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Work on the new Supply Post Office is on or ahead of a scheduled early November completion deadline. "We might he in before then,'
Postmaster Norman Rachels said Tuesday. "The only delay He might have is getting in the equipment the postal service has to provide."
Rachels noted the new location on N.C. 211 will provide ample parking and eliminate patrons having to deal with heavv traffic on US 17
Rains
Causing Drainage
Problem At Ocean Isle
BY doug rutter
Recent rainfall might be great for
the local mosquito population, but
it's been causing drainage problems
at Ocean Isle Beach.
Three property owners took their
complaints to the town board Tues
day and asked commissioners to
help them close the flood gates.
They said stormwater floods and
erodes their low-lying property ev
ery time it rains. "I am running
scared," said Katie Lesley, who
lives at the comer of Monroe and
Second streets.
Commissioners informally agre
ed to cooperate with the property
owners to solve their problems.
This year's budget didn't include
funds for drainage, but sonic could
be taken from the street department
allocation.
Streets Commissioner Odell Wil
liamson said creating a swale along
side the road and installing catch
basins would help. But he said it
wouldn't solve the problem because
the lots arc below street level.
"Excessive rain will always create
a problem, and it's not something
unique here," said Williamson.
Town officials said heavy and
steady rainfall over the past month
has had a lot to do with the drainage
problems.
Until the forecast changes,
Williamson said there's not much
the town can do. He said trying to
work while there's still a chance of
rain could result in more erosion.
Shallotie Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady has measured more
than 16 inches of rain at his resi
dence in the last 30 days.
"The sunshine would help the
whole thing a little bit," Williamson
said.
Commissioner Debbie Fox said a
storm drain in the town hall parking
lot that is designed to handle the
greatest one-day rainfall in any 10
year period overflowed during a
storm three weeks ago. "That's how
much rain we've had."
Other Business
In other business Tuesday, com
missioners:
?Acccptcd the resignation of board
of elections member Janet Sanders,
who is running for town commis
sioner. Mary Sanford was appointed
to take her place on the elections
board.
?Agreed to enter into a lease with
Odell and Virginia Williamson so
the town can expand its airport
apron. The town will pay S10 to
lease about 3.5 acres adjacent to the
airport properly for 20 years.
?Referred to the planning board a
request to realign some of the lots
in the Crown Stream subdivision, a
single-family residential develop
ment located in the extraterritorial
area. Ray Clifton owns the property.
?Met in executive session for about
15 minutes to discuss a personnel
matter involving the water and sew
cr department. Mayor Betty Wil
liamson said no action was taken.
?Heard from Commissioner Fox
that the sanitation contractor.
Chambers of South Carolina, is ex
pected to give the town a proposal
next month on recycling services.
The town is looking at curbside ser
vice and allow ing residents to drop
off rccyclablcs at a central location.
"It's going to be expensive
whichever way we go," she said.
?Heard from Building Inspector
Druicd Robcrson that he issued 15
permits in town during July. He col
lected S375 in fees on construction
valued at S59,4(X). In the extratcrri
lorial area, Roberson issued seven
permits and collected S295 in fees
on a valuation of S4 1 ,858.
?Heard from the building inspector
that a workshop on the National
Flood Insurance Program's commu
nity rating system will be held
Thursday, Aug. 29, at 9 a.m. at
town hall. The system provides
flood insurance reductions for
towns that go beyond enforcement
of minimum Hood regulations.
? Heard from Police Chief Curt
Pritchard that officers issued 79
tickets in July. Most of them were
given to people who parked their
vehicles on sidewalks.
Ocean Isle Petitioners
Oppose Bars
BY doug r utter
A group of Occan Isle Bcach
area property owners have peti
tioned the town to prohibit night
clubs, lounges and bars in their resi
dential neighborhood.
Commissioners received a reso
lution Tuesday morning signed by
49 people opposed to those types of
businesses in the area located be
tween the Occan Isle Bcach cause
way and Gause Landing.
Spokesperson Marilyn Reeves, a
Shallotte resident with family mem
bers living in the area in question,
said that an existing club in the
neighborhood, formerly called
Cowgirls, is operating illegally and
without the necessary permits.
