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Crimewatch EDENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTS ■ Aug. 10 - Austin David Scott Wilder, 20, of Shan nonhouse Road, was issued a citation for possession of less than AM> ounce of mari juana, a Schedule VI con trolled substance. ■ Aug. 9 - Marcus Elyah Powell, 28, of West Carteret Street, was arrested on one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to cause serious ii\jury. ■ Aug. 9 - Jason Scott Ferrer, 41, of Coke Avenue, was arrested on one misde meanor count of probation violation. ■ Aug. 9 - GiuHano Gian none, 50, of Paradise Road, was arrested on one misde meanor count of failure to appear. ■ Aug. 8 - Melissa Mar shall Bond, 34, of Windsor, was charged with one mis demeanor count of assault with a deadly weapon. ■ Aug. 7 - Curtis Michael Angelo Johnson, 39, of Par adise Road, was charged with one misdemeanor count of assault ■ Aug. 6 - Marion O’Neal Dillard n, 19, of White Oak Drive, was arrested on two misdemeanor counts of trespassing and two misde meanor counts of resisting arrest ■ Aug. 5 - Steven Michael Cayton, 30, of Wedgewood Apts., was arrested on one felony count of breaking and entering a motor ve hicle, one misdemeanor count of larceny from a mo tor vehicle and one misde meanor count of larceny of a motor vehicle ■ Aug. 4 - Rayshawn Lamont Anthony, 24, of Reginald and Mary Avenue, was arrested on one misde meanor count of failure to appear. ■ Aug. 1 - Tarry Nevin Jones Sr., 47, of Center Hill Church Road, was arrested on three misdemeanor counts of failure to appear. INCIDENTS ■ Aug. 11 - Hit and run on Virginia Road. ■ Aug. 8 - Discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling on West Carteret Street ■ Aug. 8 - Vandalism on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. ■ Aug. 5 - Ir\jury to per sonal property on East Gale Street ■ Aug. 1 - Breaking and entering and larceny at NAPA Auto Parts on North Broad Street CHOWAN COUNTY SHERIFF S OFFICE ARRESTS ■ Aug. 10 - Corey Ven ters, 26, of Charlotte, was ar rested on one felony count of probation violation. ■ Aug. 9 - Travis Andrew Byrum, 29, of Cannons Ferry Road, was arrested on one felony count of possession of heroin, one felony count of possession of a Schedule I controlled substance, and two misdemeanor counts of possession of drug para phernalia ■ Aug. 9 - Christopher Michael Bateman, 33, of Gatesville, was charged with one felony count of possession of heroin and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug para phernalia INCIDENTS ■ None reported. Council approves downtown overlay district BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer The town council has approved the formation of a proposed over lay district in the downtown area that would prohibit the establish ment of residential space on the ground floor of commercial build ings there. The vote, at council's Aug. 9 monthly meeting, provided a no table exception for the establish ment of live/work space in the rear of residential buildings. “A special use permit could be applied for from the Board of Adjustments in those instances,” Knighton said. Another exception, she said, would be for buildings where resi dential space already exists on the ground floor of commercial build ings in downtown Edenton. A public hearing held prior to the vote drew comments only from John Mitchener, a retired business man and county commissioner. He pointed out that the proposed dis trict encompassed buildings only to the foot of Broad Street except for Edenton Office Supply and the Chowan Arts Council building, both located just beyond that area “I would hope it (overlay district) would include businesses down the side streets that intersect with Broad Street,” he said, pointing out that there are businesses on Queen Street as well as Water Street that were not included in the plan. Knighton said that those busi nesses would be covered under town zoning ordinances but had not been included by the council as part of the proposed new district “The only properties would be those that abut Broad Street,” she said “I think you need to take an other look at that,” Mitchener said. “I would encourage you to con sider (including) those business locations that exist outside Broad Street” With no one else wishing to speak, Mayor Roland Vaughan closed the public hearing and the council unanimously approved es tablishment of the district Teen injured in Aug. 8 shooting on Carteret Street From staff reports An Edenton man has been charged in con nection with the Aug. 8 shooting of an Edenton teen. Marcus Powell of West Cartet Street was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and placed in the Chowan County Jail un der $40,000 bond, accord ing to Sgt. Laura Wilkins of the Edenton Police De partment. Kristopher Rome, 17, of Cabbarus St. was treat ed and relased at Vidant Chowan Hospital after suffering a single gunshot wound shortly after 11:45 a.m. on Aug. 8, Wilkins said. The incident occurred on Carteret Street near the intersection with Granville Street, Wilkins said. Rome told police that he and a friend were walk ing on North Granville Street when they heard gunshots and started run ning, Wilkins said. Rome said he then realized he had been shot, according to Wilkins. Rome was driven to the hospital by private vehicle. Wilkins said police found .40-caliber shell casings at the scene. There were four shell casings found and wit nesses reported hearing four shots fired, Wilkins said. A vehicle parked on West Carteret Street was struck and damaged by one of the shots, Wilkins said. POWELL Wind project controversy culminates in hearings next week BY PETER WILLIAMS AND REGGIE PONDER Staff Writers A year-old debate in Perquimans County over a new wind farm project will come down to two days of hearings next week In Chowan County the debate has been go ing on longer but it, too, is coming down <o tw'o days next week The Perquimans County Board of County Commis sioners is scheduled to hold quasi-judicial hear ings to consider the Apex Clean Energy project on Aug 24 and Aug. 25. Both r Habitat I for Humanity' Restore Open Tues.,Thurs., Sat. