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BV BILL McGOWAN
Sunset Beach Town Council set the
sky as the iiierai limit for some
developers Monday night by approving
a controversial zoning classification
for several mainland properties
which carries no height or density
restrictions.
Council agreed to rezone four
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Delayed
The State Personnel Commission
has delayed its consideration of an
appeal filed by former Brunswick
County Social Services Director
Jamie Orrock, originally scheduled
Tuesday, Feb. 5, until its next
meeting on April 16.
A continuance was granted at the
request of Mary Easley, new attorney
for the Brunswick County
Board of Social Services, indicated
Joe Totten, a hearing officer with the
Commission.
The board dismissed Orrock Nov.
30, 1983, after former departmental
van driver Donna Hinson Rivcnbark
brought a claim of sexual harassment
against mm to uie board.
Based on two days of testimony
heard in August, Commission hearing
officer Barbara Coward recommended
in October that Orrock be
reWatdtfcd with back benefits
because the board had failed to show
that he had sexually harassed a
former OSS employee as charged. If
her recommendation Is uplicld by the
Commission, It will be advisory oniy,
not binding in any way on the social
services board.
In December County Attorney
David Clegg notified the Commissiuti,
tti uie leanest of the oociol services
board, of that board's intent to
file objections to Ms. Coward's
report. At the time the social services
did not have an attorney of its own
and Clegg served in that capacity.
Ms. Easley said the service ageni
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Ocean Isle
BV SUSAN USHER
Ocean Isle Beach Commissioners
win consider Monday afternoon
whether to extend a week-long
moratorium on permits to move
houses imposed earlier this week in a
special Joint session of two town
boards.
The moratorium was imposed
Monday morning by town commissioners
meeting Jointly with
members of the planning and raring
board. The action came partly in
response, Mayor LaD^ne Bullington
said, to rumors circulating that certain
unnamed parties have plans to
relocate and "stockpile" several
houses until they cou. * be
transported off the island across the
highnse bridge now under construction.
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would be set an pilings. but not unproved
or attached to electrical
power or septic tanks.
Commissioners said repeatedly
they're not cut to stop relocation of
aider homes, only to make sure the
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pv?rs!iCv of the hoiiSv up to
neighborhood standards
The moratorium isn't intended to
block people with plans like Ken Kennedy's.
a broker with Cooke Realty,
commissioners told Kennedy
Re has bought a kit and plans to
move onto it The Yah. a cottage
iocaled at the corner ok VTmnabow
and Kim streets that was damaged
in Hurricane Diana. Kennedy said he
has allocated J32.W0 to ~ttx it up
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permit Because at the extent at
issssst. he wS! hnne die house up to
current codes.
In detenae at the proposed rekwa
oversiai
thly meeting, but it took the tiebreaking
vote of Mayor Pro-Tern Ed
Gore to override objections to two of
the changes.
Each of the rezoning requests was
voted upon individually, and while
council became deadlocked on two
requests, its members voted
unanimously to approve two others.
On a motion by Councilman George
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Prevention Officer Nancy Simpiou
Department roiied his iiny fingers iii
prints. Rack in the hands ni his pat
Southport, the prints could help trace
was one ol 27 vounstcrs from the Le
Christ of Latter-day Saints to get fingei
afternoon.
Will Consid
tion he told the two boards, "I'm in
real estate. I don't want anything ugly
beside me. I have pride in ownership."
Kennedy said he may eventually
sell the house, but that his immediate
plans are to use It for his
residence.
Because of the cold, the joint
meeting was moved from the uninsulated
town hali across the
causeway to Sloane.. Realty;
Monday's 4 p.m. meeting may also
be held there. Commissioners
Virginia Gihson, Connor Cox, Marvin
Stanley and Mayor I-a Dane Bullington
crowded into Commissioner
Debbie Fox> upstairs office along
with planning board members Terry
Barbee, Bill Bulling ton and l>at
Hostetler. Town Clerk Alberta
Tatum. Tom Attorney Elva Jess,
Building Inspector T.D. Roberson,
two reporters and two citizens- Commissioner
Betty Williamson was out
with the flu.
