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BUT IT IS OUR CUSTOM THAT WE BEGIN OUR MEETING BY RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF I COULD ACTUALLY GOD A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHAT WOULD YOUR STANCE ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. YOU GOOD WITH NOTIFICATION OF OUR AUDIO VIDEO ARE YOU GUYS READY? THANK YOU.
[4. ADOPTION OF AGENDA]
THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST ONE OF OUR HIGH TECH SYSTEM WE HAVE HERE OF OUR AGENDA HAVE EVERYONE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OVER THE AGENDA A MOVE WE ADOPTED[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 23, 2023]
PROBABLY MADE A SECOND ALL THE WITHOUT ANY AGENDA FOR APPROVAL OF OUR FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING MINUTES OF EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE ANY QUESTIONS AT LEAST DELETIONS ADDITIONS NO I THINK HAVE THE MINUTES AND SUBMITTED OKAY SECOND SO OUR FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING HAVE BEEN MADE AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE 23RD LEADING MINUTES[6. Mrs. Bridget Hart is requesting a Special Use Permit for a Lodging, Short-Term Rental Unit. The property is located at 31 Holland Court, St. Helena Island. The property is zoned T2-Rural (T2R). (Continued from Last Month’s Meeting)]
OF THOSE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED ARE WE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO ACTION ITEM WHICH IS A CONTINUATION FROM LAST MONTH MEETING WITH YOU READY I AM GOOD EVENING GOOD EVENING HOW ARE YOU. I'M DOING I'M BRIDGET HART, THE OWNER OF 31 HALL COURT.I WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND I WAS A LITTLE PERPLEXED WHEN I LEFT YOU WILL RECALL I HAD AN APPLICATION FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL APPLICATION AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE GOING FINE FINE UNTIL MR. ROGERSON CAME UP TO ARGUE AGAINST THE APPLICATION BEING APPROVED THE SORT OF WAVING THIS DOCUMENT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE DOCUMENT WAS SO AND I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE IT SO I WAS GIVEN SOME ADVICE FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION TO GET A LAWYER OR GET A TITLE ABSTRACT AND COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WOULD NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I KNEW THAT MY LOT IS NOT COVERED BY THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS AND IT TURNS OUT HE WAS WAVING AROUND SO I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT COVER THE TEN ACRES SUBDIVISION. THERE ARE NINE LOTS ON HOLLIN COURT, LOTS ONE THROUGH EIGHT ARE COVERED BY THE TEN ACRES SUBDIVISION COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS LOT NINE WHICH IS THE ONE THAT BOBBY HYLAND LIVED IN AND LIVED ON IS THE PROPERTY I BOUGHT THE PEN ACRES SUBDIVISION COMING IN SOME RESTRICTIONS DO NOT COVER LOT NINE SO WHOEVER OWNS LOTS ONE THROUGH EIGHT WHETHER IT'S EIGHT PEOPLE OR ONE PERSON OR AS IT TURNS OUT ONE COUPLE THAT OWNS I THINK SEVEN OF THOSE LOTS NOW MY THERE ARE COVENANTS RESTRICTIONS DON'T COVER ME SO FOR HIM TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT ME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL BECAUSE IT ISN'T ME IT ISN'T ABLE TO BE ACCORDING TO NONCOMMERCIAL USE AND THE COVENANTS RESTRICTIONS DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I'M NOT COVERED IN HIS COVENANTS RESTRICTIONS I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. I CAN SAY THE COVENANTS RESTRICTIONS WHICH I HAD BEFORE I BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND I COULD CLEARLY SEE AND AND I THINK IT'S REFERENCED IN SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THIS AUSTIN GAVE YOU THE LOT BLOCKS ONE THROUGH EIGHT CLEARLY ARE COVERED BUT NINE IS NOT MENTIONED IN THERE FOR A REASON YOU KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW BOBBY BUT FROM THE DOZENS OF PEOPLE I MET SINCE I BOUGHT THE HOUSE HE WAS NO FOOL HE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE HIMSELF COVERED IN COVENANTS OR RESTRICTIONS WHEN SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE OWNED THE REST OF THE PROPERTIES. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW IF I FOLLOW FALL INTO ALL OF THE APPROVED CATEGORIES I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THE APPLICATION SO THE THAT LOT NINE IS THERE ANY COVENANT AND RESTRICTION ON THAT LOT AT ALL? NO. OKAY. YES WHATEVER THE STANDARD BEAUFORT COUNTY I MEAN THERE ARE NONE CORRECT AND ANY QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT JUST TO REFRESH MY MEMORY BUT THERE'S A PRIVATE SHEARD ROAD CORRECTLY THAT'S YOU YOU KNOW WE HAVE AN EASEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE A AND IT WAS INTENDED AS A RIGHT OF WAY TO BE OWNED BY EVERYONE
