[1. Call to Order]
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
[3. FOIA Compliance]
[4. Roll Call]
[5. Approval of Agenda]
[7. New Business]
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GOOD AFTERNOON I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD TO ORDER I ASK THAT YOU ALL STAND WITH ME AND PUNCH THE FLAG LEG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA OF WHERE WE STAND ON INDIVISIBLE KAREN ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION? YES, SIR WE ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CERTAINLY MR. DARE AND SO HERE YOUR HANDS. I DON'T SEE MR. LOBELL HERE MILLER NO.
MS.. WILLIE O'NEILL HERE IS DISABLED HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TIME FOR APPROVAL OF THE FIRST OF ALL THE STAFF HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THIS AGENDA TODAY? WELL, NO SIR, THANK I MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA PLEASE REMOVE? COMMISSIONER LOBO, VICE CHAIR ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND ANIMUS I UNFINISHED BUSINESS WE HAVE DONE NEW BUSINESS WHICH IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR US BEING HERE TODAY IS TO PARTICIPATE A BOARD TRAINING ON THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND OUR PLAN AND WE WELCOME OTHER MEMBERS FROM OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO OUR MEETING TODAY THANKS FOR AND THANKS FOR JOINING US MISSY ARE YOU GOING LEAD THE EFFORT MISSY LIKE ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD AND TODAY'S TRAINING IS GOING TO COVER THE OUR PLAN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PLAN HAVE A COUPLE OF DEMONSTRATIONS THAT OCCUR WHAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AT ANY TIME ALONG THE WAY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FEEL FREE INTERRUPT AND WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AS THEY COME SO STATE LAW REQUIRES COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PLANNING ENABLING ACT TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO ACCOMMODATE A ZONING ORDINANCE. SO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHAT IS THAT? IT'S A LONG TERM PLAN, A DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OR A BLUEPRINT FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY AND HAS TO BE IN PLACE SPECIFICALLY THE LAND USE ELEMENT.
A COMMUNITY CAN ADOPT A ZONING ORDINANCE SO OF COURSE THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE ZONING IN PLACE WHICH IS THE REGULATORY COMPONENT THAT REALLY REGULATES ALL OF THE LAND USES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO SO WE GET THAT FROM THE STATE ENABLING ACT OUR
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DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE OUR PLAN IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE HERE SINCE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE SO THE STATE LAW SAYS THAT WE MUST HAVE A 20 YEAR PLAN FOR ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA MUNICIPALITIES. IT HAS TO BE REWRITTEN EVERY TEN YEARS WITH UPDATES EVERY FIVE YEARS IT DEFINES THE PROCESS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO COMPONENTS THAT HAVE TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PLAN WHICH ARE CALLED ELEMENTS PLAN ELEMENTS AND THERE ARE NINE REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND THEN THE TOWN ADDED A RECREATION ELEMENT TO PLAN AND THE MOST RECENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN WAS ADOPTED IN 2020. SO WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DO IT'S REALLY THE GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE TOWN IT PROVIDES POLICY AND PLANNING AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT IT'S VERY VISIONARY IT IDENTIFIES THE DIRECTION OF HOW THE COMMUNITY SHOULD GROW ADDRESS CHANGES, GUIDES PROGRESS IT'S USED BY STAFF AND BY ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO GUIDE POLICY DIRECTION AND INITIATIVES. WE USE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ESTABLISH A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN SO THIS DOCUMENT IS THE TOWN'S STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND THIS IS AN OUTPUT FROM OUR PLAN. IT'S HOW WE USE OUR PLAN TO THEN CREATE AN ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 2021 AND THE CURRENT COUNCIL IS WORKING ON UPDATED STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN. I SEE STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS ARE FOR ONE YEAR AT A TIME IS THAT RIGHT? THIS WAS FOR WHAT WAS PUBLISHED WAS 2021 TO 2022. WE'RE STILL IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN CURRENTLY SO IT WILL SPAN SEVERAL YEARS THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANS SO WE ALSO USE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES WHEN WE REVIEW A REZONING REQUEST THE CRITERIA THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR A REVIEW A REZONING ARE STEMMED FROM CRITERIA WITHIN YOUR YOUR COMMUNITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . THAT'S JUST ONE WAY ORGANIZATION WIDE THAT WE USE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I THINK YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY THE TOWN INCLUDING THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK PROJECT AND DISTRICT PLANNING HOW OUR PLAN IS ALWAYS THE ROUTE OF WHERE WE START AS FAR AS IT PROVIDES THAT HIGH OF VISION AND DIRECTION TO THEN DRILL DOWN FURTHER FROM.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR PLAN GUIDES OUR POLICY DIRECTION FOR THE TOWN.