Commissioners began studying the
relocation of older homes and its
regulation in December.
Monday's moratorium bought time
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to regulate appearance as well as
safety and It put potential
housemen ero on notice.
We don't went people investing
with the idea of relocating and then
find out they canX" observ ed Mayor
laDane Bullington, "Nor do we want
to take the nsk ?f people destroys^
what we have here.
"We might be misleading them if
?* uufi't take some "
State Weprte* nrnvair for relocated
houses U> meet state code, but
Building Inspector T D. KoOerson
said thai> ussa2y interpreted to
mean the code in existence at the
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Foster and a second by Councilman
Don Safrit, council voted 3 to 2 to approve
a zoning change for a tract of
land along N.C. 179, owned by David
Stanaland and bordering the
Calabash River, from MR-2
!mainland residential! to MB-1
(mainland business). The MB-1
classification will allow the construction
of both commercial buildings
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time of construction. Towns can
usually require houses be brought up
to certain standards of safety, he
said, adding, "but there's not much
you can do for aesthetics."
In opening comments Monday,
Mayor laOane Bullington suggested
that a failure to act quickly could
result in a problem "in maintaining
the quality of houses and development
we have here at Ocean Isle "
A general concern among property
owners for quality of development
has resulted in continuous high property
values, she said. "1 call it pride
of ownership. That's what is keeping
this beach looking good.
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and multi-family housing units on the e
same land. ti
Foster and Sat'rit voted in favor of
the measure, while fellow council r
members Katherine Hill and Mary I
Griffith voted in opposition. Gore, sit- C
ting at the head of the table during f
the long absence of Mayor Frances ?
Kanoy, voted to allow the tl
reclassification, hrpaking the tip and c
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hursday, February 7, 1985
Greater
For Reor
BY SUSAN USHER (
Reorganization of personnel and <
equipment from several depart- I
ments into a new division of county I
government is expected to result in <
greater efficiency, Brunswick County
Commissioners said Monday <
night. i
Darry Somcrsett will manage the t
new construction and maintenance i
division, pooling personnel and i
equipment from at least five existing i
departments in an effort to both more
efficiently in terms of time anu i
money.
He previously directed the rnos- i
quito control program as well as I
supervising the maintenance garage.
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ding for construction projects and I
equipment. I
After more than an hour of discus- i
sion Monday, commissioners I
delayed until their next meeting r.
decision on whetner to restrict informal
bids to items of 12,500 or less and
whether that limit should apply to all
departments or just to the construction
and equipment division. Commissioner
Frankie Ration said that
while most quesUons relate to construction,
he feels the policy should
be consistent and apply to ail departments.
in lire interim, County Mmuigci
Billy Carter is to obtain "impact
statements" from all department
managers on what effect a stricter
bidding procedure would have on
their departments.
Based on Carter's estimate that
direct and indirect costs of bidding
ig Moratorii
"It's definitely in the best interests
of this town to preserve the quality of
housing we have here," she continued.
Relocation of older houses inland to
make way for new construction on
more expensive oceanfront property
has increased in popularity at both
Holden Beach and Ocean Isle Beach
as property values have risen.
Concurrently, property owners
along the canals at both beaches
rave cunspmnRi mat some at use
liouses already moved or scheduled
to be moved could lower property
values since they are not on a par
with others in the neighborhood.
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nacting the ordinance to rerone the r
ract.
The same vote was recorded on a r
equest by Sea. Trail Corp, Island p
>evelopment Corp. and Oceanside t
:orp. to rezone 13.2 acres at t
tonaparte's landing from MR-2 to \
TO-1. Again, Gore voted in favor of
he request to break the tie on coun- ?
il. The land will be used for both
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Efficienc
ganizati
:ould run as much as $700 to $1,000 on
some items. Commissioner Grace
Seasley said she was concerned that
orma! bids would add to much to the
:ost of some items.