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THIS SUBDIVISION SO THE WAY IT'S BEEN SOLD AN EASEMENT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE COVENANTS SAY AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PLAN SAYS IS A RIGHT OF WAY TO BE OWNED BY EVERYONE IN THE SUBDIVISION IN THEIR SHARED MAINTENANCE BETWEEN LOTS WENT THROUGH EIGHT IN NOT THE NOT NINE THAT WAS I GUESS THE ROAD WAS PRETTY WELL I CAN APPRECIATE THAT WE THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING THE ROAD I MEAN IT DOES NEED TO BE GRAVELED BUT YOU KNOW THEY'VE BEEN THEY JUST MOVED INTO YOUR HOUSE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO OR THEY'RE STILL MOVING IN BUT THERE ARE ITEMS THAT IN THEIR COVENANTS OR RESTRICTIONS THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF WHICH THEY'RE DOING AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT AS A OWNER OF LOT NINE I CAN'T SAY YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR ACRES SUBDIVISION COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS SAY NO POULTRY.YOU HAVE A CHICKEN COOP. IT SAYS NO CAMPERS, YOU HAVE A CAMPER, NO RV YOUR GRANDFATHER'S LIVING IN AN RV ON THE PROPERTY. YOU KNOW ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO YOU'RE DOING AND I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT PART OF YOUR COVENANTS AND THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THEM THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY.
OKAY. THANK THANK YOU. I CHANGE MY RECOMMENDATION AFTER SHE CORRECTED THINGS AND LOOKED AT THE DEFINITIONS FOR THE LOCKS AND SAID SHE WANTS ONE EIGHT FLATS AND NINE IS NOT LISTED IN HERE. SO I RECOMMENDED THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN EVER IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL CLOSED THE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR SHORT TERM RENTAL IT SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MADE IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND ALL FAVOR SO MA'AM YOU'RE ESPECIALLY HAS BEEN APPROVED THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[8. Stephanie Fuller is requesting a Variance to construct a house and driveway within the 50-feet River Buffer. The property is located at 180 Harbor Drive N, St. Helena Island. The property is zoned Harbor Island Planned Unit Development (PUD).]
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT STEPHANIE FULLER. I'M CHRISTOPHER COOK AND I'M REPRESENTING EVAN CARROLL WHO WANTS TO BUY THIS LOT FROM STEPHANIE TO GO AHEAD AND HILLARY DID HER WONDERFUL RESEARCH ON THIS HAS ANALYZED ALL OF THE ELEMENTS NECESSARY AND IN THE SUBMISSION I MADE IN ADDITION TO COPIES OF THE SURVEY THERE WERE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WITH THE DRONE TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S WHAT AND WHO'S WHO AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW I THINK SO THE THE TWO BIG ISSUES WERE WE HAVE TO HONOR THE REAR SETBACKS AND THE SIDE SETBACKS SET FORTH BY THE COVENANTS AND HARBOR ISLAND AND WE HAVE 20 FEET ON THE REAR WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANT. WE TEN FEET ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANT.SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ADJACENT HOUSE IS IN ABOUT THE SAME SPACE OR FRONT TO BACK ANYWHERE IN THE LOT AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A TEN FOOT SETBACK FROM THE LEFT SIDE FROM THE CRITICAL LINE TO THE BUILDING AND WHAT WOULD BE THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING TEN FEET FROM THE CRITICAL LINE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. WE ALSO FOR A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WAY TOO CLOSE TO PORTIONS THE VERTICAL LINES THAT BACK SO WHAT WAS THINKING OF DOING IS DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY BEST TO JUST LEAVE IT AS A DIRT ROAD AND THEN DO SOME SORT OF IMPERVIOUS PURPOSE WHEN WE'RE CLEANING EVERYTHING UP.
