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June 2012 www.hbtsnews.com
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Contact Holley by the Sea President Pete Peterzen
HBTS resident fights for First Amendment right
Vitello urges people to vote
ing club and served as its president, and presently serves on the beach house committee. His goal, if elected to the board of directors, is to serve the property owners of HBTS and make the subdivision a more desirable place to live. • Joseph Hart has been a resident of Florida since 1985 and has lived in HBTS since 2006 and recently purchased a newconstruction home in the subdivision. Therefore, he stated that he fully understands the relationship between the home builder and buyBoard membership continued on page 2
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External Vice-President Joseph Sipp Treasurer William Stuart Secretary Brooke Goldberg Brooke is available at the Rec Center M-W-F 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Photo by Yvonne C. Harper
HBTS resident Paul Vitello stands next to the 4-by-8-foot sign he made by hand as a way to motivate people to vote in all elections. By Yvonne C. Harper HBTSnews.com So just when can an American exercise his or her First Amendment right: the freedom of speech? If you live in Holley by the Sea, it depends on who answers the question.
HBTS resident PaulVitello,“It’s my civil right.” The right in question is whether Vitello has the right to have a political sign posted on his property. The sign is 4 by 8 feet, for a total of 32 square feet and reads “Throw out the bums, vote.”
Vitello has never been politically active other than to vote in each election since he was 18, but considering the state of the economy and this being an election year,Vitello felt moved to act. Vitello continued on page 4
HBTS residents seek board membership
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According to Jennie Barret, the HBTS interim general manager, when an individual makes the decision to live in a covenant-bound subdivision,“One gives up some of those rights when one moves into a covenant subdivision.” However, according to
Jean Tashlik, Patrick Traynor and Joseph Hart were selected as the top three candidates for the upcoming Holley by the Sea board of directors election. Nominating Committee Chairman Kevin Lanier presented Holley by the Sea’s board of directors their recommendations for three new board members during a May 8 board meeting. “We advised each person that we were nominating three people for the three positions and would turn the results
over to the board to act as they see fit,”said Lanier. Although three candidates were recommended, the board can elect to have all six candidates’ names on the ballot that will be mailed to all HBTS residents. The following are the candidates who applied for board membership along with a brief bio: • Jean Tashlik has been a Navarre resident since 1971 and a HBTS property owner since 2000. She is a teacher and coach in Okaloosa County. She is a Red Cross volunteer and serves on the Education Committee with the Navarre Beach Area
Chamber of Commerce. Tashlik has also served on HBTS tennis, pool dome and beach house committees. • Patrick Traynor has lived in Navarre since retiring as an occupational safety and health specialist in 2001.Traynor has approximately 31 years of military service. He stated his military service and government service required that he stay current in management objectives and milestones. Traynor has served on the HBTS Architectural Committee and was the treasurer for the HBTS board of directors. He founded the HBTS fish-
By Yvonne C. Harper HBTSnews.com A Holley by the Sea parking ordinance will be examined by legal counsel after residents couldn’t reach an agreement on RV, trailer, commercial truck and boat parking in the subdivision. About 60 HBTS members attended the April 28 HBTS special board meeting and spent more than two hours arguing over the ordinance. Pete Peterzen, board president, opened the meeting with how the covenant is now worded. The present ordinance states in Article VI, section 10, that all“… camper, self-propelled mobile home, trailer, boat, any vehicle that has commercial signs, advertising or commercial equipment visible … must be enclosed in a permanent structure.” The issue centers on the 2005 ordinance that was rescinded in 2009 by the then-HBTS board without putting in a clear policy to address how bigger vehicles must be enclosed and where they should be parked. There was also discussion about the original intent of the ordinance when HBTS was first developed. Peterzen said that permanent structure was never defined; hence different standards have been applied over the years, with some residents receiving verbal permission, others needing a special permit and still others given violation citations. “We’ve been collecting data over the last six months,”getting the history, and doing polls on this issue and“the polls show a divergence of opinions,”said Peterzen. “The first point is, what is a permanent structure?” Several board members quipped that nothing in Florida is truly permanent, but that fences that do not require a building permit or inspection are not permanent structures for HBTS covenant purposes. Additionally, fences are not subject to county code requirements for setbacks from lot lines. Therefore, fences do not meet the permanent structure guideline, Peterzen said. The definition of permanent structure led to the discussion on how and where the vehicles should be parked.
Internal Vice-President James Mitchell
HBTSBOD@holleybythesea.org
Residents feud over parking regs
Valid through June 30, 2012