Holden Beach Commission
Calls For Crackdown On
Illegal, Nuisance
BY DOUG R UTTER
Hoiaen Beach Commissioners ap
proved two minor changes in an or
dinance regulating outside lights on
Monday, but the impact could be
significant.
Based on the recommendation of
Town Attorney Elva Jess, the board
voted to do away witn a vague ban
on "nuisance" lights and start requir
ing the shielding of yard lights in
residential areas.
In making the changes, commis
sioners agreed town officials must
enfor x the entire ordinance. One
boarj member said it has been large
ly ignored since it was passed in
July 1992.
"If we're gonna ignore it let's
don't go to the trouble (of making
the changes)," Commissioner Jim
Fournier said at Monday night's
town meeting.
"The existing ordinance has been
ignored," he said. "There's an ordi
nance that says commercial lights
cannot shine off the property and
that's not being enforced now."
Fournier asked fellow board
members to make a commitment to
enforce all provisions in the two
page ordinance, including those that
could impact the lighting outside
some businesses
"I'd like that to be pari of this ac
tion. If we're going to take aim at
private property owners again let's
make it all encompassing." Fournier
said.
Jess suggested doing away with a
section of the ordinance that prohib
ited outside lights installed or direct
ed so they "constitute a nuisance to
any person within a nearby dwel
ling"
The attorney said the ordinance
docs not include any objective crite
ria that can be used to determine if a
light is a nuisance The code leaves
it up to the discretion of the town
manager
"That puts him out on a ;Aort
limb and everyone else with a saw
out in front of him." Jess said.
Holden To Meet
Friday, ; Saturday
Holden Beach Commissioners
have scheduled two special
meetings this week, including a
Friday morning session to re
view applications for town man
ager.
The board will meet at 8 a.m.
Friday to look over resumes of
applicants. Town Manager Gus
Ulrich plans to retire at the end
of the year.
Commissioners also will meet
Saturday at 9 a.m. to discuss a
definition of "ground level" and
proposed lot coverage restric
tions.
Town Attorney Elva Jess,
Building Inspector Douglas Gil
lette and local builders are ex
pected to attend the Saturday
meeting.
The second amendment will re
quire that all yard lights in R-l and
R-2 zoning districts "be shielded so
that no direct lighting is outside the
owner's property."
In addition to setting standards for
security, flood, spot, yard, decora
tive, doorway and safety lights, the
ordinance outlaws lights that "inter
fere with the vision of the operator
of any motor vehicle on any street or
waterway."
Turn Out The Lights
Five of the 10 street lights cur
rently illuminating the 90-space
parking lot under Holden Beach
Bridge will be removed.
After months of debate, commis
sioners voted 4-1 Monday to take
down half of the lights and leave the
other half up. The town manager
and police chief will decide which
ones are removed.
Commissioners David Sandifer
and Marlaine Thomas said they
wanted to keep the 10 lights, but
board members Dwight Carroll and
Foumier supported the removal of at
least some of the lights.
"I just want to save the town
money," Carroll said. "You can go in
there at night and read a newspaper
on any lot. It's not a library."
Fournier said he objected to
spending $1,800 per year to light up
a parking lot that is seldom used af
ter dark.
"We only have street lights every
500 feet where people live. It just
flies in the face of logic and reason
to spend $1,800 to light up an empty
space," Fournier said.
Calling for a compromise. Com
missioner Sid Swarts made a motion
to remove half of the lights. The
move will save the town about $900
per year.
"ITiomas cast the only vote against
Swarts' motion. Sandifer said he
would go along with the "compro
mise."
Prior to the board's action, two
audience members urged the com
mission to keep all of the lights in
the parking lot. They said lights de
ter crime, and if the lot was dark it
could become a hangout.
Hearings Slated
Town board members have sched
uled three public hearings for their
Oct. 26 meeting on a pair of rezon
ing proposals and a possible amend
ment to the town zoning code.
The Holden Beach Planning and
Zoning Board has recommended
changing the zoning of the Davis
Heniford subdivision, formerly
Campground By The Sea, from R-2
to R-l.
The planning board also has sug
gested rezoning in the oceanfront
property formerly known as Mace's
Trailer Park from C-l to R-l.
Another public hearing will be
held on a proposed amendment to
the regulations relating to fences in
yards.
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DIDN'T COMPLY WITH STATE DEMANDS
Net Fishermen Lose '93 Exemption
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Fishermen who set their gill nets from the Holden
Beach strand must play by the same rules as other
Brunswick County anglers from now on.
A special exemption that allowed gill net fisher
men at Holden Beach to leave anchors and ropes on
the strand during the peak fishing season last year has
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fishermen lost the special exemption they enjoyed last
year because tfcey did not comply with state demands.
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ermen at Holden Beach that allowed them to leave
their anchors and other gear on the strand until the end
of fishing season.
Carpenter said the permit required each fisherman
to contact the Division of Marine Fisheries at the end
of the season so state officials could ensure all gear
was removed from the beach.
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contacted the division, Carpenter said.
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