OKAY SO YOU SEE I THINK THEY CALL NO NO NO GREAT. YOU KNOW I THINK THEY CALL THIS SHOEHORN DESIGN. SO THAT WAS ABOUT THE SPOT ON THE LOT OF THE BUILDING.
CHRIS DID LOOK AT WHAT IS THE SIZE AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE ADJACENT HOUSES IT BE AUTOMATICALLY BRANDED BY STAFF SO CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE. OKAY THE DRIVEWAY OKAY YEAH
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THAT'S GOING TO STAY STAYING THE ONE QUESTION FOR CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT ISN'T THIS END OF THE ISLAND ACTUALLY GAINING SAND AND GETTING LARGER? I THOUGHT WE HAD THE HOUSE DOWN HERE. THIS IS THE VERY LAST LOT THAT WAS PLANTED ON NORTH HARBOR DRIVE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS BUT WELL I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE IS ERODING THIS END IS NOT A ROAD NOT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF BUT OBVIOUSLY A VERY UNUSUAL LOT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR GOVERNMENT? I DON'T SORT OF TEN FEET IS WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING FROM THIS AT TEN FEET ON THE LEFT SIDE THE CRITICAL LINE TO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING CORRECT. TEN FEET ON WHAT I THINK WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE FRONT THE BUILDING AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE CRITICAL JOGS. SO TEN FEET IS THE CLOSEST POINT ON THAT ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE WAY IT JOGS ON WHAT WOULD THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE SO IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY.YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT OKAY, THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTION. WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP.
I I'D ■LOVETOSAY NOBUT IT'SA LOT OF RECORD AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS PLOTTED BACK IN 93 LOOKS LIKE IT HAD MORE HIGH GROUND WHEN IT WAS PLATTED BUT THE MARSHES COME IN AND SO I RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE HOUSE TEN FEET BUT THE DRIVEWAY NEEDS TO REMAIN DIRT AND IT SHOULD BE NO GRAVEL, NO CRUSHER RUN NOTHING BECAUSE IT'S ONLY IT'S JUST GOING TO WASH OFF INTO THE MARSH SO NEEDS TO JUST BE DIRT AND ALL THE WATER TRAPPED SHELL AND I DID FIND A DEED RESTRICTION ON THIS LOT OR SEWER I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUT YOU CAN DO NO MORE THAN 300 GALLONS PER DAY. SO HOW IS THIS? YES, WELL THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THE HARDWARE. YEAH, BUT THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION THAT SAYS YOU'RE ONLY LIMITED TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GALLONS PER DAY. DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COUNT THAT BUT LET'S PUT TEN. YEAH SO BUT ANYWAY I JUST BROUGHT THAT UP SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE PERMIT AND I HAD TO RECOMMEND APPROVED WITH ONLY DRIVEWAY JUST SO WE COULD PUT IN A HOLDING SYSTEM SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISCHARGE IT BUT WHERE'S THAT GOING TO GO? THAT NEEDS TO BE 100 FEET FROM THE CRITICAL LINE SO THAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA . I GUESS YOU CAN'T A HOUSE THAT'S GOING TO USE MORE THAN 300 GALLONS PER DAY I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SAYING.
BUT I GUESS THAT WOULD ALL BE BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY. WELL, PROBABLY SOME KIND OF A BATHROOM PROBABLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS YEAH. YEAH.
SO HOW MANY BEDROOMS? THREE. OKAY.
BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD BE THREE BEDROOMS WITH TEN PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE YOU YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD MEASURE AND THE TRACK OF IT. I THINK BACK THEN IN 93 THEY MAYBE CARVER ISLAND HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SEWAGE THING AND THEY PUT THE RESTRICTION ON THESE LOTS I CAN THAT WITH OKAY ALL RIGHT SO SUPPLY WATER SAVING DEVICES AND OKAY THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION ALL RIGHT THANK YOU CHRIS QUESTION THE OWNERS AWARE THAT THEY ARE IN
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THE YOU KNOW THAT'S THE TYPICAL ON IS HERE THEY CAN'T GO BACK AND DO LANDSCAPING ALL IN THIS AREA WELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLANT BACK PLAN OR THAT THE AREA IN THE CRITICAL LINE THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE THAT LONG AND YOU KNOW IT YOU KNOW WELL I'M NOT AN ON BUT YOU CAN MAKE THAT OKAY BUT THAT WOULD BE A CONDITION ON OUR ZONING. YEAH I THINK THAT THERE'S NO SIGN RIGHT GRASSES AND YEAH NATIVE GRASSES AND AND I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE A PLANT BACK PLAN BECAUSE WOULDN'T BE DISTURBING ANYTHING BUT WE CAN THAT IF BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE AT LEAST A TEN FOOT BUFFER YEAH IT'S RIGHT THAT INTO THE DECISION THAT'S GOING WHAT OTHER QUESTION JUST AS WE GRAVEL DOWN OR FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES SO WE'RE NOT DRIVING TRUCKS IN THE MUD AND THEN CLEAN THAT UP AND DO THE A PERVIOUS PAVEMENT TYPE DRIVEWAY LIKE YOU MEAN LIKE A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE GRAVEL WELL IT'S JUST THINGS WE'RE GOING IF WE IF WE CAN PUT SOME GRAVEL DOWN THAT'S GOING TO HELP.WELL, I MEAN YOU HEARD THE COUNTIES A DIRT DRIVEWAY, NO PAVERS AT ALL.
WELL, PAVERS ARE CONSIDERED PERVIOUS SO THEY'RE NOT IN THE LAST TIME I WENT AROUND WITH THIS YEAH THEY ARE. WELL SOME ARE SOME OF THEM ARE WELL LET'S SAY THAT WE JUST DON'T WANT ANY OF THE OKAY OKAY I'M JUST DURING CONSTRUCTION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRUCKS IN AND OUT. IS THERE SHOULD WE BE DOING SOMETHING ON THAT DRIVING SURFACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS MAINTAINED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE? WELL THAT SHOULD BE A STORMWATER PERMIT. I MEAN YOU NEED A FENCE AND A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE. SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE BASE COMING OFF OF THE STREET. YEAH. OKAY.
WELL YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE PLAN. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU OTHER CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION IS DOWN NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SO WE WILL DO THAT AT THAT ENTRANCE AND THEN LATELY A DIRT UP TO THE HOUSE THEN WE'RE DONE WILL CLEAN IT UP THEN AND THERE ARE THERE ARE PERVIOUS PAVERS THAN A DRIVEWAY PERVIOUS PAVERS WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD WANT THOUGH I DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT EVENTUALLY IS GOING TO TURN INTO A HARD OKAY WELL THE DIRT MIGHT IT'S DIRTY THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW BUT WE SEE THAT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE THIS FENCE AND KEEP IT UP SO HILLARY I GUESS WELL I GUESS YOU KNOW GRAVEL DON'T WANT PAVERS OTHER EITHER WELL YOU KNOW IT'S STORMWATER IS AS IS STATED THAT GRAVEL IS COVERED AND I MEAN I CAN SEE HOW PAPERS ARE OKAY BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT MM YEAH AND CHRIS YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME WHERE THE FENCE AND ALL THAT SO YOU DO THAT AND THE OTHER THING WE COULD DO WOULD BE INDIGENOUS GRASSES ALONG THE EDGES OF THAT DIRT DRIVEWAY SO WE COULD DO THAT WITH DO THAT WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S AT THE SAME PLACE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE BUT OKAY YEAH OKAY. AND I'M QUITE SURE THE COUNTY WILL GIVE YOU YOU'LL GET WITH THE COUNTY AND COME UP WITH THE I AGAINST THE LANDSCAPE PLAN YEAH YEAH ALL RIGHT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY YEAH, I THINK THERE'S 12 WELL BE CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS
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EVERYONE WE'VE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT AND FROM THE COUNTY I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT.WE APPROVED THE VARIANCE WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THERE'S NO SOD THAT ALL THE PLANTINGS ARE NATIVE MATERIALS AND THAT THE DRIVEWAY IS DIRT. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE IT CONDITIONS STORMWATER AND A SECOND THE MOTION SO IT'S A MOTION THE FLOOR TO APPROVE A CONDITION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING SO THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED I THINK IS A MATTER AND RIGHT ITEM NUMBER TEN RESTORATION INTERIM FOR HELLO
[10. Restoration Ventures, LLC is requesting a Variance to construct a pool and deck within the 50-feet River Buffer. The property is located at 83 Ocean Creek Blvd. Fripp Island. The property is zoned Fripp Island Planned Unit Development (PUD).]
