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Currituck County, N.C., Plans to Contest Grant of Lighthouse to Private Group.

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)

| July 31, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Virginian-Pilot. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jeffrey S. Hampton

Jul. 31--Outer Banks Conservationists was awarded ownership of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse Wednesday, nearly two years after the Coast Guard first announced it was available, but the fight over control of the historic beacon may go on.

Currituck County, which also wanted the lighthouse, could use local ordinances and access to restrooms to contest what county officials see as an unfair selection process.

When OBC, a private nonprofit organization, takes over ownership of the lighthouse and the eight-tenths of an acre around it, the property will fall under the county's zoning ordinances, said Paul Martin, a Currituck County commissioner. While the Coast Guard owned it, county rules didn't apply, he said.

OBC will have to apply for a special-use permit, which requires sufficient parking…

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