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N.C. Legislation 1998: Land Use Regulation, Planning, Code Enforcement, and Transportation
Chapter 15
The year 1998 was relatively productive for planning- and development-related legislation, particularly if one considers that the legislative sessions in even-numbered years are supposed to be the short ones. Local governments both gained and lost. Although municipalities will be made subject to generally more demanding annexation requirements, local governments will benefit from broader and clearer authority to regulate sexually oriented businesses. The state has adopted a progressive policy for leasing state lands for telecommunications towers and antennae. North Carolina citizens can look forward to better funding of the state's infrastructure needs with the approval of the bond issue authorized by the Clean Water and Natural Gas Critical Needs Act. Planners will be interested to know that evidence of a comprehensive land use plan will be a factor in determining priorities for at least some of the infrastructure funds. Important new tax incentives to encourage the relocation or expansion of businesses also were adopted. The provisions of the Roadway Corridor Official Map Act were expanded to include public transit corridors. In addition, the General Assembly adopted new legislation affecting planned residential communities and the organization and governance of their homeowners' associations.
Zoning and Planning
Regulating Sexually Oriented Businesses
The location and operation of sexually oriented businesses has been a highly visible and frequently litigated issue in North Carolina over the past few years. Controversies have arisen not only in the state's larger cities (Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro), but in small towns and resort areas as well (Roanoke Rapids, Calabash, the Outer Banks, and Maggie Valley).
In November 1996, Senator Marc Basnight, the Senate President Pro Tempore, organized a town meeting in Nags Head to discuss the authority of local governments to regulate sexually oriented businesses and the need for state legislation on the subject. Early in the General Assembly's 1997 session, Senator Basnight asked the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Roy Cooper, to review this question and develop proposed legislation. Senator Cooper introduced Senate Bill 452 in March 1997 to clarify state law on the question of the scope of local regulatory authority regarding sexually oriented businesses and provide additional options for localities concerned with these issues. The bill was adopted by the Senate in April 1997 and by the House of Representatives in July 1998. The bill had broad legislative support. It was approved unanimously in the Senate and by a 111-1 margin in the House. It was approved by Governor Hunt on July 15, 1998.
One of the principal objectives of S.L. 1998-46 (S 452) was to remove any doubt about legislative intention not to preempt the field of sexually oriented business regulation to the exclusion of local regulation. The law amends several key statutes to expressly provide that these statutes do not preclude local regulation of sexually oriented businesses. These statutes include those prohibiting obscenity (G.S. 14-190.1), prohibiting indecent exposure (G.S. 14-190.9), limiting adult establishments to one per structure (G.S. 14-202.11), and regulating facilities with alcohol sales (G.S. 18B-904). Clarification that state laws do not prohibit local regulation clears the way for a variety of local regulatory options, such as setting specific hours of operation for adult facilities with alcohol licenses, rather than being limited to the uniform 2 a.m. closing established by state alcoholic beverage control (ABC) laws. There is also no longer a question as to the validity of dispersal requirements between sexually oriented businesses. [The statute limiting adult establishments to one per structure had been held to preclude local separation requirements. Onslow County v. Moore, 129 N.C. App. 376, 499 S.E.2d 780 (1998). See also K. Hope, Inc. v. Onslow County, 911 F. Supp. 948, 952-54 (E.D.N.C. 1995), vacated, 107 F.3d 866 (4th Cir. 1997).]
S.L. 1998-46 also creates G.S. 160A-181.1 to set out the range of regulatory options available to cities and counties in regulating sexually oriented businesses. These regulations are directed toward the reduction of adverse secondary impacts of these businesses. Regulations may include restrictions on location and operation of the facilities, licensing requirements, and reasonable fees. The specific regulatory tools authorized by the law include the following:
- limits on location, including restrictions to specified zoning districts and minimum separation requirements;
- limits on operations, including hours of operation; open booth requirements; limits on exterior advertising and noise; ages of patrons and employees; required separations between patrons and performers; and clothing requirements for masseuses, servers, and entertainers;
- licensing, disclosure, and registration requirements, including restricting ownership or employment of those with criminal records for offenses reasonably related to the legal operation of a sexually oriented business;
- moratoria on new facilities or expansions while studies are conducted and ordinances debated;
- amortization requirements for nonconforming sexually oriented businesses; and
- interlocal agreements whereby local governments within an interrelated geographic area can provide alternative sites for sexually oriented businesses without the necessity of each unit of government providing sites.
Local governments are also authorized to adopt their own detailed definitions of "sexually oriented businesses" to precisely set the scope of local regulations.
S.L. 1998-46 also adds a new enforcement tool for local governments. It amends G.S. 19-1 to allow the public nuisance statute to be used against those businesses that repeatedly violate local ordinances on sexually oriented businesses in such a way as to create adverse secondary impacts. This is a powerful tool that G.S. 19-2.1 allows to be used by private citizens as well as units of government. It allows injunctions to prohibit continued misuse of the building. G.S. 19-1.4 also provides that after notice, subsequent owners are liable for violations in the same manner as the one who first created the public nuisance. G.S. 19-8 allows attorney fees and other costs to be awarded to the prevailing party.
It is important to note that S.L. 1998-46 does not relieve local governments of the need to establish a strong constitutional foundation for any regulation of sexually oriented businesses. Sexually explicit but nonobscene material is protected by the First Amendment's free speech guarantees. Each of the provisions of S.L. 1998-46 that removes any question of state preemption explicitly provides that the local regulations must be consistent with constitutional protections afforded free speech.
It is a political reality that these uses are unwelcome in many communities. Citizens and local elected officials alike may have strong opposition to the content of sexually explicit performances and materials. Such concern, however, cannot be the basis of regulation. S.L. 1998-46 (S 452) notes that local regulations of sexually oriented businesses must be directed toward prevention of potential adverse secondary impacts, such as decreased neighboring property values and increased crime, rather than toward suppression of protected speech.
A local government should undertake the following steps to establish a proper constitutional foundation for its regulations of sexually oriented business. The courts have held that cities and counties have the burden of establishing that the following steps have been undertaken.
- Conduct some study of the potential adverse secondary impacts to be prevented. This does not require a formal technical study, but some thoughtful, explicit consideration of these impacts while the regulations are being framed is needed. This can include a review of studies conducted in other localities; reports from the planning, police, and other local staff on potential impacts; and testimony from concerned citizens at public meetings and hearings.
- Conduct an analysis of the adequacy of sites available for location of sexually oriented businesses. The regulations cannot have the practical effect of totally excluding constitutionally protected speech. The adopting unit of government needs to establish prior to adoption that the ordinance will leave open reasonable alternative avenues for expression. The sites available do not have to be those most desirable or profitable for the owners, but they do need to be realistically within the commercial real estate market and be of a sufficient number to meet the anticipated demand.
- Give consideration to how each proposed regulation will advance the purpose of reducing adverse secondary impacts. Regulations need to be narrowly tailored to meet legitimate objectives.
- If permits or licenses are required prior to operation, there must be clear and definite standards for decisions and there must be adequate procedural safeguards to ensure prompt decisions and judicial review.
Telecommunications Towers
S.L. 1998-158 (S 1242) provides for the development of a wireless 911 emergency response system using cellular telephones, personal communications services, and other wireless telephone services. However, the act also reflects the interest of the wireless industry in gaining access to state properties. The act allows state agencies to lease public property for the construction of wireless communications towers or the location of antennae on state-owned structures. One especially noteworthy feature of this new act is the requirement that unless collocation is not feasible at a particular location, any tower located on state land must be designed and constructed to accommodate other carriers. The state's lease must require the lessee to permit other telecommunications carriers to collocate on a tower on commercially reasonable terms unless the tower has reached its capacity. The act also spells out several other important location policies. The state must promote clustering of towers by encouraging telecommunications towers to be located near other such towers to the extent that it is technically feasible. The state is also directed to choose a location that minimizes the visual impact on surrounding landscape.
