Briefly
SCMHTA membership
meeting set June 11
The Sussex County Mobile
Home Tenants Association
(SCMHTA) will hold a general
membership meeting to which all
mobile home residents and own-
ers are invited on Sunday, June
11, beginning at 2 p.m. at Oak Or-
chard-Riverdale American Legion
Post 28, Route 24 near Oak Or-
chard.
A donation by a Sea Air Village
resident has made it possible to
print and distribute information of
importance to every mobile home
owner. "Over the past month, we
have been able to advise every
member of the Delaware Legisla-
ture of our specific concerns with
the Chapter 70 Study Committee
report as it has been referred to the
house subcommittee on Housing
and Community Affairs. This
document, as provided to each
legislator, will be available to all
home owners who attend the
meeting," said the release, issued
by SCMHTA.
Further, members of the
SCMHTA board of directors will
provide an overview of the report,
as well as an evaluation of the
subcommittee's position follow-
ing the public hearing phase of the
legislative process," they added.
A question and answer period will
follow.
The meeting will include a leg-
islative update; a review of pro-
posed changes to the Delaware
Mobile Home Lots and Leases
Act; and membership informa-
tion. In addition, there will be
snacks, door prizes and a raffle.
For more information, call 226-
1240.
Rehoboth board to
mull Bay Mart purchase
The Rchoboth Beach Board of
Commissioners will hold an exec-
utive session following its regular
monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Fri-
day, June 9. The first item of
business during that executive
session will be a discussion of the
lease at Lot 22 Rehoboth Avenue,
known as the Snyder building.
The second will be a discussion of
the possible purchase of Bay
Mart, the shopping center on
Route One which had formerly
been the site of the A&P grocery
store. The 8.5 acre parcel owned
by the Tunnell and Marvel fami-
lies of Georgetown has been
placed on the market for
$1,950,000.
Clarifications
The advertisement on page two
of the June 2 edition of the Cape
Gazette, regarding Jack Lewis
paintings and Habitat For Human-
ity, included a misspelling of Na-
tionsBank of Delaware which
helped sponsor the advertisement.
The name is correctly spelled as
shown here.
The Rehoboth Beach Long
Range Plan draft, which is about
to be refined by the Rehoboth
Beach Planning Commission be-
fore it is presented to the commis-
sioners, proposed rezoning the
parcel to a mixed use of commer-
cial and R-2. The present owners
came before the Planners to op-
pose the proposal to rezone the
shopping center last week.
Old business includes the pro-
posed ordinance regulating body
piercing establishments as well as
a proposed ordinance required by
FEMA concerning housekeeping
changes in flood insurance regula-
tons. Under new business is the
proposed ordinance regarding the
classification of subdivision as
proposed by the Planning Com-
mission.
The city manager's report in-
eludes submission of nominating
petitions for the Aug. 12 election,
as well as setting the tax rate and a
resolution opposing President
Clinton's fiscal year 1996 budget.
Following the lead of Dewey
Beach, South Bethany and Fen-
wick Island, they oppose a pro-
posed revision which would se-
verely cut back on federal funding
of Army Corps of Engineer work
on beach erosion as well as hurri-
cane and storm damage reduction.
Presently, local funding of such
work is 25 percent, but the new
federal budget would require 75
percent local funding, if the work
is not of national significance.
Rehoboth Planners
meet June 12
The Rehoboth Beach Planning
Commission will begin hashing
through the proposed Long Range
Plan at its next meeting, slated for
7 p.m., Monday, June 12 in the
commissioners room. Having fin-
ished their public hearings, they
will now iron out a version of the
plan, taking pullic comment into
consideration before presenting it
to the Board of Commissioners
for adoption.
Rehoboth Senior Beach
Day canceled this year
There will be no Senior Beach
Day in Rehoboth on Sept. 22,
marking the first time in 19 years
that hundreds of senior citizens
from all over the state won't de-
scend upon the resort for the tradi-
tional walk with the governor,
Bandstand entertainment, health
fair, craft show and other activi-
ties.
While Rehoboth City Manager
Greg Ferre'se was informed that
the cancellation was due to insur-
ance problems, Jeanne Pisapia,
Senior Beach Day coordinator for
the Division of Services for Aging
and Adults with Physical Disabili-
ties, would not address that issue,
citing only "logistics problems".
She went on to note they are al-
ready planning for the 20th an-
niversary of Senior Beach Day,
slated for Sept. 27, 1996, and have
booked Convention Hall for that
purpose.
"Some seniors plan to visit Re-
hoboth on their own this year and
more and more seniors have cen-
ters and organizations that provide
the services we've traditionally
given them on Beach Day, such as
health fairs and craft shows," Pis-
apia said.
Lewes-Rehoboth bike
trail work progresses
The ongoing effort to establish
a bike path along the old rail line
between Lewes and Rehoboth is
beginning to bear fruit, according
to Charles Salkin, director of the
Delaware Division of Parks and
Recreation. He told members of
the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey
Beach Chamber of Commerce on
June 7 that they want to get mov-
ing as quickly as possible.
