City Changes Zone to Block Wawa Store

by Jacob Schaad Jr. CAPE MAY - After an hour and 15 minute public hearing, city council Monday night unanimously approved a zoning ordinance change that would block construction of a proposed Wawa convenience food market on Pittsburgh Ave. Local attorney Fred Schmidt, who represents both the property owner and the prospective buyer, •wid after the meeting the

city’s decision will be appealed in a court action. MAYOR Arthur Blomkvest voted for the change, saying he feared more traffic problems on the already busy Pittsburgh Ave. He noted that sometime in the next decade with the help of federal moneys for beach restoration, the beaches from Convention Hall to Poverty Beach will be open to the public.

NEITHER COUNTY NOR CITY Authorities posted as polluted, beachfront areas at Queen St., above, or at Howard St., adjacent to Cape May Convention Hall, top background, where county monitoring of ocean water disclosed high bacteria counts, above acceptable state levels, Broken sewerline beneath boardwalk stores was apparently source of pollution in latter area; while sewerline broken beneath nearby Madison Ave. probably polluted the Renton Ave. storm drhin pumping system. The pumping station discharges via the outfall pipes, above, into surf, where pollution was monitored between late July, early August.

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"Can you imagine the amount of traffic we’re going to have on Pittsburgh Ave. then?’’ he asked. "We’re not going to be able to handle it.” COUNCILMEN Adrian Capehart and Harry Gilbert echoed his sentiments. Gilbert said the people of the city elected the council to represent them the way they want to be represented and he is following their wishes. Schmidt spoke at length before the decision, contending the council was changing the rules in the middle of the ballgame. He craallenged the authenticity of some of the signatures on a petition which more than 350 people were said to have signed and which was presented to the council. The lawyer argued that only 20 per cent of those signatures fell on pages that listed the reasons for the petition. • BE CAREFUL. Study the matter. Get expert advice," Schmidt implored the council. "If later you decide you made a mistake, it probably will be too late " Later, he added: “I’m not here as a hired gun. I’m a human being also. I could not live with myself if I didn’t believe the way I did." Schmidt represents PRB Enterprises, which wants to build the store, and Cape May Greene which wants to sell the property to PRB.

The local planning board has granted subdivision for the property, but denied a site plan. A new application for a site plan, which Schmidt says will meet the planning board's requirements, will be filed on Sept. 2. The new ordinance, however, changes the zone from commercial to residential. Unless the courts reverse the city’s decision, all the other action is now academic. THE BULK of the opposition has come from residents of nearby Village .Greene — a- Cape May Greene housing development — although signatures on the petition are those of residents in other areas of the city. About 50 residents attended the Monday night hearing and several expressed their views. The hearing, compared to those held earlier,' was surprisingly calm. Robert Kummeth, a Virginia Ave. resident, said Schmidt was taking the council "down memory lane" with his recitation of the background of the master plan and zoning ordinance. He also took issue with the lawyer’s suggestion that the council solicit outside help. "FOR 33 MINUTES this gentleman (Schmidt) really made a mockery out of the council that yoa need outside help," he said. A summer resident spoke of a Wawa store near his

home in Philadelphia. "If you saw what they do in our commuhity. you would not have one here," he stated.

»eiore me proceedings , began, city couasel John L. Ludlam set an 11:30 p m. deadline for the finish. It ended at 9:40.

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COURT HOUSE - Middle Township Publicity Director Charles Leusner today announced that the Public Safety Department will sponsor a TOT FINDER Fire Rescue Program for the next two weeks. The program, designed to save lives through fire prevention, provides a red TOT FINDER decal to any . township resident making the request. Placed on the outside window of a child's room, it enables the fire department to rescue children first. TOWNSHIP PUBLIC Safety Director Michael Voll said that he hopes the program will become an annual program, since children account for over one-third® of the nation’s correction/ elaboration *Mdrri irr rntouttgrd to tuing

Eric Jeffery Vogel, the "Robitussin Baby" of Edward Jr. and Eileen Ritter Vogel of Avalon, will be eight months old this Sunday. His age was incorrectly reported in the Aug. 4 issue as 20 months. • • « Brenda Gayle Simonsen of Cold Spring, Queen Maysea No. 45, was omitted in last week’s paper from the list of former queens on hand for this year's 50th anniversary baby parade celebration in j Cape May • • • It was incorrectly I repored in last week's paper that the Lower Twp | Committee Aug. 9 voted 2 to I anainst renewing the kennel license for Dekelco Inc in Cold Spring Actually. the committee voted to table action on the scheduled renewal

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