ARE YOU GOOD MY NAME IS ERIC SWANSON REPRESENT MY WIFE EMILY SWANSON AND MYSELF WITH WINTERS OF 83 OCEAN CREEK ISLAND AND THE PROPERTY BUILT IN 2001 WE OWNED IT SINCE AUGUST 2021 THE 60 FOOT AND 50 FOOT RIVER BUFFERING. I DON'T IF THEY WERE THOSE LINES WERE PUT IN AFTER BUILDING OR IF THERE WAS A VARIANCE BUT THEY GO THROUGH THE BACK OF HOUSE A 50 FOOT GOES THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND EXTENDING PAST ARE STAIRS THAT GO FURTHER BACK TOWARDS THE CRITICAL LINE WANTING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA TO THE BACK PORTION OF THE HOUSE AND I'VE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS TO DECREASE THE FOOTPRINT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING BACK THERE THAT MY CURRENT APPLICATION HAS AS MOVING THOSE EXISTING STAIRS TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE SO THAT WE DON'T INCREASE THE FOOTPRINT AT ALL AND THAT'S WHERE THE TOOL THAT WE WOULD INSTALL WOULD GO. SO IT'S TO BE VERY CLEAR THE POOL THAT WE'RE ASKING TALKING ABOUT IN THE APPLICATION IS DESIGNED TO STAY IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTENCE THERE'S A NATURAL PATH THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE THE MAIN APPLICATION THAT THE BACK OF THE POOL FROM WHAT I HAVE ON MY SURVEY AND EXTENDS ABOUT 35 AND A HALF FEET IT'S TO THE CRITICAL LINE BUT THAT'S IT THAT'S WHERE THE EXISTING STAIRS ARE RIGHT NOW WE'VE MOVED THE STAIRS SO THE FOOTPRINT STAYS THE SAME. THERE'S MORE THAT I CAN FILL IN AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR OTHER FACTORS BUT THAT'S THE MAIN POINTS OF MY APPLICATION IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE? NO, BUT I WOULD JUST ARGUE THAT THE FOOTPRINT DOESN'T STAY THE SAME BECAUSE THE EXISTING SQUARE POOL THE STAIRS ARE PROBABLY SIX FEET WIDE AND THE POOL IS THE WIDTH OF THE HOUSE SO THE FOOTPRINT FOR A FOOTPRINT HAS A MAJOR CHANGE TO MAYBE THE ROOM IS THERE. I THINK I SAW ONE THREE OR SO FOR HOW MANY OTHER POOLS IN THAT AREA ARE THERE ANY OTHER POOLS WITHIN THAT AREA THAT'S THERE? THERE'S TWO THERE SOUTH OF ME NOW RIGHT NEXT NOT RIGHT NEXT DOOR BUT THE NEXT ONE OVER AND THE NEXT ONE OVER. THEY BOTH HAVE A TO THE SOUTH OF ME TO THE NORTH OF ME THERE'S A POOL WITH 375 TARP AND IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK FOR THAT ONE COMES EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE IS SO THAT'S NOT NEXT TO YOU REALLY KNOW IT'S IN THE OTHER TWO THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THAT OH HOW FAR IS THAT FROM YOU FROM YOUR YOUR PROPERTY TWO OR THREE HOUSES NOW TEN HOUSES THE FIRST ONE IS[00:25:04]
TWO HOUSES DOWN THE SECOND ONE IS THREE. AND HOW CLOSE ARE THEY TO THE TO THE RIVER BUFFER? I WISH I KNEW THAT I CAN ONLY LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH.I ABLE TO GET THE ACTUAL LINE AND MEASURE THAT OUT. TO ME IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR PARTICULARLY THE ONE THAT'S FURTHER DOWN AND LOOKS AT A VERY SIMILAR LOCATION AS TO WHERE I'M PUTTING MY PLAN TO PUT MY MR. CHAIRMAN, I LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH IN THE POOL TWO HOUSES DOWN DOES IT REALLY COME OUT PAST THE END OF THE HOUSE? IT'S KIND ON THE SIDE.
IT COMES DOWN TO THE HOUSE. SO IT'S BASICALLY IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT THAT THE HOUSE IS IN DID YOU LOOK THAT ALL RIGHT, SIR? DID YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT YES.