SO HOW WAS THIS DOCUMENT CREATED IS PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO COVER TODAY AS WELL? CERTAINLY IT WAS A WAS A LARGE COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT TO GO THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY WIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS IT STARTED WITH A PROCESS CALLED OUR FUTURE WAS THE VISION PLAN PROCESS THAT STARTED IT WAS 2017 AND 18 AND THAT VISION PLAN ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2018 IT INCLUDED THE VISION AS WELL AS SEVEN STRATEGIC PILLARS AND THOSE PILLARS CARRIED THROUGHOUT THROUGH THE CREATION OF OUR PLAN. OUR PLAN WAS THAT PROCESS BEGAN IN 2019 AND WAS APPROVED IN 2020 AND I'LL GO THE STRUCTURE OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT REQUIRED IT COMBINED THE STATE REQUIRED PLAN ELEMENTS INTO OUR STRATEGIC PILLAR CATEGORIES SO THAT'S WE MET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GOVERNED BY STATE ENABLING IT SO HERE YOU CAN THE NINE REQUIRED STATE REQUIRED ELEMENTS THOSE PLAN ELEMENTS SO YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS CULTURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, POPULATION FACILITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE TRANSPORTATION SO THOSE ARE REQUIRED AND THEN OUR OUR PLAN ALSO INCLUDES THE SEVEN STRATEGIC PILLARS AND SO THE PLAN THREADED THROUGHOUT HAS
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THESE THEMES THESE THEMES SO IT'S THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, REVITALIZING AND MODERNIZING OUR ECONOMY, FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMMUNITY, BUILDING A CONNECTED AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY FABRIC, EXPANDING TO EMBRACE INTEGRATED REGIONAL AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO RIGHT SIZED INFRASTRUCTURE. HERE ARE THOSE STRATEGIC PILLARS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR PLAN. SO THE THE PLAN ITSELF HAS FIVE MAIN SECTIONS THE SECTION THE PURPOSE AND PROCESS REALLY GOES OVER THERE'S AN INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS. IT GOES THROUGH THAT VISIONING SECTION OF KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE IN 20 1718 AND THEN IT COVERS THE REALLY ARE ORGANIZATION OF THE DOCUMENT AS A WHOLE HOW MAINTAIN OUR PLAN GOING FORWARD AND THEN THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH TO GO THROUGH PLAN REVIEW AND ULTIMATELY TO APPROVAL SO THAT'S IT REALLY STARTS WITH THE HIGH LEVEL ORGANIZATION OF HOW WE GOT FROM A TO B AND ADOPTION AND IN SECTION SECTION TWO IS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT HAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT THERE'S A REALLY TIMELINE THAT'S INCLUDED ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND GOES THROUGH SOME PRETTY DETAILED CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY OUR HISTORIC SITES, OUR HISTORIC CEMETERIES, OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.IT INCLUDES LOCATIONS OF OUR ARTS, CULTURE AND OTHER VENUES AND THEN ALSO INCLUDES IN THE COMMUNITY SECTION EVEN WRITTEN IN SPANISH FIRST INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ISLANDS COMMUNITY THAT CAN TRANSLATE THAT INTO ENGLISH. AND THEN THERE'S A ROBUST SECTION ON NATURAL AS WELL AS PRETTY IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF POPULATION HOUSING OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SO THAT SECTION TOO HAS A LOT OF THE BASE LEVEL DATA OF WHERE WE ARE AT THE TIME OF THIS PLAN PRODUCTION AND WHERE WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE HEADED WITHIN THE 20 YEAR TIME SPAN OF THIS PLAN.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INFORMATION IN THERE IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT SECTION BEFORE BUT IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY BOTH FROM A HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THEN THROUGH DEMOGRAPHIC ARE THE MAIN SECTIONS REALLY ARE IN SECTIONS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE IN SECTION THREE IT GOES THROUGH THE SEVEN CORE VALUES AND SECTION FOUR IS DEDICATED TO PARKS AND THAT AND FIVE IS TO OUR PRIORITY INVESTMENT COMPONENTS BECAUSE SECTION THREE OVERALL HAS SEVEN CHAPTERS WITHIN IT AND IT INCLUDES THE EXCELLENT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE ECONOMY INCLUSIVE CONNECTED REGIONAL CHAPTERS WITHIN IT. AND SO SECTION THREE IS THE LARGEST SECTION THE PLAN AND IT HAS AN ENORMOUS LEVEL OF DETAIL ON HIGH LEVEL GOALS, TACTICS AND STRATEGIES TO MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES. SECTION FOUR AGAIN IS THE PARK AND RECREATION ELEMENT.