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm hift 1370 N. Broad St., Edenton 482-2686 meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and will be held in the second floor courtroom at the Perquimans Court house Annex. In Chowan, hearings are slated for 6 p.m. on Aug. 22 and 23 at the Northern Chowan Community Cen ter. The Perquimans meet ings cap a process that started last summer when crowds started to pack county commission meet ings to voice their con cerns about the prqject. Apex's Timbennill Wind ^project would span 16,000 acres of Perquimans and Chowan counties, and in clude 105 wind turbines more than 500-feet tall. The project is expected to cost between $300 mil lion and $400 million. 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However residents in the Bear Swamp community and elsewhere argued the zoning laws dealing with wind weren’t tough enough or they didn’t want to see the new proj ect at all. In October, the six member county com mission agreed to put a four-month moratorium on new wind projects to give the county planning board a chance to review the rules. The planning board is made up of people ap pointed by the commis sion to make recommen dations when it comes to interpreting the zoning code. The board members are paid $50 each time they meet. Many of the issues the planning board deals with aren't as big as the deci sion involving mutli-mil lion dollar wind power projects. In March, the board considered a case involving a grandfather who wanted to carve out a two-acre parcel to give to his grandson but on the surface the code didn’t allow that. During the morato rium the planning board did meet and on Dec. 8 a majority voted to rec ommend that the county increase the setback be tween the turbines and existing homes to one half mile (2,640 feet). The ordinance at the time and now set the defacto set back at 1,500 feet. In favor of the vote were Brenda Lassiter, Donald Manley and Lewis Smith. Opposed was A.O. Roberts. Paul Kahl, the chairman, did not vote. The planning board also recommended the county require Apex pay $50,000 to set up a fund that the county could use if it needed outside experts to review the project. The board did not take up the issue of requiring the de veloper to guarantee that property values wouldn’t decrease because the project was built. In February, the county commission resumed dis cussing the issue and in the end deadlocked in a 3 3 vote along political lines when it came to increasing the setback requirements. The commission did agree Board and Commission Vacancies Chowan County residents who are interested in being appointed to till j upcoming vacancies on various boards f and committees are encouraged to fill out an application The Chowan County Board of Commissioners appoint representatives to local and regional committees, boards. commissions ax) authorities Applicants should De a resident ot Chowan ‘ County Applications are available at the ,, Chowan County Managers Oftice or online. For more information, contact Susanne Stallings. County Clerk (252) 482-8431 x 1 ot email susanne staiimgs@chowan nc.gov VACANCIES Jaital iinUwfH •wwi MMiiiraniiy nmvvi j CwuHH (Nursing Home Committee) [_ Seeking to till volunteer positions tor the Chowan County Joint Community Advisory Committee serving long term care residents - Maior Responsibility Uphold the intent ol the Residents Bill ot Rights Committee member must reside in Chowan County and cannot live in, work at. of have a financial interest in a nursing home Immediate lamiiy members ot people in those categories cannot serve To serve, generally you must be 18, live in the county and be willing to give 8-20 hours per quarter ot your time and expertise attending quarterly meetings, conducting visits, and other activities to benefit long term care residents. (Additional application needed, please contact Susarme Stallings for more information) Chowan County Tourism Development Authority SmI O-Applicant must be currentty active in the promotion ot travel and tourism in Chowan County Chowan County Planning Board Applications are being considered for Area "0‘at this time to require the developer set up the $50,000 fund. The commission also asked Apex to address the issues of “blade drop” and ‘ice throw” when it came time to submit a Condi tional Use Permit (CUP) request. Blade drop is when for some reason a turbine blade might fly off. The issue was how far would it go. Ice drop con cerns what would happen if ice formed on a turbine blade and was somehow thrown off. After two more years of research Apex submitted a CUP request in May. The Chowan County Planning Board in the spring of 2015 recom mended much stricter standards for the wind ordinance, including a one-mile setback and a 35-decibel noise limit. The county commission ers extended the setbacks slightly and tightened the decommissioing require ments, but otherwise mostly rejected the plan ning panel's proposal. While the Perquimans County setback require merits weren’t changed, 50 of the 57 tur bines proposed by Apex for Perquimans County are a half mile (2,649 feet) or more from the nearest occupied building or resi dence, based on the CUP request. Twenty are a mile (5,280 feet) or more. According to the CUP application, the nearest home or building is 1,952 feet away from a wind turbine. There are four in Perquimans that are more than 9,000 feet away. About 10,000 acres of the 16,000 acre project is owned by Weyerhaeuser, a timber company. The planning board reviewed the CUP appli cation in July and again earlier this month. In the end it concluded the ap plication Apex submit ted compiled with the county&rsquojs zoning rules. Just one of the mem bers voting -Lassiter - vot ed “no” to one of the four recommendations. 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