"We've talked to all of the own-
ers of the land adjacent to the
track and, in two cases, we've en-
tered into low level negotiations
rather than the threat of using em-
inent domain," he explained, not-
ing they have the right to con-
demn the land. The state hopesto
conclude negotiations with the
largest landholder (almost half the
land) of the group, located at the
north end of the project, before
approaching the smaller landhold-
ers seriously. "We hope to have
an easement within 90 days at the
north half, but there are also prob-
lems at both ends. We need to in-
sure that those entering and leav-
ing the path can go safely and that
there is sufficient parking," Salkin
said, adding that they must have
the resources to maintain the path
and hire rangers to patrol it.
Conditional use requests
to be considered June 13
Sussex County Council will
conduct public hearings on condi-
tional use applications Tuesday,
June 13. Council will hold a pub-
lic hearing on a conditional use
application for model homes sales
and a display lot next to the Del.
24 entrance of Rehoboth Mall.
The applicant, Angola Communi-
ty Partners, L.L.C., wants to mar-
ket single-family homes for An-
gola Estates, a residential commu-
nity located next to the Angola
Beach mobile home park. The
maximum number of model
homes that could be located on the
1.21-acre site is five, according to
County Planning Director
Lawrence B. Lank. Council will
als0 conduct a hearing on a condi-
tional use application for a crema-
torium within the Parsell, Atkins,
& Lodge Funeral Home being
constructed on- Kings Highway.
.:.In addition,: ahearing will be held
on a conditional use application
by Atlantic Coastal Aerial Adver-
rising for the continued use of a
private airstrip for an existing
banner towing service on Sussex
303 near Long Neck.
Council will meet at 1:30 p.m.
in the County Council Chambers
of the Courthouse in Georgetown.
Lewes review committee
approves Angler's pool
The Lewes Commercial Archi-
tecture Review Committee at its
Thursday, June 1 meeting, ap-
proved plans for installation of a
fenced, 11 feet by 28 feet below
grade pool and a pump house.
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CAC fund drive license plates
The Citizensry ciI"CAC) to the Delaware In.
land Bays Estm/,Program is btmy raising funds to help get
the Center for Inland Bays up and running. The fund dri.
ve consists of the sale of license plates that read "Save
Delaware Inland Bays." The plates are on sale at various Io-
cations in the Cape region, including the Amoco gas station
on Route I at thel Ocean Bay Mart Shopping Ce, Pruden-
tial Joy Gallo on Route LA in Rehoboth Beach andat the SheU
station on Route I near the canal bridge. Piatesalso can be
obtained by merchants and individual by calling Sarah
Moore at 227-6101 or 227-0851. Pictured above with the plates
are CAC chairwoman Grace Pierce-Beck, Mary Pat Kyle,
Doug MacDonald, who coordinated the effort, along with Pa-
tricia Campbell.Wlfite.
In other business, CAC announced it will host a signing cer-
emony on Friday, June 23, for the Comprehensive Conserva-
tion and Management Plan - the plan that will be used by the
Center for the Inland Bays to help improve water quality and
plant and animal life. The ceremony will include local and
state officials as well as representatives of the Environmental
Protection Agency. It will be held at the Rehoboth Beach
Country Club. More specific details will be published in the
near future.
Commercial architecture
group streamlines process
Two members of Lewes's Com-
mercial Architecture Review
Committee will be able to review
and give approval to certain minor
revisions proposed by owners of
commercial properties.
Committee Chairman Cliff Div-
er said the city attorney, Tempe
Steen, has given the green fight to
a new procedure.
Under that procedure, the com-
mittee's secretary and one other
member of the committee, on a ro-
taring basis, will be able to review
and approve certain changes. The
procedure will allow minor revi-
sions to be approved within three
working days.
Approval under the new rules
may be granted only when one of
the following three criteria are
met: 1. The repairs are primarily
for maintenance or safety, and do
not affect the shape or character of
the building; 2. The work is of
such a nature that it is not easily
recognizable from the street as
materially altering the existing
building; and 3. The enhancement
is primarily one of color or textur-
al change.
All other matters involving
work on commercial properties
that requires a building permit
will go to the entire committee
and if either member of the sub-
committee reviewing a minor re-
vision questions its appropriate-
ness, then the matter will go to the
entire committee.
Lewes mayor and council
meet Monday, June 12
The Lewes mayor and council
will meet Monday, June 12 at 8
p.m. for their regular monthly
meeting. George Cleaver will be
sworn in for his first two year term
of office after being elected dur-
ing the May election. Elinor
Sheehan, elected to her second
two year term, will also be sworn
in.
After they are sworn in, the
council will reorganize including
election of a deputy mayor,
presently Tony Pratt; election of a
secretary, presently Jim Ford;
election of an assistant secretary,
presently Linda Evans; election of
a treasurer, presently Jim Ford;
appointment of a law firm,
presently Tunnell and Raysor; ap-
pointment of a City Board of
Health, presently Dr. Anis Saliba,
Ann Moore and Mary Perez; ap-
point a city assessor, presently
Clark H. Williams; appoint three
members for three year terms each
to the Lewes Planning Commis-
sion to fill the expired terms of Al-
ice Parker, Richard Bryan and
Cliff Diver; appoint an ex-officio
member to the Lewes Planning
Commission, presently Jim Ford;
appoint banking institutions for
the city of Lewes, presently
Wilmington Trust, Mellon Bank
and Baltimore Trust; and appoint
an audit firm, presently Sombar
and Cimo, C.P.A.
Other items on the agenda in-
clude a request by Richard Bryan
for removal of the "loading/un-
loading zone" parking space on
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