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Every week we mail to every home and business on Sanibel and Captiva, subscribers throughout the United States and this week... Steven Spielberg Universal City, CA EXCLUSIVE 'Ding' Darling Cartoon page 3 ^=^ Couitesy of J.N. "Ding" Dai ling Foundation VOL 8, NO. 14 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLANDS, FLORIDA OCTOBER 6, 2000 OCTOBER SUNRISE/SUNSET: 6 07:23 19:09 7 07:23 19:08 8 07:24 19:07 9 07:24 19:06 10 07:25 19:05 1107:25 19:04 12 07:26 19:03 Sanibel Code Change Affects Planning Commission must approve Planning Commission was concerned Community Church Project major subdivisions and is required to that there was a loophole in the code hold public hearings. If an application that would permit large, unregulated City: Developer is rejected, the developer has the right subdivisions. According to Ed Sealover, to appeal to the City Council who city manager, the City has notified Must File New reviews the identical information con- Mariner by letter that the property is sidered by the Planning Commission to impacted by the amendment and will Application assure the law was followed. be viewed as a major subdivision. On April 18 of this year the City Sealover advised Mariner that "the sta- by Jim George announced a Notice of Pendency tus of the original application was he Sanibel Community Churchs' which alerts interested parties that the incomplete and the material submitted controversial proposal to build a city is considering a change in the failed to demonstrate that the proposed new complex at the corner of code. Mariner had filed just moments subdivision qualifies as a minor subdivi- T sion under the ordinance at the time." Periwinkle Way and Bailey Road took before the deadline after the City yet another twist early in September. announced the Notice of Pendency. He went on to say, "with the adoption At the City Council meeting of The Planning Department advised of the new ordinance on September 5, September 5 the City of Sanibel Mariner on April 24 that additional the application, even if completed amended the Land Development Code information and materials were would not qualify as a minor subdivi- which defines the requirements for required in order to review the applica- sion. "The developer's minor subdivi- minor and major subdivisions. The new tion for compliance. The additional sion application was returned with the amendment to the LDC doesn't allow information was never received. The letter with a notation that it must be re- for any changes in density in a minor old code allowed for large parcels to be submitted as a major subdivision. subdivision. It specifies that if a parcel subdivided into smaller pieces as long What does all this mean to Mariner qualifies for more than five dwelling as the density was^no more than five and the church project? "A great deal," units it automatically is considered a dwelling units according to the according to Ken Pfalzer, deputy direc- major subdivision no matter how small Development Intensity Map. A filing tor of planning for the city. He said the subdivisions are. Mariner fof a minor subdivision allowed a devel- Mariner did not demonstrate that they Properties, the developer for the pro- oper to go through a short form per- qualified for a minor subdivision posed church project, had filed for a mitting process without presenting "Mariner must now file for a condition- minor subdivision of the property. plans to the Planning Commission for al use permit for a major subdivision Under the new code it will now be con- Proposed church expansion public hearing. The City Manager could with the Planning Commission and sidered a major subdivision. The approve it with no public hearing. The continued on page 12 Commissioners on which parcels might Causeway be placed in the program, had also ear- Bob Janes lier advised that his "Forever Wild"— no exceptions — procedure was to Parcel Out In remove all Australian pines if placed in Wins In Primary program. Sensitive Lands Residents Jerry and Dick Muench Runoff by Fran Nuelle argued that the history of the parcel by Fran Nuelle was that it was "fill" and intended for £ 4 T "orever Wild" in perpetuity passive recreation if not a full-blown anibel Mayor Bob Janes, in his J~~* was not what three City soccer field as some might want. primary runoff for a seat on the J. Councilors chose for a parcel The previous vote of Planning SLee County Commission, won "immediately to the right, a green area Commissioners (which had been on 55.12 percent of a total County vote extending beyond PMR (Realty) to every parcel considered by Loflin as on Tuesday in which 22,706 against Periwinkle Way," as presented by well as the