During
the May 2 North Myrtle Beach City Council meeting, Mayor Marilyn Hatley
presented a proclamation directing that all flags on City buildings be
flown at half-staff on May 15, which is Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Mayor
Hatley said that members of the City’s public safety department play an
essential role in safeguarding the rights and freedoms for all citizens
in the community. She reminded citizens of the duties,
responsibilities, hazards and sacrifices of the community’s law
enforcement officers.
In
1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated
May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date
falls as Police Week. During Police Week, tens of thousands of law
enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to
participate in a number of planned events which honor officers who have
paid the ultimate sacrifice.
City Council tabled until its June 6 meeting second reading of an ordinance to
annex and zone one lot located adjacent to the Parkway Group PDD (PDD),
which is located west of the Intracoastal Waterway. Council wants to
wait until an associated Development Agreement has been completed before
giving second reading to the proposed annexation and zoning.
City Council tabled until its June 6 meeting second reading of an ordinance
for a major amendment to the Parkway Group Planned Development District
(PDD) to allow changes to the previously approved phase known as the
Waterway Hills Tract and to add a newly annexed area known as the Wilson
Chestnut Tract. The area is referred to as “Grande Dunes North” in the
PDD,
which is located west of the Intracoastal Waterway. Council wants to
wait until an associated Development Agreement has been completed before
giving second reading to the proposed ordinance.
City Council tabled until its June 6 meeting second reading of an ordinance
to amend the Parkway Group Planned Development District (PDD) to allow
changes to the previously approved residential tracts known as Seashore
Farms and L.L. Chestnut, referred to as “Waterside” in the PDD. Council
wants to wait until an associated Development Agreement has been
completed before giving second reading of the proposed ordinance
City Council adopted a Resolution
to exercise the City's option to extend the lease between the City and
Midcon Cable Co. Inc. In April of 2014 the City leased a portion of its
warehouse located on the corner of 6th Avenue South and Bay Street to
Midcon for a term of two years with an annual lease rate of $156,896.
The lease rate increased per a lease formula.
Midcon
requested that the City exercise its option to extend the lease for an
additional two year term from April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2018 with
an annual lease rate beginning at $166,451.16. The rate will increase
the second year of the lease extension via a formula contained in the
lease.
City Council passed first reading of an ordinance
to authorize the addition of a third parasail boat to the Parasail and
Banana Boat Franchise granted to Randle Duke. Council previously
authorized Duke to operate a parasail and banana boat business from the
beach in the vicinity of Sea Mountain Highway and Ocean Boulevard.
When
the franchise was first awarded to Duke, the agreement authorized the
use of three parasail boats and a $45,000 franchise fee. Thereafter,
Duke requested that the agreement be amended to allow only two parasail
boats and a $15,000 reduction of the franchise fee from $45,000 to
$30,000. Council agreed to the requested amendment.
On
April 15, 2016, Duke requested that the agreement be amended again to
allow the use of three parasail boats. City staff informed Duke that it
would present the requested amendment to City Council but the amendment
would also include a $15,000 fee increase from $30,000 per year to
$45,000 per year.
City Council passed first reading of an amendment
to the Zoning Text to create a new inland multifamily zoning district
(R-4i) to allow multifamily and non-medical commercial or office uses on
properties not adjacent to the oceanfront.
Council
directed staff to investigate creating a new zoning district similar to
R-4 that would allow multi-family, but at lesser intensities and
shorter building heights for properties away from the oceanfront. As a
result, staff has proposed a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to
create a new inland multi-family zoning district to be called R-4i
(Inland Multifamily Residential).
Resembling
R-4, the new district's purpose statement references a need to provide
for reduced intensity multi-family in areas inland from the ocean, which
are distinctly different from resort-style development represented
along the oceanfront or with an ocean view. The purpose of the proposed
R-4i district is to allow multi-family similar to the R-4 zoning
district, but with less intensity for inland locations; however, not at
the expense of visibility and access by the community to the ocean or
the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
City Council passed first reading of an ordinance
to rezone one lot containing about 1.22 acres located at the corner of
Vereen Road and Bay Colony Drive from R-24 (Mid-Rise Multifamily
Residential) to NC (Neighborhood Commercial).
The
vacant, unimproved property is zoned R-24. It is adjacent to the
current single-family Marina Bay subdivision, which is zoned R24, and is
surrounded by HC (Highway Commercial) to the east and LI
(Limited Industrial) to the north.
The
Future Land Use Map in the City's 2010 Comprehensive Plan Update
identifies this area with a "Marina Mixed Use" land use class. The
proposed zoning district, NC, is a recommended zoning district of this
particular land use class.
City Council adopted a Resolution
to exercise the City's option to extend a Banana Boat Franchise
Agreement between the City and Jeff Ray regarding the operation of a
banana boat business on the beach in the area seaward of North Beach
Plantation.
The
agreement, entered into in April 2011, authorized Ray to operate a
banana boat business on the beach seaward of the dune line in the area
of North Beach Plantation. The original term of the agreement was for a
term of five years, which will expire December 31, 2016.
Article
II, Section I of the agreement allows the City the option to extend the
agreement for an additional five year term and Ray requested that the
City exercise that option. The additional five year term begins January
1, 2017 and expires December 31, 2021.
The franchise fee for 2017 will be $21,000 and will increase by five percent successively for each year of the extended term.