Perhaps the most intriguing question about towers on leased state land is the applicability of zoning and other ordinances. The act answers the question directly by clarifying that city and county ordinances apply to communications towers and antennas authorized under new G.S. 146-29.2. Thus either a zoning ordinance or an ordinance adopted under the general ordinance-making (police) power applies to the location of these facilities.
Outdoor Advertising
G.S. 136-131.1 provides that no local government (or any other political subdivision) may require the removal of an outdoor advertising sign along an Interstate or Federal-aid Primary highway except upon the payment of "just compensation." This provision has effectively nullified the ability of local governments to amortize billboards that are made nonconforming by a local zoning ordinance when they are adjacent to these highways. Federal outdoor advertising legislation required North Carolina to adopt G.S. 136-131.1 in order to qualify for its full allocation of federal transportation funds. North Carolina's statute was first adopted in 1981. The law, however, was set to expire in 1983 in the hope that the federal outdoor advertising legislation would be repealed or changed. In fact, however, the federal requirement has not been repealed, and the General Assembly therefore has extended the sunset date for G.S. 136-131.1 on four different occasions. Section 27.5 of the 1998 Appropriations Act, S.L. 1998-212 (S 1366), extends G.S. 136-131.1 again, this time until June 30, 2002.
Local Legislation Affecting Zoning
Swift Creek. S.L. 1998-192 (H 1114) represents an unusual compromise between the interests of intergovernmental planning and deference to the interests of residents of a relatively small unincorporated area. For some years the Swift Creek watershed area of Wake County has been in the path of development. Various local governments, including Apex, Garner, Cary, Raleigh, and Wake County, identified an interest in the manner in which the Swift Creek area will grow. More than ten years ago, these local governments developed a management plan for the Swift Creek area. However, ensuring that the integrity of the plan was respected has been notably more difficult. The adoption of S.L. 1998-192 is a stride toward implementation of the plan. It requires that development ordinance amendment actions and project permitting decisions must be consistent with the plan. It does, however, allow the jurisdictions affected by the act to extend utilities into portions of the Swift Creek area that are located within each government's planning jurisdiction, but only if the municipality zoned or rezoned the particular area in anticipation of providing those utilities. In an unusual concession to area residents, the act gives the qualified resident voters of the area an opportunity to vote in a nonbinding advisory referendum on the incorporation of the Swift Creek area as a municipality. The referendum will be conducted on November 7, 2000.
S.L. 1998-28 (H 1556) extends the extraterritorial planning jurisdiction of the city of Dunn to include an area described in the act. The transition between county jurisdiction and municipal jurisdiction will be governed by G.S. 160A-360(f).
Halifax County.
S.L. 1998-4 (S 1420) allows any nonresidential building in Halifax County that is damaged by fire or an act of God to be replaced with a mobile home or similar manufactured structure for a period of one year. The law is intended to allow operations to continue while the damaged building is repaired or rebuilt. The act supersedes "any zoning, occupancy, or other ordinance or statute to the contrary." S.L. 1998-4 expires on June 30, 1999.
Subdivision Regulation
Maps Attached to Deeds
In 1997, the General Assembly adopted legislation requiring that most plats presented for recording be reviewed by a designated plat review officer and certified for conformity with the requirements of state law. Surveyors, chafing under a law that required additional review of their work, convinced legislators in 1998 to exempt two new categories of maps from certification by a review officer. The first category of maps exempted by S.L. 1998-228 (S 1552) includes maps of boundaries of municipalities, annexation maps, highway right-of-way maps, and transportation corridor maps. In addition, maps attached to deeds are also exempt from review officer certification if the map does not bear the original signature and seal of a registered land surveyor and is not a certified copy of a map that does.
Planners are aware that attaching maps to deeds is a not-uncommon means of evading a local land subdivision ordinance since a deed must be recorded if it meets state recording requirements. S.L. 1998-228 makes a mild concession to the interests of land subdivision control by providing that the exemption for attached maps, described above, applies only if the map contains the following label: "THIS MAP IS NOT A CERTIFIED SURVEY AND HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS." In addition, any map attached to a deed must now be no larger than 8 1/2 by 14 inches.
Local Subdivision Legislation
Stanly County. S.L. 1998-37 (S 1518) amends existing local legislation defining the scope of Stanly County's jurisdiction to regulate land subdivision. Under the new law, the division of land into parcels greater than ten acres is exempt from regulation if no street right-of-way dedication is involved. In the past, subdivisions with parcels over five acres were exempt if the lots were served by a right-of-way of at least sixty feet in width and the developer recorded a right-of-way agreement governing the construction and maintenance of the road.
Environmental Protection
The General Assembly enacted a number of provisions relating to environmental protection and natural resource management. These laws are covered in detail in Chapter 10 (Environment and Natural Resources), but those having particular bearing on land use issues are summarized here.
Water Quality
Protection of water quality was again a major focus of legislative attention.
Neuse River Basin.
Development of comprehensive plans and management strategies on a river basin basis has been a high priority for the state. The Environmental Management Commission (EMC) approached rule making to reduce nitrogen loading and other nonpoint source pollution for the Neuse river basin as a model for the entire state. The rules (15A N.C.A.C. 2B .0233) were adopted by the EMC and approved by the Rules Review Commission in February, 1998, subject to the legislative veto of G.S. 150B-21.3. The rules established criteria for discharges and mandated use of vegetated buffers to reduce nonpoint source pollution.
S.L. 1998-221 (H 1402) disapproves some aspects of these rules, allows other aspects to continue as a temporary rule, and mandates actions by the EMC prior to adoption of final rules. The law allows the EMC to delegate riparian buffer protection to local governments, subject to state standards and oversight. The law also allows use of mitigation when buffers are disturbed. Mitigation may consist of: (1) payments to a newly established Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund; (2) donations of interests in land for riparian buffer areas to the state, local governments, or nonprofit conservation organizations; or (3) establishment, restoration, or enhancement of a riparian buffer not otherwise required to be protected. The law also defines the vested rights that must be recognized and establishes a twenty-three-member Stakeholder Advisory Committee to work with the EMC in preparing a final rule.
Tar-Pamlico River Basin.
The legislature also disapproved proposed rules for the Tar-Pamlico river basin. S.L. 1998-138 (S 1373), however, allows these rules to be adopted as temporary rules (except that a specified portion of the river may not be reclassified from WS-IV to WS-V by temporary rule).
Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
In other water quality actions, concern about the impact of sedimentation from construction sites led to the enactment of S.L. 1998-99 (H 1415) to improve the enforcement of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act. To prevent water pollution from runoff, G.S. 113A-57 now requires disturbed land to be protected within fifteen working days (the former law allowed protection within thirty working days) or thirty calendar days of completion of any phase of grading, whichever is less. S.L. 1998-99 also amended G.S. 113A-65.1 to allow stop work orders to be effective for five, rather than three, working days.
Local Stormwater Legislation.
Three local bills were adopted to enhance the ability of Charlotte and Durham local governments to address stormwater management issues. S.L. 1998-66 (S 1203) allows Charlotte to levy stormwater fees to support previously issued revenue bonds. S.L. 1998-60 (S 1397) allows Durham County to join the city of Durham in assessing and using stormwater fees. [The authority of the city to adopt a stormwater management program and assess fees on all developed property for its implementation was upheld by the state supreme court in 1998. Smith Chapel Baptist Church v. City of Durham, 348 N.C. 632, 502 S.E.2d 364 (1998).] S.L. 1998-52 (S 1399) allows the City of Durham to use stormwater fees to participate in public-private stormwater improvements and maintenance.
Water and Sewer
The General Assembly took a major step toward enhancing the ability of local governments to finance water and sewer improvements. S.L. 1998-132 (S 1354) authorized a November 1998 statewide referendum on the issuance of $800 million in general obligation bonds for water and sewer projects ($500 million for state matching funds for federal grants and $300 million for loans to local governments) and another $200 million in bonds for extension of natural gas service. Both measures were subsequently approved by the voters.
