Land Development Code Changes Headed for City Council Review
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—INDEX- Arts 15A What's going on around the islands At Large 5A Business 10B Calendar 3A Classifieds 20B BEWARE! HAIL THE HEROES Commentary 6A Mysterious effects Heat, TMS Police Beat 2A Recreation 5B of full moon claim men's Remember When 5A strike the islands Softball titles ...5B 1961-1989 Still first on Sanibel 1 and Captiva ' VOL. 28, NO. 31 TUESDAY, AUG. 1, 1989 TWO SECTIONS, 48 PAGES 50 CENTS Land Development Code changes headed for City Council review By Frances Adams Sanibel resident Ray Pavelka, of Mariner Proper- Islander staif writer ties, asked if the inaccuracies to the maps, which were pointed out in the CLUP hearings, had been corrected The Land Development Code passed its first muster or addressed in any way in the code revisions. Plann- before the Planning Commission and is on its way, ing Director Bruce Rogers said map inaccuracies with the commission's recommendations, to the City were addressed to the extent that the staff has re- Council to be reviewed again on Aug. 15. quested money in this year's budget to make base map It is the city's responsibility by Aug. 31 to bring revisions, but nothing can be done formally until after Sanibel's land use regulations into compliance with the revisions are made. the new Comprehensive Land Use Plan, which was The subject of map inaccuracies also came up later adopted in February. in the day during review of the wastewater treatment The July 25 LDC all-day review session lasted until 6 facilities standards. Kristie Seaman, of Sanibel- p.m. and included the predictable bouts of nit-picking, Captiva Conservation Foundation, pointed out the 1988 negotiations and disagreements of language and in- groundwater level map was based on data that was 17 tention along with some astute comments and sugges- years old and encouraged the staff to acquire maps tions from the staff and public. that reflect more current scientific data. After the half-hour reading of the ordinance and Coastal zone protection standards now specify a kudos to the authors of the proposed changes, commis- sioners dug right into the section-by-section review two-year time limit for developers to restore any sen- Sanibel's historic lighthouse and quickly approved map changes and obsolete sitive or wetland areas which have been damaged dur- reference corrections and deletions. Please see LDC, page 17A Lighting the way Baby loggerheads begin emerging from nests By Steve Ruediger Sanibel lighthouse Islander staff writer Soon the hole was alive with a mass of baby log- gerhead sea turtles, all crawling over each other try- included in statewide The sand in the bottom of the small hole swelled and ing to find their way out. sank back by itself as though the ground were alive. It Haverfield, who works with Caretta Research, lifted moved again and the entire bottom of the crater seem- the little turtles carefully from the hole and placed anniversary party ed to vibrate. them in a plastic bucket, counting them as she went. By Ann Travelstead Eve Haverfield reached in and scooped out another The more than 100 turtles all continued wriggling islander staff writer handful of sand. A small head then peeped out from and crawling over each other for the 15 or 20 minutes the loose soil at the bottom of the pit. in the bucket. Their flippers moved constantly like lit- On Sunday, Aug. 6, the Sanibel Lighthouse will As more sand was carefully scooped out, more be part of a statewide celebration com- heads appeared. Next came tiny flippers and shells. Please see TURTLES, page 18A memorating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. lighthouse system. Festivities at the 105-year-old Sanibel Lighthouse will start at noon and continue to 4 p.m., as a joint presentation of Fort Myers Historical Museum and the Island Historical Committee. Historic pictures and archive documents Hundreds of baby log- belonging to Sam Bailey will be on display. Among gerhead turtles, with the documents is a proclamation signed by Presi- flippers flailing wildly, dent Chester A. Arthur, and a communique from head for the safety of the U.S. Senate, dated March 7, 1872, requesting the surf off Sanibel's Congress to install a light in the pass between Pun- Bowman's Beach. The ta Rassa Harbor and Sanibel Island. hatchlings are beginn- Islanders had made a similar request as early ing to "pop up" from as 1833, but there was no official interest until nest sites along many 1856. Finally, the lighthouse was built in 1884. It of the islands' sandy still gleams, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. beaches. In addition to documents, Bailey has a collection of treasured photographs that show the lighthouse through the years. Until the late '50s, the lighthouse was a focal point of island society. Now on the Historical Register, it has always attracted artists of every Photo by STEVE RUEDIGER ilk, who painted and sketched the towering sym- Please see LIGHTHOUSE, page 4A "*SV William Davis Berthelsen of Fort Myers was ar- A Lindgren Boulevard resident reported Wednesday rested Thursday for driving on a suspended license. that somebody had cut several limbs off a tree in her POLICE His license had been suspended for failure to pay yard. She asked for increased police patrols. BEAT fines. He was stopped because his vehicle had been reported to be weaving as he came onto Sanibel on the A wallet was found floating in the water early causeway. Wednesday morning at the fishing pier. The owner of the wallet called police Thursday night and asked if All the following information was taken directly from Representatives of the Yacht Haven Condo reported they would mail it to him in Rhode Island because he Sanibel Police Department reports. Wednesday that four patio chairs and two patio tables was leaving for there early Friday morning. were missing from the condominium. Robert P. "Butch" Kelley, a bartender at the West According to Officer Michael Cooper, two people Wind Inn, was charged Thursday with possession of A man from Homosassa, Fla., drove into a tree had their attention riveted on a line of white powder on marijuana, driving on a suspended license, switching Wednesday on Algiers Lane while looking into the a small tray when he walked up beside their car Tues- license tags and running a stop sign. Kelley had been back seat of his car to check on his two children. day on the Sanibel Causeway. They tried to hide the stopped by police for running through the stop sign at Nobody was injured. intersection of Palm Ridge and Tarpon Bay roads. Please see BEAT, page 4 A Police said marijuana roaches were found in his ashtray and half a marijuana cigarette was found under the floormat of the car. A man's gold class ring was found at Gulfside City Beach last Thursday. The ring is from Christopher Newport College. Hard To Find, But Worth The Effort! 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HIGH ow RAIN ed in custody cases often find themselves lonely and Monday, July 24 95 70 0.3 confused. A state-run volunteer program provides She also was concerned about going into some of the Tuesday, July 25 92 help for these youngsters while thejSgo through the poorer parts of Fort Myers to interview parents in 73 0.0 court processes. Legal proceedings, which are troubl- their homes. "In some areas it takes a lot of guts to go Wednesday, July 26 94 75 o.e ing to an adult, can be terrifying to a child. there by yourself," said Bourne. Thursday, July 27 92 76 trace Friday, July 28 73 0.5 The program is called Guardian Ad Litem. However, she discovered the problems she expected SaturdayS , July 29 90 74 0.0 "People should not be afraid to volunteer for this didn't exist.