'94-95 Millage OK'd Proposed Building Standards Criticized
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Cent rolling mosquitoes District director speaks at Lions meeting Since 1981 Still first on Sanibel and Captiva islands VOL 33, NO. 30 TUESDAY, JULY 26,1994 2 SECTIONS, 32 PAGES 50 CENTS City's Proposed '94-95 building millage standards OK'd criticized By Steve Ruediger By Steve Ruediger Islander staff writer Islander staff writer The Sanibel City Council on Picture windows, corner windows and other com- Tuesday, July 19, adopted a tenta- mon architectural features could become a thing of tive millage rate of 2.1738 to help the past on Sanibel if a new Hurricane Resistant finance, the 1994-95 budget. Construction Code is adopted. That is exactly the same as the Grumbles were heard Wednesday, July 20, from rolled back millaa&^rate for the cur- people in the construction industry as the proposed renTyear. *"'' If* tightening of Sanibel building standards was The proposed Spldget would pro- described by Sanibel Building Official Max duce $4,3O2,362fivad valorem rev- Anderson and engineering consultant Roger L. ' enue towald' the total budget (not Jeffery. including the Sanibel Sewer "This will make building as we know it virtually System) of $13,990,301. impossible on Sanibel," said Alan Smith, vice presi- Going in,tp_the council meeting, dent and general manager of Michigan Homes. He .the budget's ad valorem taxes had . sajd the requirements would result in homes people been $229,794 over the amount of * Id.not see out of and would cause builders to taxes from last year's rolled back ce some parts ofi structures larger than necessary. rate. fThe presentation and discussion filled-Sanibel- Sanibel City Manager Gary Price City Hall's Maqftenzie Hall with contractors, suggested cutting that amount from builders, architects and representatives of dealers in environmentally sensitive land building supplies? acquisition funds. He said the , Anderson said he intended to present the pro- money could be replaced when the posed changes to the City Council in about mid- Silver Key grant comes in from the August. Whether or not the proposals are adopted or state. changed,would be up to the council. That was done, but three council- SanibSl has required that buildings be constructed man were reluctant. to withstand sustained winds of 130 mph since the Daphne Miller actually voted Photo by Kathleen Blase adoption of the 1983 code. Sanibel is the only against it, saying she thought the known coastal community in the country requiring environmental land program was Taking a look ouse that high a standard. Building codes in the rest of too important to be jeopardized. A vacationing family stops by to take a look at Sanibei's historic Lee County require structures to be able to with- Although Bob Janes voted for the lighthouse. The structure is a popular tourist attraction and it has stand 110 mph winds. tentative millage, he said he thought become perhaps the islands' most recogn||§ble trademark-type fea- The existing Sanibel requirements have been the way of setting the budget was ture. ''fiTsi' artificial and he didn't like the way Please see STANDARDS, page 7A it hamstrung the council. Wally Kain said he echoed Janes' sentiments. McDonald's attorney accuses Sanibel Earlier Price had said he was try- Please see MILLAGE, page 5A Planning Department of unfair delays By Steve Ruediger the Planning Commission where it may by Sanibel and in January 1994 a letter Islander staff writer • be possible to have a more objective was sent from the Planning Department In a six-page letter to Sanibel debate about issues which might legiti- pointing out errors and problems with Planning Director Bruce Rogers, an mately be raised." that TIS. Rogers said in his letter it was Arts & Leisure 6B attorney representing McDonald's has The Hartsell letter was in response to not his fault that more than five months Business 12A accused the Sanibel Planning a July 1 letter from Rogers, which, in elapsed before McDonald's submitted Cityside 6A Department of unfair delays regarding turn, was in response to McDonald's its final TIS. the application of McDonald's to put a having submitted its final TIS on June The Rogers letter also pointed out Classifieds 12B drive-through restaurant on Sanibel. 