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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY,
[1. Call to Order]
[3. Approval of the Minutes]
[a. Regular Meeting Minutes of March 14, 2024]
[4. Appearance by Citizens: Citizens who wish to speak on the matters being discussed during the meeting may do so by submitting the Request to Speak form no later than the day prior to the meeting.]
[5. Unfinished Business]
MISSY LOICK.[a. Consideration of a Resolution Accepting the Town of Hilton Head Island Conditions and Trends Assessment - Missy Luick, Director of Planning]
GOOD MORNING.HOW ARE YOU ALL? UH, MS. C LU, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, UH, TODAY, THE, UM, CONDITIONS AND TRENDS, UH, RESOLUTION IS BEFORE YOU.
UM, THE RESOLUTION WAS ACCEPTED AT THE MARCH 14TH PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, AND IT WAS ACCEPTED WITH, UH, MODIFICATIONS THAT, THAT WERE PART OF THE MOTION.
UM, AND STAFF REQUESTED THAT THE DOCUMENT COME BACK BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THOSE CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED.
UM, IN THE MEMO, UH, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, IT OUTLINED ALL OF THOSE DETAILED CHANGES.
UM, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS THAT THE STRATEGY, THE STRATEGY SECTION WAS REMOVED ALTOGETHER, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE BASED ON SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS MADE AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND ALL OF THOSE CHANGES WERE OUTLINED IN THAT MEMO.
UM, I HAVE GIVEN, UH, THIS PRESENTATION TWICE BEFORE.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION AGAIN, UM, OR I CAN PROCEED HOW MAY, MAY NOT, IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, BUT LET'S SEE HOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FEEL.
GLEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST? ESPECIALLY, I DON'T, I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING ASSESSMENT AND REPORT, GATHER ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION, WHICH I THINK WILL BE INVALUABLE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO GO OVER THE ENTIRE REPORT AGAIN.
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CORRECTIONS IN OUR PACKET.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT PACKET TO HEAR THOSE CORRECTIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT SINCE SOME OF THEM WERE, UM, COMMENTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC THAT THEY HEAR THAT AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
LOTS OF GREAT INFORMATION IN THERE.
IT'S A GOOD BASE FOR US TO GO FORWARD.
I DON'T NEED TO HEAR A DETAILED REPORT.
I HAVE LOOKED, AND I APPRECIATE THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
UM, AND, UM, PERHAPS, UH, IS A COMPROMISE.
MAYBE THOSE COMMENTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC COULD BE ADDRESSED AND THEN NOT, NOT THE FULL PRESENTATION.
LET'S NOT GO INTO THE FULL PRESENTATION, BUT JUST GO TO THE MEMO THAT YOU SENT US THAT OUTLINED THE CHANGES.
SO, UM, THE MEMO, UM, ON PAGE, I THINK TWO OF THE MEMO IN THE PACKET.
UM, EACH BULLET GOES THROUGH SOME OF THOSE, UM, DETAILED, UM, CHANGES THAT WERE MADE ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS,
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UM, RECEIVED IN MARCH.UM, THE REAL ESTATE SECTION, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
IT UNDERESTIMATED, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS FROM THE PANDEMIC AND, UM, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS THAT WITH ANY SPECIFICS.
UM, SO WE NOTED THAT, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO REAL ESTATE HERE IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT, UM, THERE WERE NOT CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, UH, FROM THAT COMMENT.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, THERE WAS A PERCENTAGE OF, UH, PROPERTY LOCALLY OWNED COMMENT, UM, THAT WAS SUGGESTED THAT, THAT BE FURTHER EXPLORED.
UM, AGAIN, WE, UM, THAT, THAT PARTICULAR STATISTIC IN THE REPORT, UM, IS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, IT IT REQUIRED US TO TRACE THE OWNERSHIP OF A FOREIGN ENTITY AND AN LLC, EVEN THOUGH THAT LLC IS LOCALLY REGISTERED, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY DIFFICULT UNDERTAKING.
UM, AND SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO FURTHER IF THAT COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC WAS TO BE FURTHER EXPLORED.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME MORE DETAILED, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WERE OUTLINED HERE.
UM, CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ISSUED, UM, AND SUGGESTING THAT THERE WERE, UM, INVESTORS IN SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE, UM, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE.
UM, SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE RESEARCHED IS INCLUDED HERE.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, SOME OF THE DATA, UM, IN THE DATA SETS, WE HAVE THE REFERENCES TO THE FULL DATA SETS IN THE BACK OF THE REPORT, AND THAT IS, UM, ACCESSIBLE WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.
UM, WE DID, UH, CORRECT, UM, AN ERROR THAT WAS, UM, INCLUDED ON ONE PAGE AND NOT ANOTHER RELATED TO THE PRESIDENT'S TO STAFF RATIO.
UM, ALSO, UM, AGAIN, THERE WAS, UM, A COMMENT ABOUT THE INCREASE IN BUSINESS LICENSES AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL RELATIONSHIP.
AND, UM, ON PAGE 31, THERE'S A SIDEBAR THAT INCLUDES AN EXPLANATION OF THAT ACTIVITY.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS, UH, A COMMENT ABOUT LIMITED SERVICES GOVERNMENT, AND THAT PHRASE WAS REMOVED ENTIRELY.
UM, IT WAS REPLACED WITH A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE TOWN SERVES RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS DIRECTLY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, THE TASK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY IS TO ACCEPT THE, UH, CONDITIONS AND TRENDS, BUT IT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME BEFORE THE MOTION IS MADE? SEE, NOT, OH, YES.
I'M A DATA DRIVEN PERSON AND THIS IS A FABULOUS TOOL.
UH, THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS GONNA GIVE A BASELINE, UH, FOR EVERYBODY TO SPEAK FROM, AND I'M ALREADY USING INFORMATION FROM THERE, UH, AS I TALK TO PEOPLE.
I KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK THAT IS, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A FABULOUS TOOL.
UM, DO WE HAVE EXACT TIMELINE OF WHEN WE WILL BE UPDATING THIS DOCUMENT? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF SCOPE HERE IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO YEARS.
I THINK THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT ANSWER, MISSY.
WE WILL BE UPDATING THAT AT A REGULAR INTERVAL.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR GIS DIVISION ON, UM, THE CAPABILITIES OF UPDATING THIS DATA SET.
UM, I HAVE INDICATION THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO UPDATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE S IS THERE A MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN? I WOULD MOVE THAT THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, UM, RESOLVE AND ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION, UH, THAT THE TOWN CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT, UH, BE ACCEPTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.
[b. Presentation and Discussion of the Town of Hilton Head Island Skull Creek District Plan Example - Missy Luick, Director of Planning]
ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SKULL CREEK DISTRICT PLAN EXAMPLE.AND WE ARE HERE NOT TO, UM, UH, DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN, BUT THE FORMAT AND THE PROCESS THAT, UH, IS BEING PROPOSED FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS.
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THANK YOU KIM.AND MISSY, DO YOU WANT US TO INTERJECT ALONG THE WAY, OR WOULD YOU PREFER GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GUYS? HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERJECT IS FINE WITH ME.
IT CAN BE AT THE END OR, OR AS WE GO.
UP TO THE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE TO DECIDE.
SO TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, A DISTRICT PLAN EXAMPLE TEMPLATE, UM, AS WAS DESCRIBED, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE ON BOTH THE APPROACH AND ORGANIZATION OF THIS TEMPLATE.
UM, WE HOPE THAT THIS TEMPLATE CAN BE USED GOING FORWARD ON HOW WE ACTIVATE THE REMAINING DISTRICTS.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS, UM, SOME OF THE BACKGROUND, IT, IT SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR THAT WE'RE OPERATING FROM A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
AND IN THAT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IS ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES OF WHICH DISTRICT PLANNING IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, BEGINNING IN APRIL, WE IDENTIFIED THOSE INITIAL EIGHT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THEN WE REVIEWED A GROWTH AND CONSERVATION FRAMEWORK, UH, MAP WITH THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THOSE DISTRICT BOUNDARY AREAS.
UM, SO THERE ARE EIGHT DISTRICTS.
IT INCLUDES MARSHES, SKULL CREEK, MAIN STREET, MID ISLAND, CHAPLAIN, PARKWAY, ARTS, FOREST BEACH, AND BRIDGE TO BEACH AS THOSE EIGHT PLANNING DISTRICTS.
AND AGAIN, THE PLANNING DISTRICTS ARE OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ISLAND.
SO, UM, WE HAVE REVIEWED, UM, SEVERAL DISTRICT PLANS WITH THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
OF COURSE, THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN WAS ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022.
THEN IN JULY, UM, OF 2023, WE REVIEWED A DRAFT OF THE MARSHES DISTRICT PLAN.
AND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, REVIEWED A DRAFT OF THE BRIDGE TO BREACH, UH, DISTRICT PLAN.
UM, ALL OF THOSE PLANS CONTAIN PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THE, THE PLANS THEMSELVES, AND I, AND I BROUGHT THEM HERE JUST IN CASE.
UM, THEY VARY IN THEIR BOTH THE NUMBER OF PAGES AND THEIR STRUCTURE AND THEIR APPROACH.
AND, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLANS 126 PAGES.
THE MARSH'S DRAFT PLAN WAS 55 PAGES.
THE CURRENT TEMPLATE THAT WE ARE FORMULATING FOR SKULL CREEK IS 50 PAGES.
WE'RE HOPING TO COME UP WITH A TEMPLATE OR STRATEGY THAT ALLOWS US TO MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY MOVE THROUGH THIS DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS, AND IS ONE WHERE WE CAN BREAK DOWN WHAT THE DISTRICT PLAN, WHAT IT'S TRYING TO SOLVE, UM, IN A MORE DIRECT AND EFFICIENT MANNER, UM, BOTH FOR, UM, COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING AND EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION, UH, WHEN THEY'RE IN A UNIFIED FORMAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, SINCE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR ON, UM, ACTIVATING, UH, IMPLEMENTING THE REMAINING DISTRICTS AND, UM, COMING UP WITH THAT, A BETTER TEMPLATE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THESE.
SO SKULL CREEK WAS IDENTIFIED, UM, AS THE NEXT PLANNING DISTRICT THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S THE, THE TEMPLATE NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SEEK THAT FEEDBACK.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'LL START TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE APPROACH AND TAM UH, PLAN TEMPLATE, UM, IN THE NEXT COMING SLIDES.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE, UM, A NEW APPROACH THAT WE HAVE, UM, IS ON OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IS TO HAVE A UNIFIED APPROACH OR UMBRELLA COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR OUR MAJOR PLANNING INITIATIVES.
UM, IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
IT'LL BE DEBUTED RELATIVELY SOON.
AND THAT COMMUNICATION STRATEGY WILL ENCOMPASS OUR LMO PROJECT, OUR DISTRICT'S PROJECT, OUR RESILIENCE PROJECT AND CORRIDOR'S WORK.
AND WE WILL TRY TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SURVEYS SO THAT WE DON'T INTRODUCE SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FATIGUE, UM, AS ALL OF THIS IMPORTANT PLANNING WORK IS GOING ON.
SO WE'RE WORKING, UM, WITH ALL OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS INTERNALLY AND THE CONSULTANT TEAMS ON ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS TO TRY TO COORDINATE, UM, THOSE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
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SO WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THIS PLAN TOGETHER, UM, WE WERE, UM, ANALYZING EACH PLAN AND COMBINING THAT ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, TRENDS, HISTORY, CULTURE, UM, THEME AND CHARACTER, AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM PRIOR PLANS AND ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITY.AND SO EACH DISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE A THEME AND CHARACTER, UH, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS ANALYSIS, CONDITIONS, ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS.
THAT'S BASED ON ALL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IT WOULD INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGY SECTION THAT INCLUDES THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND FUTURE LAND USE TYPOLOGIES THAT WILL THEN INFORM THE LMO PROJECT AND, UM, AND THE RESULTING ZONING THAT WOULD BE AN OUTCOME OF THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, WITH OUR CODE WRITER.
AND, AND THE NEXT TOPIC ON THE AGENDA IS, IS THE CODE, UM, A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT PLANNING WORK AND WITH OUR CODE CONSULTANT ON THAT FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT IN THESE PLANS? IS THIS A TIME WHEN WE CAN ASK A QUESTION? YES.
IF IT COMES UP? SO I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE, UM, IN TERMS OF DISTRICT THEME AND CHARACTER AND HOW THAT WILL, UM, I SEE THEY BULLET POINT AHEAD, UM, BUT WITH FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
WELL, WE'LL GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE THEN.
UM, SO THE THEME AND CHARACTER, OF COURSE IS GONNA LOOK OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT DISTRICT? THESE ARE SOME OF THE LEADING QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD ANSWER TO IDENTIFY A DISTRICT THEME AND CHARACTER.
SO WHO DOES IT SERVE? WHAT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED? WHAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ACTIVATION WITHIN THAT DISTRICT? BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT'S UNIQUE, WHAT'S SPECIAL, WHAT'S CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE DISTRICT.
I MEAN, FOR SKULL CREEK, FOR EXAMPLE, WATER IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT THEME IN THAT AREA.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE MAKEUP OF WHO THIS DISTRICT SERVES, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THAT DISTRICT'S THEME AND CHARACTER AS WELL AS, UM, ITS SHORELINE ALONG SKULL CREEK IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT FEATURE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
THIS DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF CULTURAL AND HISTORIC ASSETS.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE PART OF THESE QUESTIONS ON ITS THEME AND CHARACTER THAT WOULD LEAD INTO DEVELOPING THAT VISION STATEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.
I HAVE A SORT OF, UH, OVERARCHING POSITION THAT THE ISLAND BENEFITS FROM HAVING EACH DISTRICT BE DISTINCT IN CHARACTER AND THEME.
UM, NOW THAT BE OVERLAP, BUT FROM MY STANDPOINT, THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR RICHNESS IN THIS COMMUNITY COMES FROM THE DISTINCTIVE ATTRIBUTES OF THE EIGHT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE HAVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT IS A THEME, WHAT IS CHARACTER.
AND FROM MY STANDPOINT, I'M THINKING THEME MORE ABOUT FUNCTION AND CHARACTER, MORE ABOUT APPEARANCE OR ARCHITECTURE OR SOMETHING.
UH, SO, UH, THE TOPOGRAPHY, UH, TOPOGRAPHY THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
SO I, I THINK THAT AS WE GET INTO THIS, UH, THEME AND CHARACTER, AS YOU SUGGEST HEAVILY INFLUENCE VISION AND VISION INFLUENCES DOWN THE ROAD, LAND USE AND LMO AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK COMMUNITY OUGHT TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THEME AND CHARACTER, BECAUSE IT'S VERY AMORPHOUS AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, UM, A GOOD POINT, DAVID.
UM, I THINK THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEME AND CHARACTER, I HAVE A YELLOW FLAG THAT GETS RAISED AND CONCERN THAT DETERMINING A THEME AND CHARACTER TODAY DOES MAY NOT REPRESENT THE THEME AND CHARACTER OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT INTO WHEN THEY PURCHASED IN PARTICULAR DISTRICT OR AREA OF THE ISLAND.
AND THAT SHIFT, UM, THAT COULD COME ABOUT
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MAY, UM, NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THOSE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND.UM, AND I'LL BE, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WATCHING FOR THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT ALL THESE DISTRICTS, UM, THAT THEY DON'T TAKE ON A THEME THAT'S QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE RESIDENT'S INITIAL INTENTION.
UH, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEME AND CHARACTER.
UM, AND SO WE'VE GONE THE NEXT STEP, BUT THE PROCESS QUESTION IS ABOUT, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE PREPARED.
UM, I'D LIKE TO LITTLE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, UH, PLAN FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
UM, I THINK YOU CALLED IT, UH, COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
UM, AND ALSO WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE LMO OVERHAUL OR REWRITE, AND HOW DO THOSE TWO WORK TOGETHER? UH, BECAUSE IT APPEARS AS THOUGH YOU SHOULD HAVE A PLAN FIRST BEFORE YOU WRITE THE LANGUAGE, BECAUSE HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE UNLESS YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PLAN IS TO BE, AND I'M, I DON'T WANT ONE TO GET AHEAD OF THE OTHER, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
SO PROCESS, QUESTION TWO, PROCESS QUESTIONS.
AND I CAN, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, THE PLAN WITH THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, UH, ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IS THAT, UM, ONCE ANOTHER DISTRICT, SUCH AS SKULL CREEK IN JULY IS, UM, WHERE WE GO OVER IT WITH THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO FOLLOW, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING AFTER THAT, THEN WE WOULD GO BACK TO WORK AND, UM, COMPLETE THE REMAINING DISTRICTS IN THIS UNIFIED PLAN APPROACH AND THEN WOULD COME BACK OUT FOR THAT ENGAGEMENT, UM, EXERCISE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH AT GREAT DETAIL IN THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE THEME AND CHARACTER THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED? WHAT IS THAT VISION STATEMENT? MAKE SURE THERE'S FULL AGREEMENT IN IT.
UM, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN WE GET TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, VERY DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHERE THE DISTRICT IS HEADING WOULD BE PART OF THAT ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WE'LL BE INCORPORATING A SURVEY COMPONENT, UM, ALONG WITH THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STEP.
SO NEXT STEP IS SKULL CREEK DISTRICT, AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PUBLIC.
SO COME HERE FIRST PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND THEN GO OUT FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THEN COME BACK TO US, THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE BEFORE IT GOES TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR YES.
JUST PICKING OUT ONE DISTRICT.
AND, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
MEANWHILE, WE HAVE THE LMO REWRITE TRUCKING ALONG ON A SEPARATE TRACK
UM, AND, AND MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU WRITE SOMETHING UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS? AND BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT, ALL THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, I'VE FORGOTTEN THE TOTAL.
