During the August 3 North Myrtle Beach City
Council meeting, Council passed second (final) reading of an ordinance
to amend the Barefoot Landing Planned Development District (PDD) to
allow
a covered pedestrian bridge. Jake Puglia, property owner of Alligator
Adventure, had requested an amendment to the Barefoot Landing PDD to
allow changes to the previously approved site plan. The request involved
adding a covered pedestrian bridge extending
from Duplin Winery to Alligator Adventure. Bridge architecture will
complement neighboring uses with metal roofing and Cypress board and
batten siding.
At the request of the developer, City Council removed from the table first reading of an ordinance
to amend the North Beach Plantation Planned Development District Phase
III Tower (Oceanfront Villas) within the Oceanfront Towers
Neighborhood, and referred the matter back to the Planning Commission
for further consideration during its August 18 meeting. The developer
has expressed an interest in taking a different approach to parking
issues related to its proposed project.
City Council passed second reading of an ordinance to annex and zone three lots.
Shep Guyton, authorized agent for Permenter Brothers Holdings, LLC,
originally petitioned the City for annexation of five lots adjacent to
the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway and bounded by the Pelican Bay neighborhood and
Sanibel Harbour, together with an R-4 (Resort Residential District)
zoning designation. City Council approved first reading of the proposed
annexation at its July 20 meeting but Council
members noted at the time that they would have difficulty giving final
approval to the annexation with the requested R-4 zoning.
In between first and second reading, Mr. Guyton
asked the City for permission to remove from the initial annexation
request two of the five lots closest to Pelican Bay, allowing for R-4
zoning on the other three lots to be annexed. Those
three lots are adjacent to existing RC and R-4 zoned land. In passing
second reading of the proposed annexation, City Council approved the
change from five lots to three. The developer has indicated a desire to
return with an annexation request for the two
lots that were removed from the original annexation request with a
different zoning designation or designations.
City Council tabled until its August 17 meeting second reading of an ordinance to annex and zone three lots.
Shep Guyton, authorized agent for Waterway-Rust, LLC, had petitioned
the City for annexation of three lots adjacent to the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and S.C. Highway 31 (Carolina Bays
Parkway), and adjacent to Pelican Bay. The applicant requested an R-4
(Resort Residential District) zoning designation.
Council passed first reading of the annexation
request at its July 20 meeting but at that time expressed concern about
the requested R-4 zoning. In between first and second readings, Mr.
Guyton, on behalf of the property owner, proposed
that a 50 foot buffer be established adjacent to Pelican Bay with R-4
zoning to be applied to the remainder of its property. Council members
did not feel that the buffer was enough to protect Pelican Bay from the
building heights and densities allowed in the
R-4 zone. The landowner has the opportunity to return to the August 17
Council meeting to propose a different plan of action.
In talking generally about land located on the
west side of the Intracoastal Waterway, Council members expressed a
desire to ensure that road systems are interconnected so that
developments will be able to maintain their own identities
but will not be isolated from one another insofar as transportation is
concerned.
City Council appointed North Myrtle Beach resident Donnie Ray to the six-member Horry County Capital Project Sales Tax Act Commission.
City Council received a progress report from consultant Berry Williams on updating the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. Mr. Williams is working with a City Council appointed Hazard Mitigation Committee.
Currently, the City enjoys a Class 6 rating,
which means that North Myrtle Beach property owners who purchase flood
insurance receive a 20 percent discount on their premiums. Overall, the
discount amounts to a total of about $1.3 million
savings in flood insurance premiums annually for the city’s property
owners.
In order to maintain its Class 6 rating, the
City must continue to accomplish throughout each year a good variety of
FEMA-approved objectives that improve flood and other hazards awareness
in the community, and reduce the propensity for
flood damage within the community.