24. that McDonald"s had used a TRAF- Commentary 10A In his letter, dated July 14, attorney In his letter Rogers pointed out that NETSIM software program in doing its Crossword 14B Steven C. Hartsell wrote that Sanibei's although McDonald's representatives TIS and said that since the Sanibel traf- Police Beat 2A approach in regard to the McDonald's had said on Feb. 10, 1993, that they fic consultant does not use that program, Recreation 4B traffic impact statement (TIS) "has been would submit a methodology study prior Sanibel will have to find a second con- obstructionist, expensive and time con- to a TIS, they never did submit a sultant to review the TIS, a consultant Weather Watch 4A suming. In short, it has been unfair." methodology study but instead submit- experienced in the use of that computer What's Playing 7B Hartsell went on to write that ted a TIS on March 19,1993. "McDonald's is anxious to proceed to That TIS submission was reviewed Please see McDONALD'S, page 3A LzjaL~jj'l^?£iZ*A -is. -. Tuesday. July 26.1994 THE ISLANDER 34 2A THE ISLANDER Tuesday. July 26.1994 All of the following information came directly from the ALERT radios July 20. Driver in Island fatality to be sentenced before Sept. 10 Sanibel Police Department reports. POLICE A camera was lost in the Sanibel Fishing Pier area John Thomas McDonald of Fort Myers was July 20. BEAT Hit-and-run driver pleads no contest, SPD praised charged Friday, July 22, with going 51 mph on By Steve Ruediger Murray in particular. Sgt. Murray diligently investi- on Sanibel, were on motor scooters on March 25 A resident on Monday, July 18, told police there Sanibel-Captiva Road. Islander staff writer gated and prepared this case for presentation to this was a suspicious person in a shed at the rear of his and were attempting to make a left turn into on Lagoon Drive for the past three weeks. Kevin Michael Hall, 32, the driver in a hit-and- office, and made himself available for several Huxter's Market when they were hit from behind Jon Alan Fischer of Atlanta was charged July 22 property on Jamaica Drive. Police determined that it run accident that killed a Minnesota teenager on weeks thereafter to answer my questions and follow by a car driven by Hall. with going 52 mph on Causeway Road. was not a person but was the neighbor's laundry Periwinkle Way last March, pled "no contest" to the hanging on a line. up on them with further investigation. His dedica- A citizen with a cellular phone followed Hall's, A bicycle was found at the Lazy Flamingo July 19. charges against him in Circuit Court Monday, July tion to obtaining a conviction in this matter was Police assisted a person July 22 who ran out of gas 18. who. drove to Captiva where he was living. Police It was turned over to police. evident, and as I have stated, played a major role in on Dixie Beach Boulevard. Jami Sue Paquette of Fort Myers was charged He is to be sentenced in September under guide- later that day tracked Hall down on Captiva. obtaining that conviction swiftly and as charged." Wednesday, July 20, with going 55 mph on the After police talked to him July 19, a Fort Myers lines which specify he be given from 6 1/2 to 10 1/2 Hall had a record of previous traffic offenses at Delores Hill Roepstorff of Fort Myers was charged Sanibel Causeway. resident made good on checks that had reportedly years in prison. Those charges are vehicular homicide, leaving the time of the accident. Included in that record was Thursday, July 21, with going 55 mph on the Sanibel bounced. They had been for $3,000 to a bank on Assistant State Attorney Randall B, McGruther the scene of an accident involving death and leav- a previous hit-and-run accident on Periwinkle Way. Causeway. Michael L. Daugherty of San Antonio, Texas, was Sanibel and for $300 to a grocery store. wrote to Sanibel Police Chief Richard Plager ing the scene of an accident involving injury. At the time of the fatal accident, Hall did not charged July 20 with going 60 mph on the Sanibel Tuesday, July 19, to say, "I feel that a major reason Thomas Johnstone, 16, of Minneapolis, was have a valid driver's license. It had been suspended Six newspaper boxes at Dixie Beach Boulevard Causeway. Sims Henderson Henry of New Port Richey was that Hall pled 'straight up' to these charges was the killed in the accident. His brother, Jesse Diamond, due to previous traffic offenses. and Albatross Road were found turned over July 21. charged July 19 with going 77 mph on the Sanibel quality of the investigation performed by the suffered injuries. Hall is expected to be sentenced on or before Robert Shawn McDonald of Fort Myers was Causeway. Sanibel Police Department, and by Sgt. Michael The two teenagers, part of a family vacationing Sept. 12,1994. Janette N. Cameron of Springfield, Mo., was charged Tuesday, July 19, with driving on Casa Ybel charged July 21 with going 63 mph on Causeway Road without a license, with no registration, with tags Marc Garvin Robinson of Fort Myers was charged Road. not assigned to that car and with no proof of insur- July 18 with going 58 mph on the Sanibel Causeway.