IS IT SEVEN OR EIGHT? EIGHT, THANK YOU.
UM, THEN YOU HAVE EIGHT DISTINCT PLANS WITH SOME THINGS IN COMMON.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO WRITE UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL THE DISTRICT PLANS IN PLACE? UM, THAT'S MY QUESTION IS HOW WILL THOSE TWO FIT TOGETHER? SO WE HAVE, UM, A STEP WITHIN THE LMO CONTRACT WHERE WE ARE COORDINATING ON THE DISTRICT PLAN IN ITS DRAFT FORMAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADEQUATELY PLANNING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE IN THESE DISTRICT PLANS AS A LEADER, IF YOU WILL, TO, UM, THE, THE CODE THAT'S WRITTEN TO IMPLEMENT THAT, THAT FUTURE.
SO IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, SAY A SET OF DIFFERENT USE TYPOLOGIES THAN WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THAT AREA TODAY, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD COORDINATE WITH, WITH THE CODE SIDE.
AND OF COURSE, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS DIRECTLY, UM, LINKED TO THE, THE CODE PROJECT.
AND, UH, AND WE DO HAVE COORDINATION WITH BOTH OF THOSE CONSULTANT TEAMS. YEAH, JUST WITH EIGHT DISTRICTS, ONE OF WHICH I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, THAT'S THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN.
UM, AND WE HAVE TWO OTHERS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS LOOKED AT BEFORE.
UM, SO ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK AND REWRITE THOSE THREE, THE ONE ADOPTED AND THE OTHER TWO THAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, TO CONFORM TO THE NEW OUTLINE TEMPLATE? YES.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WILL ALL BE VERY SIMILAR, LIKE CHAPTERS FROM A LARGER BOOK AND, UM, YOU'LL KNOW THAT THIS IS THE, THE FORMAT, UM, THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PAGES THAT COME UP, BUT THIS IS THE STRUCTURE THAT YOU CAN DEPEND ON FOR EACH DISTRICT PLAN.
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TO THE ILLINOIS REWRITE PORTION, THEN WE CAN TRY TO YEAH.ONCE WELL TAKEN, DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE ONE, ONE LAST COMMENT AND IT'S A SHORT ONE.
UM, I WROTE DOWN ONE OF THE FIRST COMMENTS, UM, MISSY THAT YOU MADE, AND, UM, IT'S CONSISTENT HOW I APPROACH ALMOST EVERYTHING.
AND YOU HAD SAID THAT THE DISTRICT'S, UM, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE PROB SOMETHING THAT EXISTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE, AND THAT'S WHY THIS, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT TRY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND THAT WAS MY, WAS MY SHORT COMMENT.
SO A SWOT ANALYSIS, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS IS PART OF THE ANALYSIS COMPONENT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REPEATED IN EACH OF, OF THE DISTRICT PLANS AS WELL AS AN EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS.
THAT AGAIN, IS TIED BACK TO THE REQUIRED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS.
SO A PAGE FOR EACH OF THESE, UM, ELEMENT AREAS IN, UH, THE ANALYSIS COMPONENT.
SO NOW WE HAVE SOME SCREEN GRABS OF THE DRAFT PLAN THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, UM, WHERE THEY WOULD OF COURSE START WITH A TABLE OF CONTENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS DISTRICT PLANNING, WHAT IS THIS EFFORT ABOUT? UM, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL LARGER PICTURE PROCESS OF WHAT THIS DISTRICT PLAN FALLS WITHIN.
UM, THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR EACH.
THERE WILL BE A VISION STATEMENT FOR EACH DISTRICT.
AGAIN, THE THEME AND CHARACTER COMPONENT WILL BE, UM, ANOTHER PAGE THAT STRENGTH WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS PAGE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE DETAILED CONDITIONS ANALYSIS.
UM, IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE BOTH A, AN OVERVIEW PAGE WHERE IT COMPARES THIS DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY TO THE REST OF THE ISLAND.
UM, AND THEN IT WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE, UM, PLAN ELEMENTS.
SO THERE'LL BE POPULATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, COMMUNITY FACILITIES ANALYSIS, HOUSING, UM, LAND USE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CHANGE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RESILIENCE AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, AND THEN PRIORITY INVESTMENT IS, IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN EACH SECTION WOULD ALSO, UM, BE ORGANIZED.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, COMPONENT WOULD HAVE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION AND TOOLS AND STRATEGIES.
JOSH, I'M SORRY, CURTIS HERE, OVER HERE IS YOUR MIC ON.
SO, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS STRATEGY WOULD HAVE, UM, HOW WE'RE DEFINING RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES.
AND THEN IT ALSO HAS FIVE IMPLEMENTATION TOOL CATEGORIES THAT INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION BY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, STRATEGIC PLANNING PRIORITIES, UM, COLLABORATION, UH, LMO AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, A, A SCREEN GRAB HERE OF WHAT A ONE RECOMMENDATION SECTION, THE, THE STRATEGIES, WHAT POTENTIAL TOOLS FROM THAT CATEGORY OF FIVE TOOLS MAY BE USED, AND THEN WHAT PORTIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED FROM EACH STRATEGY.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE TYING IT TO, UM, BOTH THE A POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION POOL, UM, COMPONENT, AS WELL AS A DIRECT TIE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO MOST IMPORTANTLY TOO, ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATIONS IN ALL OF THE PLANS WILL BE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE FUTURE LAND USE TYPOLOGIES.
SO THERE WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, A COMPARISON TO, UH, EXISTING LAND USE, EXISTING ZONING, AND THEN FUTURE LAND USE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT CURRENT ZONING IS RIGHT NOW VERSUS CURRENT LAND USE.
AND THEN COMPARE IT TO WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE IS SHOWING.
UM, AND THEN IT WILL OUTLINE, UH, ADDITIONAL TYPOLOGIES.
UM, AND WITHIN THOSE TYPOLOGIES IT WILL HAVE, UM, A MENU OF USE TYPES AND SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT FORM INCLUDED WITHIN THOSE USE TYPOLOGIES.
SO THAT REALLY COVERS, UM, THE, THE SKELETON OR OUTLINE OF, OF THE PLANNED TEMPLATE.
UM, WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, A, A V ONE, IF YOU WILL, OF SKULL CREEK.
AND, UM, AND SO WE WOULD REALLY WELCOME, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK ON THIS TEMPLATE SO THAT WE CAN WORK TO FURTHER REFINE AND FINALIZE THIS FOR YOUR REVIEW IN JULY.
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UH, MISSY, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT APPROACH.THAT IS TO ADOPT A COMMON TEMPLATE, UH, IT WOULD JUST BE MUCH CLEARER TO EVERYONE ABOUT WHAT'S NECESSARY, UH, IN TERMS OF THIS DISTRICT PLANNING.
ONE COMPONENT THAT I DON'T SAY EMPHASIZE THAT MAYBE SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED MORE IS CURRENT ZONING.
I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT LAND USE, BUT CURRENT ZONING AND SUGGESTION OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ZONING, UH, IN THERE, BECAUSE TO ME, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY TOOLS, OBVIOUSLY, UH, TO ACHIEVE THE DISTRICT PLAN.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING PRODUCT.
YEAH, UH, THANKS A LOT FOR, UH, PRESENTING US WITH THIS REVISED TEMPLATE.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S FOLLOWING THE, UM, STATE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND ENABLING ACT.
I THINK THOSE ELEMENTS ARE KEY.
UM, CERTAINLY, UH, WE'LL BE DOING A COMP PLAN UPDATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND THE DISTRICT PLANNING PROBABLY WILL LEAD US TO DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
UM, SO I LIKE INCLUDING THOSE ELEMENTS.
A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS THAT I WOULD MENTION.
THE HOUSING PORTION SHOULD CERTAINLY INCLUDE A SPECIAL, UH, PARAGRAPH OR TWO ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING.
UM, I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THERE.
UM, I THINK 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT.
UM, AND LAND USE, I THINK I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT CURRENT VERSUS FUTURE LAND USE THAT'S TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN A COMP PLAN.
UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST CURRENT ON THE GROUND USE, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? UM, NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE, BUT THE TYPES OF USES.
UM, THEN THE, THE COMP PLAN ELEMENTS, THE TRANSPORTATION, I BELIEVE IT'S A BIT OUTDATED,
UM, SO I THINK INSTEAD WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT A BROADER TERM.
UH, I WOULD USE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH INCLUDES THE ROADWAY SYSTEM, UH, THE STORM WATER SEWER SYSTEM, UH, WATER AND SEWAGE, SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THERE ARE GONNA BE CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO FUTURE PLANNING IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE RESILIENCE INCLUDED, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT.
UH, WHETHER OR NOT, I CAN'T REMEMBER, IT'S IN THE STATE ACT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE UNDERGOING, UH, PREPARATION OF A RESILIENCE PLAN THAT NEEDS TO BE MARRIED AS WELL.
SO WORKFORCE HOUSING AND AND RESILIENCE PLANNING ARE TWO OTHER CURRENT THEMES THAT WE NEED TO REFLECT.
UM, THE, UM, IN YOUR, UH, COVER MEMO, UM, THERE'S SOME FORMATS FOR THE SKULL CREEK DISTRICT PLAN.
UM, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK THERE'S REALLY GOOD, I JUST QUICKLY LOOKING THROUGH IT ON AN ISLAND GATEWAY, IT'S CERTAINLY OUR ISLAND GATEWAY, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT BEING INCLUDED FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, UM, INCLUDING MULTIMODAL.
AND THAT'S WHERE I MADE THE NOTE AGAIN ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT'S THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THERE? UM, AND THEN, UM, APPROPRIATELY SCALED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT ONE TO INCLUDE, NOT JUST FOR SKULL CREEK, BUT OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
AND YOU DO HAVE LISTED, PARDON ME, WORKFORCE HOUSING THERE, UM, AND ALSO AUTHENTIC NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND CERTAINLY THE TWO NEW PARKS THAT, UM, THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO CONSTRUCT PATTERSON, UM, AND TAYLOR, UH, FAMILY PARK.
THOSE, THOSE TWO ARE GOOD EXAMPLES FOR, UM, THAT KIND OF INCLUSION IN THAT AREA.
UM, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, UM, COMPLIMENTARY, UM, OPPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESS THAT ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO SURROUNDING.
AND THEN THERE YOU DO HAVE FUTURE LAND USE PATTERNS.
SO I THINK THOSE ELEMENTS, NOT JUST FOR SKULL CREEK, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD START TO INCLUDE THOSE THAT THINKING AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE NOTES I HAD FOR TEMPLATE YOUR TURN.
SO I'M IN A UNIQUE POSITION, UM, OF OUT OF THE FOUR OF US BECAUSE I, UM, NOT ONLY REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE ISLAND THAT IS OUTSIDE THE GATES, BUT ALSO ALONG THE COASTLINE, I ALSO LIVE OUTSIDE THE GATES.
AND SO I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THAT I CAN PERSONALLY, UM, RELATE TO.
THE FIRST COMMENT YOU ALSO MADE OR DESCRIPTION WAS THAT ALL OF THIS PLANNING REGARD TO DISTRICTS, UM, AFFECTS JUST THE OUTSIDE OF THE GATES AND NOT THE UDS.
AND SOMETIMES AT LEAST IT'S BEEN MY SENSE, UM, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE AREAS
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OUTSIDE THE GATES ARE, UM, UPPER GRABS, RIGHT? WITHOUT A TRUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES, LONG HISTORIES, HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THAT ALL MAKE UP THAT AREA OF THE ISLAND.30% AS IT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO, UM, OF THE ISLAND.
IT'S MY JOB RESPONSIBILITY SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT ALL OF OURS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PARCELS OF LAND AND THE ACTIVITY AND ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THE FUTURE PROTECTS WHAT HAS BEEN THERE, ACKNOWLEDGES THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE IN THE PAST THAT MAY HAVE DISRUPTED SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANS CAREFULLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND WHO MAKE THIS, THOSE AREAS THEIR HOME.
THAT HAS TO BE THE FIRST THOUGHT IN ALL OF THE PLANNING WITH REGARD TO THEME AND CHARACTER IN EVERY LMO CHANGE THAT TAKES PLACE.
AND I'VE SAID IT, AND I JUST SAID IT AGAIN, I'VE BEEN SAYING IT, AND I WILL, I WILL BE WATCHING AND CAREFULLY LISTENING TO HOW THIS UNFOLDS.
'CAUSE I WILL PROTECT THAT 30% OF THIS OUT.
UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO NAVIGATING THE PLAN ALL THE WAY BACK? YEAH.
WHERE YOU SET IT UP, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, BASICALLY THE OUTLINE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
AND I, I MUST HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UH, I'LL, I'LL READ FROM, FROM WHAT I HAVE, UH, PLAN ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN THERE IS A BULLET POINT THAT SAYS, WHAT IS A DISTRICT PLAN? DOES THAT BEGIN TO SUGGEST AFTER THAT IS AN A BULLET POINT, DISTRICT PLANNING FOR HILTON, THAT ISLAND.
UM, THEN THERE'S A BULLET POINT FOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UH, FOLLOWED BY SKULL CREEK VISION AND DISTRICT THEME AND CHARACTER.
I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT, UH, SKULL CREEK VISION AND DISTRICT CHARACTER SHOULD BE A PART OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN A VERY CONDENSED FORM.
AND, AND, UH, THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY LOOKS AT THIS AND, UH, FLIPS THROUGH PAGES AND SEES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND VERY QUICKLY, UM, THE DIFFERENCE OF THIS DISTRICT FROM ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
SO THE VISION HAS TO BE VERY CAREFULLY, UM, VERBALIZED AND, AND I THINK THE TEST OUGHT TO BE, UM, THIS VISION APPLIED TO OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
TO WHAT EXTENT, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU SAY IN THIS DISTRICT, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, THAT CAN APPLY TO VIRTUALLY ANY OTHER DISTRICT ON THE ISLAND.
AND I'M REALLY ENCOURAGING STAFF FOCUS ON THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND BUILD ON THAT CHARACTER AND THEME SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SKULL CREEK HAVE A SENSE OF PRIDE THAT THIS IS THEIR AREA AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO ON FOR JONESVILLE AND OTHER AREAS.
AND SO THAT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SHOULD SPEAK TO THE DISTINCTIVENESS BETWEEN THIS DISTRICT AND ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, DISTRICT SWOT ANALYSIS DISTRICT EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND, AND I SEE THE SKULL CREEK VISION AND CHARACTER WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BEING A SENTENCE OR TWO, BUT FOLLOWING SWOT ANALYSIS, YOU MAY EXPAND THEME AND CHARACTER SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND TO, TO A GREATER EXTENT WHAT
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STAFF MEANS AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY MEANS BY THEME AND CHARACTER.IT'S NOT SIMPLY A SENTENCE, IT'S WHY YOU GOT TO THAT POINT.
SO THEME, THEME AND CHARACTER, UM, ARE OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH.
AND SO IT, IT COMES OUT OF RESEARCH.
IT ISN'T, UM, IT DOESN'T INFLUENCE WHAT RESEARCH HAS DONE.
UM, WELL, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST EMPHASIZE, UM, TO LOOK AT HOW THAT FORMAT IS PUT IN PLACE, UH, FOR THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
THAT'S ALL IMPORTANT IN MY OPINION.
AND THEN, AND THEN SECONDLY, MAKE SURE THE VISION AND THE THEME AND CHARACTER OF EACH DISTRICT IS PARSED DOWN TO THE POINT THAT IT TRULY IS SPEAKING TO THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER AND THEME OF THAT AREA, AS OPPOSED TO BEING SORT OF A GENERALIZED STATEMENT THAT HAS VERY LITTLE IMPORTANCE TO WHERE WE ARE GOING IN OUR STRATEGIES AND, AND, UH, INVESTMENTS IN LMO SECTIONS.
MR. CHAIR, CAN I PIGGYBACK ON YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY? I'M LOOKING AT THE PAGE FOR SKULL CREEK.
IT SAYS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UM, I'M SORRY.
UM, IT'S IN SKULL CREEK DISTRICT PLAN.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO HELP YOU OUT.
SO I, I JUST LOOKED THROUGH THOSE PARAGRAPHS A LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY.
UM, IT IN, IS THERE MORE TO THIS DRAFT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY? OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S PAGE SIX AND THEN THE NEXT ONE I SEE AND WHAT WE GOT WAS PAGE EIGHT.
UM, AS I'M HEARING, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND PART OF WHAT THE CHAIR WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UH, THE LANGUAGE I'M LOOKING AT IS MOSTLY HISTORY AND THEN IT EXPLAINS THE DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE A BULLET FORM MORE, UM, ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN INCLUDES MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL IN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
UM, RIGHT NOW, YEAH, THE SCREEN GRAB THAT WE HAD WAS JUST ONE PAGE.
IT INCLUDES, UM, SOME PARAGRAPHS ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S THEME AND CHARACTER, SOME COMMUNITY INDICATORS, AND THEN THOSE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN AS WELL.
YEAH, CERTAINLY WHEN I LOOK FOR AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, I GO TO THE BOTTOM AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? UM, AND MAYBE A CROSS REFERENCE TO THE PAGES WHERE THOSE ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED COULD LINK SOMEBODY DIRECTLY THERE.
IS THAT HELPFUL? JUST REQUEST, UM, I DON'T HAVE A HARD COPY OF THIS, SO IF WE COULD GET A HARD COPY, WE CAN GET YOU THE, THE, IT'S STILL A, A V ONE DRAFT, BUT YES, WE DO HAVE, I I UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT'D BE GREAT HELP TO HAVE IT CORRECT, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE ALL THE PAGES AND YEP, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS SIMPLY A CONSENSUS ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, BUT WE WELCOME ANY INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAAS.
