Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 29 January '86

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Retirement-Nursing Hearing Thursday

NORTH CAPE MAY - Oxford Development comes before Lower Township zoners tomorrow night for a rehearing on ..variances requested for construction of a . $15-million retirement-nursing home complex here. Despite a 4-1 vote to approve the variances in October, five favorable votes were necessary from the then-shorthanded zoning board so Oxford's applications were denied. It filed suit to overturn the ruling. On a 6-1 vote, with zoner Robert Riper again dissenting, the board voted Jan. 7 to rehear Oxford's case during a special 7 p.m. meeting Thursday in Township Hall. 2600 Bayshore Rd., Villas. OXFORD'S ATTORNEY Stephen D Scherzer told zoners Jan. 7 that "a judge has ruled that an applicant can apply for a rehearing so that the applicant could present additional facts. "He said that the applicant (also known as Cape May-Oxford Limited Partnership) will bring in professional consultants, incluri;:ig a planner, an architect, a traffic consultant and an environmental consultant. to answer questions," according to zoners' Jan. 7 minutes. Scherzer's client wants to build a 243-unit retirement community and a 120-bed nursing home on 25.66 acres owned

by developer Carl T. Mitnick at the southeast corner (Lot 2.01, Block 741.01 ) of Bayshore and Town Bank roads. If the project's approved, Oxford expects to employ about 110 staffers and pay $294,000 in taxes. ASSESSED AT $145,900, the parcel in question is zoned GB (general business), however, and nursing homes in Lower are Only authorized as conditional uses in R-2 (residential) districts. Oxford applied in October for a use variance from that restriction plus minor subdivision approval, preliminary final major site plan approval, height and bulk variances from density Calling the proposed location "ideal,"' Scherzer told zoners in October that Oxford by then had spent $250,000 on the project. Riper, a Realtor who voted against variances then, obviously didn't agree. If it were so ideal, argued Villas activist Mary Baxter, why then would so many variances be needed? Lower's five-member MUA board unanimously approved the project in August for listing \rith those awaiting sewage capacity in the/authority's Villas treatment plant. Just before township zoners denied Oxford's variance requests in October, the company applied to the state Department

of Environmental Protection for a CAFRA (Coast Area Facilities Review Act) permit. The DEP's Division of Coastal Resources has scheduled a public hearing on that permit application at 11 a.m. Feb. 7 in Township Hall. "" - *

Written comments on Oxford's permit application : No. 85-0766-5) or the division's preliminary analysis must be mailed before Feb 22 to Michael Hochman. Bureau of Planning and Project Review. Division of Coastal Resources. CN 401. Trenton. N.J . 08625

^ewTDIGEST (7/ It I / Week's jj /I II Top Stories < From Page 20) Council last Wednesday to succeed Business Administrator Marc Pfeiffer, who tendered his resignation in November. Blubaugh will earn $41,600 and assume full responsibility Feb. 12. He earned a master's degree in public administration at Lehigh University and has served as borough manager in Stroudsburg for the past eight years. Threatening Suit OCEAN CITY — Louis Miller, owner of Captain Hook Towing in Egg Harbor Township, is threatening to sue this city for more than $1.5 million he believes it owes him for towing and storing cars between 1981 and 1983. The city auctioned 50 of the vehicles last week and Miller's attorney, Frank Griffin, said that may have been a gesture of good faith. Griffin said Miller has been in contact with the city and was hesitant to file suit; however, the city has not made a settlement offer. Miller estimated he has between 200 and 300 cars towed from Ocean City on his lots.

Tropeano Sues Board BEESLEY'S POINT - Upper Township Committeeman Bruno Tropeano is suing the township zoning board in Superior Court for a use variance to build a second house on his eight-acre Bayaire Road property. The zoning board turned down his application after the Planning Board denied approval to subdivide the property into two tracts. Tropeano said the board has "political prejudices" and is denying him constitutional use of his property. He seeks punitive damages, court costs and any additional relief the court deems appropriate. He also wants application approval and a jury trial. Three Seek Post COURT HOUSE - Sea Isle City Commissioner James Iannone, retired Philadelphia school administrator George Gadsby and Wildwood plumbing inspector. Joseph Cotton are candidates for the Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) Commission seat vacated by James Busha of Avalon. They were interviewed Thursday by county freeholders who said a decision would be made Feb. 11. Freeholders were scheduled last night to vote on a resolution that would raise MUA commisioners' salaries $1,000, to $6,500 a year.

J Doris Ward EXPERIMENTING — Bevery Henry, left, shows Andrew Scrivam, of Ocean View, how to grow crystals with table salt and water at the "Wonder of Winter" program at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor.

Wetlands Classes Spotlight Ecology

STONE HARBOR - The Wetlands Institute mini ecology classes for children have brought requests for adult classes in coastal ecology, marine studies, and environmental sciences. In order to accommodate these requests, the institute .has created two new classes dealing with the environment especially for adults. Seminars in Environmental Awareness, or S.E.A., will begin 1 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 13. This five-week course will meet each Thursday until March 13 and feature outstanding guest speakers and slide programs dealing with environmental topics. DR. WILLIAM Reynolds, executive director of the Institute, will present "The

Shores of the Northern Arabian Sea", a slide essay on his recent year long visit and scientific studies in Pakistan. Dr. Vincent Guida, one of the Institute's researchers from Lehigh University, will explore the "Enduring Puzzle of Estuarine Pollution; Where Does It Go''" Bird enthusiasts will especially enjoy the programs given by Marion Glaspey and Alison Logan. Ms. Glaspey 's "Herons and Egrets" program features those birds in photographs taken almost exclusively by herself MS. LOGAN'S program. "Birds of the Beach and Bay", will show photos of beach nesting birds such as the terns, and marsh birds, including more on the herons and egrets

Dr. Roger Wood, i Stockton State College prot fessbr and chairman of the 1 Wetlands Institute Board of t Trustees, will talk about > his specialty, "Marine Sea 1 Turtles of the World!" ? Each program will be f followed by refreshments and the opportunity to meet with the speakers and ask I questions. The class size is limited and reservations 1 are encouraged. For reservations and more informa- | tion, call 368-1211. ' > In April, the Institute wjll ; conduct a four-week evening class on Wetlands Ecology, taught by Joe Lomax. a local enI vironmental consultant. r For more information on i this class, call the institute after March 1 or watch for newspaper announcements.

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