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INDEX Qii Around The Islands Arts & Leisure 5B wnlfs At Large f?A Calendar 4B Classifieds 1QC Cltyslde 15A On the rise? Commentary §A Wildlife celebration Pofyea Beat ' 2A Residents, visitors Hearing held Portrait 19A Reereation 10B enjoy the sun, fun concerning t$smemfeer When 4A at annual festival IB Captiva Drive 2B 1961-1990 Still first on Sanibel 1 and Captiva VOL. 29, NO. 13 THREE SECTIONS, 60 PAGES TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1990 50 CENTS Code hearing to continue Planners limit house heights to 35 feet, increase setbacks by 4 feet By Frances Adams eliminated, but maximum impermeable Islander staff writer coverage was set at 30 percent on lots in The Planning Commission will continue the Altered Land Zone. In addition, the again its discussion of proposed building footprints of buildings cannot exceed 67 restrictions at 1 p.m. today, March 27, percent of the maximum impermeable after having waded through last week's coverage area, with an exception for small intense Monday and productive Thursday lots. sessions. The focus of discussion this As for appearance of buildings, no afternoon will be the issues of non- building will be allowed to be constructed conformity, insurance and build-back after a which would interrupt the rhythm of storm. existing buildings in the established By the end of Thursday, March 22, the neighborhood, or in any manner which planners had heard enough hours of public would be inharmonious with the general comments and input from developers and atmosphere and character of the established architects to finally set house height neighborhood, or, if there's no established limitations at 35 feet above neighborhood, the city as a whole. Also, predevelopment grade, with no limitation the size, bulk mass and height of a to the number of stories. However, they proposed structure will not be allowed to adopted the 45-degree angle of light, which infringe on the adjoining property owner's effectively would limit a house to three air circulation, access to light and~sunlight. stories. The refined and revised proposed Setbacks were increased four feet and, to ordinance was arrived at by combining allow the opportunity for sloped roofs, some suggestions of the Planning overhangs are exempt and can extend four feet beyond the new setback lines. Floor-area ratio restrictions were ••• Please see HEARING, page 16A Voters to decide bridge issue May 8 By Frances Adams "fatally flawed" because it limits the right Islander staff writer of the people to vote for range of designs. Sanibel voters on May 8 will decide Wilson said it's not a constitutional whether or not to attempt to limit Lee difficulty because if the city has the power County's plans to construct a shore-to- to make a decision like that by itself, shore, high-rise span connecting Fort without referring it to the people, then The Neumann Center on Palm Ridge Road. Myers and the island. there is no impediment to referring a The decision to hold the special election limited range of issues to the people. He was made March 20 after the Sanibel City also said the people themselves would be Naumann & Rhonehouse Council unanimously rejected the Save Our imposing the limitation, which may not be Bridge group's initiative ordinance that unconstitutional. proposes, among other things, adherence to There is a "clear remedy" available to office target of bomb threat the terms of the interlocal agreement of change that, according to Wilson: The By Steve Ruediger A particular house the firm is building 1987. That agreement, initiated by Sanibel, people can initiate an ordinance repealing Islander staff writer on Lighthouse Way sparked an effort to specifies that the lift (bascule) span be the one they put oh the books. Wilson Anonymous telephone threats were re- have the city of Sanibel tighten its restric- replaced with a high, fixed span ("Plan A" reminded the council that there also is a ceived last Wednesday that "The Naumann- tions on the size of homes which can be of Griener Inc.'s proposed bridge severance clause which would effectively Rhonehouse Center is going to be blown built on the island. replacement proposals). eliminate anything that would be deemed up at 12 midnight." The Naumann and Rhonehouse office The initiative ordinance also releases the unconstitutional. Sanibel Police cordoned off the immedi- failed to return repeated phone calls made county from its promise to construct a Pritt said he was suspect of an ordinance ate area around the Scott Naumann offices over several days last week. high-span bridge, referring to a four-lane that