IS THERE A MOTION, UM, OH, BEG PARDON? IT JUST HAS TO BE CONSENSUS AND I GET THE SENSE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING STAFF'S GENERAL DIRECTION WITH THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TODAY.
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NEW BUSINESS PRESENTATION DISCUSSION ON PRIORITY AMENDMENTS AS PART OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROJECT.WELCOME BACK, MISS, SEE
SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE TODAY ON OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE PRIORITY AMENDMENT SET.
UM, AND THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT SET HAD, UH, WAS BEFORE YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES TO REVIEW SOME OF THE TOPIC AREAS THAT WE
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WOULD LOOK TO PRIORITIZE AHEAD OF THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL.I THINK WE'VE CALLED IT PHASE FOUR, QUICK FIX PRIORITY AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND, UH, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY HOPE TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOU TODAY.
AND WE HAVE OUR DYNAMIC CODE CONSULTANT TEAM HERE THAT WILL LEAD THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, WE DID KICK OFF, UH, OUR CONSULTANT, UM, RELATIONSHIP WITH CODE STUDIO IN FEBRUARY.
SO, UM, WE ONBOARDED MID-FEBRUARY AND, UM, AND HAVE BEEN GETTING TO WORK ON, ON THIS INITIAL EFFORT, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, STRATEGIZING FOR THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL PROJECT.
UM, SO AGAIN, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE'LL FOCUS ON, UM, THIS IMPORTANT OR URGENT PRIORITY AMENDMENT ISSUES THAT, UM, WE HAD WORKED WITH YOU TO PRIORITIZE, UM, THOSE ITEMS THAT COULDN'T WAIT FOR THE FULL OVERHAUL.
UM, I WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, LEGAL REVIEW AND THE LEGAL REVIEW PROCESS.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU'RE WRITING CODE, THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO IT.
UM, CODE STUDIO IS FAMILIAR WITH LAND USE REGULATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND, UM, THEY DID ADOPT GREENVILLE'S CODE IN, UH, 2023.
AND, UM, LEGAL REVIEW FOR ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS IS COORDINATED WITH OUR TOWN ATTORNEY AND CODE STUDIO WILL BE INCORPORATING A ZONING AND LAND USE ATTORNEY, UM, TO ASSIST WITH LEGAL SERVICES WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTIE AND COLIN.
THEY'LL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR, UM, THEIR COMPANY, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, GO THROUGH THE, UH, PRIORITY AMENDMENT TOPICS, UM, AND THEN WE ARE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE AS WE FINALIZE THAT CODE.
SO IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL PRESENTATION OR ASK QUESTIONS AS THEY COME UP.
UM, I'LL DEFER TO YOUR PREFERENCE ON THAT.
UM, ANY PARTICULAR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I, MY, MY, I'LL TELL YOU MY REACTION THAT WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, PRESENTATION, LET THEM GO THROUGH THEN MAKE THE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO.
THANKS MISSY AND GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M CHRISTY DODSON, I'M WITH CODE STUDIO AND I'M JOINED BY COLIN SCARFF, WHO'S ONE OF THE FOUNDING PARTNERS OF CODE STUDIO.
AND WE HAVE DENISE GRABOWSKI IN THE BACK WITH SYMBIO.
SHE IS ONE OF OUR PARTNER FIRMS IN THIS EFFORT ON OUR TEAM, AND SHE IS THINKING ABOUT AND STRATEGIZING A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO DATE, AND UM, AS YOU MENTIONED MR. AMES, WE WILL, UM, HOLD QUESTIONS TILL THE END, BUT IF SOMETHING COMES UP THAT YOU REALLY WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, JUST STOP ME AND WE WILL, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, SO CODE STUDIO WAS FOUNDED IN 2006.
WE HAVE OFFICES IN AUSTIN, ATLANTA, AND LA UM, I'M JUST UP THE ROAD DIRECTING THE ATLANTA OFFICE AND WE REALLY THINK ABOUT CODES AND PLANS, UH, THAT ARE PARTICULAR TO EACH COMMUNITY.
SO WE THINK ABOUT BOTH PLANS AND HOW THEY GET IMPLEMENTED INTO CODES WHERE THEY'RE YIELDING VIBRANT MIXED USE PLACES.
WE THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT URBAN INFILL OR REDEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE SOME REDEVELOPMENT SITES ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN LMO THAT ADDRESSES THOSE DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, UM, THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED ON CODES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN MANY DIFFERENT CONTEXTS AND COMMUNITIES OF VARIOUS SIZES RANGING FROM VERY SMALL RURAL, UM, UP TO VERY URBAN PLACES.
AND WE LIKE TO THINK OF OUR CODES AS BEING, UM, ADOPTABLE.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE A CODE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR YOU AND RIGHT SIZE FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE USER FRIENDLY SO THEY'RE EASY TO ADMINISTER, EASIER FOR FOLKS TO USE.
UM, AND WE TRY, WE TAKE AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH THAT IS UNIQUE.
SO WE DON'T TAKE A STRATEGY FROM ONE PLACE AND APPLY IT HERE AND WE LIKE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO YOU.
TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF CONTEXT FOR HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE LMO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS TODAY.
SO AS MISSY MENTIONED, THESE ARE IMPORTANT URGENT ISSUES AND WE FEEL LIKE THESE CANNOT NECESSARILY WAIT FOR THE FULL LMO UPDATE.
THESE ARE, UM, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT YOU'RE SEEING COMING THROUGH THE PLANNING DESK TODAY.
WE ARE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY THINKING ABOUT THE CODE AUDIT AND BLUEPRINT.
AND SO THAT IS GONNA LAY OUT THE STRATEGY FOR, UM, THE FULL LMO REWRITE THAT INCLUDES COORDINATION WITH THE DISTRICT PLANS THAT YOU ALL WERE JUST DISCUSSING.
UM, SO WHAT THOSE LAND USE CATEGORIES ARE IS GONNA BE VITALLY IMPORTANT AND HOW WE BUILD TOOLS IN THE LMO THAT COULD THEN IMPLEMENT THOSE LAND USE CATEGORIES, UM, ONCE THEY'RE MAPPED AND ON THE GROUND.
UM, WE ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT ISSUES FOR THE FULL LMO UPDATE THAT ARE, UM, BIGGER ISSUES THAT HAVE, UM, FAR RANGING
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INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE LMO.UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS VERSUS SOMETHING THAT'S A FULL LMO UPDATE, WE ARE ISOLATING PRIORITY AMENDMENTS TO THINGS THAT, UM, ARE SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE FIXES THAT ARE URGENT, AND THEN ITEMS THAT HAVE MUCH BROADER IMPLICATIONS AND NEED, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CODE.
AND TO WORK AS A SYSTEM, WE WANNA SAVE THAT FOR THE FULL LMO BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING ALL OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNINTENDED OUTCOMES.
UM, SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT IN THE CODE AUDIT AND BLUEPRINT PROCESS AND WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THOSE ITEMS IN THE FULL LMO UPDATE AS WE GO THROUGH THESE TOPICS.
WE'RE GONNA GET PRETTY WEEDSY.
UM, SO A WAY TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING EACH OF THESE.
WE ARE ARRANGING THESE INTO THREE TOPICS THAT ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER.
SO EVERYTHING IN EACH OF THOSE TOPICS REALLY WORK AS A SYSTEM.
WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE KEY ISSUES, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE IN, IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT PHASE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE APPROACH.
WE KNOW THAT THE KEY ISSUES, UM, WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE IN THE PRIOR AMENDMENTS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES MAY NEED TO WAIT FOR THE FULL LMO.
SO WE'LL OUTLINE WHICH, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS WE ANTICIPATE TAKING NOW VERSUS WHAT SHOULD WAIT FOR THE FULL LMO UPDATE.
AND WE'LL ALSO TRY TO IDENTIFY WI WHICH OF THESE AMENDMENTS ARE RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER, AGAIN, MINIMIZING THOSE UNINTENDED OUTCOMES.
IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER, WE ARE THINKING OF THESE REGULATIONS AS A SYSTEM.
UM, NONE OF THESE OPERATE IN ISOLATION AND I WILL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN THOSE IN PARTICULAR WORK TOGETHER.
UM, SO WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE URGENT, URGENT ISSUES IN THE PARTY AMENDMENTS, AND WHEN THEY HAVE MORE COMPLEXITY, WE WANNA SAVE THOSE FOR THE LMO TO GET THE ANALYSIS RIGHT.
THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SMALL, MORE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, THESE DO OCCUR IN MANY PARTS OF THE LMO AND ALSO THE TOWN CODE.
UM, SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT WHERE THAT HAPPENS IN THE LMO AND THEN ALSO WHICH ITEMS EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE LMO AND OTHER PARTS OF, OF YOUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
UM, AND REALLY EMPHASIZING THAT THESE AMENDMENTS DO WORK TOGETHER SO WE CAN'T CHANGE ONE THING, UM, AND NOT CHANGE SOMETHING ELSE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THOSE UNINTENDED OUTCOMES.
SO WE, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS THESE PARTY AMENDMENTS MOVE FORWARD, WE UNDERSTAND WHICH OF THEM ARE VITAL TO BE GROUPED TOGETHER.
SO THE TOPICS WE'LL DISCUSS, UM, THERE ARE THREE SPECIFIC BUCKETS.
THE FIRST IS GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
SO THESE HAVE TO DO WITH MORE OF THE ENFORCEMENT AND THEN AND DAY-TO-DAY USE OF THE CODE.
SO AS PLANNING STAFF AND YOUR BUILDING PERMIT REVIEWERS ARE GOING THROUGH THE CODE, UM, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT THEY COME UP WITH FAIRLY ON A DAILY BASIS AND THEY'RE ADMINISTRATIVE.
THEY COVER SCIENCE STANDARDS SHORT TERM, PARTICULARLY SHORT TERM RENTAL ENFORCEMENT FINES AND PENALTIES.
SO SHORT TERM RENTAL, THAT ISSUE IS BROKEN APART INTO TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
IN TOPIC ONE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT AND FINES AND PENALTIES IN PARTICULAR, AND THEN TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS, THAT REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
TOPIC TWO HAS TO DO WITH BETTER OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT MAJOR DPR AND MAJOR SUBDIVISION REVIEW PROCESS, COMMON OPEN SPACE, SOME DEFINITIONS THERE.
YOUR TREE PROTECTION STANDARDS, SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, SINGLE FAMILY MASS AND SCALE AND SINGLE FAMILY PARKING.
AND TOPIC THREE ARE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. SO THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN A PRIORITY AMENDMENT SET, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE QUITE COMPLEX AND THEY'RE GONNA REQUIRE MORE ANALYSIS.
AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THESE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE FULL LMO.
BUT WE DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE'VE HEARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE ARE SORT OF HOT TOPICS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, SO FOOD TRUCKS AND SHORT TERMINAL PARKING AND OCCUPANCY.
SO THAT'S THE SECOND PIECE OF HOW SHORT TERMINAL'S BEEN BROKEN APART.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? I'LL DIVE INTO TOPIC ONE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ITEMS, SIGN STANDARDS.
THE KEY ISSUE HERE IS THAT YOUR SCIENCE STANDARDS AS THEY EXIST TODAY, ARE NOT CONSIDERED CONTENT NEUTRAL.
THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL LAW BASED ON SOME CASE CASE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HANDLED DOWN.
UM, AND IN THE SHORT TERM, IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD FIX.
WE RECOMMEND UPDATING THOSE REGULATIONS SO THAT THEY ARE CONTENT NEUTRAL IN THE LONGER TERM.
THE FULL LMO REWRITE, WE ARE GONNA THINK ABOUT THE USABILITY OF THAT SECTION.
UM, SO WE'LL THINK ABOUT ADDING GRAPHICS, ADDING CLARITY SO THAT THERE'S EASIER ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCIENCE STANDARDS, FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD SHORT TERM RENTAL ENFORCEMENT FINES AND PENALTIES.
SO THE ISSUE TODAY IS DO YOU DO NOT HAVE A GREAT MECHANISM FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT, UM, ISN'T THROUGH A CRIMINAL CITATION? UM, YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PATH IN ORDER TO BRING FOLKS INTO COMPLIANCE, AND IT'S WHETHER THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND OPERATING WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT OR THEY'RE, UM, VIOLATING SOME OF YOUR OTHER STANDARDS.
THINGS LIKE PARKING, UM, OR HAVING ISSUES WITH TRASH NOISE WHEN COMPLAINTS COME IN.
THERE ISN'T A GREAT MECHANISM THAT EXISTS ON THE BOOKS TODAY, UH, TO TAKE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PATH TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK
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OF ADMINISTRATIVE FINES.SO THAT'S NOT A CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CITATION, IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE FINE, AND THEY CAN ESCALATE TO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DON'T COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH REPEAT OFFENDERS.
IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, PARTICULAR PROPERTIES THAT TEND TO BE ISSUES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT FINING FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS OF THE STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR SHORT TERMINAL RENTAL ORDINANCE.
UM, SO IT'S PUTTING THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FINE REGIME IN PLACE, AND WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FINE MECHANISM FOR OPERATING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS.
UM, SO THIS GETS TO SOMETHING THAT MISSY ACTUALLY REFERENCED IN THE DISTRICT PLANS, UM, THAT TODAY YOUR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS IS ACTUALLY CALLED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
UM, AND, AND THAT DOESN'T ENCOMPASS THE MULTIMODAL NATURE OF A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
UM, AND SO WE THINK ABOUT THE NAMING OF THAT SO THAT IT'S MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE HERE ON THE ISLAND.
UM, YOU'RE ALSO MISSING A LOT OF MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ANALYSIS, SO IT'S NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
AND THAT ALSO MEANS WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTING MITIGATION OPTIONS THAT THAT MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS AS, UM, MAYBE WOULD BE, UH, BEST PRACTICE WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL NATURE OF WHAT THE, UM, THE ISLAND IS AND WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BE.
SO WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SHORT TERM? UM, SIMPLY CHANGING THE NAME OF THAT ANALYSIS.
SO IT IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF, UH, THE, THE MULTIMODAL APPROACH FROM TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS AND INCLUDING THE MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ANALYSIS.
SO WHAT BIKE PATHS MAY EXIST ALONG THE PROPERTY SIDEWALKS, UM, HOW PEOPLE MAY COME AND GO FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER WAYS OUTSIDE OF A SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE.
UM, ALSO MORE OPTIONS FOR TRAFFIC MITIGATION THAT ACCOUNT FOR A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO PLACE FOR YOUR TOWN'S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND JUST OTHERWISE EXPANDING THOSE OPTIONS TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE MORE, UM, MULTIMODAL APPROACHES THAT ALREADY EXIST ON THE ISLAND IN THE FULL LMO.
UM, SO THESE ARE A BIT FURTHER REACHING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE, UM, WE ARE EXPLORING SOME, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF UPDATING THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.
SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF CURB CUTS.
SO SOMEBODY ACCESSES A PROPERTY THAT CAN HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE FLOW OF PEOPLE, UM, ABILITY TO MOVE ALONG THE PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S, UM, ON THE STREET OR ON A BIKE PATH.
WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE DRIVEWAYS INTERSECTING IT, IT CAN, UM, CAUSE A LOT OF CONFLICT AND SOME DANGEROUS OUTCOMES.
SO WE WANNA THINK ABOUT THOSE ACCESS STANDARDS AND HOW YOU'RE MANAGING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
ALSO EXPLORING, REDUCING THE THRESHOLD FOR WHEN A DEVELOPER WOULD NEED TO SUBMIT A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS AND TO GIVE YOU A, A PIECE OF INFORMATION AS YOU CONSIDER WHAT THAT LOWERING OF THRESHOLD MAY BE.
WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THAT LOWERING? IT WOULD, UM, HAVE IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY FIVE PROJECTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
AND SO THAT THOSE WOULD RANGE FROM USES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS THAT MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED BY THAT RESTAURANT, SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE LARGER OR MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS.
UM, SO ABOUT FIVE MORE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS PROCESS FROM THE PAST FIVE YEARS IF THAT THRESHOLD WERE TO BE LOWERED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING IN THE FULL REWRITE ONTO TOPIC TWO.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE, THE BIGGEST BATCH OF ITEMS, UM, AND THEY ARE VERY INTERRELATED IN PARTICULAR.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO, TO, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT EACH OF THESE ITEMS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ONE ANOTHER.
SO BETTER SUBDIVISION OUTCOMES, PARTICULARLY FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAJOR DPR, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW AND MAJOR SUBDIVISION REVIEW PROCESSES.
THE KEY PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC PROCESS FOR MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS TO INFORM RESIDENTS EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
SO FOLKS GET SURPRISED WHEN THERE'S DIRT MOVING AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INFORMED OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING NEXT DOOR TO THEM.
UM, SO IN THE, IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT, SO IN THE SHORT TERM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE, UM, PROCEDURES BE REVISED SO THAT A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH TOWN STAFF IS REQUIRED.
UM, SO THAT DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE TO COME IN WITH A PROPOSAL, MEET WITH STAFF, TALK THROUGH WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD BE AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, AS WELL AS A PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING.
AND THAT REALLY GETS INTO THAT ADVANCED PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FULL LMO.
UM, AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF EVERY LMO UPDATE PROCESS.
WE LIKE TO DO A DEEP DIVE IN ALL OF THE PROCESSES AND WORKFLOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT PROJECTS ARE GETTING THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY.
UM, SO PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, WE WANNA HAVE, UM, A HIGHER LEVEL OF REVIEW AND, UM, POTENTIALLY MORE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THOSE.
UM, AND THEN SMALLER PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A MORE STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO WE WANNA RIGHTSIZE WHAT THOSE REVIEW PROCESSES ARE AND SO THAT THAT ANALYSIS AND THAT REVIEW WILL HAPPEN DURING THE FULL LMO UPDATE.