Planning for the water and sewer projects will be coordinated by a nineteen-member State Infrastructure Council within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. G.S. 143-690. Local governments that have comprehensive land use plans will receive priority in funding, as will those with capital improvement plans, those with water reuse and conservation programs, and those that reduce the overall volume of wastewater. Funding is not available for projects that would extend water or sewer lines for new connections in any WS-I watershed or within the critical areas for WS-II, WS-III, or WS-IV watersheds, but waivers are allowed for correction of preexisting water quality or health problems. Portions of the new funding are reserved for various specified types of projects, including high-unit-cost projects, economic development projects, projects in rural and economically distressed counties, for rural schools, and for unsewered communities.
Other Environmental Laws
Moratorium on Large-Scale Hog Farms. S.L. 1998-188 (H 1480) extends until September 1, 1999, the existing moratorium on construction or expansion of large-scale swine farms.
Septic Systems.
S.L. 1998-126 (H 1462) requires new septic systems that treat less than 3,000 gallons per day to include effluent filters and access devices. Temporary rules implementing these requirements must be adopted by the Commission for Health Services for systems permitted on or after January 1, 1999.
Public Access to Ocean Beaches.
S.L. 1998-225 (H 1448), which makes substantial amendments to fisheries regulations, also included a provision to clarify the public's right to free access to the state's ocean beaches up to the vegetation line, recognizing that this area has traditionally been freely used for walking, fishing, and recreation. A pending suit in Currituck County had raised questions about the scope of these public rights.
Coastal Energy Facilities.
S.L. 1998-221 (H 1402) authorizes the Coastal Resources Commission to adopt temporary rules on coastal energy facilities.
Well Setback Distances for Foster Homes.
S.L. 1998-136 (S 1171) amends the well setback requirements for licensed institutional facilities located in single-family homes (such as foster homes). This law amends G.S. 130A-235 to allow water supply wells for these facilities to be located within the building setback required for institutional uses if tests show no contamination of the water and no health hazards are associated with the well. The Commission for Health Services was required to adopt temporary rules implementing this setback waiver by January 1, 1999.
Interbasin Water Transfers.
S.L. 1998-168 (S 1299) amends various laws regarding interbasin water transfers. As amended, G.S. 143-211 now provides that transfers may not violate the state's antidegradation policies. G.S. 143-215.22H, as amended, now requires registration of all transfers of 100,000 gallons per day or more (the former law required registration of transfers of at least 1,000,000 gallons per day) but exempts transfers for agricultural uses of less than 1,000,000 gallons per day. And amended G.S. 143-215.22I now requires consideration of cumulative impacts, the preparation of environmental assessments, preparation of a drought management plan, and consideration of future water needs as part of the review process prior to approval of regulated interbasin transfers.
Agricultural Conservation Easements.
Section 13 of the 1998 Appropriations Act, S.L. 1998-212 (S 1366), appropriates $250,000 to the Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for a pilot program for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements.
Historic Waterfront Revitalization Projects.
Section 15.2B of the 1998 Appropriations Act, S.L. 1998-212, appropriates $400,000 for grants for historic waterfront revitalization projects in the cities of Murfreesboro, Washington, Swansboro, and Jacksonville and in Washington, Beaufort, Hyde, and Tyrell counties.
Upper Neuse Watershed Management and Clean Water Trust Funds.
The 1998 Appropriations Act, S.L. 1998-212, also appropriated $300,000 to the Upper Neuse River Basin Association for the development of a comprehensive state-local watershed management plan (sec. 14.15) and transferred $47.4 million to the Clean Water Management Trust Fund Reserve to continue that program.
Tax Credit for Conservation Easements.
Section 29A.13 of S.L. 1998-212 amends the state income tax credit for donations of natural area, beach access, and conservation easements by increasing the maximum tax credit allowed from $250,000 to $500,000 for corporations (G.S. 105-34) and from $100,000 to $250,000 for individuals (G.S. 105-151.12). This legislation is discussed in more detail in Chapter 26 (State Taxation).
Annexation and Incorporation
Amendments to the Involuntary Annexation Statutes
Throughout the 1990s, North Carolina's involuntary annexation statutes have been the subject of almost constant debate and study. The N.C. League of Municipalities has opposed many of the legislative proposals offered during this period. However, a proposal recommended by a Legislative Research Commission committee in 1998 received the league's support and was eventually enacted as S.L. 1998-150 (H 1361). The legislation, which became effective November 1, 1998, is analyzed in greater detail in the Chapter 16 (Local Government and Finance).
Generally, S.L. 1998-150 places more demanding requirements on cities that want to annex. The annexation standards governing the land use, the extent of land subdivision, and the population density of the area are altered in a way that will make them more difficult for cities to satisfy. One unusual change concerns the annexation of agricultural land that qualifies for use-value taxation. If annexed, this land becomes part of the city and becomes part of the city's planning jurisdiction but is not subject to property taxation and is not entitled to city services.
The new law also gives attention to procedures designed to protect the rights of affected property owners. If a city does not provide police protection, fire protection, street maintenance, and garbage collection service within sixty days after the effective date of the annexation, an affected owner may petition the Local Government Commission for an order to abate property taxes until after the city begins to provide these services. Another feature is the requirement that the city hold a public informational meeting before it holds its public hearing. The city must present its annexation report at the meeting and respond to questions. The report must include a statement showing how the annexation will affect the city's finances and services, including the estimates of the changes in city revenues.
S.L. 1998-150 also extends the time period in which property owners may seek judicial review of the annexation and allows a court to declare the ordinance void rather than simply remanding the matter to the city for correction.
Local Annexation Legislation
Several local acts authorize variations from the general laws governing satellite annexations. These include acts affecting Raleigh [S.L. 1998-200 (S 666)]; Banner Elk [S.L. 1998-77 (H 1309)]; Asheboro [S.L. 1998-203 (H 1629)]; and Morehead City [S.L. 1998-42 (H 1638)]. Other local acts simply change municipal boundaries as set forth in legal descriptions included in the act or correct surveying errors. These include acts affecting Pinehurst [S.L. 1998-200 (S 666)]; Spruce Pine, Mocksville, and Lake Waccamaw [S.L. 1998-200 (S 666)]; Ocean Isle Beach [S.L. 1998-34 (H 1475)]; Pembroke [S.L. 1998-39 (H 1504)]; Asheboro [S.L. 1998-203 (H 1629)]; Pleasant Garden [S.L. 1998-205 (H 1401)]; Franklin [S.L. 1998-51 (S 1103)]; Farmville [S.L. 1998-32 (S 1166)]; Landis [S.L. 1998-65 (S 1333)]; and Chadbourn [S.L. 1998-53 (S 1410)]. One other local act repeals an annexation ordinance adopted by the Town of Cape Carteret [(S.L. 1998-41 (H 1637)].
Joint Legislative Commission on Municipal Incorporations
In recent years, a number of municipalities have been incorporated that have provided few services to their citizens, have imposed no local taxes, and have relied almost exclusively on revenues shared by the state.
The General Assembly is generally free to incorporate cities if, when, and how it deems appropriate, subject to several provisos. Article VII, Section 1, of the N.C. Constitution prohibits the General Assembly from incorporating a city if it lies within a certain distance of an existing municipality. Permissible distances vary according to the existing city's population. However, this limitation does not apply if the annexation is adopted by a vote of three-fifths of all of the members of each legislative chamber, as is virtually always the case. One other feature of the incorporation process is the role of the Joint Legislative Commission on Municipal Incorporations. Sponsors of a proposed incorporation may submit it to the commission for the commission's evaluation and recommendation. However, the recommendation is not binding. Since the General Assembly has not insisted that proposals be submitted to the commission, many incorporation proposals have been adopted without any commission evaluation at all.