YES. THE NEXT ONE IS MORE SIMILAR TO WHAT I WOULD BE PLAYING.
BUT I ALSO THOUGHT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG PLEASE THAT YOUR HOUSE WAS CLOSER TO THE CRITICAL LINE THAN THOSE OTHER TWO HOUSES. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CRITICAL LINE THAT THE CRITICAL LINE JOGS IT JOGS EAST SO IT'S JOGGING TOWARDS THEIR HOUSE AS IT'S GOING THEIR HOUSE. SO I HAVEN'T MEASURED IT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO COME UP PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY THE SAME BECAUSE IT COMES OFF ABOUT THE SAME.
THEIR HOUSE AND THEIR HOUSES GO BACK A LITTLE BIT ALONG WITH THE CREEK BUT THAT CRITICAL LINE GOES BACK SO THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME LINE. IT IS YOUR HOUSE IT FURTHER BACK IN THOSE TWO HOUSES NO DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THE CRITICAL LINE IS IS FURTHER WEST MILES I GOT STANDING MORE QUESTIONS FOR HAVE THANK YOU SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS OR WHEREVER ARE BUT I WENT BACK AND I LOOKED AT SOMETHING THAT THIS THESE PARCELS AND THEY WERE AT 50 FEET AND I WENT BACK AND I LOOKED AT THE ZONING THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THE HOUSE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 50 FEET FROM THE CORTICAL LINE AS THAT WAS DONE AT BUILDING CODES I PRINTED THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 50 FEET FROM THE CRITICAL LINE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WHY THIS HOUSE IS NOW SITTING INSIDE THAT 50 FEET BUT ADDING SPOOL TO 20 FEET STUCK IN I RECOMMEND APPROVAL THAT'S A LOT SQUARE PLOTTED A 50 FOOT RIVER BUFFER AND IT SHOULD REMAIN A 50 FOOT RIVER BUFFER.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL THERE'S HARDSHIP SO YOU SEE IN ALL OF THE OTHER HOUSES ARE THEY ARE NOT WITHIN THE 50 FEET I DIDN'T CHECK THE OTHER THEY'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE OUTSIDE THAT 50 FOOT BUFFER BECAUSE ALL THE LOTS WERE PLOTTED AT THE SAME TIME SHOWING THE 50 FOOT BUFFER. SO THE BUFFER MEAN CRITICAL ON FOOT OF ENCROACH BUT YEAH SO THESE ARE DEEP THIS LOT IS A DEEP LOT AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE REALLY SMALLER BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE 50 FOOT REVERSAL YOU KNOW 50 FOOT BUFFER ZONE AND SO BECAUSE THEY WERE PLATTED AFTER COUNCIL PASSED THEM OFF SO THEY HAD TO MEET A 50 FOOT UM I JUST CAN'T RECOMMEND APPROVAL I DON'T SEE A HARDSHIP GETTING A POOL IT'S NOT A HARDSHIP THIS IS SOMETHING THE APPLICANT WANTS SO HARDSHIP AND OF COURSE THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU MR. ALSTON IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? GO TO THE COMMENTS THAT WE CLOSED PUBLIC EMAIL WE HAD WE HAVE A FEW EMAILS THAT CAME IN AND WAS MAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE THOSE WE HAVE RECEIVED THEM AND THEY GO INTO THE RECORD WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OH WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE APPLICANT I GUESS WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A DIALOG AND WE DENY THE VARIANCE WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A HARDSHIP IT IS A SWIMMING POOL SO THERE IS NOT A LIKE THE PREVIOUS WHERE THE LOT WAS UNBELIEVABLE THIS IS A DESIRE OF THE APPLICANT AND OUR
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HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NOT APPROVED SWIMMING POOLS IN THE SUMMER SO IT'S BEEN MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY THE SECOND SWIMMING POOL AND IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MADE AND SECOND ON THE FAVOR OF DENIAL OF THE SWIMMING POOL SIGNIFY RAISING YOUR HAND SO THAT HAS BEEN DENIED IS THAT OUR QUESTION? I WOULD STOP ACCEPTING THIS KIND OF DISASTER IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE BOARD I MEAN TO THE PODIUM IF I WANT TO DO ANYTHING IN THAT AREA.SO MY NEIGHBORS I MEAN JUST TO THE NORTH HAVE BOARDWALKS THAT GO FROM THOSE STEPS TO THE DOCK, THEIR LANDING. IF YOU TALK TO THE COUNTY, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE THE SETBACK. YEAH AND I DO BOARDWALK JUST SOME