| 114th Year, 27th Issue | Thursday, February 13, 2003 | Sparta, North Carolina |
The Sparta Town Council last week agreed to consider bringing the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction under its flood ordinance, rather than letting it fall under the more rigorous flood plain management ordinance recently adopted by the county.
Council scheduled a public hearing on the matter as part of its next monthly meeting March 4.
Builder Wayne Andrews requested the action during council's Feb. 4 meeting. Andrews said his company plans to build log homes along New River. It intends to place a log home as a combination office/demonstration model along U.S. 21 just past the Little River Bridge, he said.
The location is not in the town limits but is in the extraterritorial area. "If the city takes it (the area) over, there's no problem," said Andrews. "If the city does not take it over, we can still build it on piers but with no basement."
The town governs zoning and some other regulations within the extraterritorial area. Town Manager Tom Douglas explained that the town's flood ordinance was adopted in 1988 and included only the town limits. Douglas said the extraterritorial area was delineated about two years after that. Landmarks designate the extraterritorial boundary, but in general, it extends about one mile past the town limits.
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