S.L. 1998-150 (H 1361) changes the standards by which a proposal is evaluated but does not compel proposals to be reviewed by the commission. Under the new law, the commission may not provide a positive recommendation unless the entire area proposed for incorporation would also qualify for annexation under the involuntary annexation statutes. In addition, the commission is prohibited from giving a positive recommendation unless sponsors submit a plan by which the municipality will provide at least two of the following municipal services: police protection, fire protection, garbage collection, water service, sewer service, street maintenance, street lighting, planning and zoning.
Inspections and Code Enforcement
Floodplain Regulations
S.L. 1998-172 (H 1260) solves a problem that was created by a legislative change made in 1997. The 1997 General Assembly amended G.S. 143-138(e) to prohibit local amendments or modification to the State Building Code (the Code), except for those involving fire prevention regulations (volume V of the Code). An unintended consequence of this change was to call into question floodplain management ordinances adopted by local governments. Many North Carolina local governments have adopted ordinances of this type in order to qualify for the federal flood insurance program. These ordinances are widely viewed as land use control ordinances. However, they typically also include regulations governing the construction and floodproofing of buildings allowed within flood hazard areas. The State Building Code does not currently include flood hazard regulations, but the ordinance provisions required by the federal flood insurance program clearly fall within the scope of the Code.
S.L. 1998-172 (H 1260) treats local ordinances governing building construction in floodplains as local modifications to the Code but makes them an exception to the general prohibition against local Code modifications. It clarifies that the exception applies to ordinances that include provisions governing such matters as building improvements, foundation construction, protection of mechanical and electrical systems, building anchorage, and acceptable flood resistant materials.
Prior to 1997, local modifications to the Code were permitted but only with the approval of the North Carolina Building Code Council. However, no city or county flood hazard ordinances were ever submitted to or approved by the council before the 1997 legislative change. S.L. 1998-172 resolves the tenuous status of these ordinances by ratifying those that were in effect on April 17, 1997, the date G.S. 143-138(e) was last amended.
House Bill 1260, as filed, also included language establishing a continuing education requirement for officials who enforce the State Building Code. This proposal, recommended by the Legislative Research Commission Committee on Building Codes, would have required Code officials to complete twenty-four hours of continuing education credit every three years in order to maintain certification. However, this proposal was deleted from the bill in the Senate.
The North Carolina Building Code Council
The provisions of S.L. 1998-57 (H 1334) affect the North Carolina Building Code Council and were supported by the North Carolina Homebuilders' Association.
Under current law, the council must direct the Office of State Budget and Management to prepare a fiscal note for any proposed change to the State Building Code that has a substantial economic impact. A substantial economic impact is defined as an aggregate financial impact on all persons affected of at least $5 million in a twelve-month period. S.L. 1998-57 requires that such a fiscal note must also be prepared for any proposed Code change that "increases the cost of residential housing by eighty dollars ($80.00) or more per housing unit."
Several other features of the act reflect the concern of residential builders, particularly those who work at the coast. The law first increases the membership of the Building Code Council from fifteen to seventeen. It provides for a second registered architect to be appointed to the council and also adds a licensed general contractor specializing in coastal residential construction. In addition, it directs the council to reexamine the wind-load resistance requirements that apply to residential dwellings. In doing so the council must consider site-specific factors, "the actual experience to date of the existing wind-load resistance requirements," and "the impact of the proposed requirements on housing affordability."
Conflict of Interest
The North Carolina conflict of interest statutes (G.S. 160A-415; G.S. 153A-355) impose strict limitations that apply to employees of local inspection departments and contract inspectors. The laws prohibit these officials from being financially interested in or employed by a business that is involved in the construction, alteration, or maintenance of any building within that jurisdiction, unless the official owns the building. S.L. 1998-122 (H 915) reflects the fact that some inspectors, especially part-time inspectors who have opportunities for moonlighting, have chafed under the prohibition. The new law amends G.S. 160A-415 and applies only to cities and their employees and contractors. It exempts from the conflict of interest provisions any firefighter whose primary duties are fire suppression and rescue but who also engages in fire inspection activities as a secondary responsibility. However, it also prohibits such a firefighter from inspecting any work actually done, or materials and appliances supplied, by the firefighter or the firefighter's business within the preceding six years.
Code Enforcement on Cherokee Indian Tribal Lands
The title of S.L. 1998-21 (S 1466) is "An Act to Allow the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to Perform Building Inspections on Tribal Lands." The title is misleading because it is unlikely that the Cherokee Nation must gain the permission of the General Assembly in order to regulate building construction on North Carolina tribal lands. However, just what building code provisions do apply on tribal lands has caused confusion, particularly because the Cherokee Nation has requested assistance from North Carolina local governments in enforcing building regulations adopted by the tribe. S.L. 1998-21 reflects the interest of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in becoming subject to the jurisdiction of the State Building Code and the enforcement authority of local government building inspectors. In order to achieve this end, the act enacts a new statute, G.S. 153A-350.1, which apparently gives the Cherokee Tribe the attributes of a county with respect to the lands held in trust for the tribe in Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, and Swain counties. Under the new statute, the Cherokee Tribal Council has the same powers of a board of county commissioners for purposes of enforcing the State Building Code within the tribe's jurisdiction.
Other Local Building Legislation
S.L. 1998-85 (H 1595) allows the town of Wrightsville Beach to adopt an ordinance requiring the use of sprinkler systems in certain new buildings within its city limits and its extraterritorial planning jurisdiction. The town's authority applies to buildings in excess of fifty feet in height, nonresidential buildings, and residential buildings that have three or more dwelling units. S.L. 1998-13 (H 1407) allows the town of Nags Head to adopt similar sprinkler ordinances. However, its ordinances may apply to buildings greater than fifty feet in height, nonresidential buildings that contain at least 5,000 square feet of floor surface area, buildings that are designed for assembly occupancy that can accommodate more than fifty people, and multifamily buildings that include three or more dwelling units. In addition, the authority of Nags Head also extends to existing buildings to the extent that the provisions of the State Building Code apply to existing buildings.
Local governments in North Carolina increasingly have to deal with the problem of abandoned houses. Some owners vacate and close houses rather than repair or demolish them. In some instances the abandoned homes become eyesores or are used for illicit purposes, thus adversely affecting the surrounding neighborhood. G.S. 160A-443(5a) gives municipalities in counties with populations over 163,000 the authority to require the repair or demolition of buildings that have been vacated and closed for a year.
In recent years, smaller cities have sought local legislation giving them this same authority. Lumberton secured such authority in 1995, as did Roanoke Rapids, Newport, Greenville, Bethel, Farmville, and the municipalities in Lee County in 1997. In 1998, two local bills were adopted to allow smaller cities to use the procedures of G.S. 160A-443(5a) to address abandoned houses. S.L. 1998-26 (H 1290) extends this authority to Waynesville, and S.L. 1998-87 (H 1618) extends it to Eden (though the latter bill inadvertently omitted reference to several local bills adopted in previous sessions).
Real Property
Planned Communities
Prior to the 1998 legislative session, North Carolina never had a law designed to apply specifically to planned residential communities and relationships among developers, property owners, and property owners' associations in such a development. For this reason alone the North Carolina Planned Community Act adopted this year is a significant legislative initiative.
S.L. 1998-199 (S 801) began as a bill recommended by the Real Property Section of the N.C. Bar Association and was based on recommended uniform state legislation. Although the Senate passed Senate Bill 801 early during the 1997 session, the bill languished when the North Carolina Homebuilders Association opposed some of its features. However, some groups interested in the bill reached a compromise during the late summer of 1998, and a more limited version of the bill was adopted in the fall.
Under the new law, a planned community is generally defined as a development in which the lot owners are obliged by a declaration to pay real property taxes, insurance premiums, or other expenses to maintain or improve other property. The definition expressly excludes condominium and cooperative developments but includes developments in which lots are subject to leases of at least twenty years in length. (A prototypical planned community is a planned residential development that includes common open space and in which lot ownership confers automatic membership in a homeowners' or lot owners' association.)