I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, COMMON OPEN SPACE AND TREE PROTECTION.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED, UM, AND ARE REVIEWED TODAY, BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE
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CONNECTED WITH THOSE OTHER UPDATES, COMMON OPEN SPACE.UM, SO THE KEY ISSUE HERE IS THAT IN NEWER RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE OPEN SPACE TENDS TO BE SMALLER REMNANTS OF LAND.
UM, THEY'RE JUST THESE SORT OF PIECES THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THE TYPICAL AND INCONSISTENT SUBDIVISION OF LAND.
UM, IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY WELL CONNECTED TO OTHER OPEN SPACE OR ACCESSIBLE FROM PATHWAYS.
UM, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, TEND TO BE SORT OF ON THE EDGES OF THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE NOT USABLE OR SEEMINGLY INTENTIONAL AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY RESPOND TO SOME NATURAL FEATURES ON THE SITE, LIKE SIGNIFICANT TREE STANDS OR WETLANDS.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THE DETENTION PONDS AND NATURAL WATER BODIES, THOSE COUNT TOWARD COMMON OPEN SPACE TODAY.
UM, BUT UNLESS THEY'RE AMENITIZED IN A PARTICULAR WAY, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT REALLY USABLE OPEN SPACE AS IT WAS INTENDED, UM, IN THE DRAFTING OF THAT CODE.
SO WHAT ARE WE RECOMMENDING? UM, A REALLY SIMPLE ADMINISTRATIVE CLARIFICATION IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A CLEAR DEFINITION FOR OPEN SPACE AND COMMON OPEN SPACE AND COMMON OPEN SPACE BEING THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC DESIGN CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IN THESE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.
ALSO, ADDING CLARIFYING LANGUAGE AND SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS THAT RESULT IN THE HIGHER QUALITY DESIGN AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE FUNCTIONAL AND MEANINGFUL OPEN SPACE THAT GETS TO THAT USABILITY PIECE.
MAKING SURE THAT SOMEONE CAN MOVE FROM ONE OPEN SPACE TO ANOTHER, IT'S USABLE, UM, AND IT FEELS LIKE AN AMENITY IN THAT SUBDIVISION.
IT'S NOT JUST A REMNANT OF LAND ON THE EDGE IN THE FULL UPDATE.
UM, ONE THING WE DO WANNA LOOK AT AND DO SOME ANALYSIS OF EXISTING BUILT PATTERNS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT 16% IS THAT THE RIGHT NUMBER THAT MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED.
AND SO WE WANNA LOOK AT SOME GOOD OUTCOMES OF SUBDIVISION, SOME OUTCOMES THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE AGAIN, AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT NUMBER IS RIGHT SIZED.
UH, AND THAT MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED A BIT.
ANOTHER EXPLORING DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPEN SPACE.
SO RIGHT NOW, COMMON OPEN SPACE IS SORT OF ONE THING.
THERE'S ONE SET OF DESIGN CRITERIA, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPEN SPACES.
SO YOU MAY HAVE, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE PASSIVE, SOMETHING THAT IS GREENER IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE LIKE A PLAZA OR A COURTYARD AND SOME ALONG SOME OF YOUR CORRIDORS IN YOUR MIXED USE AREAS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STANDARDS THAT RESPOND TO THOSE CONTEXTS.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, UM, AND THE REVIEW OF COURSE OF THIS PROCESSES AND TREE PROTECTION.
SO HOW CAN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING TREES AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING QUALITY OPEN SPACE.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE INTERRELATED.
UM, SPEAKING OF TREE PROTECTION, UH, ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES HERE IS THAT TREES ARE BEING REMOVED DURING DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
UM, SO PART OF THAT IS THERE'S A NEED TO UPDATE THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENT.
SO WHAT IS THAT PLANT BACKER REQUIREMENT? UM, AND ALSO THE NATIVE PLANTING LIST.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S FLEXIBILITY AS REVIEW COMES IN THAT, UM, THE RIGHT TYPES OF TREES AND SHRUBS ARE PLANTED IN THE RIGHT PLACES, DEPENDING ON SHADE, DEPENDING ON WATER, UM, HOW CLOSE IT IS TO DIFFERENT TIDAL MARSHES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING PLANTS THAT WILL ACTUALLY THRIVE AND BE A LONG TERM RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY SO YOU CAN, UM, MAINTAIN AND EVEN, UM, GROW YOUR CANOPY OVER TIME.
SO IN THE SHORT TERM, UM, WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS UPDATING THAT MITIGATION REQUIREMENT, SO THAT PLANT BACK REQUIREMENT AND THE SIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO PLANT BACK.
LARGER PLANTS TEND TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE A BIT BETTER, UPDATING THE LIST OF NATIVE PLANTS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A, A GOOD SPECTRUM OF OPTIONS FOR FOLKS THAT, THAT ARE NATIVE AND THAT WILL THRIVE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
ALSO, ADDING SOME DEFINITIONS FOR TERMS THAT ARE JUST MISSING FROM YOUR CURRENT REGULATIONS THAT, UM, STAFF HAS, HAS SOME ISSUES WITH ADMINISTERING THE CODE, SO CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS AND ALSO INCREASING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TREES THAT MUST PRE BE PRESERVED.
UM, THE WAY THAT THAT WOULD BE DONE WOULD BE BY REDUCING THE DIAMETER BREAST HEIGHT, UM, FOR OAKS THAT SHOULD BE PRESERVED, SO REQUIRING THAT SMALLER SIZE TREES BE PROTECTED DURING THE REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE FULL UPDATE THAT WE FEEL ARE, UM, A BIT LARGER OF CHANGES.
UM, ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IS THE TWO CLASSIFICATION OF TREES.
SO A SPECIMEN VERSUS A SIGNIFICANT TREE WITH A MORE SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM.
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION THERE.
SO ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE IS, IS THERE A SIMPLER WAY TO GET AT THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU WANNA SEE? UM, SO THINKING ABOUT THAT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, UM, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, REALLY EXPLORING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN TREE PROTECTION AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND OPEN SPACES.
SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS CAN REALLY WORK TOGETHER IN TANDEM.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA INCENTIVIZE WHERE YOU ARE PRESERVING TREES THAT BENEFITS YOU FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN AN ISLAND COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ALSO CREATING QUALITY OPEN SPACES.
SO HOW DO WE BUILD REGULATIONS AROUND INCENTIVIZING ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THIS IS CONNECTED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND COMMON OPEN SPACE.
SO WHAT ARE THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION STANDARDS THAT ARE, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH? ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES WE'VE SEEN, UM, IS THAT NEWER RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS TEND TO HAVE LARGER
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HOMES ON SMALLER LOTS.THAT MEANS IT'S LIMITING THE USABLE OPEN SPACE.
UM, IT'S CAUSING SOME ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THINGS LIKE BULK AND SCALE AND PARKING.
UM, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT.
AND THEY TEND TO HAVE UNIFORM DESIGNS AND THE LOT LAYOUTS.
AND SO THAT IS IN CONTRAST TO SOME OF YOUR OLDER OR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT TEND TO HAVE A VARIETY OF, UM, DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LOT SIZES, AND THEY CAN RESPOND TO THE LANDSCAPE A BIT BETTER.
UM, SO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER WRITE STANDARDS THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT, UM, AND EVEN REQUIRE THAT.
AND THEN SOME OF THE ISSUES YOU ARE SEEING ARE EXACERBATED BY THE, THE MARKET APPEAL OF SHORT TERMINALS.
SO WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE VERY INTERCONNECTED.
UM, THERE, THERE IS A MARKET APPEAL TO CREATING THESE SUBDIVISIONS AS QUICKLY AND SIMPLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN GET ON THE SHORT TERMINAL MARKET.
UH, SO WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM? UM, THE KEY THING HERE THAT I WILL SAY THIS IS, THIS IS A BIG SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT HAS FAR REACHING IMPLICATIONS IN THE CODE.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE GONNA THINK ABOUT IN THE FULL LMO REWRITE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN URGENT ISSUE.
SO ONE OF THE MOST LOW HANGING FRUIT ITEMS THAT WE FEEL LIKE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES TODAY FROM A PARTY AMENDMENT PERSPECTIVE IS APPLYING LOT COVERAGE TO ALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY.
SO TODAY SINGLE FAMILY IS EXEMPT FROM LOT COVERAGE AND THAT DOES A REALLY KEY THING.
IT HELPS BALANCE THAT BUILT AND OPEN SPACE BY CONTROLLING THE DENSITY AND INTENSITY OF LAND USES.
UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS TIES IN, IN PARTICULAR WITH SINGLE FAMILY BULK AND MASS AND PARKING THIS LOT COVERAGE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, IT PRESERVES PERIAL SPACES, SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENT, YOU ARE PRESERVING, UM, PERVIOUS SURFACE ON YOUR LOT.
UM, AND IT ALSO REDUCES FLOOD RISK AND YOUR NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION.
THIS TIES IN WITH TREE PROTECTION, USABLE OPEN SPACE, UM, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS, UM, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO A LOT COVERAGE IS REQUIRING THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY INTERNAL TO THE SUBDIVISION.
SO MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS CAN MOVE INTO THIS, THE SUBDIVISION.
AND THEN TWO THINGS LIKE OPEN SPACE, THAT THERE IS THAT, UM, PEDESTRIAN AMENITY LIKE YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITH YOUR AMAZING BIKE PATHS.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN THE FULL LMO UPDATE? UM, WE WANNA DO A, A, UM, FULL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF OTHER TOOLS AND REGULATIONS THAT YOU CAN USE THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TODAY.
THAT CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE MINIMUM LOT STANDARDS, SO MINIMUM LOT WIDTHS, MINIMUM LOT AREAS.
UM, AND THOSE CAN BE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS CAN RESPOND TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE KNOW THAT IN SOME AREAS YOU HAVE SMALLER LOTS WITH SMALLER BUILDINGS AND SOME AREAS YOU HAVE LARGER, LOTS WITH BIGGER BUILDINGS.
AND SO WE CAN BUILD TOOLS THAT RIGHT SIZE, BOTH THE LOT SIZE AND THE BUILDING THAT EXISTS ON THAT, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS.
UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS THAT WE'VE USED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND SO WE WANNA THINK ABOUT IF THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE HERE IN THE FULL REWRITE AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT THOSE NEW DISTRICTS.
ANOTHER IS JUST IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, PARKING, OPEN SPACE AND BUFFERS.
WE KNOW BUFFERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND GETTING THAT LANDSCAPE AND THAT ISLAND CHARACTER THAT IS UNIQUE TO HILTON HEAD, UM, IT'S A BIG PIECE OF REFLECTING THOSE BETTER OUTCOMES.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UM, THOSE DISTRICT REGULATIONS THAT ARE REGULATING BULK AND MASS ARE WORKING WITH YOUR SITE STANDARDS THAT ARE WORKING WITH YOUR PARKING, THAT ALL THE PIECES OF LMO ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, EVALUATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS WITH SOMETHING THAT, UM, GOES A BIT MORE INTO THE ARCHITECTURAL BUCKET.
AND THOSE ARE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AND SO THAT COULD START TO IMPROVE THE DESIGN, THE QUALITY, AND THE VARIETY OF A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE A DESIGN GUIDELINE THAT, UM, GOES BEYOND MORE OF A REGULATORY DOCUMENT.
THAT ZONING WOULD BE INTO SOMETHING THAT IS A GUIDELINE, LIKE A DESIGN, UM, DESIGN GUIDELINE, SINGLE FAMILY MASS AND SCALE.
UM, SO THIS TIES IN AGAIN WITH THOSE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ISSUES.
SO NEW HOUSES TEND TO BE OUT OF SCALE WITH EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, NOT ALWAYS, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES AND THAT THIS LARGELY IS BEING DRIVEN BY YOUR DEMAND FOR SHORT TERMINAL PROPERTIES.
UM, THIS HAS RESULTED IN IN HIGH LOT COVERAGE, LIMITED PARKING, STORM WATER RUNOFF.
UM, SO THESE SHOULD START TO SOUND FAMILIAR BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
SHORT TERM RENTAL, SINGLE FAMILY PARKING SUBDIVISION.
UM, SO HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN THE PARTY AMENDMENT? UM, THIS REALLY TIES BACK TO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LOT STANDARDS.
WE ALSO WANNA THINK ABOUT BUILDING STANDARDS, UM, IN THE FULL LMO UPDATE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TODAY TO REGULATE MASS AND SCALE.
SOME AREAS YOU HAVE FAR, NOT ALL AREAS.
THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS LIKE BUILDING HEIGHT, BUILDING WIDTH, UM, THAT COULD BE UTILIZED IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE USING FAR ACROSS THE WHOLE ISLAND.
UM, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BIG FULL LMO ANALYSES AND, UM, CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE WORK ON THINKING ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM, WE FEEL
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LIKE THAT JUST APPLYING THAT LOT COVERAGE TO SINGLE FAMILY COULD HAVE A HUGELY BENEFICIAL IMPACT IN CONTROLLING SINGLE FAMILY MASS AND SCALE.UM, IT DOES A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE BUILDINGS AREN'T SO OUT OF CONTEXT AND IT CONTROLS SOME OF THE ISSUES OF STORMWATER AND SOME OF THE ISSUES OF PARKING THAT YOU MAY BE HAVING.
UM, SO THAT IS THE SAME RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, BUT IT ALSO APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY MASS AND SCALE.
BUT OTHER TOOLS ARE MORE OF A FULL LMO UPDATE RECOMMENDATION.
WE DO A LOT MORE THINKING ABOUT THAT SINGLE FAMILY PARKING.
UM, AGAIN, TIED IN WITH THE PREVIOUS ISSUES, YOU HAVE HIGH OCCUPANCY SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND YOU TEND TO HAVE SOME SPILLOVER ISSUES.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME GOOGLE STREET VIEWS THAT WE TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF.
UM, ONE WHERE YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY PARKING THAT IS IMPACTING A LOT OF YOUR LANDSCAPING CLOSE TO THE STREET.
UM, REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY THAT HIGH LOT COVERAGE, THAT LARGE BUILDING ON A SMALL LOT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE, UM, A ONE IN ONE OF YOUR PLAN DEVELOPMENTS.
THE THE BUILDING IS A BIT SMALLER SCALE IN COMPARISON TO THE LOT, AND SO THE PARKING CAN BE FURTHER INTO THE SITE.
UM, HAVING LESS IMPACT ON YOUR LANDSCAPING, YOUR STREETS, YOUR STORM WATER.
UM, AND REALLY IT'S THAT NEED OF BALANCING ADEQUATE SPACE FOR PARKING THAT IS IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S BALANCED WITH LOT COVERAGE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR PARKING AT THE EXPENSE OF PAVING AN ENTIRE LOT BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE MASSIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR STORM WATER AND FLOODING.
SO THOSE TWO ISSUES, UM, ARE A BIT AT ODDS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THEY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE BULK OF THE BUILDING, THE AMOUNT OF THE LOT YOU'RE PAVING, UM, AND THE PARKING THAT'S BEING PROVIDED.
THOSE REALLY NEED TO BE RIGHT-SIZED WITH ONE ANOTHER IMPORTANT DEFINITION, THIS IS WEEDSY, BUT AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, UH, THE MINIMUM PARKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY TODAY IS TWO PER DWELLING UNIT, PLUS ADDITIONAL SPACES BASED ON GROSS FLOOR AREA.
UM, THOSE ADDITIONAL SPACES ON GROSS FLOOR AREA DIFFERS BETWEEN THE OVERLY DISTRICTS AND YOUR BASE DISTRICTS.
A SINGLE FAMILY DEFINITION IS A FREESTANDING STRUCTURE CONTAINING ONE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT.
MORE THAN ONE IS CONSIDERED MULTI-FAMILY.
A DWELLING UNIT IS A BUILDING OR PORTION OF A BUILDING WITH COMPLETE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES FOR FAMILY, INCLUDING LIVING, SLEEPING, EATING, COOKING, AND SANITATION.
UM, SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS OF ALL OF THESE AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THINGS LIKE SHORT TERMINAL, THESE DEFINITIONS WILL BE IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.
SO WHAT ARE WE RECOMMENDING? UM, IN THE SHORT TERM? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK ON IS CREATING A CONSISTENT STANDARD FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL BASED DISTRICTS AND YOUR OVERLY DISTRICTS.
RIGHT NOW, YOUR OVERLY DISTRICTS HAVE A MORE STRICT PARKING REGULATION, AND THAT MAY MAKE SENSE TO APPLY ISLAND WIDE.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
IT COULD HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH PARKING IN THE SHORT TERM.
UM, IN THE FULL LMO, WE DO WANT TO CONSIDER A, THE REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN REGULATIONS FOR LARGE PARKING AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH LARGER HOUSES.
SO HOW ARE WE BUFFERING AND SCREENING THAT FROM NEIGHBORS? HOW ARE WE BUFFERING AND SCREENING THAT FROM THE STREET? UM, ARE WE REQUIRING THAT THAT AREA BE PERVIOUS IF IT'S ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT? AGAIN, IT'S GETTING BACK TO THAT ISSUE OF BALANCING LOT COVERAGE WITH PROVIDING ENOUGH PARKING.
ALSO EXPLORING CONNECTING PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITH THE OCCUPANCY OF DWELLING UNITS AS SHORT-TERM RENTALS SPECIFICALLY, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF, UM, A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE HAVING.
I'LL BRIEFLY COVER A TOPIC THREE, WHICH ARE MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.
I AGAIN, WILL REMIND YOU THESE ARE TOPICS THAT WE UNDERSTAND ARE ISSUES IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PRETTY BROAD IMPLICATIONS, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THEY BE ADDRESSED IN THE FULL LMO UPDATE.
THE FIRST OF THESE IS FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, SO STAFF RECENTLY MODIFIED THE OPEN AIR SALES BUSINESS LICENSE.
IT'S A CURRENT APPLICATION PROCESS.