controversial Causeway par- 18,488 cast their ballots for him. Councilor Andrew Reding. cel and sometimes differed in each His opponent, Roger Butler, got The result of a previous 2-2 tie, case) got almost more attention than 44.88 percent of the vote for the seat which requires mandatory presentation the parcel itself. on the Lee County Commission. and vote again, the latest 3-2 majority Reding and Theiss said it had been Janes will now square off in the votes of Councilors Steve Brown, Bill unanimous and Planning Commission November 7 election against write-in Hillebrandt and Mayor Bob Janes were unanimous votes ought to- be respect- candidate Rick Grottanelli, Libertarian against remanding back to the Planning ed. Commission Chair Steve candidate Bob Lehman and Cape Commission and thus against place- Greenstein said the vote had been Coral Councilman Larry Murphy. ment for now in the Environmentally divided either 5 to 2 or 4 to 2 on that Other results in the runoff had Rod Sensitive Lands, Acquisition program. property, and Vice Commission Chair Shoap at 68 percent against Sheriff Besides Reding, Councilor Nola Theiss Dick Downes said, to the astonishment John McDougall, Jeff Kottkamp at 53 voted for remanding to the of some who value his memory of the percent against Marilyn Stout for Bob Janes Commission. facts, "I don't remember."^ District 74 House seat and Cathy Natural Resources Director Rob Curtis at 65 percent against Skip Loflin, who had advised Planning Hooker for tax collector.^ Island Sun - October 6, 2000 Page 3 Page 2 Island Sun - October 6, 2000 Sanibel Historical Village And Museum Ding" Darling Wildlife Society Connection Hunt For Antique Toys w rN" Seven Day by Jean Dowries Ding" And His Cartoons The New National And International Champion Weather Forecast ctober is barely underway but by Jim Clarke, Chief Meteorologist, NBC 2 | the hunt for antique toys is the Date Temperature Rain Wind Gulf O_ ifocus at Sanibel's Historical © 1999 J N 'Ding" Darling Foundation October Low High (Chances) (Knots) Temp Village and Museum for its annual Christmas toy show. 6 78 89 40% S/SW10 84 Co-chairs Lucie Hall and Jeri Magg 7 78 86 60% SW/NW10 84 are rounding up owners of Vintage Playthings willing to lend their collec- 8 71 81 10% N-15 83 tions or parts thereof for display at the Village from November 29 through 9 66 80 5% N 15-20 81 January 13. 10 63 81 5% N20 80 The range of toys is wide open- dolls and doll houses, trains, cars, boats, 11 65 84 15% N/NE15 79 stuffed toys, banks, mechanical tops 66 86 20% 79 and circuses, blocks, puzzles, toy sol- 12 NE15 diers, cowboys and indians are all wel- come additions to the play treasures set up in vignettes and nested amid holiday decorations. Numerous locked glass We have the largest-circulation of any weekly newspaper cases are used to protect small pieces. on the islands This cheerfully lighted doll house was part of last year's toy show. Contributions of antique toys are cur- rently requested on loan for the Kip Koss with JoAnn Schneider of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Historical Village. Collectors willing to lend toys are by Kip Koss, grandson of "Ding" Darling and asked to call Dee Kauffman at President of the J.N. "Ding" Darling Foundation 472-3719 or Jean Downes at 472-2016. After November 1 Lucie lthough we properly know J.N. "Ding" Darling as the pioneering conserva- Hall can be reached at 472-4077 and tionist who preserved for us the lands now known as the J.N. "Ding" Jen Magg at 472-1393. The historical ADarling National Wildlife Refuge, "Ding" was best known during his life- complex is still closed but will re-open time for his editorial cartoons e I LAO November 1 The number is For the past year I have experienced both the challenge and the pleasure of 472-4648.# selecting a "Ding" Darling editorial cartoon to run each week in the Island Sun. There are many from which to choose Experts estimate that Darling drew what i've done 15,000 editorial cartoons during his half-century career Astoundingiy, the majori- National Wildlife ty of those cartoons are still as pertinent today as when they were drawn. 21 Wrote and sponsored the 1999 Sanibel Causeway referendum, in "Ding's" insights into human nature, politics and politicians, government, the Refuge Week ordinary citizen, and resource conservation continue to provide us with fresh which 91.2% of Sanibel voters favored keeping the drawbridge at its understanding of today's current events. o celebrate National Wildlife present height. Refuge Week, the Horida The challenge has not been to locate a cartoon appropriate to current events, Panther and J.N "Ding" Darling but to choose from among many excellent cartoons, all of which are appropriate.