The resolution, which asks that
clubs, lounges and bars be prohibited
"now and in the future," was referred
to the Occan Isle Bcach Planning
Board for a recommendation.
Earlier this year, Building In
spector Druicd Robcrson ordered
the Cowgirls nightclub building va
cated and shut down after ruling
that it was operating in violation of
the North Carolina Building Code.
State code doesn't allow more
than 1(X) people on the sccond floor
of a wood-frame construction build
ing. It also prohibits establishments
that serve food or drinks that also
have dancing or offer entertainment
from locating on the sccond level of
those types of buildings.
In May, the owner of the build
ing, Betty Gore, agreed to make
several changes to bring the struc
ture imo compliance with the slate
building code. Besides the night
club, the building houses a seafood
market downstairs.
Roberson said Tuesday that the
owner is on schedule as far as mak
ing the building code improvements
he ordered earlier this year.
"They have made a good faith ef
fort to bring the building up to
code," he said. "They've worked
hand in hand with me."
Among other things, Roberson
said the owner hired an engineer to
design an extra set of stairs to the
upstairs balcony and has run a con
duit to an outside light.
The building inspector said he
and the owner have been trying to
find a licensed contractor to install
a fire sprinkler system. In the mean
time, four fire extinguishers have
been put inside the nightclub.
The Brunswick County Health
Department filed charges against
the owner of the building last
month accusing her of failing to
provide a sanitary means of sewage
disposal.
The ease was scheduled to be
heard in Brunswick County District
Court Tuesday, but it was continued
until Sept. 18, according to the
clerk of court's office.
Environmental Health Supervisor
John Crowder said Mrs. Gore was
given 30 days to make repairs to a
sewer system at the building. The
deadline passed July 5 with no im
provements made.
Some residents complained at the
July 8 health board meeting that the
leaking system was causing a health
hazard and claimed it was draining
into a ditch that feeds into the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Crowder said last month the own
er has no room to upgrade the sewer
system without purchasing addition
al property. The town's sewer lines
do not extend to the business.
At Monday's health board meet
ing, Chairman Bill Rabon read a
letter from area resident Newman
Stanley relating to the septic system
that serves the building.
Stanley wrote that he hadn't giv
en anyone permission to use his
land for septic tank lines. The letter
was passed on to County Manager
David Clcgg.
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Ocean Isle Bans Adult
Clubs
In an effort lo preserve its "fami
ly beach image," Ocean Isle Beach
isn't going to allow the adult enter
tainment clubs found in some resort
communities.
On a unanimous vote, commis
sioners Tuesday morning passed an
explicitly -worded ordinance Tues
day prohibiting the operation of
adult clubs within the town limits.
Mayor Betty Williamson didn't
get much response when she asked
if any board members wanted to
discuss the new rule.
"In front of these people?" Com
missioner Bill Benton asked, point
ing to an audience of 10 residents.
The rule makes it illegal for peo
ple to engage in sexual activities or
display certain parts of the body in
any public place of business, any
place open to public view and any
entertainment or amusement facility.
An adult club is defined as "an
establishment used for any type of
presentation depicting, exhibiting,
or describing specified sexual activ
ities or specified anatomical ar
eas?for observation by patrons
therein."
The rule prohibits the display of
human gennals, pubic region, but
locks and female breasts below a
point immediately above the top ot
the areola that arc "less than com
plctcly and opaquely covered."
It specifically prohibits wet T
shirt contests and the showing ol
human male genitals in a "dis
cernibly turgid state even if com
plctcly and opaquely covered."
Ocean Isle's new rule prohibits
the "depiction or exhibition of hu
man genitals; acts ol human mastur
bation, sexual intercourse, sodomy,
masochism, sadism, sadomasoch
ism; and the fondling, exhibition or
erolic touching of human genitals,
the male or female pubic region,
buttocks or female breasts."
Earlier this year. Ocean Isle
Beach officials adopted an ordi
nance prohibiting nudity in publu
places. Holden Beach passed an or
dinancc banning adult clubs a lew
months ago.
Police Chief Curt Pritchard said
no one has indicated an interest in
opening an adult club at Ocean Isle
However, he said the ordinance
needs to be on the txx>ks before thai
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