IT HIGHLIGHTS BOTH EXISTING PARKS AND OUR PATHWAY NETWORK LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS GAP ANALYSIS PARK FACILITIES INVENTORY AND HAS RECOMMENDATIONS AND GOALS STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR THE PARKS SAME GOES FOR THAT PRIORITY INVESTMENT SECTION IT COVERS LARGE PART OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THE CITY AND ITS PROCESS THAT'S ALL OUTLINED THERE. THAT'S REALLY THE BROAD OVERVIEW OUR PLAN AND I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT AND HOW IT'S USED BY ESPECIALLY PLANNING COMMISSION AS WE'RE TALKING TO YOU TODAY BUT HOW IT'S USED IS ORGANIZATION WIDE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER THOSE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION REALLY I THANKS AGAIN.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE TOWN COUNCIL WE ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT OR MAYBE IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE IS
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DATA THE DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ON THE ISLAND AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS FOUND DIFFICULT TO GET HANDLE ON AND I THINK THE SHORT TERM RENTAL INITIATIVE GETTING A SENSE OF SORT OF VISITORS THROUGH THAT LENS BUT HOTELING AND THINGS LIKE THAT NEVER CAN FIND GOOD DATA ON THAT. SOME OF IT COVERED IN THAT OUR COMMUNITY SECTION CERTAINLY YOU KNOW THIS IS THE HIGH LEVEL DOCUMENT WE COULD PICK OUT IN A FOLLOW UP. YOU KNOW WHAT AREAS WITHIN OUR PLAN ADDRESS THAT FOR YOU THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE FULL PLANNING COMMISSION AND IN THE CONTEXT THE REASON I ASK THE QUESTION YOU HEAR A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM THE COMMUNITY BALANCE BETWEEN VISITORS AND RESIDENTS AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE NOT JUST DRIVEN BY THE SHORT TERM RENTALS BUT MORE OF THE COMMERCIAL RENTALS AND IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE'RE WITH IN TERMS OF SIZE AND WHY IT'S CREATING THAT KIND OF NOISE.SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY THE SECTIONS THAT COVER WHAT IS OUR TOURISM ECONOMY OVERALL AND HOW DO YOU GET TO NUMBER WHERE DOES THAT NUMBER COME FROM? HOW OFTEN DO YOU LOOK AT IT THAT KIND STUFF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, YEAH.
SO WE'LL BE DUE FOR AN UPDATE IN 2025, CORRECT? I A YES AND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THERE IS THERE ONGOING ROTATIONS ANNUALLY REGARDING CHANGES AND UPDATES? THERE CERTAINLY ARE THERE ARE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE DOG EARED PAGES WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SPELLING MISTAKES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WHEN WE DO THAT FIVE YEAR REVIEW WE WILL FIX.