DECKING AROUND FOR STAIRS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PART THAT MY MY NEIGHBOR. OKAY OKAY WELL I'M JUST AS FAR ENFORCEMENT OUT BUT IF THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG NOW I'M JUST I'M I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY I CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT MY NEIGHBORS I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT HAVE THIS THING THEY HAVE LIKE A LANDING LIKE YOU COME THE STAIRS, THEY MAKE A LANDING DECK AND THEN OUT TO THE BOARD OF IT AND TO SEE THEIR WHERE THEIR FEET RAISE THEIR MONIES AND SEE OKAY, I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT THEIR VIOLATION. I'M JUST ASKING IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE REASONABLE FOR ME FOR ME, FOR ME, FOR ME NOT TO HAVE A BOARDWALK GOING DOWN TO THE MARSH AND NO DECKING ON THE SIDE OF THE STAIRS IS FOUR FEET WIDE AND MORE AND MORE YOU KNOW IT HAS SOME STUFF IF YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR. O'LEARY SHE CAN YOU KNOW, HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. IF WE MOVE TO ITEM 12 PATRICK SMITH AND NICOLE GILMORE, EVERYBODY FROM WHERE WE ARE APPLYING FOR A SHORT TERM
[12. Patrick Smith and Nicole Gilmore are requesting a Special Use Permit for a Lodging, Short-Term Rental Unit. The property is located at 2904 Fourth Street. Port Royal Island. The property is zoned C3- Neighborhood Mixed Use (C3NMU).]
RENTAL PERMIT THAT AND BEFORE AND I THAT SUBMITTED SITE PLANS AND ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION TO MISSOURI AND IS IN THE COUNTY CURRENT FORM THIS IS IN THE COUNTY RIGHT YES OKAY THEN YOU HAVE MET ALL OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REQUEST TO USE FIRE AND YES AND YOU HAVE THE REQUIRED PERSON YES. SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE THREE SPACES ABOVE THE THREE SPACES UNDERNEATH AND THEN THERE'S THE TWO CARS BACK IN THE BACK WAY IN THE DRIVEWAY. YES YES. WHO WOULD BE CONTROLLING THIS IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, WHO'S THE POINT OF CONTACT YOU MYSELF OR PATRICK SMITH? YEAH. WE ALSO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THE AREA WE LIVE PARTIALLY HERE AND PARTIALLY IN CHARLESTON. SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S IN THE AREA THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE AT ANY MINUTES. NOTICE THAT SOMETHING CAME UP RIGHT AWAY.SO KEEP OUR CONTACT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTION? THANK YOU. HILLARY, DO YOU WANT TO GET UP THE SAME THING WHEN WE SEE YOUR APPROVAL OF IT AS A RESTRICTION ON THIS SOMEBODY ME STRAIGHT? NO, I JUST I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS NO, NO, THERE'S NO WAY AT ALL AND I'M AWARE OF THE VILLAGE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO CALL YOU BACK UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM,
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DID YOU? YES, YOU DID, MR. J. YOU SAID NO.I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE TAX INFORMATION ONLINE AND IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT MEDIA LINK LLC DID BUY IT. I BELIEVE THAT I BELIEVE THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT DID THE RENOVATION. OKAY.
I WAS JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THAT SO I DO ACTUALLY OWN AND NOW YOU PURCHASED IT FROM THEM ONCE THEY DID THE RENOVATION WELL MAY 22 THAT'S TRYING TO CLARIFY WHO OWNS THE THING THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? IF NOT WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT OH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNTY FROM THE APPLICANT, THERE WAS A LETTER ALSO ABOUT OH SMITH GIRL YEAH BUT WE'LL HAVE INSIDE OF OUR PUT IT IN THE RECORDS WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THIS BOARD I'LL MOVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL ALSO SO THERE'S BEEN A PROBLEM IN AND SECOND OF ALL THE FAVOR OF APPROVING IT FOR SPECIAL USE SO IT'S BEEN APPROVED THANK YOU MA'AM IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS GERMAN DOES THI
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.