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By Pamela Permar-Shierling
More weirdness than usual on the Causeway last week.
We are all cruising along, minding our own business, when brake slammage was required.
Everybody stopped safely.
What happened you ask.
It took a while of lane changing, stop and go movement to figure it out.
I was close to the Brunswick end of the Causeway before I could see the culprit – yep. For what appeared to be no apparent reason, though I am sure if you asked them there was a reason, a Brunswick Police Officer and a Georgia Dept. of Transportation Truck were riding in the left lane with their amber lights going. They went from a full stop in one spot on the Causeway to slower that the speed limit for the rest of the way. They seemed to alternately slow then speed up a little bit.
Odd.
But . . . all the other Causeway drivers were courteous and allowed others to easily change into the right lane to move around the two and get on with their lives.
Another item on my mind.
I thank Islands Planning Commission (IPC) member Courtlyn Cook for voting no on the rezoning request for the King and Prince during the IPC Oct. 20 meeting.
In case you missed the meeting the King & Prince has an amended PD (Planned Development) text which allows reduced setbacks on certain of their properties. It also incorporates recently abandoned Downing Street, which runs in front of the hotel, into their property holdings.
A master plan was produced showing Downing St., now abandoned by Glynn County, reduced from a 50 ft. right of way to a 20 ft. access drive for the hotel.
The rezoning has not been before the Glynn County Board of Commissioners yet. The IPC vote was just a recommendation for approval to the commission.
I don’t know that the rezoning request matters that much at this point. The biggie was the county losing over 1,000 sq. ft. of prime Island south end property. I can assure you it will be gated off at both ends at some time in the future. Yes I know – owners representatives have said that it won’t be gated. However, I see nothing included in the PD text stating that Downing won’t be gated at some point.
I also noticed something else very interesting. Two master plan plats were presented during the IPC meeting: a before and after rezoning plat.
The before plat had a six ft. public beach access on the north side or Arnold Rd. side of the K&P. The after plat showed a 5 ft. public access on the north side of the K&P.
Hmmmmm? Typo? You decide.
I can remember when Arnold ran smack into the beach. It was the front entrance to the K&P. It was all public. Then in 1972 162 ft. of Arnold was abandoned by Glynn County. The area remained open for a while, but now the gates across Arnold are usually closed and of course a tent has been erected. I suppose we should be glad the enormous proposed event / wedding venue has never been built in that abandoned road.
Creepege.
Now Sea Palms residents are faced with more proposed entertainment venue problems. The rezoning request will be back on the County Commission’s November 5 agenda. It was approved by the IPC during their Sept. 15 meeting.
Again my thanks to members Odet Douglass and Courtlyn Cook for voting no on the rezone.
The county chose not to do a Future Land Use Map in the latest comprehensive plan. They opted for a broader more generalized character area map which does not designate land uses.
Based on recent decisions where does the county draw the line with residents vs business?