IT'S ALSO A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS GROWTH FRAMEWORK AND DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE WILL BE MAKING SOME AMENDMENTS TO OUR PLAN SPECIFICALLY TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND POSSIBLY THE ADDITION OF A FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO THIS TO THE DOCUMENT . SO IT IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS STILL LIVING AND BREATHING IN THE PLANNING ENABLING ENVISIONS THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S LOOKED AT FREQUENTLY BY THE COMMUNITY THAT'S WHY IT HAS THOSE INTERVALS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS STILL IS AN ACCURATE GUIDING VISIONARY DOCUMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY SO YES WE WILL WE DO LOOK AT WHERE WE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE PLAN CERTAINLY WE WOULD WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT SERVE THE TOWN IF YOU'VE NOTICED ANYTHING WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT OR NEED MORE INFORMATION ON OR, I THINK THAT IT COULD BE CLARIFIED WE CERTAINLY WOULD WELCOME THAT THAT THAT PARTICULAR YEAR 2020 OF COURSE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC WAS A VERY NEAT VISUAL SITUATION AND WOULD BEHIND US THERE MIGHT BE SOME DRAMATIC CHANGES COMING OUR WAY OR OF A QUESTION ABOUT DOCUMENTS THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER. SO WE HAVE OUR PLAN AND THEN WE HAVE ELMO AND THEN THERE IS ZONING HOW DO THOSE THREE THINGS ACT WITH EACH OTHER? I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE WHICH IS OUR ZONING. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF TIED TOGETHER. YES. WELL REALLY WELL WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE OR YOUR ZONING AND THAT'S ALSO THE THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THIS ALAMO AMENDMENT PROJECT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PLAN AND WHERE WE HAVE WHERE WE FIND THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH VISION AND GOALS, TACTICS, STRATEGIES OF OF OUR PLAN THAT'S THROUGH THAT FIVE PHASE ALAMO AMENDMENT PROJECT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PLAN WHICH IS OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT. SO THAT'S HOW THEY GET TIED TOGETHER AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW THROUGH THAT PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR USING COMMISSIONER DEAR ANGEL'S EXAMPLE OF PERHAPS AMENDMENT BEING OFFERED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT WOULD WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR REVIEWING THOSE I MEAN WHAT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE THIS GROUP OR WHAT ARE THE GROUP WHAT ARE THE OH YES SO THE STATE ENABLING DOES OUTLINE THAT PROCESS.
IT DOES GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOWN APPROVALS.
YES. OTHER QUESTIONS READY TO MOVE ON AS HE THINKS WE MIGHT NEED A WHOLE HOUR. SO NEXT WE HAVE THE ENABLING ACT THAT COVERS ZONING SO WE'RE
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REQUIRED TO HAVE ZONING OR IN OUR CASE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THAT COVERS MAIN BULLETS SO TO PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE LIGHT AIR AND OPEN SPACE PROVIDE PREVENT OVERCROWDING OF LAND, AVOID UNDUE CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION LESSEN CONGESTION IN THE STREETS, FACILITATE CONVENIENT HARMONIOUS COMMUNITIES PROTECT PRESERVE SCENIC HISTORIC SENSITIVE AREAS, REGULATE DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATIONS AND USES OF BUILDING STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE ADEQUATE PROVISION OR AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION POLICE FIRE PROTECTION LOT OF SERVICES SUCH AS WATER, SEWAGE SCHOOLS, PARKS ,RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISASTER EVACUATION AND OTHER SERVICES ALSO TO SECURE SAFETY FROM FIRE, FLOOD OR OTHER DANGERS AND TO PROTECT PUBLIC OVERALL. SO AND THE PURPOSE OF ZONING REALLY THAT HEALTH SAFETY WELFARE HERE IT IDENTIFIES THAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE GUIDES DEVELOPMENT IN WITH THE EXISTING AND FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY, MORALS, CONVENIENCE ORDER, APPEARANCE, PROSPERITY AND GENERAL WELFARE. THAT'S KIND OF THE GUIDING STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION. AND THEN WE OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THAT'S A BIG BOOK HERE AND IT WAS LATEST ITS FULL ADOPTION WAS IN 2014 IT'S HAD AMENDMENTS SINCE THEN AND OF COURSE YOU'RE WELL