News Briefs 3/24/23
Tree commission hearings set March 27
The Rehoboth Beach Parks & Shade Tree Commission has scheduled two hearings for its meeting at 10 a.m., Monday, March 27, in the city hall commissioners room, 229 Rehoboth Ave.
The first hearing pertains to determination of a fee in lieu of mitigation for seven inches of replanting at 215 Laurel St.
The second hearing pertains to removal of one double-trunk yellow pine located between the sidewalk and the curb adjacent to 121 Rodney St.
A full agenda, meeting materials and a livestream are accessible at cityofrehoboth.civicweb.net. Only in-person attendees may make comments. For more information, contact the city at 302-227-6181 or information@cityofrehoboth.com.
Rehoboth BoA hearings March 27
The Rehoboth Beach Board of Adjustment will meet at 2:30 p.m., Monday, March 27, in the city hall commissioners room, 229 Rehoboth Ave.
The first item up for consideration and possible vote is a request by the Belhaven Hotel team for a three-month extension of the variance the board granted in November 2021.
The second item is a hearing on a setback variance at 111 Park Ave.
The owner is seeking to allow an increase in height of 16 inches to a portion of an existing nonconforming entryway structure located within a required front-yard setback. This is the second phase of this request; city commissioners granted the encroachment during a meeting in January. The third item on the agenda is a variance request at 40 Park Ave.
The owner is seeking permission to allow a single-family dwelling to encroach 0.7 feet into the side-yard setback, to permit an existing accessory structure to remain 1.6 feet from the rear property line and 6.8 feet from the side property line, or an appeal of the building inspector's determination that the existing accessory structure is not legally nonconforming.
A full agenda, meeting materials and a livestream are accessible at cityofrehoboth.civicweb.net.
Only in-person attendees may make comments.
For more information, contact the city at 302-227-6181 or information@cityofrehoboth.com.
Sussex council awards nonprofit grants
Sussex County Council awarded the following councilmanic grants during its March 21 meeting: $1,000 to Autism Delaware for its 25th anniversary gala on Nov. 11; $1,500 to Mariner Middle School Business Professionals of America to attend the 2023 national competition in Anaheim, Calif.; and $500 to Georgetown Elementary School GE Robotics Club for the VEX IQ Elementary Robotics Challenge World Championships May 2-4 in Dallas, Texas.
DelDOT at March 28 council meeting
Sussex County Council will meet at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 28, in the county administration building, 2 The Circle, Georgetown. Included on the agenda are a presentation on road projects from Delaware Department of Transportation officials and an update on county American Rescue Plan Act funding by Sussex County Finance Director Gina Jennings.
A full agenda and meeting materials are available at sussexcountyde.gov/agendas-minutes/county-council.
Meetings are held in person, livestreamed at sussexcountyde.gov/council-chamber-broadcast, and available by phone at 302-394-5036 using code 570176.
Dewey audit committee to meet
The Dewey Beach Audit Committee will meet virtually at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, to discuss and possibly vote to ratify the committee’s March 14 recommendation that town commissioners select Mitchell Titus to perform the annual audit. For the complete agenda and meeting link, go to townofdeweybeach.com.
Great Outdoor Cottages leases land
Open for just five months, Great Outdoor Cottages in the Delaware Coastal Business Park is in need of expansion room to construct another assembly-line building.
At its March 21 meeting, Sussex County Council approved a lease agreement for a 4.3-acre parcel adjacent to the company’s existing 7-acre parcel. The annual lease will be adjusted to $56,500 for the entire 11.3-acre parcel. Great Outdoor Cottages manufactures RV park model cottages for campgrounds.
