Shallotte Board Gives Okay To Junk Car Rules
BY IXWG RITTER
In ?)0 days. Shallotte officials will
start enforcing mlcs that prohibit
"junked, nuisance and abandoned"
vehicles anywhere in the town or
within a mile of the city limits.
After lengthy discussion Tuesday
night, aldermen voted 3-2 in favor
of an ordinance aimed at cleaning up
Shallotte and the outlying communi
ties within its extraterritorial juris
diction (ETJ).
Aldermen Carson Durham. Bill
Allen and Morris Hall voted in favor
of the controversial regulations,
which were opposed by board mem
bers Roncv Cheers and David
Gause.
"Why do you want to plant flow
ers when you have junked cars sit
ting around?" Durham asked at
Tuesday night's board meeting. "I
think as a town board we need to
look at the total town."
Said Gausc. "1 think we really
need the ordinance, but I'm not sure
the people of this town are ready to
go along with it."
The new set of rules, which take
effect Oct. 31. basically outlav. cars
and trucks that arc considered a nui
sance or a health hazard or lower
property values.
Mayor Sarah Tripp said she re
ceived a lot of telephone calls about
the proposal. "Since I've been may
or I probably got more calls on this
ordinance than anything, in protest
of it." she said.
During a 90-day grace period that
ends on Halloween, town staff has
been instructed to prepare a list of
potential vehicles that could be con
sidered in violation of the rules.
The regulations, a combination of
state statutes and ordinances current
ly used in Sunset Beach and Yaupon
Beach, will apply to vehicles parked
on public and private properjy.
The ordinance defines a "junked"
vehicle as one without a current li
cense plate that is partially disman
t'ed or wrecked, cannot be driven or
is more than five years old and ap
pears to be worth less than Si 00.
"Nuisance" vehicles are defined
as cars or trucks on public or private
property that are determined to be a
health or safety hazard or a public
nuisance.
"Abandoned" vehicles are those
that arc parked illegally, left on a
public street for more than seven
days, left on property owned or op
erated by the town tor more than 24
hours or left on private property for
more than two hours without the
owner's consent .
The ordinance will allow each
properly owner to keep one
"junked" vehicle as long as it is in
the rear yard and "is entirely con
cealed from public view" in a garage
or shed.
Shallottc native Mercll Hawes
spoke out in opposition of the ordi
nance Tuesday night. He's afraid the
rules will force him to dispose of
one or more of the half dozen vehi
cles parked at his White Street resi
dence.
Hawes said he stores his tools in
the cars, and has been doing it for 4()
years or more.
"I've got from S200 to S2.(XX)
worth of tools in cars. One reason
they're spread out is if somebody
gets them they won't get all of
them." Hawes explained.
Hawes said the guidelines are
"mightv strict," although town offi
cials said Tuesday they aren't sure if
any of Hawes' vehicles would be
classified as "junked" cars.
Mayor Tripp said there arc several
factors to consider. "Just because
you park a car and take the license
off of it docs not make it a junk car."
she said.
Cause said he thinks the town
needs the ordinance, but he ques
tioned how officials arc going to en
force the rules in the expansive. ETJ
territory outside the town.
"I've got some reservations about
it." he said. "I don't know how
many cars you got out there but
there's a lot of them. It's gonna take
personnel if this is passed to stay af
ter it."
Chief Appointment
Postponed
Shallotte officials decided Tues
day to postpone the appointment of
a fire chief for the 1 994-95 year un
til after an Aug. 16 meeting with fire
department members.
Aldermen said they want to meet
individually with each of the three
men recommended by the depart
ment as possible fire chief ap
pointees: Tim Carter. David Moore
and Tony Hewett.
Carter has been fire chief for the
last seven years, but he said two
weeks ago he didn't expect to be
reappointed because of recent ten
sion between the department and
town board.
Aldermen said Tuesday they want
to meet with the entire department in
an effort to improve relations. The
meeting is scheduled Aug. 16 at
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Mayor Tripp said she thinks most
of the problems in the past have
been the result of misunderstanding
and lack of communication.
"We're open-minded about it. The
fire department wants to sit down
with the mayor and board of alder
men." Moore said.
Added Hewett. "We need more
communication between the two de
partments We need to work closer
together."
"Whatever happened in the past,
let's start anew if we can." Durham
said. "Shallotte could not get along
without a volunteer fire department.
We could not afford to pay for one."
Said Allen. "We're looking to
make the fire department happy with
us also. We want the fire depart
ment. need it and we're here to sup
port it."
Annexation Approved
Town board members voted to an
nex approximately 30 acres of com
mercial property Tuesday night at
the request of two landowners.
Aldermen voted unanimously in
favor of annexing two tracts owned
by Jo Ann Simmons that are con
tiguous to the town limits.
One is a 14- acre tract just east of
town that stretches from Holden
Beach Road to Main Street. The oth
er is a nine-acTe tract at the north
end of town off the U.S. 1 7 bypass.
Aldermen voted 4-1, with Cheers
dissenting, to bring into the town
limits a non-contiguous. 6.79-acre
tract owned by Jason Simmons. The
property is on Holden Beach Road
across from Alice T's restaurant and
adjacent to Shallotte Moose Lodge.
Shallottr Planning Board had rec
ommended against annexation of the
Jason Simmons property in part be
cause it is not contiguous, according
to member Shirley Waggoner
Eisenman.
She said last month the planning
board also based its recommenda
tion on the town's limited sewer sys
tem capacity and the small size of
the sewer line serving the area.
However, Durham disputed those
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ABC Meeting
Shallottc officials have agreed to
invite members of the Brunswick
County ABC Board to a future
meeting to discuss the possibility of
merging the town and county sys
tems.
Raymond Babson. a Shallottc res
ident and former member of the
county ABC board, said he thinks
the county board would be interest
ed in consolidating the systems and
it would benefit both the county and
town.
Babson said a consolidated ABC
system would be more efficient than
the existing town and county sys
tems and it would give the stores
greater buying power and increased
profits.
Shallottc officials have been at
odds with the county ABC board
sincc it opened a store on Holden
Beach Road four years ago. Town
revenues from the Main Street store
have dropped more than 60 percent
sincc then.
The county ABC board's latest
proposal to build a liquor store in
the Ash community also has drawn
fire from Shallotte officials, who
fear a store west of town would re
sult in further revenue cuts.
No More Flyers
Fed up with flyers and handbills
littering town parking lots, aldermen
passed an ordinance Tuesday pro
hibiting people from sticking no
tices, postcis and similar materials
on vehicle windshields.
The rule makes it illegal for any
one to "nail, stick or otherwise affix
bills, posters, advertisements, no
tices or others graphic matter upon
automobiles, trucks or any other ve
hicle within the town."*
Exceptions have been made for
parking tickets and other citations
issued by law enforcement officers.
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