Highway 17: Planners at work on tougher sign rules

By Jason Lesley
Coastal Observer

Brian Henry, chairman of the Georgetown County Planning Commission, is worried that this “arrogantly shabby” community is losing its identity as the number of electronic message boards along Highway 17 continues to grow and businesses seek bigger signs to attract customers away from their competitors.

“We are beginning to look like our neighbors to the north,” Henry said during a meeting of the commission last week.

Continued at:

http://www.coastalobserver.com/articles/2014/042414/5.html

Editorial: "Stickville"?

We hope they don't look as bad as these shacks in the South Pacific.

It comes as a shock to learn that developers plan to stick up to 94 vacation "homes" around the large holding pond within the Meadowoods housing area on 17  Bypass between Holmestown Road and the Garden City Connector.  And from what we're hearing a flood safety berm will be dug out and removed to allow access to the structures many have begun to call Stickville.

As described in the developer's materials submitted to county authorities, each of the tiny camps will not fit on the thread-like strip of land available between the holding pond and the back yards of Meadowoods and Meadows of St. Patrick homeowners.  The builder's solution to not enough land?  Put teepee-sized camps on stilts in the water!

If Horry County authorities approve this dismal use of a thread of property too small for any reasonable development, building practices in the county will have gone from questionably sane to definitely insane. If Horry County can ban tents on the beaches, they can certainly ban teepees on the shores of important storm drainage facilities that homeowners depend upon for the safety of their homes and property.

Rough indication of  strip of land for about a third of the development.

We hear homeowners in the Meadowoods community, as well as the adjoining Meadows of St. Patrick, will soon see opposing petitions brought to their doors by neighbors.  We urge your signature in support of blocking this nonsensical project.  Petitions will be presented to Horry County at a May 1 meeting.

May 1, 2014    5:30pm 
 Horry County Courthouse 
2nd floor
1301 Second Ave
Conway, SC 29526

Horry County Bans Beach Tents on Grand Strand

Associated Press  April 16, 2014

(Photo: Associated Press)

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - Still another ban on large beach tents along the Grand Strand.
Horry County Council voted Tuesday to ban the tents year-round. Law enforcement officials say the tents crowd the beach and make it difficult for emergency vehicles to move along the shore.
The ordinance affects about 14 miles of beach in unincorporated areas of the county. Beach umbrellas are still allowed.
Earlier both Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle beach banned tents on the shore during the summer tourist season.
The Grand Strand is the heart of South Carolina's $18 billion tourism industry.

See:

http://www.wltx.com/story/life/2014/04/16/horry-county-bans-beach-tents-on-grand-strand/7768747/

Understanding Your Property Owner's Association

The Coastal Carolina Unversity OLLI Program (Life Long Learning) will present a 3-hour workshop on "Practical Guide to Understanding Your Property Owner's Association" on Thursday May 8 from 2-5p.m. at the Litchfield Education Center (next to BI-LO on Hwy 17).

The cost is $10 and the normal OLLI Membership fee of $20 is waived for this workshop.

The workshop covers how Associations function, obligation of board members and residents, and common problems. This workshop is open to residents and board members as well.

Mike Diem will facilitate. He has had over a dozen years experience with association work and a communications background.

To register contact OLLI at 843-349-6584

Last Day to Register to Vote is May 10

Conway, South Carolina –Horry County Registration and Elections would like to remind interested residents that the last day to register to vote in the Primary Election is Saturday, May 10. The Horry County Registration & Elections Office will open on Saturday, May 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and is located at 1515 4^th Avenue in Conway. The 2014 Primary Election is Tuesday, June 10, 2014, and the Run-Off Election is Tuesday, June 24, 2014.

 

A citizen who wishes to register to vote may register online at http://www.scvotes.org/  . Citizens can also register in person at the Horry County Registration & Elections Office located at 1515 4^th Avenue in Conway, ordownload a form at http://www.scvotes.org/ , complete it, and mail it to above address. The completed form can also be faxed to the Horry County Registration & Elections Office at (843) 915-6440 or emailed to Sandy Martin at martins@horrycounty.org.

 

Voters are also encouraged to check their voter registration information prior to Election Day. If your voter registration information has changed (name, address, etc.), and you still live within the same county, you may go to http://www.scvotes.org/ and update your information.

 

For more information, please contact Horry County Registration & Elections at 915-5440.

 

 

 

Lisa H. Bourcier | Public Information DirectorHorry County Government
Public Information Office
P.O. Box 1236, Conway, South Carolina 29528
Tel 843.915.5390 | Fax 843.915.6390 | bourcier@horrycounty.org
www.horrycounty.org