Commissioners Not Pinning
Down Date To Beqin Zoninq
BY SUSAN USHKR
Brunswick Couniy Commissio
ners arc delaying the effective date
of the county's new zoning ordi
nance since the couniy isn't rrady to
begin enforcing it.
"We're leaving it open until Mr.
(Planning Director John) Harvey
comes to us and says he's ready,"
said Don Warren, chairman of the
commissioners.
The ordinance was to have gone
in* '(Tect today, July 1, but Warren
sa nay take until fall to get ready.
The amendment commissioners
plan to adopt at their July 6 meeting
will make the ordinance effective
only "upon further action" by the
commissioners.
Warren said there appeared to be
no problem with amending the ordi
nance after ihe July i date had al
ready passed, since the county had
not taken the preliminary steps re
quired by law for enforcement. The
other alternative would have been to
call an emergency meeting, which
Warren said the situation didn't war
rant.
At a Tuesday night public hearing
on the amendment ? a technicality
required by law ? only three persons
spoke, none on the question at issue.
Victoria and Severino Alvarez of
Town Creek community said they
moved their family here from New
Jersey to get away from zoning.
Saying they think it is unfair for
government to tell people what they
can and cannot do with property
they own and pay taxes on, the cou
plc wanted to know if it was too late
to reverse the decision to have zon
ing.
Pearly Vcrccn ol bxum, a former
county commissioner and a farmer,
reminded the board that he would
like to see agriculture exempted and
that he sees no reason "to zone it at
all."
He added, "But that decision is up
to you and I feel like it's time you
made it."
The county zoning ordinance was
adopted by the previous board of
commissioners last November. Its
implementation has been delayed re
peatedly since then. Commissioners
first voted twice, on motions by
Commissioner Wayland Vereen, to
delay filling the zoning code en
forcement officer post.
Eventually it was advertised, but
a suitably qualified candidate was
not found. The job was filled after
the salary was upgraded and the job
combined with that of chief building
inspector.
Warren said he understands it will
take another three months to prepare
to enforce the ordinance.
"October 1, that's my target date,"
said Wancn. "1 don't know about
the others, bui I'd like to get this be
hind me."
The zoning laws are subject to
change even after they take effect,
and several commissioner 3 arc sol!
pondering possible amendments.
Warren said much of the concern
he's heard about the ordinance ap
pears to be "more of a land rights is
sue than a zoning issue." At a series
of public hearings Warren explained
to listeners that farms were exempt.
"but it didn't do any good," he said.
As for the option of excluding a
portion of the county from the ordi
nance, such as rural areas. Warren
Said he hasn t found a satisfactory
way to do that, though other board
members might disagree.
"Without a wide buffer such as a
river, how do you draw a line?" he
asked, since the landowner on one
side would come under the regula
tions and his neighbor would not.
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