The act applies to new residential developments with more than twenty lots. However, a community with twenty lots or fewer or developments with lots restricted to nonresidential use may be made subject to the act, if the declaration provides or is amended to provide that it is. Perhaps more important, a planned community of any size, established prior to January 1, 1999, may elect to come under the act by amending its declaration. Such an amendment may be adopted with the approval of those holding 67 percent of the votes in the association, or any smaller majority specified by the declaration.
Another important provision bans any zoning or land subdivision ordinance provision that would prohibit a planned community or that would impose on such a community a requirement that is not imposed upon a similar development with a different form of ownership or administration.
The Planned Community Act also
- provides for the creation, alteration, and termination of such developments;
- requires the creation of a lot owners' association;
- provides for the powers of members and officers of the executive board, including the power of lot owners to remove an executive board member without cause;
- establishes procedures for holding an annual meeting of the association;
- establishes a quorum of 10 percent of the votes which may be cast, unless the bylaws provide otherwise;
- requires the association to maintain property and liability insurance; and
- provides that an assessment levied against a lot that remains unpaid for at least thirty days constitutes a lien against the lot.
The act applies to planned communities created on or after January 1, 1999.
Economic Development
Development Zones
In 1996, the General Assembly adopted the William S. Lee Quality Jobs and Business Expansion Act, codified as Article 3A of G.S. Chapter 105. The law introduced a number of income tax and franchise tax incentives for new and expanding businesses that were recommended by the Governor's Economic Development Board. A number of additions and modifications were made to the act in 1997.
In 1998, the General Assembly adopted legislation, S.L. 1998-55 (S 1569), making additional changes to the act's tax incentive programs. The tax incentive and economic development provisions of S.L. 1998-55 are discussed in more detail in Chapter 5 (Community Development and Housing), Chapter 16 (Local Government and Finance), Chapter 17 (Local Taxes and Tax Collection), and Chapter 26 (State Taxation).
S.L. 1998-55's provisions regarding the designation of "development zones" will be of particular interest to local governments. A development zone consists of one or more contiguous census tracts or census block groups, with a population of 1,000 or more and a poverty level of at least 20 percent, in a city with a population of more than 5,000. Once the Secretary of Commerce makes the designation upon the request of a taxpayer or a local government, the designation is effective for forty-eight months. Designation of an area as a development zone allows a taxpayer to claim special investment tax credits for investing in machinery and equipment, providing worker training, or creating jobs in the zone. Another benefit of development zone designation is that projects located in such zones are given priority, along with enterprise Tier One areas, for Community Development Block Grants. Local governments should note, however, that in order for these benefits to become available, the governing body of the city in which the zone is located must adopt a strategy to improve the zone and establish a development zone committee to oversee the strategy. The strategy and the committee must conform to requirements established by the Secretary of Commerce.
Board of Transportation Reform
The past several years have seen a spate of bad publicity about the operations of the N.C. Board of Transportation and the execution of transportation policy. There have been allegations of conflicts of interest on the part of board members, claims that appointments have been linked to the amount of an appointee's political contributions, and various other suggestions of inappropriate board member behavior.
S.L. 1998-169 (H 1304) is, in part, a reaction to these charges. The new legislation imposes a variety of ethical and disclosure requirements on anyone who is appointed to the Board of Transportation or appointed Secretary of Transportation, and makes certain changes in the composition of the Board of Transportation. Both current and future board members (and current and future secretaries of transportation) must now disclose any contributions that the board member (or Secretary) or a member of that person's immediate family has made to the political campaign of the appointing Governor during the preceding two years. Those appointed after 2001 are subject to a more demanding standard. An appointee must also disclose contributions received as a candidate for certain other offices or positions, if the contributions were made within the two years preceding appointment as a board member or Secretary. The offices and positions for which contributions must be reported include any statewide or state legislative elective office or membership on any political party executive committee or political committee acting on behalf of a candidate for statewide or state legislative office.
S.L. 1998-169 also directs the Board of Transportation to adopt an ethics policy by December 1, 1998. The new policy must prohibit a board member from acting on a matter if there is a financial conflict of interest or an appearance of one. In addition, board members and the departmental secretary must file an economic interest statement that includes a listing of the individual's real estate holdings and financial interests in businesses related to the state's transportation system. Similarly, they must file a statement of association indicating affiliation with societies, organizations, and advocacy groups whose activities pertain to the state's transportation system.
Other features of the bill elaborate the conflict of interest features of present law affecting board members. The amendments clarify that a board member may not take an official action or use the member's official position to profit the member's immediate family, a business with which the member or the member's immediate family has a business association, or a client of the member or the member's family.
The board itself is directed to develop an education program, for both new and holdover members, dealing with ethics and board member duties and responsibilities. The program must be instituted by January 1, 1999, and held at least once annually thereafter.
S.L. 1998-169 also reorganizes the Board of Transportation. It reduces the size of the board from twenty to nineteen members and the number of at-large members from six to five. It directs that at least three members, rather than one member, of the board be registered voters of a political party other than the political party of the Governor. It specifically acknowledges that the fourteen members who represent each of the geographic highway divisions must direct their efforts to developing transportation policy and addressing transportation problems in their respective regions of the state, and it requires them to consult the local governments and the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) in the region they represent. In contrast, at-large members are expected to address these matters with a statewide perspective. The new law directs that the five at-large members include
- one with expertise in state environmental issues;
- one familiar with state ports and aviation issues;
- one residing in a rural area with broad knowledge of and experience in transportation issues affecting rural areas;
- one residing in an urban area with broad knowledge of and expertise in mass transit; and
- one with broad knowledge of and expertise in government-related finance and accounting.
Transportation Finance
The 1998 Appropriations Act, S.L. 1998-212 (S 1366), establishes a Blue Ribbon Transportation Finance Study Commission. It charges this commission with studying the methods of financing highway construction and maintenance and public transportation, directing that an interim report be made next summer and a final report by March 1, 2000.
Local Government Consultation and Studies
S.L. 1998-169 (H 1304) also includes a number of provisions affecting state transportation planning and programming. It adds a new section, G.S. 136-11.1, directing the Department of Transportation to inform all municipalities and counties affected by a planned state transportation project and provide them with a forty-five-day period prior to Board of Transportation action on the project to adopt a resolution expressing their views on it. A city or county may authorize its Transportation Advisory Committee to provide the response. The opportunity to respond must be provided not only for projects in the Transportation Improvement Program, but also for projects in the Secondary Roads Paving Program and certain other projects if the project's cost exceeds $150,000. The department and the board must consider, but are not bound by, the views of the local government.
The act also directed that a number of studies and plans be developed by the Board of Transportation, with the assistance of the Transportation Secretary and Department of Transportation. In each case the board was required to report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee and to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by December 31, 1998. First, the board was required to develop a plan to establish Rural Transportation Planning Organizations as counterparts to the existing Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Second, the board was directed to study the realignment and reorganization of the fourteen transportation divisions of the state so that they more closely match the urban and rural regions that have developed in the state. The board was directed to give primary consideration to the boundaries of the metropolitan planning regions in realigning the divisions. Third, the board was directed to study the backlog of maintenance needs for state highways and suggest methods for addressing the matter, including sources of funding.
Transportation Corridor Official Maps
In 1987 the General Assembly adopted a package of legislation designed to allow the N.C. Department of Transportation and the state's municipalities to acquire rights-of-way for future roadway corridors and to protect those corridors. The Roadway Corridor Official Map Act, adopted that year, authorizes the Board of Transportation to adopt an official map for any portion of the state highway system, whether existing or proposed. It also permits a city to adopt such a map for any thoroughfare included in a city's comprehensive street and highway plan. The effect of these maps, once adopted, is to prohibit the granting of any building permit or the approval of any subdivision plat for land encompassed by the designated corridor for a period of up to three years.