UM, THERE'S AN ENFORCEMENT POLICY THAT THEY HAVE CREATED AROUND THIS AND IT REALLY HAS RESOLVED A LOT OF THE SHORT TERM ISSUES THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW TO REVIEW AND HOW TO REGULATE FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, SO THAT THERE IS A SITE PLAN PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN INACTIVE FOR FOOD TRUCKS, UM, WHICH DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IT MAKES SURE THAT THE FOOD TRUCK HAS A SITE PLAN AND, AND THE MINIMUM CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET.
SO STAFF HAS A MECHANISM IN ORDER TO REVIEW THAT.
UM, IT ALSO HAS A NOTICE OF ACTION, AND SO THAT INCLUDES CONDITIONS.
SO STAFF CAN ATTACH CONDITIONS FOR THAT SITE PLAN THAT, UM, MAKE SURE THOSE FOOD DRUGS AREN'T HAVING IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
AND IT ALSO MEANS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS SENT A LIST OF APPROVED FOOD TRUCKS.
AND SO THAT MEANS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN GO AROUND AND ACTUALLY ENFORCE THOSE CONDITIONS AND ENFORCE THOSE STANDARDS ON FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO NEED CLEAR DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ON IS IN THE FUTURE, UM, LMO OR TOWN CODE UPDATE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW FOOD TRUCKS, UM, EXIST IN A VARIETY OF CONTEXT AND WHETHER WE NEED DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR HOW THOSE FOOD TRUCKS MAY, UM, BE EMPLOYED.
THE FIRST IS FOOD TRUCKS ON VACANT LAND.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE FOOD TRUCK ON AN UNDEVELOPED PARCEL.
YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT, UM, AROUND
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THE COMMUNITY TODAY.THE NEXT IS FOOD TRUCKS ON A DEVELOPED SITE.
SO THIS IS FOOD TRUCKS ALMOST AS AN ACCESSORY USE.
UM, SO SAY A BREWERY, UM, THEY MAY HAVE FOOD TRUCKS COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, SERVE LUNCH, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A KITCHEN IN THE BREWERY, THEY'RE HAVING FOOD TRUCKS COME ON SITE AS AN ACCESSORY TO THAT PRIMARY USE.
UM, ANOTHER IS A FOOD TRUCK COURT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS A, A PARCEL WHERE A LOT OF FOOD TRUCKS MAY COME, UM, ON A CONTINUAL BASIS AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A FOOD HALL, BUT WITH FOOD TRUCKS INSTEAD OF A FOOD HALL.
UM, SO HOW WOULD WE HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? DO WE WANNA ALLOW IT DISALLOW IT? SO THINKING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE.
UM, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT MAY HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AS A TEMPORARY USE, SO THEY'RE JUST COMING OUT FOR A FESTIVAL OR, UM, MAYBE A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN ROAMING FOOD TRUCKS THAT JUST WILL CROP UP ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CONSISTENT.
UM, SO WE DO WANNA THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT INSTANCES AND HOW WE MAY REGULATE AND ALLOW OR DISALLOW THOSE PARTICULAR TYPES IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS THE SECOND PIECE, SHORT TERMINAL, THE PARKING AND OCCUPANCY.
SO WE KNOW THAT, UM, THIS IS A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT HAS IMPACTS ON A LOT OF THE OTHER REGULATIONS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN PARTICULAR LOT COVERAGE BULK AND SCALE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
UM, SO IT DOES HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE LMO.
WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES THOUGH? SHORTTERM TERMINAL PROPERTIES CAN INCONVENIENCE PERMANENT RESIDENTS.
SO THERE ARE OFTEN CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING, NOISE, POLLUTION, TRASH COLLECTION, UM, LIGHT INTRUSION, OTHER CONSEQUENCES.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MANAGE THE, WE MAY NEED TO MANAGE THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, UM, DUE TO LIMITED PARKING.
SO HOW ARE WE BALANCING NOT JUST THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO HOW MANY CARS CAN YOU GET ON THAT PARCEL? UM, AND ARE THERE ENOUGH SPACES FOR THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS THAT THAT PARTICULAR SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS ADVERTISING FOR? AND SO GETTING THAT BALANCE RIGHT IS IMPORTANT IN MITIGATING THOSE PARKING ISSUES.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
AND THAT HAS TENDED TO SKEW THE RENTAL AND HOMEOWNER MARKET AND HAS CREATED SOME CHALLENGES WITH INCREASING PERMANENT RESIDENTS.
UM, SO WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT BALANCE AND THAT IMPACT ON YOUR HOUSING MARKET.
UM, AND THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT PROPOSAL POLICY CHANGES WILL ASSIST IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGULATIONS YOU HAVE TODAY.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE PRETTY GOOD REGULATIONS TODAY AND A LOT OF THE, UM, ISSUES THAT HAVE COME ABOUT ARE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A GREAT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM.
AND SO JUST BEING ABLE TO EVEN ENFORCE THE POLICY YOU HAVE IN PLACE TODAY WILL HAVE A, UM, POSITIVE IMPACT ON SOME OF THE MORE PROBLEMATIC PROPERTIES AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD THE NEXT VERSION AND AN EVEN BETTER SET OF STANDARDS BE IN THE FULL LMO UPDATE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE INTERCONNECTED ISSUES.
UM, AND I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER THE ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE FOR THE PRIORITY AMENDMENT.
UM, AND MISSY CAN SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL TO THIS, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING FINALIZING THE CODE TEXT THROUGH JUNE AND THEN IT WILL GO THROUGH LEGAL REVIEW IN JULY.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE THE AUGUST 21ST MEETING.
AND IF NEEDED, THERE COULD BE A CONTINUATION OF THAT MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.
UM, IN OCTOBER 10TH, IT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU FOR THE FIRST MEETING, UM, FOR MEETING NUMBER ONE.
AND IF NEEDED THAT SECOND MEETING THAT WOULD OCCUR ON NOVEMBER 14TH, TOWN COUNCIL BRIEFING WOULD BE DECEMBER 3RD.
AND THEN IN THE NEW YEAR IT WOULD GO THROUGH TOWN COUNCIL FIRST READING, UM, AND SECOND READING AT THE END OF JANUARY.
LET ME SUGGEST THAT WE GO BACK TO TOPIC ONE AND HALF THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THAT AND THEN THE TOPIC TWO.
ANY COMMENTS ON TOPIC ONE? UH, THANK YOU.
CAN YOU DO THE, UH, FULL LIST IN TOPIC ONE PLEASE? FIRST I HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
WE GOING, WE GOING TO BE JUST MAKING SOME AMENDMENTS NOW TO DEAL WITH, UM, HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES, AMENDMENTS TO THE CURRENT LMO AND THEN SEPARATELY YOU'RE GONNA BE CONSTRUCTING THE ENTIRE REWRITE OF THE LMO.
UH, SO THAT'LL BE THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
AND SO THE PRIORITY ITEMS THAT WE ARE ADOPTING THE AMENDMENTS NOW, WHAT ARE THOSE? THEY ARE ALL OF THE ITEMS IN TOPIC ONE AND TOPIC TWO.
UM, I GUESS ON TOPIC ONE, MY, UM, FIRST COMMENT WOULD BE WHY IS SIGNS FIRST SIGNS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, PRESSURE ACT ISSUES HERE.
I THINK IT'S MOSTLY AN ISSUE FOR COMING INTO COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, ANY MITIGATING
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ANY LEGAL ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE.UM, SO YOUR, YOUR CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCES DON'T MEET FEDERAL LAW STANDARDS.
UM, AND SO IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE COULD COME AND PRESENT A LEGAL CHALLENGE TO YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCE.
GLENN, I MIGHT ADD THAT, UM, THOSE ARE NOT IN ORDER OF PRIORITY.
THOSE ARE SIMPLY, UM, THE BULLET POINTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND THE, UH, OKAY.
CAN I PICK UP ON SIGN? YOU MAY.
UM, SO WHEN YOU WERE DISCUSSING SIGN STANDARDS, AND YOU JUST REPEATED THAT IF YOU DON'T MEET FEDERAL GUIDELINES, BUT YOU SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED CONTENT.
THEY REGULATE SIZE, COLOR, UM, A FONT, A NUMBER OF THINGS, AND THOSE HAVE ALWAYS SERVED HILTON HEAD WEALTH AND THOSE STILL WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE.
UM, IT IS THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE, THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF, SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, UM, A POLITICAL SIGN VERSUS A REAL ESTATE YARD SIGN THAT IS A CONTENT DRIVEN DIFFERENTIATION, BUT THE ACTUAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF HOW BIG THAT CAN BE, THE TYPE OF FONT, THE COLORS, THOSE ARE ALL STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATION.
SO IT IS ONLY THAT DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN, UM, THE CONTENT ITSELF OF, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THINK OF IT, OF WHAT DO THOSE WORDS SAY.
SO, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS ANSWER, BUT HAVE WE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS WITH REGARD TO ANY CONTENT ON OUR SIGNS? I KNOW THAT DURING POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS THAT QUESTIONS, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ON, UM, NOT BEING CONTENT NEUTRAL IN OUR SIGN CODE.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY ELEMENT THAT I, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? CURTIS? CURTIS, AND, AND WE DID, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH REGARD TO THE FEDERAL CASE LAW IN THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS AS THIS PROCESS BEGAN.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR AND THAT WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT.
AND I, AND I'VE READ THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ON, ON THE TOPIC OF, UM, CONTENT.
SO WHAT I'M GATHERING THEN IS REALLY WE'RE JUST ADDING THIS LAST ELEMENT TO OUR OVERALL SIGN STANDARDS.
THERE'S NOTHING WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WOULD CHANGE.
UM, UM, THAT'S, DID YOU WANT TO GO BACK NOW? YES.
UM, SHORT TERM RENTAL, UH, PENALTIES, UM, I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES WOULD MEAN.
I ASSUME THAT THAT MEANS THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE CITED AND WE'D SAY, DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
SAY IT AGAIN, WE REALLY MEAN IT.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY IT COULD REVOKE THE LICENSE, THE PERMIT TO OPERATE THAT.
ARE THERE OTHER EXAMPLES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES? YOU MEAN EXAMPLES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES OR IN YOUR EXISTING TOWN? CODE FINES.
CRIMINAL, I MEAN, CIVIL AND, AND CIVIL PENALTIES.
WE CAN OPPOSED CRIMINAL CAN, WE CAN DO CIVIL FINES.
THAT'S, UH, FOR VIOLATION OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.
AND THAT THE PROPOSITION WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE ESCALATING FINES.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FIRST OFFENSE WOULD BE A LOWER FINE AND THEN THOSE COULD GROW OVER TIME.
UM, OBVIOUSLY SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE A MAJOR CONCERN FOR US HERE, AND WE'VE GOTTA COME UP WITH WAYS TO REGULATE THEM AND CONTROL THEM, UH, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AND, AND THE LIKE.
AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR CODE SO FAR.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON TOPIC ONE.
DO YOU HAVE MORE MS. BECKER? YES.
I WAS JUST TAKING, UM, SO WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, CIVIL FINES THAT WOULD, WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS, UM, WOULD THERE ALSO BE A, UM, METHOD TO DETERMINE WHEN THOSE FINES WOULD BE IMPLIED EMPLOYED? SO, OR IS IT DISCRETIONARY? IS IT SUBJECTIVE? SO THAT'S, IS THERE SCHEDULE OF LIKE, UM, COUNSELING POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DID X, Y, AND Z.
THOSE ARE RIGHTS AT THIS LEVEL.
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A SCHEDULE OF WHAT THOSE FINES, UM, WHEN, WHAT CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION AND THEN WHAT THE FINE WOULD BE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS OR EVEN THE TYPE OF VIOLATION.
UM, SO THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENT FEE OR FINE SCHEDULE FOR VIOLATING OTHER STANDARDS VERSUS A FINE SCHEDULE FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT.
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SO THE IDEA BEING THAT THE, THE FEE OR FINE FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT WOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE COST OF THE PERMIT ITSELF.THIS TYPE OF, UM, ENFORCEMENT PROCESS IS, IS, UM, STANDARD IN OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE, UM, SHORT TERM RENTAL.
AND SO WE WOULD LOOK TO THOSE COMMUNITIES TO EVALUATE WHAT IT IS THAT WE THINK IS PROPER FOR OUR HILTON HEAD.
UM, AND THEN ON THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
UM, IS THIS JUST SIMPLY, UM, UH, BECOME REQUIRED IF IT IS A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT? OR IS IT BASED, WHAT WOULD BE THE BASIS WHERE IT WOULD BE TRIGGERED? SO IT IS TRIGGERED BY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRIPS PER IN A PEAK HOUR.
UM, SO THERE IS A THRESHOLD AND MISSING MAY HAVE TO, UM, INFORM YOU WHAT THE CURRENT THRESHOLD IS.
UH, I THINK IT'S A HUNDRED VEHICLE TRIPS PER PEAK HOUR.
UM, AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT THAT THRESHOLD WOULD BE LOWERED TO CAPTURE MORE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD PRODUCE A, UM, A VEHICLE COUNT OR TRIP GENERATION THAT IS HIGHER THAN THAT CURRENT THRESHOLD.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION THAT, UM, THE THRESHOLD CHANGE IS RECOMMENDED IN THE FULL OVERHAUL.
WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING IN THE PRIORITY SET, UH, CHANGING THAT, THAT THRESHOLD WELL, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR ME, I THINK THAT'S BE YOUR PRIORITY.
UM, AND, UH, THE QUESTION FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO YOUR EXPLANATION IS, OH, I'M NOT EVEN, OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, IS THIS JUST FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS, IS, IS THIS FOR, UM, AREAS WHERE IN SHORT TERM RENTAL AREAS, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE A CONSTRUCTION OF A 7, 8, 9, 10 BEDROOM WOULD CREATE THE TYPE OF, UM, INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WOULD THAT TRIGGER A, UM, AN IMPACT ANALYSIS? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE AND IF IT WOULD MEET THAT THRESHOLD.
UM, SO ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE EVALUATED TO SEE IF IT MEETS THAT THRESHOLD, ANY SUBDIVISION, ANY CHANGE OF USE.
UM, SO IF SOMETHING CHANGES FROM A RETAIL TO A RESTAURANT USE, WE KNOW THAT RESTAURANTS HAVE A HIGHER IMPACT ON TRAFFIC AND SO THAT DEVELOPMENT MAY MEET THE THRESHOLD.
UM, SO IT'S ANY, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEORETICALLY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD BE CHANGED TO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE, IF IT IS OVER THAT THRESHOLD FOR REQUIRING THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD MEET THAT THRESHOLD THOUGH.
WELL, I CAN THINK OF SCENARIOS WHERE IT WILL AND I, AND I THINK THAT, UM, AS WE LOOK TO THAT, UM, TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS, IT IS A TOPIC THAT HAS, UM, BROADER, UM, IMPORTANCE ACROSS, UM, THE ISLAND.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, A PART IN THAT DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD, UM, BEFORE IT GETS BROUGHT BACK TO US.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMENTS SO FAR HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO TOPIC ONE.
I'M GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THAT, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
UH, LET ME PICK UP WITH TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS.
UM, MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, I'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF 'EM.
THEY'RE NOT TRIGGERED JUST BY NUMBER OF TRIPS.
THEY'RE FIRST TRIGGERED BY THE SIZE OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF IT'S A SUBDIVISION, IT'S A SUBDIVISION OF SO MANY LOTS.
PLUS THE TRIP GENERATION, THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS THE TRAFFIC USED TO BE CALLED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, TIA, EITHER WAY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER EXAMPLE, AS YOU SAY, ARE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN A TIA TRIGGERED BY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME BEING CONVERTED TO A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TRIP GENERATION.
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
BUT I, I CAN'T IMAGINE A THRESHOLD THAT YOU WOULD PUT IN THIS REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD TRIGGER THAT.
I, I, I THINK, I THINK THAT ANALYSIS IS INACCURATE.
UM, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IT AND, AND PERHAPS MORE DETAIL WOULD BE ABLE, UH, TO BE FLESHED OUT AS TO WHEN, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT TRIGGERS AND, AND WHAT WOULD THE TRIGGER, WHAT KIND OF TRIGGER WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR IT TO APPLY TO SHORT TERM RENTALS? I CAN'T SEE THAT.
UM, I, THE OTHER EXPERIENCE WITH TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS THE DEVELOPER'S REQUIRED TO FURNISH IT.
SO THEY HAVE TO PAY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO PREPARE IT.
MOST OF THOSE ANALYSIS SAY, GUESS WHAT? YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO MOST OF THOSE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE
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PROBABLY DO ANYTHING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.THEY'RE MOSTLY AN EXPENDITURE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER THAT DOESN'T ADD A LOT TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.
AND IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE PROFESSIONALS, I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU MAKE A DIFFERENT EVALUATION OF A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS OTHER THAN WHAT I'VE DESCRIBED.
UM, SO THAT'S MY FIRST COMMENT.
UM, SIGNED STANDARDS, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
I WOULDN'T WASTE A LOT OF TIME, EXCUSE ME, WITH PLANNERS, I'D SEND IT STRAIGHT TO THE LAWYER, FIX THAT AND BRING IT BACK AND WE'RE DONE.
UM, THEN WITH REGARD TO SHORT TERM RENTALS OR STR YES, I AGREE WITH CHANGING IT TO SEVERAL PENALTIES.
IT WILL CERTAINLY HELP, UM, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE BAD SITUATIONS.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT BAD SITUATIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT OUR STR BOX NEEDS TO BE BIGGER UNDER THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS.
AND I THINK THAT THE PARKING, UM, AND THE, THE PARTS YOU HAVE IN SUBDIVISION STANDARDS THAT DEAL WITH PARKING, I THINK THAT PARKING NEEDS TO GO INTO TOPIC ONE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH IT A LOT AND, AND THERE'S A FIX THAT'S THERE ON THE TABLE THAT WOULD WORK.