AWARE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SEVERAL AMENDMENT SETS IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR SO OVERALL LIKE THE ORGANIZED OF THIS DOCUMENT THERE'S REALLY TWO MAIN PARTS THERE'S TEXT IN A MAP. THE MAP IS GOING TO SHOW UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE I HAVE HERE THE TEXT IS OUR REGULATORY LANGUAGE SO IT SETS FORTH OUR ZONING DISTRICTS ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS THERE ARE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC STANDARDS PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATION HOW WE REVIEWED CERTAIN APPLICATION TYPES, HOW THE CODE IS ENFORCED, THE ZONING MAP SETS THE THE BOUNDARIES OF ALL OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEN ALL OF THE LAND WITHIN THE TOWN IS CLASSIFIED INTO ONE OF THOSE BASED ZONING DISTRICTS . THE THE DOCUMENT OVERALL WILL COVER IN ANOTHER SLIDE ITS ORGANIZATION SO I'LL GO THROUGH THAT OVERALL THE LAND MANAGEMENT THE APPEALS AND VARIANCES ARE HANDLED BY THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS SO THEY'RE THE BODY THAT WOULD HEAR SPECIAL EXCEPTION CASES VARIANCES AND APPEALS OF SECTIONS WITHIN THIS CODE OF COURSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE BODY THAT REVIEWS THE POLICY LANGUAGE SO IT'S SO YOU'RE THE RECOMMENDING BODY THAT REVIEWS AMENDMENTS TO THIS PARTICULAR CODE PRESERVE ZONING MAP AND THE ZONING MAP OVERALL HAS SIX RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THE COLOR LOOKS OFF BUT AND THERE ARE 14 MIXED USE AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND THEN TWO CONSERVATION AND RECREATION DISTRICTS THE COLOR ON THE SCREEN HERE OF THE PD ONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IS LIKE A CREAM ABOUT 70% OF THE ISLAND IS IN THE PLANT ALLOTMENT DISTRICT.ABOUT 30% OF THE ISLAND ARE IN THE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. SO PLANNER OC SO I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES ARE AND THEN THE OTHER COLORFUL AREAS IS ARE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. SO HOW IS THIS CODE ORGANIZED? THIS IS THE STRUCTURE OVERALL THERE'S CHAPTERS IN APPENDIX ESE AND OVERALL THE ORGANIZING PROVISIONS THAT SET THE STRUCTURE ARE IN THE GENERAL AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION ADMINISTRATION INCLUDES ALL OF OUR APPLICATION TYPES IN PROCESSES OVERALL. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS AND THEN APPLICATION SPECIFIC PROCESSES. SO IT'S YOU WOULD FIND THE
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PROCESS FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ALAMO IT'S WHERE YOU FIND THE PROCESS FOR THE REZONING FIND THE PROCESS FOR A VARIANCE AND WHATNOT SO THAT IS INCLUDED THERE.AND THEN CHAPTER THREE OR WHERE ALL THE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE LOCATED AND EACH DISTRICT INCLUDES A PURPOSE STATEMENT THE ALLOWABLE PRINCIPAL USES AND SOME DEVELOPMENT FORM STANDARDS. SO THERE ARE A DISTRICT TABLE FOR EACH DISTRICT THAT ARE INCLUDED UP FRONT ALSO WITHIN CHAPTER 316 THREE IT INCLUDES ARE OVERLAY DISTRICTS SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OVERLAYS THERE ONE OR NINE OVERLAY DISTRICTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS AND IT OUTLINES THOSE SPECIFIC THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THOSE OVERLAY AREAS THAT INCLUDED IN CHAPTER THREE AND THEN YOU GO TO CHAPTER FOUR THAT'S THE U.S. SO THAT'S THE USES ARE ALLOWED WIDE. THERE'S A REALLY LARGE USE TABLE THAT IF YOU PRINTED IT OUT IT WOULD BE REALLY LIKE A SCROLL AND IT INCLUDES A TABLE THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AND ALL OF THE USES AND WHETHER THEY'RE PERMITTED BY RIGHT. WHETHER THEY'RE PERMITTED WITH YOUR SPECIFIC OR BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND THEN THOSE THAT HAVE YOU SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
THIS SECTION OUTLINES WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ARE. ALSO THERE ARE ACCESSORY USES THAT ARE ALLOWED AND IN THIS THE SECTION IS WHERE ACCESSORY AND STRUCTURES ARE IDENTIFIED AND WHAT DISTRICTS ARE ALLOWED IN AND WHAT CONDITIONS APPLY TO ACCESSORY FROM THERE CHAPTER.
FIVE OR SECTION FIVE ARE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS ARE AND THAT'S LARGELY WHERE WE LOOKING AT THE ESTHETICS OF DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD GO TO TO THIS SECTION AS WELL AS OUR NATURAL RESOURCE SECTION FOR SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS BUT.
THIS INCLUDES SETBACKS, BUFFERS STREETS, PARKING AND SUBDIVISIONS STANDARDS.
ALL OF THAT IS IN SECTION 565. FROM THERE YOU GO TO NATURAL RESOURCES.