S.L. 1998-184 (S 1291) is a reflection of the increasing emphasis on modes of transportation that do not involve automobiles. It renames Article 2E of G.S. Ch. 136 as the "Transportation Corridor Official Map Act." It expands the purposes of the act to include preservation of public transportation corridors, including rail corridors. The act clarifies that although a transportation corridor does not include bikeways or greenways, it does include adjacent transit or rail stations and parking lots. It also allows an official map to be adopted by a regional public transportation authority or a regional transportation authority as well as by a city or the Board of Transportation, if the transportation facility involved is included in an adopted long-range transportation plan.
The new law also makes various refinements to the act. Now, for the first time, each owner of land affected by the corridor designation must be notified by first-class mail of the public hearing that must be held before adoption of the official map. Another feature, designed to protect the interests of landowners, requires that the names of all affected landowners be indexed in the "grantor" index in the office of the register of deeds. Other changes affect the continuing vitality of the development restrictions. Under the current law, the corridor is deemed abandoned if work has not begun on the project's environmental impact statement or its preliminary engineering within one year after map adoption. The new law provides that a new corridor map may not be readopted or amended so as to extend the period during which the restrictions apply unless the amended map establishes a substantially different corridor in a primarily new location. Unfortunately, it does not clarify the period of time during which this prohibition against map amendment applies.
S.L. 1998-184 also directs regional public transportation authorities and regional transportation authorities to adopt procedures for the granting of variances from the development restrictions and for acquiring corridor land in hardship situations. These procedures must provide that if one of these authorities denies a variance request, the petitioner is entitled to a de novo hearing conducted by the Department of Transportation (DOT) in accordance with the same procedures that would be used if DOT had original jurisdiction to hear the variance request. If property is deemed eligible for acquisition because of hardship, the land must be acquired within three years of the finding or else the map restrictions no longer apply.
S.L. 1998-184 became effective November 1, 1998, and applies to maps and map amendments adopted after that date.
Richard D. Ducker
David W. Owens
Copyright ©1998, Institute of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


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MERRY CHRISTMAS! I've only made these pancakes a couple of times but they are so good that I had to share them with you. The secret ingredient, as far as I can see, is nutmeg.
This recipe is perfect for Christmas morning! Wake up, open a few presents and you can then whip up these pancakes in no time. The whole grain oatmeal pancakes are super simple with an easy to follow recipe.
The first time I made these pancakes, I found them to be so hearty and filling that I had a hard time finishing three of them. Normally, I can eat three pancakes before the rest of the family is even seated!
Enough about my voracious appetite, lets get started with the oatmeal pancake recipe.
Quick note, as I have said in the past, make sure your ingredients are fresh especially the baking powder.
- 1 Cup Oats
- 1 Cup All Purpose flour
- 1 Cup Whole-wheat flour
- 2 Tbsp. Baking powder
- 1/2 Tsp. Nutmeg
- 1/2 Tsp. Salt
- 1 1/2 Cup Milk
- 1/4 Cup Vegetable oil
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Tsp. Vanilla
- 2 Tbsp. Honey
- Preheat a large skillet over medium to medium low heat.
- Whisk together the oats, flours, baking powder, nutmeg and salt.
- Using the same whisk, but in a second bowl, whisk together the milk, oil, eggs, vanilla and honey.
- Pour the wet into the dry mixture and stir briefly, just until combined.
- Spoon into the skillet.
- Once bubbles form on the outside of the pancake and do not fill in again – it is time to flip them over.
- Flip just once – plate them up.
- Enjoy!
I hope everyone has a great Christmas day! Let me know what Santa brought you – I love hearing about all the fun gifts.
Take care

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Podcast for 07.07.08 | Rites of Passage
This week's podcast is weird. If you thought The Weekly Geek was already a crazy, mixed-up sort of video game blog, this podcast will re-enforce that astute observation. Your hosts Chris, Qais, Ross and Jinny discuss what they think is going to be shown at this year's E3 and if the event even matters anymore. They also talk about geek rites of passage, such as Chris' revelation that he just saw Blade Runner for the first time. A new book on nerds is discussed, dissected and judged for its cover, and they introduce a brand new geeky obsession: sous-vide cooking. Enjoy this week's podcast, for it is delicious.
- Gaming overtakes DVD sales
- Schizoid on XBLA this Wednesday
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The player is able to Ascend at Level 9000 or 9001 by killing The Ascendant with Sword of the Ascendant in Ye Olde Pub.
The ascension process let the player reset his Level to 1 (Battle Arena Rank is preserved), and gain some Temporary Perk Points and Permanent Perk Points to speed up progress of future ascensions.
He also gains +10% extra Exp from everything and +100% maximum Boosts per each Ascension, capped at +50% Exp and +500% maximum Boosts.
Ascending is one of the main goals of the game. Once the player has ascended enough to earn 150 temporary perk points, the player will be able to buy the Ultimate Set from the Special Shop, arguably one of the best and most unique sets in the game. As of version 1664f, this number is computed incorrectly (see below).
Ascension Difficulties
There are 3 different difficulties: Medium, Hard and Impossible.
Hard and Impossible ascensions are unlocked when the player completes 5 Medium ascensions.
Depending on the Ascension Difficulty, some Resources may be stored and Features reset through the Ascension until the player reach level 9000 again or rebuy them. At that point, the player gets previously unlocked Features back, and stored Coins are added back to the reserves, this may lead to resource loss if the sum overflow the maximum allowed.
Medium Ascensions
Gives 1 Temporary Perk Points at the start of the ascension and 1 Medium Permanent Perk Point after ascending.
The player keeps everything except his Level is reset to 1.
Hard Ascensions
Gives 3 Temporary Perk Points at the start of the ascension and 1 Hard and Medium Permanent Perk Point after ascending. This counts as 4 points towards the 300 required to obtain Ultimate Armor.
- All Features from the Feature Shop are locked.
- The cost and level requirements to buy the Epic Skills feature are increased.
- All Coins will be stored and unavailable.
- Boost Generator is reset and maximum Boost upgrade is capped at 2300% (with 300% Dragon Boosts).
- A minor Accuracy and Damage penalty is applied to Battle Arena.
Impossible Ascensions
Gives 9 Temporary Perk Points at the start of the ascension and 1 Impossible, Hard and Medium Permanent Perk Point after ascending.
- All Features from the Feature Shop are locked.
- The cost and level requirements to buy the Epic Skills feature are increased.
- All Coins will be stored and unavailable.
- Boost Generator is reset and maximum Boost upgrade is capped at 1900% (with 300% Dragon Boosts).
- A moderate Accuracy and Damage penalty is applied to Battle Arena.
- The Garden's Fruit screen is locked until level 3000.
- Dark Pyramid in Battle Arena is locked until level 1500.
- Mystery Boxes are locked until level 2000 and the use of Progress Boxes is limited.
- Awesome Shop is locked until level 3000
- Business screen is locked until level 3000 (you can't reclaim rewards, but performance increase if one is left active from the previous ascension).
- Epic License can be purchased only if you have level 6000 or higher and cost is very highly increased.
Progress Box limit
When the player open Progress Boxes during an Impossible ascension, a counter is increased. When the counter reaches 600, he will be unable to open any more Progress Boxes. The counter decreases by 1 each second.
How much the counter increases for each Progress Box, depends on how many he have opened during the current ascension:
|Progress Boxes opened
|Counter increment
|up to 500
|over 500
|over 2500
|over 10000
How to Ascend
- Be Level 9000 or 9001 and Battle Arena Rank 200.
- Feed the Dragon of Wisdom at least 200 that day.
- Grab and Equip the Sword of Ascendant (Rank 200 is required).
- Go to Ye Olde Pub.
- Kill The Ascendant.
- Chose the next Ascension difficulty (after you ascend 5 times)
Note that there is no death penalty when facing The Ascendant, the player won't lose Battle Arena Exp or Rings.