appears to "trump" or supersede the on Palm Ridge Road and searched the Police said that on Wednesday at 4:19 bridge which is striped for two lanes. Constitution. building. No bomb was found. p.m., a male with a deep, husky voice Doug Wilson, a member of the city's "We do worry a lot about it when we get Naumann and Rhonehouse are the devel- called Sanibel Police and made the bomb bridge advisory committee and the SOB an opinion that suggests the thing is bogus opers who are at the center of a controversy threat. A short time later, the Sanibel Fire group, addressed the concerns City before it even hits the ballot box," Wilson over the construction of large single family Attorney Bob Pritt had expressed about the said. houses in certain Sanibel neighborhoods. Please see BOMB, page 23A ordinance's Section 7, which Pritt said is Please see VOTERS, page 18A All the following information was taken directly succeeded in waking the woman and finding out from her from Sanibel Police Department reports. POLICE where she wanted the taxi to take her. DC LU Q Matthew James Celnar, 18, a student at Newark High BEAT School in Newark, Ohio, was arrested Thursday for A loud party on the beach at Nerita Street was reported possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia Sunday night at about 10:30 p.m. Police had a group of (pipes). Celhar and two other young men were in the 30 to 40 college students disperse. a> parking lot at the Sundial resort when police decided to Two "open" signs were stolen from the Dairy Queen on check their identification. Celnar said the truck beside Wednesday. The signs have red lettering on a white A loud party was reported at 2 a.m. Monday at the them belonged to his father. He opened the glove box to background. Coquina Beach Club on Nerita Street. Daniel Carothers of o get the registration and Officer Michael Cooper saw a bag Cincinnati, Ohio, told police he would end the party. of marijuana in the glove box. A man Thursday went into a 7-Eleven to buy beer. When he was asked for an identification, he showed an Noise was reported at 4:23 a.m. Monday in the pool at A party at Compass Pointe was quieted by police at 3 Ohio driver's license. He then left the store quickly, the Sanibel Beach Club on Nerita Street. Daniel Carothers o a.m. Friday. leaving behind the beer and the driver's license. of Cincinnati, Ohio, told police he would leave the pool. The Sanibel Marina asked police on Thursday to check A couple wallets were found on Sanibel Wednesday. So, A drunk woman staggering along the bike path in front > out a suspicious van. They found a man inside eating a of the Sanibel Community Center Sunday told police she •o if you have lost your wallet, there is a good chance it is at sandwich. He was informed about the city's camping the Sanibel Police headquarters. was going to see friends nearby. Police drove her there. ordinance and left. A laundry cart was missing Wednesday from The Police received a report of a car stuck in a planter at the A Moonlight Drive resident reported noises in his back Laundry House in Bailey's Shopping Center. Sanibel Hilton Sunday. When they arrived at the Hilton, a and side yards Thursday. A neighbor told police the noises Fort Myers man told them he had backed his car intj came from raccoons. Sanibel Taxi asked police for assistance Wednesday with Please see BEAT, pa a drunk female passenger they could not wake up. Police Two bicycles were missing from Loggerhead Cay Thursday. Sanibe! woman arrested after hit and run accident Gwenda Lee Mann of 966 Main Street on Sanibel was refused to say where she works, charged Wednesday with resisting arrest with violence, Sanibel police responded to an accident near 2600 West driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an Gulf Drive. Upon arriving, they found the front end of a H&R Block accident with injuries, not having a driver's license and car driven by Barbara Lovell of Ohio had been totalled. keeps up refusal to sign the citations. Lovell was slightly injured. Mann also refused to allow any tests for alcoholism and Officer Fred Broszeit noticed that the other car that had with the been involved in the accident had left behind its left front tire. So, he went cruising looking for a car missing its changes. left front tire. LESSONS taking your game He found such a car stopped at the intersection of West We know the income tax laws PLAYING Gulf and Island Inn Road. Mann was behind the wheel. and the forms inside and out. SESSIONS to the next Broszeit asked if she had just been in an accident. She That's our business. Put us to CLINICS JAK BEARDSWORTH cursed him and was promptly arrested.