LET LET'S, LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO TOPIC.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHY I SAID I CAN'T, YOU'VE GOT SHORT TERM RENTALS IN TOPIC ONE AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.
THAT'S WHY I SAID I'M GONNA BE HARD PRESSED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, THE SHORT TERMINAL ENFORCEMENT FINES AND PENALTIES ARE FOUND NOT IN THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE TIMELINE THAT IS A, A TOTALLY QUICKER TIMELINE IN AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE SEPARATE FROM THE LMO PROCESS.
UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE DIRECTION, UH, IN TOPIC ONE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S, I'M GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, PATSY, I'M GONNA LEAD OFF ON THAT ONE
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE TOPIC TWO IS ENTITLED BETTER SUBDIVISION OUTCOMES.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS YOU'VE LISTED ONLY RELATE TO SUBDIVISIONS, BUT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE NOT JUST IN SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, SO, UH, MAJOR AND MINOR SUBDIVISION REVIEW PROCESS, I'M OKAY WITH FOCUSING ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE CREATED A LOT OF BANKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH LACKING IN PUBLIC NOTICE.
AND THE STAFF HAS ALREADY LED US THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS TO REQUIRE, UM, SOME SORT OF NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND BRINGING THAT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT COMMON SPACE.
THIS IS THE ONE I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE MISSED A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT THINGS HERE.
ONE IS THAT I DON'T SEE LISTED IN HERE.
WHAT WE HAD, WHAT WE'VE HAD HAPPEN HERE ON THE ISLAND, I THINK GOVERNOR, UH, JUST BEYOND THE PALMETTO HALL AREA AREA IS WHEN SOMEONE WAS GETTING READY TO DO A SUBDIVISION, THEY COME IN AND CLEAR CUT AND THEN THEY SAY, OKAY, NOW HERE'S MY PLAN.
UM, SO WE NEED SOMETHING THAT PROHIBITS CLEAR CUTTING.
UM, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF TREE REMOVAL.
AND THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT IS THIS ONLY APPLIES TO SUBDIVISIONS, BUT IN THE FOREST BEACH AREA, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOT A GREAT NAME BECAUSE IT LINKS THE MARITIME FOREST TO THE BEACH, IS THAT FOLKS WILL COME IN AND CUT DOWN A BUNCH OF TREES, WHICH THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
UM, AND SO THIS TREE PROTECTION IS IMPORTANT IN SUBDIVISIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO CLEAR CUTTING.
UM, AND ALSO WHAT ARE YOU TAKING DOWN VERSUS WHAT ARE YOU REPLACING? UM, BUT WE NEED SOME LINK ALSO TO THAT OTHER KIND OF TREE PROTECTION.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT BELONGS IN, IN THIS BUCKET OR NOT, BUT IT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT INCLUDED.
AND, UH, NUMBER SEVEN, SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, AT LEAST SEVEN ON MY LIST, UM, AGAIN, ONLY APPLIES TO SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF SOMEONE IS, UM, IS IS BUILDING A LARGE HOUSE ON A SMALL LOT THAT'S NOT A PART OF A NEW SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT, YOU DON'T ADDRESS IT.
SO THAT LINKS IT BACK TO ESPECIALLY THE STR CONCERN.
I WOULD SAY FOR NUMBER EIGHT, SINGLE FAMILY MASS AND SCALE, IT ONLY APPLIES TO SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF I HAVE AN EXISTING LOT AND I DECIDE TO BUILD A GINORMOUS HOUSE, UM, IT, IT DOESN'T APPLY.
NOW, THAT'S A CURRENT PROBLEM.
THE SAME THING I WOULD SAY WITH REGARD TO SINGLE FAMILY PARKING.
UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY SAYING, WHY DOES THAT APPLY ISLAND Y HERE? IT, IT APPEARS, IT DOESN'T SAY SO, BUT IT SAYS SINGLE FAMILY PARKING AND IT'S UNDER THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
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IT ONLY APPLIES TO NEW SUBDIVISIONS.AND SO I THINK THERE'S AN ALREADY AN ISSUE WITH REGARD TO PARKING THAT WOULD NOT BE ADDRESSED BY ONLY SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
AND THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, AS I RECALL YOU SHOWED IN THE, IN ONE OF THE BOXES ON THAT SLIDE, THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH MINIMUM PARKING REGULATIONS, WHICH ALSO BE A MAXIMUM PARKING REGULATION.
SO I, I THINK THERE'S SOME CLEANUP THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THAT AREA.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, MS. ER, THANK YOU.
UM, WELL FIRST, UH, WE HELD YOU RESPECT.
UM, MY COLLEAGUE AND I ARE GONNA DISAGREE ON TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS AND I STILL WANNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION 'CAUSE I CAN SHOW YOU EXAMPLES AND OF HOW IT IS IMPORTANT.
SO MOVING ON FROM THAT, UM, THE, UM, I WILL SAY THIS, THAT THE FIRST BULLET POINT MAJOR, UM, DPR MAJOR SUBDIVISION MISSES, I THINK PATSY, THE POINT THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE, WHICH IS THE, UM, THE NEXT STEP DOWN, WHICH IS THE MINOR SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE 30% OF THE ISLAND, UM, A LARGE MAJORITY OF IT HAS BEEN ALREADY DEVELOPED OR, AND THERE'S REDEVELOPMENT IN, IN, IN VEINS WHERE LAND IS COMBINED AND AND SPLIT APART, WHICH CREATES ESSENTIALLY A HOSPITAL FOR MINOR SUBDIVISION THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS WITH THE SAME SCRUTINY AS A MAJOR SUBDIVISION WOULD NEED TO BE.
SO CERTAINLY THAT, AND, AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU PATSY, THAT, UM, THE SINGLE FAMILY AS A SEPARATE ENTITY OUTSIDE OF SUBDIVISION, UM, MUST BE LOOKED AT AS WELL.
UM, SO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THERE.
AND I'M GONNA TRY TO GO THROUGH MY NOTES, UM, AS I WAS WRITING THOUGH, UH, AMENITIES OPEN SPACE.
SO TWO THINGS THAT, UM, STRUCK ME THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION, WHICH BY THE WAY, THANK YOU.
I TRIED TO FOLLOW REALLY, UH, WELL, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LIKE, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GET.
UM, BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS STRIKES ME.
UM, AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK MOST OF US ON HILTON HAS CA SELVES AS AN URBAN COMMUNITY.
IN FACT, WE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD TO PROTECT THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN MORE NATURAL AND MORE, UM, COMMUNITY SETTING THAN, THAN URBAN WOULD LEAD YOU TO THINK OF.
SO, UM, ANY THOUGHTS WITH REGARD TO MAN MANAGEMENT PLANNING OR DISTRICT PLANNING OR ANYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE HIGHLY, UM, SENSITIVE TO THAT? UM, I, I CERTAINLY WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT.
SO, UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OPEN SPACE, I DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT AMENITY CAN BE PUT ON.
I DON'T THINK FORWARD ABOUT WHATEVER, UM, LAND THAT'S AVAILABLE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING BUILT ON IT, REPLACED ON IT, UM, OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON IT.
I THINK ABOUT HOW WE PRESERVE OUR TREES AND, AND WITH JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S A NATURE NATURAL INHABITED, UM, FOR OUR WILDLIFE.
AND THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND I THINK IT WAS COMMENT ABOUT ALONG OUR CORRIDORS, YOU KNOW, PLACES WITH LITTLE, UM, WE PROTECT OUR AS, UM, MS DREAMS, YOU CALL IT OUR EDGES, BUT WE WANNA SEE GREEN EARTH, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ALL OF THAT.
WE DON'T WANT THAT ORGANIZATION.
IT'S JUST NOT WHAT, AND I'M SPEAKING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I THINK I MIGHT BE, UM, ARMOR WITH THAT COMMENT.
UM, TYPE OF THING, TREE PROTECTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS, UM, BAFFLES ME IS WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF EFFORT ON THIS ISLAND TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WE HAVE STAFF AND WE HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE TO, TO WATCHING AND MAKING SURE THE MITIGATION IS APPROPRIATE.
BUT THEN I HEAR ANECDOTAL STORIES, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT REAL, BUT I DO HEAR ANECDOTAL STORIES THAT WITHIN SIX WEEKS THE TREE IS DEAD.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND, AND SOMETIMES BY DESIGN
UM, TO MENTION HERE, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY WITHIN SUBDIVISIONS, I DO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IS IMPORTANT.
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THEN I THINK ABOUT BEHIND THE GATES WHERE IT'S SO NATURAL AND SO RURAL AND A SLOTH OF LAND HASN'T BEEN PULLED ASIDE TO BE PAVED FOR A PEDESTRIAN, UM, PATHWAY PER SE.AND, AND I THINK WE WANT TO SAVE SOME OF THAT NATURAL, UM, IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND NOT JUST DEMAND THAT WE HAVE SIDEWALKS UP AND DOWN.
EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT WE THINK ABOUT, UM, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES IS CRITICALLY, I THINK FOR YEARS NOW, UM, I'VE NOT ONLY HEARD OUR DESIGN REVIEW TEAM, UH, COMMITTEE HERE SAY THEY NEED BETTER REVIEW, BUT I'VE ASKED FOR YEARS WORK WITH THEM TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY SAY THEY NEED, THAT I THINK WE ALL AGREE, UM, NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE GATES, THERE ARE MANY ROADS THAT HILTON HEAD DOESN'T OWN.
AND SO THE COUNTY OWNS, THE STATE OWNS THE, SO WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE ON STORMWATER, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO OWNS THE LAND AND FIND OUT WHICH, UH, ENTITY DOES TO CORRECT THAT PROBLEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I SAY IT AND I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S FEASIBLE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE THAT HILTON HILL NEEDS TO OWN THE LAND THAT THE ROADS INCLUDED WITHIN OUR LIMITS.
UM, IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ADDRESS STORM WATER, UM, DIFFICULTIES NOT JUST BEHIND THE GATES AND NOT JUST IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES AT A MORE, UM, UH, RECENT.
UM, UNDER BETTER SUBDIVISION OUTCOMES, WE NEED BETTER COMMUNITIES, NOT SUBDIVISIONS.
SO I THINK MAYBE SUBDIVISION IS THE WORD THAT IS, IS DRIVEN THE WRONG WAY.
EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS THAT RESIDENTS LIVE IN, THEY'RE SUBDIVISIONS OF SOME SORT.
SOME OF THEM ARE DESIGNED BACK IN THE EIGHTIES AND WELL BEFORE THAT.
UM, BUT THEIR COMMUNITIES OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND LIFE.
I'M GONNA DEAL WITH THIS SINGLE FAMILY DEFINITION.
SEEMS TO ME THAT YOUR DEFINITION SAYS SINGLE FAMILY, A FREESTANDING STRUCTURE CONTAINING A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT.
THAT SEEMS TO ME A CIRCULAR DEFINITION, MEANING SINGLE FAMILY MEANS SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, AND OUR PROBLEM HERE THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME IS THAT YOU HAVE WHAT'S PERCEIVED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS BECOMING A UNIT, A BUNCH OF SHORT TERM RENTALS.
WE NEED A WAY TO CONTROL THAT.
DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT WHAT'S ALREADY OCCURRED, BUT I THINK THIS DEFINITION NEEDS A LOT MORE WORK IN TERMS OF COMING UP WITH WHAT IT MEANS.
I THINK TO THE AVERAGE HILTON HEAD, ISLAND CITIZEN, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MEANS WHERE A SINGLE FAMILY LIVES OR WHERE A SINGLE FAMILY HAS FOR VACATION PURPOSES IS DISTINGUISHED FROM A UNIT THAT IS RENTED OUT ON A WEEKLY OR SHORT TERM BASIS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET INTO THE DEFINITIONS OF THAT.
AND, AND I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IF OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN DEALING WITH THAT.
DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING UNIQUE ABOUT OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
SO THE DEFINITION YOU'VE GOT HERE DOESN'T GET THE JOB DONE.
AND I KNOW IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING, BUT WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN HOW THAT DEVELOPS AND MOVES FORWARD.
THOSE AT PENN ISLAND HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING AN AREA WHERE THERE IS GREAT TREE PROTECTION.
MANY TIMES THAT'S ABUSED FOR HAVING SITUATIONS THESE DAYS WHERE A MASS DEVELOPER COMES IN SAYS THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT TREES THERE, BLOWS EVERYTHING DOWN BECAUSE IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO BUILD.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TYPE OF, THIS IS, THIS IS ABUSE AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO PREVENT THAT TYPE OF THING MOVING FORWARD.
AND I DON'T HAVE CREATIVE IDEAS ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO RELY ON YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR EXPERIENCE
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IN ASSISTING US WITH TRYING TO CONTROL THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.UM, SO WE TALK ABOUT TREE PROTECTION AND CLEAR CUTTING.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF EXAMPLES WHERE WE'VE GOT CLEAR CUTTING HERE AND THAT IS ABUSING THE CHARACTER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO DEAL WITH IT.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS MORE THAN JUST MEDIATION.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD WE CONTROL, REQUIRE, UH, THAT A DEVELOPMENT HAVE AT LEAST X NUMBER OF TREES, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IF, IF THE BOAT DOWN, WHAT IS REALLY JUST BRUSH, DOES THAT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DO A WHAT APPEARS TO BE A CLEAR CUT SUBDIVISION? I WOULD RATHER SEE IT NOT, I WOULD RATHER SEE THE REQUIREMENT OF THAT.
SO THAT'S MORE THAN JUST MEDIATION.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TO PROTECTION OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO REQUIRE THAT THERE BE A MINIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ON A PARTICULAR LOT.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE INCLUDES THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE, INCLUDES THE DRIVEWAY, INCLUDES THE WALKWAY.
UH, SO WE NEED TO MAKE, I DON'T THINK IT'S CLEAR NOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT LARGE HOUSES ON SMALL LOTS.
YOU'VE GOT A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, THAT'S AN ABUSE TO THE CHARACTER OF THIS ISLAND.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, FAR.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
WE'VE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT IT.
WE'VE COME CLOSE TO AN, AN AGREEMENT BACKED AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE IT, IT'S SO COMPLEX AND IT AFFECTS VISITING PROPERTIES.
IT AFFECTS, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN COME CLOSER TO PROTECTING THE TREES DESERVING IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AND PROTECTING THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND, UH, WE'VE GONE A LONG WAY, UM, IN OUR DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MANUAL.
MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE MORE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE WANT ON THIS ISLAND IN THE DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS RATHER THAN JUST THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.
UM, MY PERSONAL COMMENTS ARE, THIS IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, I THINK THE PUBLIC OUGHT TO BE AWARE OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS COMING ALONG.
SO THE DPR MAJOR SUBDIVISION REVIEW PROCESS IS GOOD.
LIKE THE IDEA OF DEFINING COMMON OPEN SPACE.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING WHAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE EXPECT.
UH, TREE PROTECTION OBVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
COVERAGE IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE'LL TOUCH ON MASSIVE SCALE AND SINGLE FAMILY PARKING.
SO I THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND.
AND ALSO TO SOME DEGREE, THE ENVIRONMENT.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WELL AWARE OF.
AND THAT IS WE HAVE A, UM, PORTION OF THE ISLAND THAT IS OCCUPIED BY GULLAH PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN CULTURE PRACTICES AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS LAND USE AND SO ON.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE RATHER THAN, UH, THE SLEDGEHAMMER APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.
SO, UM, I THINK WITH THAT STATEMENT, I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH TOPIC TWO AS YOU HAVE PRESENTED IT.
UH, I HAVE HEARD COMMENTS ON TOPIC ONE AND TOPIC TWO.
I THINK YOU'VE, UH, GOT A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THE DIRECTION IS GOING IN THE, UH, THAT THE DIRECTION IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN COMMENTS MADE THAT I THINK YOU'VE WRITTEN DOWN AND CAN RESPOND TO.
MANY OF THOSE COMMENTS I THINK ARE GOING TO COME TO THE SURFACE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY PUT WORDS TO PAPER, CERTAINLY.
BUT WHAT YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE IS GENERAL DIRECTIONS MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I'M GONNA START AT THE OTHER END BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE COMMENTS.
GLEN, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ON TOPIC THREE? I LIKE THE IDEA
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OF COMING UP WITH REGULATIONS ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS.I'LL BE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONCERNING THAT.
I THINK THAT SHORT TERM RENTAL, PARKING AND OCCUPANCY REALLY BELONGS IN TOPIC ONE.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS THERE, BUT, UM, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A REASON WHY IT SHOULD BE SEPARATED AS TOPIC THREE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS.
DAVID, I'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK OTHER COMMENTS WILL BE MADE BECKER.
I THINK IN JUST A SECOND, LET'S HAVE THE OTHER COMMENTS.
UM, SO TWO THINGS WITH REGARD TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT, SINGLE FAMILY DEFINITION.
MISS, WE JUST REDEFINED SINGLE FAMILY.
THAT'S WHAT WAS UP THERE, CORRECT? IS THE DEFINITION.
THAT'S OUR EXISTING DEFINITION THAT WE REVISED LAST YEAR.
SO, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CURRENTLY OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WAS UP THERE WAS WHAT WE JUST PASSED.
UM, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER DEFINITION TOO, AND UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH OPEN AIR SALES AND, UM, I DIDN'T SEE THE DEFINITION IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, BUT AS I RECALL IT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THOSE WHO KNOW FAR BETTER THAN I, UM, IT, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PARTICULAR, IT'S TEMPORARY, RIGHT? AND OPEN AIR SALES IS A TEMPORARY SETTING.
AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT SITE PLANS, ET CETERA, AND HAVING TO PRESENT ONE, I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF IT CERTAINLY, BUT I WONDER IF THAT SITE PLAN IS ALSO REQUIRING THAT EVERY TIME IT'S SET UP DAILY, WHEN IT'S REMOVED AND RETURNED, IF IT GETS RETURNED THE NEXT DAY OR WHENEVER, UM, THAT IT IS FOLLOWING THAT EXACT SAME SITE PLAN AND WHETHER, UM, THE PARKING HAS NOW EXTENDED TO PLACES WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE OR OTHER ELEMENTS.
AND SO IT WAS JUST A, A THOUGHT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WITH REGARD TO FOOD TRUCKS IS THAT A FOOD TRUCK IS A COMMERCIAL ENTITY.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE, THE WARES AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THAT.
I THINK THE FIRST THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT IT IS TEMPORARY AND UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S COMMERCIAL.
AND SO THE WEAR IS NOT ON A, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, THAT IS MY TWO COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO THAT.
I PICKED UP ON THE SINGLE FAMILY THING, IMPERVIOUS, UM, IMPERVIOUS STANDARDS.
I MEAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR SO LONG.
I THINK IT COULD HAVE SOLVED SO MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS THAT WE NOW ARE, ARE, ARE LIVING WITH.
UM, BUT THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY IN THIS SET TO CHANGE THE PREVIOUS, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT IN THE FUTURE IT MIGHT BE INCREASED.
IN FACT, IT IS IN THE COVERAGE.
IN THE COVERAGE, YES, THAT'S RIGHT IN THE COVERAGE.
BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE, UM, PRESENTATION THERE WAS A FUTURE THOUGHT FOR LMO THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLY INCREASED BEYOND THE 16%.
AND THAT'S THE PIECE OF IT THAT I WAS JUST GONNA ADD IN THAT MAYBE THAT THOUGHT PROCESS SHOULD KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THE OTHER 'CAUSE THEY SEEM WELL CONNECTED TO ME.
UM, AND IN SHORT TERMS OF SHORT TERM RENTAL, PARKING AND OCCUPANCY, I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG CONVERSATION AND IT NEEDS TO BE, I STILL HAVE TROUBLE 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS BEFORE.
I STILL HAVE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING HOW WE, UM, MONITOR AND CONTROL AND REGULATE OCCUPANCY IN REAL TIME.
I KNOW THAT THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK TO ME HAS BEEN, WELL, WE SCOUR VARIOUS ADS AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBER OF ROOMS THAT ARE ADVERTISED AND THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS AND, BUT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ON THE PERMIT, A LOT OF DETAIL, WHICH IT ALL MAKES SENSE AND IT'S GREAT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW IN REAL TIME YOU ACTUALLY PRACTICALLY ENFORCE THAT.
UM, AND SO IF YOU'RE JUDGING PARKING BY THAT OCCUPANCY, YOU VERY WELL MAY FALL SHORT.
UM, PARKING DOES NEED TO BE, UM, PART OF EVERY DESIGN.
SINGLE FAMILY PARKING, I DIDN'T PICK UP ON AN ONTOP TOO.
IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ON THIS ISLAND, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN FOR A PERMIT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THAT HOUSE WILL SOMEDAY BE A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
SO IF THE PARKING STANDARDS IS DIFFERENT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY PARKING IN THIS BUCKET AND IT TURNS INTO A SHORT TERM RENTAL, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT THEN YOU'VE LOST THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE CONTROLLED THEM.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT FOOD TRUCKS AND SHORT TERM RENTALS SHOULD BE IN TOPIC THREE, WHICH IS BASICALLY PUSHING THEM DOWN THE ROAD PRICING YOUR COMMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, I NOTE IN THE INTRO TO TOPIC THREE
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'CAUSE OF THIS, THEY'RE RECOMMENDED FOR THE FULL LMO UPDATE.UM, SO THE FOOD TRUCKS, YOU'RE RECOMMENDING TO PUT THAT OFF TO THE FULL LMO UPDATE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMITTEE NEEDS TO DECIDE.
DOES THAT RISE TO THE TOPIC ONE LEVEL OR NOT? UM, SO, AND, AND ALSO IN THE STAFF COURT IT SAYS YOU NEED CLEAR DIRECTION FROM OUR COMMITTEE CONCERNING FOOD TRUCK REGULATIONS.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TODAY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ANY SORT OF DIRECTION ON THAT.
UM, SO A NOTE ABOUT THAT, UH, NUMBER 11, UH, WHICH IS THE BOTTOM OF YOUR LIST, SHORT TERM RENTAL, PARKING AND OCCUPANCY.
UM, AND, AND I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST AND ECHO MR. STANFORD'S RECOMMENDATION AND MOVE THAT TO TOPIC ONE.
UM, AS I BRIEFLY SAID, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR LEAPING FROM TOPIC ONE OVER INTO OTHER TOPICS BECAUSE I THINK THE STR REGULATIONS BELONG IN A, A SINGLE BUCKET THEMSELVES AND THEY OUGHT TO BE IN TOPIC ONE AND THEY OUGHT TO FOLLOW A SEPARATE TIMELINE BECAUSE IT'S A SEPARATE CODE PROVISION.
AND, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR FIRM'S EXPERTISE AND SHORT TERM MENTAL REGULATION AS, AS PART OF FOLLOW UP.
THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT'S MISSING, UM, AND OUGHT TO BE ADDED TO TOPIC THREE, UM, IS A REQUEST MADE BY OUR DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, GOSH, I THINK IT MUST BE THREE YEARS AGO NOW, AT LEAST TWO YEARS AGO.
AND THAT TO DEAL WITH MASS AND SCALE OF OTHER THAN NON FAM, UH, SORRY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
UM, PARTICULARLY MULTI-FAMILY AND PERHAPS SOME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AS WELL.
AND IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE, UH, LAST YEAR AFTER BEING SWORN IN AND I DESIGNED REVIEW BOARD CHAIR CAME AND MADE A REPORT AND I SAID, GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE GETTING READY TO DEAL WITH MASS AND SCALE AND STILL IT'S NOT ON OUR LIST.
SO THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE ON OUR LIST.
UM, AND, AND I DON'T THINK IT BELONGS IN TOPIC THREE.
I THINK IT BELONGS FARTHER UP THE SCALE, SO TO SPEAK, FARTHER UP THE TIMELINE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD'S GREAT CONCERN.
AND THERE'S PLENTY OF EVIDENCE THAT THAT BACKS UP THEIR CONCERN AS TO THE MASS AND SCALE ON THOSE BUILDINGS.
THERE WAS A QUESTION REGARDING WHY WAS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PARKING AND OCC PUT IN THREE, YOU'VE REFERENCED THAT IN A COUPLE OCCASIONS SAYING THE COMPLEXITY, BUT WOULD YOU GO INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S INTEREST IN MOVING THAT UP.
PRIMARILY, WE KNOW THAT IT INTERACTS, UH, PRETTY INTIMATELY WITH THE LOT COVERAGE ISSUE, THE BULK AND MASS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ISSUE.
AND WE KNOW THOSE ARE IN PARTICULAR GONNA BE ADDRESSED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE FULL LMO UPDATE.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT COORDINATION RIGHT.
UM, REALLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING LARGE BUILDINGS ON SMALL LOTS THAT ARE THEN PAVING A LOT OF THAT PARCEL FOR PARKING.
UM, THAT IS AN OUTCOME THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO INCENTIVIZE OR EVEN ALLOW.
UM, AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAN WHAT YOU MAY HAVE IN THE LMO TODAY TO CONTROL THAT BULK MASS LOT COVERAGE, UM, AND THE BUFFERING AND SCREENING BETWEEN NEIGHBORS AND THE STREET.
AND FUNDAMENTALLY, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A BIG CONVERSATION.
UM, AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE, WE HAVE DONE A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES ACROSS COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY RESORT COMMUNITIES OF DIFFERENT SCALE AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE APPROACHING IT, BUT IT REALLY IS A QUESTION OF, UH, WHICH APPROACH WORKS BEST FOR HILTON HEAD? AND WE FEEL THAT PROBABLY IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION.
MY REACTION TO THAT IS, UM, THERE'S ANXIETY POLITICALLY, UM, AND THAT THERE MAY BE A LOT OF TIME THAT'S SPENT IN MEETINGS AND SO ON.
BUT THEN ALSO YOUR TIMELINE FOR THIS TRANCHE OF AMENDMENTS IS JANUARY.
UM, I'M CONCERNED, UH, THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY AND BEYOND, AND THIS MAY BE ONE OF THEM.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT THERE PROPOSAL WAS THAT THIS NOT BE A PART OF THE LMO BUT BE A PART OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL LICENSE.
UM, I GUESS I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION OF OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, UM, IS THAT A VIABLE DIRECTION FOR YOU TO SUPPORT AS, EXCUSE ME, AS YOU ALL HAVE DESCRIBED WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY? UM,
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I'VE BEEN, I BELIEVE THAT IT, IT VERY WELL FITS WITHIN WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE IN THE OTHER PLACE.I MEAN, I, IF I'VE UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY, THE ISSUE RELATED TO THE MASS AND SCALE IS ACTUALLY BROADER THAN JUST PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT BE DEVOTED TO SHORT TERM RENTALS.
IN THAT CASE, YOU, YOU WOULD WANT IT IN THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THE BROADER UNIVERSE OF THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, PARKING IS THE ISSUE THAT'S ON THE TABLE AT THE MOMENT.
WE'VE BIFURCATED IT FROM PARKING AND OCCUPANCY, WHICH HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION UP TO THIS POINT.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION APRIL, IS IF IT WERE TO GO IN THE DIRECTION OF THE STR LICENSE, WHAT WOULD THE TIMING BE TO INCORPORATE THAT? WHEN WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY INTRODUCE THE NEW MEASURES AND WOULD IT NOT FIT INTO THE TIMELINE OR MIGHT IT FIT INTO THE TIMELINE OF THE LMO? I'M JUST, WOULD YOU WANT TO PLEASE? WELL, I'LL HAVE APRIL HANDLE THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO BECAUSE THEY'RE THE, THE DIVISION THAT HANDLES ALL THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRENT, UM, ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS.
BUT, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE DOES NOT HAVE TO GO, UH, THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING STEP.
SO IT WOULD BE OR COULD BE A DIFFERENT TIMETABLE.
UM, I THINK THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND ANALYSIS THAT'S REQUIRED, AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE, AND I THINK WHAT APRIL WOULD ALLUDE TO, EVEN IF IT WAS ON A DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION CYCLE, THE EFFECTIVE OR IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF THAT CHANGE WOULD HAVE TO BE COORDINATED WITH THE, THE LEVEL OF EFFORT TO UPGRADE OUR SOFTWARE AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICES AND HOW WE INFORM THE SHORT TERM RENTAL COMMUNITY OF THOSE CHANGES AND HOW IT IMPACTS THAT APPLICATION PROCESS.
BUT APRIL CAN SPEAK TO THAT IN, IN GREATER DETAIL THAT WHAT SHE SAID.
WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT ANY CHANGES THAT YOU MAKE, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGING WITH THEM AND, AND EDUCATING THEM ON ANY NEW CHANGES.
AND OF COURSE, UM, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE IN LINE WITH OUR NEW PERMITTING YEAR.
SO NORMALLY WE OPEN UP THE PERMITTING PORTAL IN NOVEMBER, SO WE HONESTLY WOULD NEED SOMETHING IN PLACE BEFORE THEN, SO WE WOULD HAVE THE TIME TO WORK THROUGH ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH.
IS, IS THERE AN ADVANTAGE TO GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LML VERSUS THE BUSINESS LICENSE OR THE STR LICENSE? MR. CHAIR? I, I THINK IT'S, IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION ONLINE FOR AN STR, WHICH INCLUDES A SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT, WHICH INCLUDES PARKING INFORMATION.
YES, I APPRECIATE THE TIMING THAT IS REQUIRED AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF DOING IT WHEN THE NEW PERMITS ARE ISSUED.
UM, BUT I THINK TO ME IT BELONGS THERE.
WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS, AND, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POLICY CONSIDERATION AS OPPOSED TO ANYTHING ELSE, BUT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE REWRITE, AND IF THERE IS LOOKING AT THE, AT, AT THE, AT THE SCOPE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, HOW THAT PLAYS IN, IN PLACES THAT, UM, MAY NOT BE WITHIN SUBDIVISIONS, THAT SORT OF THING.
I THINK THAT THE PARKING REGULATIONS MAYBE ALSO BELONG THERE.
UM, TO PERHAPS GIVE YOU A, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE THEN MAYBE ADDRESSING WHAT COULD BECOME AN ISSUE ON THE FRONT END RATHER
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THAN TRY TO CATCH UP ON THE BACK END.I MEAN, IF YOU, IF IF YOU START WITH YOUR PLANNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY PARTICULAR SITE BEFORE IT'S THERE, IT'S YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ADDRESSING THOSE PROBLEMS OR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS, UM, ON THE FRONT END.
SO, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT IT, I I DON'T, I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S THE POLICY CONSIDERATION FOR YOU ALL THOUGH, BUT I, I THINK THAT IT, IT, IT CERTAINLY IS APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER FOR YOUR LMO REWRITE AND FOR YOUR, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
UM, I'M GONNA, I KNOW THAT MS. BECKER HAS TO EXCUSE HERSELF IN A MINUTE.
DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR OPINION ON THIS SUBJECT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE ADVANCED FROM TOPIC THREE TO TOPIC ONE IN, IN TERMS OF SHORT TERM RENTAL, PARKING AND OCCUPANCY? WELL, I EXPRESSED MY, UM, MY, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY, UM, MONITOR AND REGULATE THAT OCCUPANCY TIED TO PARKING.
I, I'M SURE THERE MIGHT BE A WAY, BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THAT THROUGH, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND, AND, AND I AGREE IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE MOVED OVER TO TOPIC ONE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD AND BEEN HAVING FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND PROBABLY NEED TO WRAP, WRAP IT UP.
WELL, LET ME, UH, SUMMARIZE WHAT I'VE HEARD, UH, THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY THAT SHOULD BE MOVED UP.
UH, FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I AM CONCERNED, UH, THAT WHEN A CONSULTANT AND A, UH, STAFF, STAFF SAY THAT SOMETHING IS OF COMPLEXITY, I'M CONCERNED, UM, ABOUT ADVANCING IT.
UM, THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ADDRESSING ISSUES, UH, IN THE LMO IN FITS AND STARTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND I THINK THAT WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A CAPABLE CONSULTANT, UH, TO ADVISE US.
AND SO I, FOR ONE, WOULD PREFER TO KEEP, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL PARKING AND OCCUPANCY IN TOPIC THREE.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THE FACT THAT TOPIC ONE AND TOPIC TWO AREN'T GOING TO REALLY BE ADDRESSED UNTIL JANUARY, I'M INCLINED TO SAY, HEY, WE OUGHT TO BE WORKING ON THESE OTHER THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I, I WOULD RECOMMEND FROM THE COMMITTEE STANDPOINT THAT, UH, MISSY AND CONSULTANT THINK THROUGH THIS AND SEE WHAT CAPABILITY YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
THERE'S TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT, PARKING ALONE OR PARKING IN OCCUPANCY.
I SEE THE TWO CONNECTED, BUT IN A, IN A, IN REFLECTION ON, ON THIS COMMITTEE'S OPINION, WE MAY BE WANTING TO BIFURCATE IT.
SO IF MISSY, I JUST, IF I MAY, UM, ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO THE, THE OVERALL PROJECT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRIORITY SET IS, UM, ACCELERATED.
UM, WE HAVE IN OUR PROJECT TIMELINE THAT ONCE THAT IS DRAFTED, THEN WE START ROLLING INTO THE OUTLINE OF THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL.
WE START WORKING ON THOSE BY MODULES OR TOPIC CLUSTERS, UM, AFTER WE'VE DEFINED THE CODE BLUEPRINT.
AND, UM, SO AS THIS PRIORITY AMENDMENT IS ROLLING THROUGH THAT LONG PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS, WE'RE WORKING ON THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL.
SO IF WE GET TOO BOGGED DOWN WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS, THAT WILL IMPACT OUR WORK ON THE FULL CODE OVERHAUL AND OUR ABILITY TO FOCUS, UM, ON THOSE IMPORTANT TOPICS.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOSE REASONS.
AND I THINK ALSO THE COMPLEXITY WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UM, ORDINANCE ITSELF, UM, THE SCALE OF WHICH WE HAVE, UH, THAT BUSINESS ACTIVITY ON THE ISLAND AND THE COMMUNITY INTEREST AND DESIRE TO HAVE, UM, A, A COMMITTEE OR SOME SORT OF BODY TO REVIEW WHATEVER CODE CHANGES, UM, ARE, ARE INTRODUCED.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, SOME OF THE, THE THOUGHT BEHIND, UM, PUTTING THAT IN A FULL CODE OVERHAUL, UM, TOPIC CLUSTER WHERE WE WOULD HAVE MORE TIME AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE MODULE DEVELOPMENTS TO INCORPORATE, UM, THAT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN, IN THAT, WHEN WE GET TO THAT MODULE.
SO, UM, THAT WAS SOME OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SEQUENCING OF HOW THIS PROJECT PROGRESSES
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AND WHEN, UM, EVEN THOUGH THIS WILL STILL BE ROLLING THROUGH THE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS, WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE FULL OVERHAUL AT THE SAME TIME.DO I HAVE A QUESTION? PLEASE? MM-HMM,
SO OCCUPANCY, AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES I HAVE WITH REGARD TO OCCUPANCY AND PARKING AND TYING THEM.
