordinance was
in keeping with the town's Land Use
Plan and existing ordinances.
What does this new ordinance mean?
To the owner of a vacant lot in Pine Knoll
Shores it will mean that the process of
gaining approval for construction of a
new home likely will be extended. The
new ordinance requires that prior to
any clearing or excavation of the lot the
owner must first apply for a landscape
permit. The application for a landscape
permit must include: all required
county, state and federal site permits;
a site plan prepared by a professional
engineer or land surveyor that identifies
the lot lines and topography of the site;
detailed building plans including all
grading, excavation or filling required
and identification of existing trees and
shrubs to be removed as well as showing
the location of new trees and shrubs to
be planted.
The application is submitted to the
town's building inspector. Plans
calling for no more than removal of
vegetation need only be reviewed by
the corr/munity appearance commission
prior to the building inspector issuing
a building permit. Similarly, if the
(New Building) Continued on Page 6
Commissioners Wrestle With Tough
Topics At Marathon Meeting
By Yvette Bannen and Bill White
The April meeting of the Pine Knoll
Shores Board of Commissioners stretched
out into five separate sessions as members
wrestled with several complicated
subjects, the budget, how to proceed on
the beach access front, and when the town
should take over management of the water
system, which it purchased from Carolina
Water Co. two years ago.
Preparation is Key To Weathering
Big Blows if They Come
By Bill White
Following the purchase, the town
contracted with Carolina Water to manage
the system for two years, at which time the
town would consider running the system
itself or taking the option of extending
the management contract for another
year. That two-year contract is due to
end and, after extensive deliberations,
(Commissioners) Continued on Page 6
W'ith hurricane season fast approaching,
it's never too early to start thinking about
how you will react if one of those big
Atlantic weather events threatens to storm
ashore somewhere around our neck of
the woods.
There are a lot of things to think about,
some major concerns and a great many
little details that may seem to be no-
brainers at first blush but could become
critically important if you wind up with
a 100 mph wind whistling around your
ears.
Bill Matthias, the town's director of
emergency services, has thought long
and hard about the subject and come up
with a comprehensive Hurricane Season
Planning Guide in which he tries to
provide tips to cover every eventuality.
He may not have thought of everything,
but for our money he has come pretty
darn close.
The Shoreline herewith reprints the
guide in its entirety and suggests that
every household save a copy for future
reference. We also hope you won't need
it, but that's pretty miich up to Mother
Nature.
As Matthias points out, one of the big
decisions to be made if a storm approaches
is whether you want to ride it out or leave
the island for hopefully safer environs.
The severity of the storm and a lot of
other things, including the need for special
assistance, can have a great deal of bearing
on the choice you make. In the event of
a strong storm, the town's emergency
service personnel will evacuate the island
with their equipment. If an evacuation of
emergency personnel is announced, that's
a pretty strong indication that it would be
wise to go with them and residents are
strongly encouraged to do so.
The decision-making process doesn't
end when the storm ends. Remember, if
you evacuate you have to get back and
one of the absolutely essential things you
will need is a resident reentry pass. If
you do not have one, a trip to the public
safety building is in order. Enough said.
Matthias takes it from here. See guidelines
on page 4.
March Catch - The unsual weather as spring aproached didn't prevent these PKS
residents from boating a sizeable catch on a charter trip late in March. Displaying their
catch are Ted Lindblad, Dale Bernhardt, Jim Hunter, Roger Markel, Ted Goetzinger
and Richard Seale. See Seale's fishing column on page 16
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