Perk Points
Ascending gives Perk Points, temporary and permanent ones which can be spend at player's convenience using the interface accessed by clicking the yellow triangle icon above the experience bar, which is obtained after the first ascension.
Temporary perk points can be used to unlock bonuses that will remain active until the next ascension.
Permanent perk points can be used to unlock permanent perks that will be active in every ascension. There are 36 different permanent perks, but the player is forced to start at one of the corners and follow a connected path to unlock them. They can be reset for free once a day if the player decides to reset them.
- To get the The Ascendant Invisible Ally, he has to be killed in an Impossible Ascension on Hardcore difficulty and Worst Moon mode.
- The level 3 OCD perk has absolutely no use at all, not even a secret use. It's just there for completionist players.


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GRIMSBY Town have announced they have agreed a compensation deal with AFC Barrow for new signing Andy Cook.
As reported, the 21-year-old forward signed a two-year deal at Blundell Park last week after rejecting the Cumbrian outfit's offer of a new contract.
Because of the age of the player, Barrow were entitled to compensation and both clubs had been locked in negotiations over a fee.
Relations appeared to sour last week when Bluebirds manager Dave Bayliss accused the Mariners of making what he called "derisory" offers for the former Carlisle scholar.
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However, speaking to the Telegraph yesterday, GTFC director John Fenty said that the two clubs have now finally reached an agreement.
"I am pleased to say that over the last couple of days we have agreed a compensation fee with Barrow for Andy," he said.
"We are delighted to say that we have been able to avert a tribunal as they are unhelpful for both clubs and do not go away quickly."
"It is a fee that will remain undisclosed but it is one that is within amounts set at previous tribunals.
"The issue with Boston United last year dragged on and on and was very unhelpful, so we are delighted that we have seen eye to eye with Barrow on Andy."


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The Camino Real 8
Kristina Medley
Members of the Camino Real 8 come from different places and backgrounds, but they all share a love for New Mexico scenery and painting, a passion which will be featured at the Harvey House throughout the month of July.
"I became a painter because of the New Mexico landscapes," said Sondra Schlotterback. "It was so inspiring. They don't call it the Land of Enchantment for nothing."
The Camino Real 8 consists of eight New Mexico women who meet once a month to exchange feedback, listen to guest art experts and sometimes travel in the state to paint the scenery.
The women have also become good friends and have learned a lot from each other, said Judy Farrow.
"We don't just share art," Farrow said. "We share books, magazines, encouragement."
The group will present its annual fine art show at the Harvey House Museum in Belen from 1 to 3 p.m. beginning July 16.
The group will also sell small paintings at small prices during the show, and all of the proceeds will benefit the Harvey House for allowing the group to use the building for its annual show.
"We want to make it affordable," said Janice Leach, "to give back to the Harvey House."
The women said they enjoy presenting their show at the Harvey House each year, and think the facility is a treasure everyone should visit.
"It's such a wonderful, under-used building," Schlotterback said.
Schlotterback said the group was started about seven years ago with the goal of creating a place where artists can share ideas and help each other improve.
"We wanted to be serious," she said. "We wanted to be a (group where) people can learn and help each other do that."
The women said getting feedback and different perspectives from other artists is a very important part of the group.
"Through this association, we have all gotten better," Schlotterback said.
Someone with fresh eyes can often give constructive criticism to the painter about her work to help improve that painting, Leach said.
"The criticism is not judgmental, it's educational," she said.
Although a majority of the group's art is inspired by the New Mexico scenery, some of the members also paint portraits, animals and pictures of other states and countries they have visited.
Penny York is the abstract painter in the group. The other members said they have learned a lot about abstract art from her, while York said she has learned a lot about other mediums from the other painters in the group.
"Sometimes when you're watching someone else, a light bulb will come on that will apply to your painting," Schlotterback said. "What you learn in one medium translates to another medium."
Many of the women are also involved in the Belen Art League and have been artists for many years.
Farrow said painting is a wonderful hobby that gives the women a chance to express themselves in individual ways.
"It's always been about painting," Farrow said. "It's an incentive to get out of the kitchen and into the studio to paint."
Leach, who also volunteers at the Harvey House, said the art show will be an opportunity for people throughout New Mexico to broaden their horizons and learn more about the history of the Harvey House and Belen itself.
"Some people come in specifically to see the art show and end up seeing the rest of the museum as well, and (vice versa)," Leach said. "It works as a good partnership."
Each woman in the group has a different source of inspiration for painting.
Evelyn Yoder said painting gives her a chance to travel and take pictures.
York said she enjoys seeing the beautiful New Mexico landscape.
The Camino Real 8 show will also feature five guest artists and will run until July 30 at the Harvey House in Belen. For information, call the Harvey House at 861-0581.
Contact Kristina Medley


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married a Thomas C Sherouse do you have her in any of uour records. Thomas was my husband' g-uncle
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Thank you so much for the quick reply. I know it sounded crazy, but really everything I've found about Clifton is about a black community. I got the Lastinger side of my grandma's family figured out. It turns out, that was easy compared to trying to find out about an Oin Hiers, & Mary Ann Hiers, supposedly the names of George Washington Hiers' parents, so if you are good at this stuff, & have ANY leads/ advice for me, yes, I need it. I've gone on family search (the Mormon website) for most of the info I have. Thank you again for your response/ help.
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I'm trying to begin researching my family history, & any help with the following would be very much appreciated. 1: Referencing William G. Lastinger, what does "died in Clifton Settlement" indicate? To be frank, could he have been black? I realize that is probably considered jumping the gun, but all I've read about the settlement would indicate that's not too far fetched to assume. 2: How can obtain the records that the memorial mentions using for that knowledge and/ or any other useful records? My grandmother knows nothing of her Great Grandparents (William G. Lastinger, & Mary Ann Tedder Lastinger) except a few, unremarkable childhood memories. 3: What does "other person" mean(on Mary Ann Tedder Lastinger's memorial)? Thank you so very much for your time. Elizabeth Jones
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Butterfly Shrimps
To be happy over someone's misfortune is not my thing but to be thankful that I am one who doesn't have allergy with shrimps must be the same thing.
We're all shrimp lovers at home. It doesn't matter which dish, as long as there's shrimp, expect that there'd be none left.
This entry is almost the same (but different) from my Tempura post I did before…because I didn't made incisions to straighten the shrimps. I basically used the same recipe though, please click here.
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Golden Bay Fresh Seafood Restaurant
Hainanese Chicken Rice (Singapore), Bibimbap (Korea), Omurice/Katsudon (Japan), Paella (Spain), Khao Phat (Thailand), Risotto (Italy) and Arroz Caldo (Philippines) – these rice dishes would not even be a fourth of the hundred rice dishes that cooks have experimented on through the years. (Visit this list for more.)
Rice is one of the most versatile ingredient out there that even day-old rice is heaven, just add a beaten egg and salt!
When we arrived Saturday, my older brother and his then wife-to-be met with us, my mom and my sister's family at Golden Bay Fresh Seafood Restaurant in Pasay. A few minutes ride from the airport…it was a very convenient trip since we arrived almost lunchtime. I forgot to take a photo of the exterior (I always do)…but the building is a green-white, 3 -storey structure, you won't miss it! The place has a big parking lot but definitely not enough for big events.
Carpeted floor, traditional Chinese decor would welcome you upon entry. Garbed in both gold and red, you won't go wrong in this Chinese restaurant…comfy ambiance that is. The place has a big Dining Hall and function rooms on the first and third floors with each own videoke. A Banquet Hall is on the second floor, perhaps a perfect setup for big occasions as weddings.
Golden Bay also has one of the biggest open kitchen I've seen…because I got used to the ones here in Vienna, that perhaps to save up space, the kitchen are compact yet convenient.