IN THAT SECTION THERE'S WETLAND PROTECTION WELL AS TREE PROTECTION AND DUNE PROTECTION AND THEN CHAPTER 16 SEVEN HANDLES NON-CONFORMITY. THAT IS THE SECTION WHERE IF WE HAVE NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES USES THIS IS THE CHAPTER THAT GOVERNS HOW WE HANDLE THOSE CASES AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES AND SITE FEATURES AND SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE FROM THERE IT GOES THROUGH ENFORCEMENT DISASTER RECOVERY AND 1610 IS A PRETTY LARGE SECTION OF DEFINITIONS THAT PROVIDE THE STRUCTURE AND INTERPRETATION FOR ALL OF THE REGULATORY LANGUAGE AND THEN IT'S FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF APPENDICES THAT KIND OF COVERS OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THE STRUCTURE OF , THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THESE ARE ON OUR WEBSITE SHOWS THOSE LINKS YOU CAN FIND THEM ON OUR SITE BY EITHER SEARCHING FOR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE OUR PLAN YOU CAN FIND OUR PLAN ON OUR MAJOR INITIATIVES.
THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IS IS FOUND IN SEVERAL ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OVERALL ABOUT THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AT ITS ORGANIZATION, HOW IT'S USED? I CAN GO THROUGH AGAIN I KNOW THAT WE TALKED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH BUT REALLY WE'RE MAKING I GUESS ON A HIGH LEVEL TO IF YOU HAD A REZONING THAT COMES THROUGH YOU EXPOSE A MAP . SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO REZONE FROM SAY SEA PINES COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT'S A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
SO YOU'RE CHANGING THE COLOR ON THE MAP AND THAT THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THIS BODY.
IT WOULD BE A MAP AMENDMENT. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MICHI I'M INTERESTED IN WHERE WE ARE IN THE THE ALAMO PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IN TERMS OF HOW FAR HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE
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AND HOW MUCH MORE DO WE TO GO HERE WE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS GOTTEN THROUGH PHASE THREE AND PHASE THREE IS CURRENTLY HAD FIRST READING AT TOWN COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AND WE'LL GO FOR A SECOND READING AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. THESE FOUR AND FIVE ARE FORTHCOMING. WE ANTICIPATE PHASE FOUR TO COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ITS PUBLIC HEARING AT THE SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE A DATE FOR FROM YOU ALL. SO WE'VE PULLED YOU FOR A DATE IN MAY AND THAT'S WHEN WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL HAVE PHASE FOUR BEFORE YOU WE INTEND TO THAT FOR INTRODUCTION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT YOUR MEETING ON MAY 17 SO WE'LL HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF THAT AMENDMENT SET AND HOPE TO INTRODUCE IT AND GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. SO THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.WE CAN ADDRESS ALL THOSE CONCERNS PHASE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER BUT ALSO IT WILL INCORPORATE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OUT OF THE DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS. SO PHASE FIVE WILL COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER THE LARGE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS WRAPS UP.
SO THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE REALLY PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION COMPONENT OF THOSE DISTRICT PLANS. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO ON THAT PHASE FIVE WILL HAPPEN IN THE FALL PROBABLY IT WILL LIKELY BE IT'S IT'S LATE FALL OR EVEN INTO 2024 AND AND IT'S GOING TO BE A FULL OVERHAUL OF THE CODE . SO WE ARE LOOKING AT IF IT'S A FULL REWRITE BUT IT'S A HEAVY EDIT IT WILL INCLUDE CHANGING THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY SECTION, EVERY CHAPTER, EVERY SUBSECTION FOR CLARITY, FOR USER FRIENDLINESS. YOU KNOW, MY MY BOOK HAS A LOT OF TABS IN IT I THINK GOING TO ADD TABS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE THOSE USER FRIENDLY TABS TO THEIR CODE AND SO IT WILL BOTH BE A COMPREHENSIVE EDIT OF THE CURRENT CODE IN A IN A COMPLETE OVERHAUL SO IT INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT WE ARE PLANNING FOR IT TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO OUR ADMINISTRATION OF PROCEDURES TO PULL SOME OF THOSE OUT OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND INTO AN APPLICATIONS MANUAL SO WE WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE BOOK THAT WOULD HANDLE OF THE TOWN'S APPLICATION PROCESSES IN ONE PLACE. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN PARTICULAR PHASE FIVE EDIT TO THE
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