DO WE HAVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT, OR A WAY WE CALCULATE OCCUPANCY? IS IT SOMETHING THAT SOME OTHER STANDARD, YOU KNOW, THROUGH VRBO OR WHOMEVER IS DICTATED TO US? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT A HOME HAS FIVE BEDROOMS, 10 BEDROOMS, WE ASSUME X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THERE? OR IS IT A THIRD OPTION, WHICH IS A HOMEOWNER WHO'S RENTING THEIR SPACE, SAY, WELL, THAT MAY BE A BEDROOM, BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THREE SETS OF BUNK BEDS IN AND THEY'RE BOTH DOUBLES WITH TRS, AND SO I SAY I CAN HAVE THAT MANY, WHICH IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER POSSIBLY TWO.
SO WHAT IS OUR DEFINITION? HOW DO WE CALCULATE OCCUPANCY? I THINK OUR CRITICAL PART OF THIS CONVERSATION WOULD BE CREATING THAT DEFINITION.
SO YOU HAVE A DEFINITION OF OCCUPANCY TODAY FROM A BUILDING CODE PERSPECTIVE, BUT PART OF REGULATING OCCUPANCY, UH, THE FIRST FUNDAMENTAL STEP IS ACTUALLY DEFINING IT, AND COMMUNITIES DO IT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO WE HAVE LOOKED INTO WHAT MAY WORK BEST FOR HILTON HEAD AND I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION, BUT MORE OF SOME OPTIONS THAT WE WOULD TALK THROUGH IF, IF THIS IS A PATH THAT WE WANNA PROCEED WITH IN THE SHORT TERM OF, UM, WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK WOULD BE THE MOST PRUDENT PATH FORWARD? AND ALSO WHAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WOULD RECEIVE ON THAT DEFINITION, BECAUSE THE WAY YOU DEFINE IT IS REALLY CRITICAL IN WHAT THAT CALCULATION ENDS UP BEING, UM, AND THEREFORE IMPACTING HOW MUCH PARKING YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, THE, WHAT YOU CAN ADVERTISE ON THEIR RENTAL PLATFORM.
UM, SO GETTING THAT DEFINITION RIGHT IS GONNA BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS A, A FIRST STEP AND WHAT MECHANISM WE HAVE IN TERMS OF CHECKING AND EN ENFORCEMENT.
WE, WE HAVE A STRONG SUGGESTION THAT THE SHORT, SHORT-TERM RENTAL, PARKING AND NOT OCCUPANCY, I THINK, IS THAT CORRECT MS. BRYSON? THAT IT'S SHORT-TERM RENTAL PARKING, EXCLUDING OCCUPANCY, UH, BE, BE EXPEDITED, UH, AS IN TOPIC ONE, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND THAT IT BE, UM, A, UH, ATTACHED TO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL LICENSE.
UM, I WANT TO PUT THIS ONE TO BED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO I'M ASKING STAFF TO BRING BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE A A, A WAY OF DOING THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND SEE IF WE CAN SAY YES TO IT OR NO TO IT.
BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET THIS ONE OFF THE TABLE.
MY IMPRESSION IS THAT YOU CANNOT COME UP WITH A PARKING, A RATIONAL PARKING FIGURE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING OCCUPANCY AS WELL.
SO, BUT I'M, I'M WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT THIS ONE TO BED.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A, THERE'S BEEN A, A RECOMMENDATION THAT MASS AND SCALE OF MULTIFAMILY BE ADVANCED.
IN WHAT WAY THAT COMPLICATES ISSUES.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT CLEARLY SOME OF OUR LARGER MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS HAVE HAD NE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR STREETSCAPE AND OUR EXPERIENCE.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO AS WELL.
I GO BACK TO UNDERSTANDING THE GULL CULTURAL IMPACTS THAT, UH, MAY BE, UH, AT CON IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT OTHER ISLANDERS FEEL IS APPROPRIATE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO, IN SOME WAYS, ADJUDICATE THAT ON AN INFORMAL OR FORMAL BASIS.
UM, AND YOU ASKED AT ONE POINT FOR FOOD TRUCK FEEDBACKS? I DON'T THINK THAT'S FOR TODAY.
WITH NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR HERE I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAIRMAN'S RECOMMENDATION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, ARE YOU HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT? IF YOU WOULD LIKE MR. ALFORD AS A TOWN COUNCILMAN, PLEASE COME FORWARD, MR. A CHAIRMAN BE, BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH, I WOULD, IN, IN CONTEXT OF THE PARKING EXISTING REGULATIONS DO ADDRESS IT IN TERMS OF PARKING MUST BE CONTAINED ON SITE, NO OFFSITE PARKING CAN'T PARK ON THE STREET.
UM, AND SO IF, IF THAT'S TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU HAVE DISCUSSED SEPARATED
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IN WHAT WAY, MR. WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU THE, WELL, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR COMMENT, IT WAS THAT YOU WANTED SHORT-TERM PARKING MOVED FROM TOPIC THREE TO TOPIC ONE.AND SO, GIVEN WHAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS, IS THERE SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION YOU MIGHT HAVE AS TO WHAT I WILL RELY ON MS. BRYSON'S OPINION ON THAT REGARD? WHAT THE RESULT YOU'RE SEEKING THERE IS? YEAH, WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A GOOD BIT LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER OF 2023, BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, I SAID THERE WERE THREE OPTIONS.
ONE IS TO INCLUDE, UM, THE CHART FOR PARKING, WHICH APPLIED ISLAND Y BUT TO ONLY INCLUDE THAT WITH REGARD TO SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE LMO.
SECOND OPTION WAS TO INCLUDE, UM, A DIFFERENT, UM, CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION SUCH AS, IS IT A RESTAURANT OR IS IT, UM, UM, AN OFFICE? UM, YOU COULD CREATE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PARKING FOR STR.
AND THE THIRD OPTION, WHICH WAS THE ONE THAT I THINK IS THE QUICKEST FIX, AND WE CAN MOVE OFF THIS DIME, FINALLY, IS TO MOVE THOSE SAME STANDARDS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAD APPROVED OVER TO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE, WHICH IS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CHAPTER NOW.
AND SO THAT'S THE OPTION THAT I THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND, AND WE EVEN HAD A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT WE CONSIDERED, AND THEN IT WAS, UH, MIXED IN WITH OCCUPANCY, WHICH THEN DERAILED IT
IT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLY ONLY WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT.
NOT THAT OCCUPANCY IS NOT OF CONCERN.
I'M GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE CHAIR IS ASKING THE STAFF TO BRING BACK TO US AT OUR NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION.
THAT THIRD OPTION, OTHER COMMENTS FROM STAFF IN, IN THE SENSE, I THINK, UM, MS. BRYSON'S SUGGESTION IS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PARKING PLACES, UM, REQUIRED.
IS THAT NOT SO? UM, IT, IT MAY NOT.
WHAT IS IT TIE TO? YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NU YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND, SORRY, MR.
CAN I CLARIFY? I THINK THAT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH ME, THAT YOU WERE GOING BACK TO THE PARKING, UH, REGULATION THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THAT FOUR A SET.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY MOVING THAT CHART OVER.
WE WE'RE DISRESPECTING MR. ALFORD
UH, COMMENTS ON BOTH THE, UH, ASPECTS OF SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT ARE ON TOPICS ONE AND THREE.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, IT REPRESENTS SEA PINES.
AND AS YOU ALSO KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE IN ONLY THREE COMMUNITIES, SEA PINES, PALMETTO DUNES, AND FOREST BEACH.
SEA PINES, PROBABLY THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS ON THE ISLAND.
UM, THAT MEANS THAT I AM RECEIVING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS A FAIR NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARTICULARLY OCCUPANCY AND ADVERTISEMENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THAT SHOW CONVERSION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UH, INTO SHORT TERM RENTAL WITH OCCUPANCY FOR 18 OR 20 PEOPLE.
UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TRY TO SAY, TO ANSWER MY CONSTITUENTS, UH, IF OCCUPANCY IS NOT GOING TO BE DEALT WITH SHORTLY, AND IF WE'RE GONNA PUT IT OFF FOR, FOR TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS OR SO ON, IT JUST PUTS ME IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION, UH, IN DEALING WITH SEA PINES.
UM, WHETHER THAT'S IN A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT OR NOT, MAYBE THAT IS THE BEST ANSWER BECAUSE THAT COULD PERHAPS, IF THAT COULD BE MOVED MORE RAPIDLY MOVING TO ENFORCEMENT FINES AND PENALTIES.
UH, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS WITH ENFORCEMENT THAT, THAT HAVE SURFACED SO FAR UNDER THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.
THIS MAY BE A POLICY MATTER, IT MAY BE ACTIVITIES OF THE STAFF RATHER THAN CHANGES IN THE LAW.
UH, BUT THE, UH, THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS OF ENFORCEMENT IN ADDITION TO MODIFYING FINES AND PENALTIES, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA THAT I BELIEVE, UM, STAFF NEEDS TO, TO DEAL WITH.
UM, ONE IS, DO WE KNOW ABOUT AT THE TOWN LEVEL, DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS? UH, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT
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IS NO, WE DO NOT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET REPORTED TO THE TOWN.SO WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE POAS, UH, IN TERMS OF FINDING OUT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, I, I, I KNOW THAT IN THE CASE OF SEA PINES, THAT THAT MATTER HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO THEM WITH POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS THAT, BUT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN YET.
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS, IS IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE TIME TO ENFORCE THE FI UH, TO ENFORCE THE RULES, THEY HAVE TO HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THAT THE RULES ARE BEING BROKEN.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE OCCUR ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AFTER 10:00 PM CURRENTLY, STAFF ONLY WORKS TILL 9:00 PM ON WEEKENDS OR OTHER DAYS.
SO THERE ARE SOME POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF THIS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE DEALT WITH AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGES IN THE LAW.
MAY I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCILMAN, UM, ALFRED'S COMMENTS ARE RIGHT ON MARK.
UM, THERE'S HOLLY FIELD AND THERE'S BRADLEY, AND THERE'S SINGLETON, ALL OF WHICH ALSO IS, ARE HIGHLY, UM, SHORT TERM RENTAL, UM, AREAS.
AND YOU'RE CORRECT ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS, IS WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK WE NEED A DEFINITION ON OCCUPANCY SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST PARKING THAT OCCUPANCY, UM, IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH.
IT IS THE DELIVERY OF 2024 BICYCLES IN THE YARD WHERE THE YARD ISN'T BIG ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY PARKING, AND THE BICYCLES ARE FLOPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND INTO THE STREET.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT ONE AND, UM, THE ELEVATED NOISE THAT, UM, IS CLEARLY, UM, GOING TO RESULT FROM TOO MANY PEOPLE BEING IN TOO SMALL A PLACE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE COMMENTS.
THE CON THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST WHAT WE HAVE HERE UNDER TOPIC THREE.
AND MAYBE IT'S WORTHY OF ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO ADDRESS OR AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT.
AND THE FACT IS THAT WE ARE NOT RECORDING AND DOCUMENTING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS.
AND, UM, AND, AND THOSE AREN'T CAPTURED UNFORTUNATELY IN GOBOS, SO WE CANNOT SIMPLY RELY ON DEVOS.
SO ANYWAY, MY 2 CENTS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS? YES, MA'AM.
I'M BETH PETRO AGAIN WITH BEACHSIDE GETAWAY AND THE HILTON HEAD VACATION RENTAL ALLIANCE.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, ONE, I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT FINES AND PENALTIES HAVE BEEN MOVED INTO THE TOPIC ONE AND ARE STAYING THERE.
UM, MOST OF OUR GUESTS ARE HERE FROM FOUR TO SEVEN DAYS, SO IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO FIND THEM, THE GUEST WHO IS ULTIMATELY BREAKING THE RULES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND THROUGH HAVING OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL APARTMENTS.
SO HAVING THAT DONE MORE ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE THING AS FAR AS OCCUPANCY AND PARKING.
WE CAN SPEND THREE MORE HOURS TALKING ABOUT THAT JUST TODAY.
BUT I THINK THE TOWN DOES NEED TO COME UP WITH A VERY TRUE DEFINITION OF WHAT OCCUPANCY IS MEANT TO BE.
WE DO HAVE IT IN THE BUILDING CODE.
THERE IS FIRE SAFETY RULES THAT ALSO PERTAIN TO OCCUPANCY.
SO WHY CAN'T WE COME UP WITH A UNIVERSAL, UM, DEFINITION OF WHAT THAT WILL BE AS FAR AS THE TIMING? TO APRIL'S POINT, WE SIGN OUR RENTAL AGREEMENTS WITH SOME OF OUR GUESTS AT LEAST A YEAR IN ADVANCE, IF NOT MORE.
SO KNOWING THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE BEFORE, AT THE VERY LEAST THE PERMITS ARE ISSUED, WILL GO A LONG WAY TO WHAT WE NEED TO, TO ENFORCE WITH OUR GUESTS, WITH OUR HOMEOWNERS, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
ARE THERE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA BRING THIS BACK TO THE DIOCESE AT THIS TIME AND ASK A DIRECT QUESTION OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WOULD SUPPORT MOVING SHORT TERM RENTAL, PARKING AND OCCUPANCY TO TOPIC ONE.
I IT, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT TIED TOGETHER.
WELL, NOW IT'S NOT A CONDITION, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
UM, AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH, UM, BETSY ON THIS ONE.
IF, IF WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WE HEARD FROM ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT TO US IS OF SUCH A CRITICAL NATURE, THEN UM, IT CERTAINLY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
AND WHETHER WE'RE ABLE TO, TO NECESSARILY ACCOMPLISH THEM ALL IN LOCK STEP, OR MAYBE THIS IS A BIGGER CONVERSATION, SO LET'S BEHIND THANKS, UM, A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT DOES NEED TO BE.
UM, AND, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING BUSINESSES WHO ARE ASKING US, THEY'D WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION.
TELL ME WHAT IS HIS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? IS IT PARKING? IS IT OCCUPANCY, IS IT BOTH OR IS IT ONLY ONE? I'M GONNA GO AHEAD WITH PASSY AND, AND SAY THEY BOTH SHOULD GO.
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BOTH.AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT SENDING THAT WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND.
OH, I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, GLEN.
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT MISSY SAID.
MISSY DID SHE, YOU SAY YOU COULD NOT DO THAT.
WELL,
SO I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT.
UM, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING WITHOUT A DOUBT.
UM, IT REQUIRES, UH, A LOT OF ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON, UM, ON THE LANDSCAPE OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UM, AND, AND FINDING A SOLUTION THAT WILL WORK.
UM, IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE NOT INCLUDED TO ALLOW US MORE TIME TO START WORKING ON THE FULL OVERHAUL.
IF WE, AND, AND THEN THE OTHER MAIN REASON TOO THAT WAS, THAT WAS COMMUNICATED IS THAT WITH THE ENFORCEMENT FINES AND PENALTIES TOOLS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE WHAT WE DO HAVE ON THE BOOKS.
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE BETTER COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT DO PERTAIN TO PARKING AND NOISE AND, AND TRASH.
AND SO, UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE IN THE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS SET, THERE WILL BE RELIEF AND MORE SUPPORT TO ENFORCE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THESE, THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF, OF COORDINATION, UM, AND LEVEL OF EFFORT TO BRING THESE TO, YOU KNOW, READY FOR PUBLIC REVIEW THROUGH LEGAL REVIEW AND, AND PRESENT THEM TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, OF COURSE WE HAD, UM, RECOMMENDED WITH, WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM THAT, THAT THIS IS HIGHLY COMPLEX AND THAT WE RECOMMENDED IT, UH, FOR THE FULL OVERHAUL.
UM, BUT WE WILL TRY AND MAY ADJUST THE LONG-TERM SCHEDULE IS THE RELEVANCE, IS THE COMPLEXITY.
IF, IF, IF THIS TAKES AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALSO A PRIORITY, THEN THERE'S A DOWNSIDE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S WHICH, WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS ADDRESSING, I THINK.
ONE PLACE THAT A LITTLE TIME OPENED UP WITH THE, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO MADE THE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE A, A PRESENTATION TO MAKE AT 1230, SO I'M GONNA BE LATE.
BUT, UH, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, AND SO THEY, UH, I'M HERE WHERE I NEED TO BE.
UM, THE SIGN STANDARDS WAS A SIMPLE, WAS AT LEAST SUGGESTED TO BE A SIMPLE, UM, MATTER.
SEND IT TO THE LAWYER, LET 'EM FIX IT.
SO I'LL ADD TO YOU THAT, THAT, UH, SCHEDULE THAT WAS, IT INCLUDED TWO AS NEEDED MEETINGS IN THAT SCHEDULE.
SO IF A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF PLANNING COMMISSION IS NOT NEEDED, IT'S ONE MONTH LESS.
IF TWO MEETINGS AT PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE ARE NOT NEED, NOT NEEDED, THEN IT IS ALSO ONE MONTH LESS.
SO IT COULD BE TWO MONTHS LESS IN THAT PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS.
HOWEVER, AS COMPLEX AS THESE TOPICS ARE, WE ENVISION THAT DISCUSSION TO BE LENGTHY.
JUST KEEP US ADVISED AS TO HOW YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
MR. CHAIR, I HAVE ONE REALLY QUICK SUGGESTION.
THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS COMPILED A CHART OF STR REGULATIONS WITHIN THE STATE.
AND I THINK IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ALREADY, IT'D BE GOOD TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
IF IT'S WORKING SOMEPLACE ELSE, IT'D BE A GOOD PLACE TO WORK.
AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS OF IT.
ONE IS WHAT LANGUAGE DO YOU USE AND HOW DOES IT APPLY IN EFFECT HERE? THAT SEEMS TO BE THE COMPLEXITY.
THE SECOND PART, DRAFTING LANGUAGE IS NOT HARD.
HOW IT APPLIES IS THE DIFFICULT.
OKAY, SO TOPIC ONE, TWO, UH, ARE SUPPORTED.
SHORT TERM RENTAL, PARKING, AND OCCUPANCY
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HAS TO BE MOVED UP TO TOPIC ONE.