The Agenda

Fenwick Island

• Fenwick Island Town Council will meet on Friday, Aug. 26, at 3:30 p.m., at town hall (800 Coastal Hwy). Atop the agenda, Tony Pratt from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), with an update on the beach replenishment project now underway in Fenwick.

• Council will recognize the two Susies (Susie Henicle and Sue Clark), for their Susie’s Storytime program, and several local businesses (Fenwick Crab House, Mazat Restaurant and the Sands Motel are up for Star Business Awards).

• Two ordinances come up for first reading, covering (1) regulations regarding apartments and motels and (2) modifications to the sign ordinance, and the beautification committee is slated to present information on state grants for a “living fence” project.

Dagsboro

• Dagsboro Town Council will meet on Monday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m., at the Bethel Center (107 Clayton St.). Council will hold three public hearings:

• For an ordinance to amend the zoning code, to modify the definition for “apartment” and add a definition for “apartment buildings,” (increases max number allowable unit per building from 10 to 20).

• To consider a change of zone, from Light Industrial and Residential districts to High-density Residential-Residential Planned Community (HR-RPC) for the Riverview Associates project (General’s Green, 513 units on 116 acres, north of Clayton Street).

• To consider a change of zone, from Residential to Residential with a cluster overlay, for the CHS Associates project (Village at Pepper Creek, 86 single-family homes on 42 acres, west of Main Street, near the newly-renamed John M. Clayton School).

• Also on the agenda for consideration, (1) an update on the town’s central water project, (2) a request for bulk-user water rates from the Dagsboro Church of God, (3) scheduling a public hearing for an ordinance relating to temporary sales trailers in the HR district, (4) scheduling a public hearing for an ordinance adding various condominium definitions to the table of district regulations, (5) definitions for the road with standards that were approved at the July meeting, (6) a report on planning commission issues, including appointment of members, (7) draft signage code, (8) status of the new town hall project, (9) a request from William Chandler regarding a draft “certificate of compliance” policy, (10) an agreement with Artesian Water Company and (11) establishing escrow fees for the Town Solicitor, (12) committee reports, financial, building permits, etc.