In a corner, much to the kids and the hubby's delight is a tank area where seafood is kept. True to its name fresh seafood restaurant, the aquariums were filled with live fish, crab, and other fruits of the sea. We had a great time looking at the different catch and asking the attendants a question or two. (The first time I saw live gaycrabs too!) It took time anyway before food was served so we didn't get bored passing time. Although waiting is not really my brother's virtue considering too that he's always hungry (teehee).
(Overgrown shrimp errr…a lobster and geoducks, stonefish and gaycrabs, sharks and a defenseless crab)
The restaurant offers set menus and a la carte to guests. Set menus I heard costs P10,000 minimum upto P32,000 at most. Judging from these, I'd say that really big Chinese families dine here often. The tables were set in which at least 8 people can dine together. We had a la carte and ordered a variety of dishes. (I did not to take photos of all of them and I didn't take note of the dishes' name…sorry.)
(Beef broccoli)
(Noodles – it just ain't Chinese without them)
(Crispy pork)
(Mango sago)
Coming from this part of the world where Chinese dishes are synonymous to salty I was happy that what we had is far different from what my taste buds got used to. OVer-all, it was a good meal. It may not be as memorable as my others but surely, had I the chance to come back I would and I'd definitely try their more famous dishes e.g. Peking duck, dried scallop rings and steamed king prawns.
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Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. Pasay City
Telephone Nos: 556-7525; 994-2959
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Khao Phat Supparot
Another thai recipe for this week! 😉
Growing up, the only sinangag (fried rice) I've cooked was traditional Filipino, rice on oil and sauted garlic plus salt. When I'm up to it, I'll beat in an egg too. On days that I really am in the mood to cook a decent breakfast, there would be baby carrots, sweet corn kernels and green peas in addition. Then again, we Filipinos almost always eat rice with a viand. Along with fried rice would be a sunny side up egg, bacon, ham or hotdogs. More fancy would be tapa (cured beef) or other marinated meat.
Through the years, I've learned to accomodate the different rice variation and recipes other culture has to offer. Some of the more popular of them would be Spain's Paella, India's Biryani, China's Yang chow, Japan's many Dons, Greece's Pilaff and Italy's Risottos. This was my first time cooking Thailand's Khao Phat Supparot (stir fried rice and pineapple) – for dinner, honestly I was a bit hesitant and I really thought that the family wouldn't want to try but lo and behold! They literally cleaned the plates! The only reds I actually have here would be the bell peppers and the ketchup which obviously can't be seen. Anyway, recipe is below, please enjoy!
* 1 pineapple
* 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 3 garlic cloves coarsely chopped
* 1/4 pound shrimp peeled and deveined
* 1 boneless skinless chicken breast half diced
* 2 eggs
* half red bell pepper, cut into small squares
* 1-1/2 tablespoons crab paste in soybean sauce
* 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
* 3 green onions including 1″ tender green thinly sliced
* 4 cups cold cooked long grain jasmine rice crushed gently to break up any clumps
* 2 tablespoons fish sauce
* Fresh cilantro leaves for garnish
* 1 tablespoon fried shallots
*cashew nuts (optional)
-(Optional) Preheat oven to 400. Cut pineapple in half lengthwise. Hollow out each half leaving the shells intact and setting the pineapple pulp aside. Put the shells hollow side up on a baking sheet and bake until the excess moisture has dried out about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and set shells aside.
-Meanwhile coarsely chop enough of the reserved pineapple pulp to measure 1 cup then set aside. Preheat a wok over medium high heat. When pan is hot add oil, salt and garlic then stir fry for 30 seconds. Increase heat to high then add shrimp and chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes.
-Crack eggs into pan over the shrimp and chicken and break up the yolks with the tip of a spatula. Cook eggs without stirring until set about 30 seconds. When the whites turn opaque add the crab paste and ketchup then stir once or twice then toss in the green onions, cooked rice and fish sauce.
-Break up any remaining clumps of rice and stir fry to mix and evenly season the rice and to heat it through about 2 minutes. Add the reserved chopped pineapple pulp and bell peppers and cashews then toss and stir to heat through about 1 minute. Transfer rice mixture to the pineapple shells heaping it attractively (if you opt for the shells). Garnish with cilantro leaves and fried shallots then serve immediately.
P.S. Sorry for the confusion, this was not for breakfast but dinner…
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Discussion in 'Tejas and the Gulf States' started by Elvis70, Mar 27, 2009.
How about a translation Matt?????
razorback football can suck my ass?
I've said that for years! =]
yeah yeha
this was our best shot in YEARS
and its pretty much a forgone conclusion.. fucking weak..
Geaux Tigers.
Mornin fellers
you ask me this at 10:15 at nite? :huh you silly man you!
nope..can't go..got a home nurse commin in from ES today to assess my aunt..and I plan to assess the nurse!
Earth to Mouth!!! Where are you???
he's busy!
Had a nice ride today!
perfect weather, charlie layed out a great route, super good guys to ride with!
Magoo, myself, and arkiewarlock peeled off from boston on 16/21 about 1PM, I was home a bit before 2.
I really needed to get out and see some vistas, and some fun roads, not too much deep gravel, but some nice ravines in the switchbacks from flood waters, way fun!
Now iM trying to muster the engery to change my tkc80 rear wheel off, so I dont waste it away back and forth to work.
I am a better rider on gravel after today, bill gave me a stupid simple tip that made sense and it actually helped me.
Oh, and toyman also displayed his betty crocker side when asking about the peanut butter pie.
albi is still a jackhole though.
What was the tip?
Go faster?
his tip was look where you want to go , and twist the throttle.
it works surprisingly well, im just starting to understand the weight transfer from braking versus accelerating..
a bit late, and im a terribly slow learner.. Im a better rider after today though, than I was starting out this morning, maybe after 100 more days like today, Ill be totally at ease on loose gravel, and not get that panic heart stopping " oh shit" lock the brakes and stand the bike straight up thing in those loose gravel turns after a long down hill.
im learning... I do appreciate all of you guys's advice too ( except for Ojay, his advice is terrible I mean BAD...), I listen and learn when we ride together ( as long as Ozarkrider isnt there, he is hateful and mean, and I think he hates puppies...)
Yeah, but your "oh crap" moments make such good campfire tale material.
I thought Elvis' advice about the GPS this morning was great!
thats it, im editing my post..
It was a great day to ride to Oark. Thanks Charlie for leading the way.


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Was that $17,000 date with Adrien Brody worth it? Because following the random spending spree, Courtney Love is being sued by Jacob & Co, the blingiest jewelers to celebrities in New York. Courtney needs to stop throwing that cash around because the collectors are riding in on their piggy banks. Jacob & Co claim that the singer owes them close to $114,000 worth of borrowed jewelry. If we were Courtney, we would have hidden under a big rock—possibly the diamonds she was loaned—instead of flaggin down Brody. George Clooney, we'd understand. He's worth going to jail for.
The jewelry in question includes two white gold and diamond chains, a white gold, floral-design mesh bracelet and a pair of white gold and diamond pave hoop earring. So far, the jewelers allege that only the bracelets came back. And here's the kicker: it has supposedly been explained that Love lost everything else. We totally understand because we lose thousands of dollars worth of loot every day. Courtney's bad is that she agreed to be responsible for all the pieces "regardless of loss or damage."
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I have been restructuring a lot of t-shirts into something, well, cuter, and I love working with fabric so much that it felt natural to incorporate it into the jewelry I wear as well!
These very unique, edgy and orginal earrings are named after the most beautiful part of living in the desert: gooorgeous sunsets. When not making earrings, I'm generally out trying to capture every shade the sky produces at sundown :)
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Former "Days Of Our Lives" star Nadia Bjorlin (ex-Chloe) recently auditioned for the NBC talent show "America's Got Talent." The actress and singer auditioned as part of The Bjorlin Trio, with her brothers Ulf and Jean-Paul. Fans may be able to see them pop up in the Los Angeles audition segment. The ninth season of "America's Got Talent" premieres on Tuesday May 27 at 8:00 PM EST.
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