George K. Hine, a former chairman of the Martin County Local Planning Agency, died Saturday.

Mr. Hine, 74, had been vice president of Acme-Wiley Corp., a sign manufacturer in Palm City before retiring and a board member with the Palm City Chamber of Commerce, which announced Hine’s death.

Former Martin County Commissioner Mike DiTerlizzi, who appointed Mr. Hine to the review agency in 2003, said Mr. Hine wanted to make the community a better place.

“George had a way about caring about his community and he always did his homework; he’d go out to visit a site, take the plan, see if it fit the neighborhood. He tried to use common sense in all his decision making,” DiTerlizzi said. “Some people disagreed with his decisions, but he did with a certain flair of caring and I think a lot of Martin County is a better place because of George’s time on the LPA.”

Mr. Hine is survived by his wife Valerie.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 623 S.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart, 10 a.m., April 29.

– Jim Turner

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