Presently formal bids are required
jnly on items valued at $10,000 or
more, with "informal" bids used for
all others. To get informal bids,
managers call several vendors who
are on a list of companies interested
in bid participation.
The method has encountered problems,
with commissioners Jim
Poole, Herman bove and Chappoll
saying most of the complaints they
hear come from among the county's
numerous contractors.
"We've got to have something better
than what we've got." said Chappell.
"Before you know as well as I do
that several people weren't asked,
but only a few."
H? **ld whatever tymtetc. la
adopted he wants to have records
available showing what firms were
contacted and when.
Somersett will report to County
Manager Billy Carter under the
reorganization.
Commissioners stressed that for
the present the new division requires
no immediate increases in
employees, salaries or machinery.
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sidered when developing the l?85-86
budget.
I .ami Acquisition
After a two-hour mcettng behind
closed doors, commissioners instructed
PlatiTiing Director John
Harvey to begin making land acquis)
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Roberson said people buy or build
on the island assuming what will be
next door will be of similar quality
and newness; he suggested they have
a right to expect this.
Planning Board Chairman Barbee
voiced a related concern, saying,
"We want to assure the persona wiw
buy $50,000 lots and build $100,000
homes on them that a cracker box
that can't withstand 75 mph winds
won't be moved in between them."
As of September 11, Holden Beach
commissioners imposed a
moratorium prohibiting the moving
of houses on the island and have not
yet worked out means for regulating
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nulti-family housing and businesses.
Two other rezoning requests
eceived unanimous council approval,
in spite of the fact that one of
hem involved the MB-1 classificaion
to which Hill and Griffith had
oiced opposition.
One of the requests was filed by
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lions for the county water system.
The board had previously instructed
Harvey to detail what effect
the additional responsibility would
have on his time and other responsibilities,
Chappell said. In the past
land acquisition lias been handled by
several county employees.
Other Business
In other business, commissioners:
I.earned of two breaks in the county
water line requiring emergency
attention by County Engineer Dan
Shields. On Saturday a failure
developed in an eight-inch raw water
transmission line at Beaver Dam
Creek that has been in use 10 years,
shutting down part of the original
wellfield at the N.C. 211 plant until
the break is found and repaired. \ 600
mgp leak that developed Sunday at
Saucepan Creek was expected to be
repaired by midnight Monday.
customer* war# temporarily
without water, but were
liackfed from another pumping station.
Commissioner Rabon suggested a
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JUIII* Iin.t.wiifi oc% up 111 I VUiUill/
with the social services board to
discuss problems within the ei?nney
Members voted to advertise for
bids for a roll-over truck and related
equipment for the Lockwood Kolly
convenience rrl^tion TK?u ? I u < >
reviewed technical specifications for
the station, which County Engineer
Dan Shields said must be approved
by the state before construction bids
can be advertised. Presently the
county does not plan to place an al(See
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se-AAoving
the moves. The moratorium does not
prohibit moving houses off the island
One homeowner did Just that last
month, using a barge.
Because of the expense involved,
"if relocated houses had to be
orougnt up to ine current (building)
itfir," ituucfson mdlcutc-d, "that
would almost preclude moving."
Houses that require repair* equal to
more tlian SO percent of their value
must be brought up to current codes
anyway, he added.
The mayor noted It is generally
considered cheaper to move a home
off the island than to bring it up to
standard because the owners are
more likely to get a better return on
their investment That will be a lot
easier to do when the new bridge is
completed. Meanwhile, members of
neither board liked the idea of houses
being "stockpiled" somewhere on
the island.
However, both commissioners and
planning board members agreed that
whatever regulations they adopted
will not prevent the relocation of a
house in an emergency, as when ero
sum threatens.
On Monday wiwiWwri may
consider a general ordinance
regulating the actual moving of a
borne, including permit, route planning
and posting of a bond to cover
damages
The bGsrd ?=??ru to Safes more
tune to investigate and develop
regulations concerning aesthetics
These would have to be part of the
zoning ordinance. Ms Jeaa said, and
would require i public hearing Such
regulations could t* adopted no
sooner than two or three months in
the future.
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