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PARK WEDNESDAY AUGUST SEVENTH I'D LIKE TO CALL THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO ORDER AND WE GET A ROLE CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN CHARLIE WETMORE HERE AS CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER MICHAEL BROCK COMMISSIONER RICH OR CONSERVATIVE COMMISSIONER DAN GROVE. COMMISSIONER BILL POWERS HERE. OKAY.
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WE DO HAVE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT WHICH REPRESENTS A QUORUM. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL NOT HEAR ANY NEW ITEMS AFTER 9:30 P.M. UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT ITEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD BEFORE 930 MAY BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT[IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
REGULAR MEETING OR AN ADDITIONAL DATE AS DMISSION MEM. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM JULY? SO WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR ARE ASKED IS UNANIMOUSLY OC PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS?[V. PUBLIC COMMENT]
YEAH. OKAY. DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 3 MINUTES PER MEETING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON IS SPEAKING ON THEIR OWN BEHALF OR AS AN AGENT FOR OTHERS.MEETING ATTENDEES MAY NOT DONATE TRANSFER, YIELD OR GIVE ANY OR ALL PORTION OF THEIR SPEAKING TIME TO ANOTHER. ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED THE PODIUM AND DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY SINGLE MEMBER THEREOF.
ALL SPEAKERS SHALL BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN OR PRESENT AT THE MEETING. SPEAKERS SHALL BE EXPECTED TO BE CIVIL IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM COMMENT OR BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES DISORDERLY SPEECH.
ACTION NAME CALLING. PERSONAL ATTACKS. THREATS OBSCENE OR INDECENT REMARKS AND OR DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS. ALL SPEAKERS SHALL CONFINE THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION.
SPEAKERS SHALL NOT USE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE AWARDS BUSINESSES, SERVICES, GOODS OR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. WITH THAT SAID, ONE THING THAT I LIKE TO ADD IS PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE COMMISSION MEMBERS UP ARE NOT COMPENSATED FINANCIALLY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WE ARE FELLOW CITIZENS WHO CARE ABOUT THE TOWN AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT COMES BEFORE US. WITH THAT SAID, DO YOU RECALL THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT AND WHEN SHE CALLS YOU PLEASE COME UP STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. BILL MCCOLLUM MCCOLLUM, THANK. MY NAME IS BILL MCCOLLUM.
MY ADDRESS IS SEVEN LINCOLN COURT BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA .
READY FOR YOU TO BEGIN? OH, YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR LIFE AND SPACE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE STATION CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THAT THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
MY MAIN CONCERN IS IS WITH THE THE TANKER TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE INEVITABLE WITH A GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE CURRENTLY THE CIGARET STATION ROAD IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR LARGE TRUCKS. A LARGE TRUCK SUCH AS A TANKER TRUCK CANNOT SAFELY AND LEGALLY MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN ENTERING INTO THE PROPERTY THE PROPOSED PROPERTY WHERE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS GOING. ITS ONLY OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO GO BACK AND GO AROUND CIRCLE BUT OUR CIRCLE IS ACTUALLY A SQUARE SO THERE'S ROOM FOR A TANKER TRUCK. THE THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE. THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT WERE NOT INTENDED THAT DIDN'T GET CHANGED WITH THE PEDIGREE BETWEEN THE BANK OF KANSAS AND THE CITY LATER ON BUT BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT. THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AS I UNDERSTAND REQUIRED THAT AMANDA BE BUILT WHICH WAS IN IN THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN SO THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE THE NEED A TANKER TRUCK TO USE THE STATION ROAD BECAUSE THEY GET INTO A MAN THE ROAD. HOWEVER IN ORDER FOR AMANDA ROAD TO INTERSECT WITH HIGHWAY 170 THEY HAD TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY, SUBMIT TO THE DUTY AND GET A PERMIT. THERE IS CITE DISTANCE CONCERNS WITHIN BEING TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT TO INTERSECT WITH INTERSTATE 170 BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE END OF A CURVE THE SITE DISTANCE. THE LATEST I BELIEVE IS 2008 WHICH IS POST THE ORIGINAL MASTER DESIGN THE DEVELOPMENT. SO I WOULD I WOULD KINDLY ASK THAT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IN RESPECT NOT BE CONSIDERED IF A D.O.T. PERMIT IS NOT ACHIEVED FOR AMANDA ROAD BECAUSE THAT
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WOULD BE THE ONLY THE ONLY WAY IN FOR A TANKER TRUCK. BUT EVEN WITH AMANDA ROAD IT WILL INTERSECT IT WILL DRIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY'S PLAYGROUND AND AMENITY CENTER SWIMMING POOL WHICH THERE'S THERE'S SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS BY MANY OF THE RESIDENTS. AND YOU MAY HEAR YOU MAY HEAR SOME OF THAT TODAY, BUT THAT IS THAT'S THE GIST OF MY COMMENTS IS THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND AND THERE IS DEFINITELY QUESTION I'M NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER BUT THERE'S DEFINITE QUESTION WHETHER THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION WOULD ALLOW AMANDA TO INTERSECT WHICH WOULD BE THE ONLY ENTRANCE FOR A GAS STATION TANKER. I DO THINK IT'S BRITTNEY HENDRICKSON. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MY NAME IS BRITTANY HENDRICKSON. I LIVE AT 62 AUGUSTINE ROAD IN .I'M A RESIDENT OF SEAGROVE STATION. I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE WITHIN THE VILLAGE AT VERDI AIRPORT.
ONE OF MY PRIMARY CONCERNS IS TRAFFIC AND ROADWAY SAFETY. ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS, A GAS STATION WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE CAN GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 1500 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY. THIS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED TRAFFIC ON C1 170 AND STRAIN OUR SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS ROADS WHICH WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR HIGH VOLUME OR HEAVY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ESPECIALLY NOT FOR REGULAR GAS TANKER DELIVERIES. OUR ROADS AND SEAGRASS STATION HAVE ALREADY BEEN PATCHED SEVERAL TIMES AND ARE SCHEDULED FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS FALL. THE WEAR AND TEAR FROM LARGE TRUCKS TURNING INTO NARROW STREETS ONLY WORSEN CONDITIONS AND REDUCE OUR SAFETY PARTICULARLY DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN FAMILIES ARE COMMUTING OR WAITING AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS. FURTHER, THE 2011 TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE VERDI AAP HAD ALREADY IDENTIFIED TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND DEVELOPMENT HAS ONLY GROWN SINCE THEN.
YET NO UPDATED TRAFFIC STUDY HAS BEEN CONDUCTED FROM A 2018 AS A ROAD SAFETY REVIEW.
WE KNOW THAT IN 2016 THE SECTION OF SD 170 CARRIED OVER 30,000 VEHICLES PER DAY A 24% INCREASE FROM 2012. THAT NUMBER LIKELY EVEN HIGHER TODAY.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS THIS. AREA OF C1 70 HAS A 45 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT NO STOPLIGHT AND LIES ON A CURVE. CONDITIONS THAT MAKE TURNING PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS. THE PROPOSED DESIGN DOESN'T ADEQUATELY FOR VEHICLES ESPECIALLY TANKER TRUCKS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT ACROSS TRAFFIC INTO OUR INTO OR OUT OF OUR SEAGRASS STATION OR EVEN THIS AMANDA ROAD. THESE SHARP TURNS POSE SERIOUS NOT JUST TO INFRASTRUCTURE BUT TO HUMAN LIVES. MOREOVER AC 170 IS A DESIGNATED HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE ADDING A HIGH TRAFFIC COMMERCIAL SITE AT THIS KEY POINT RISKS BOTTLENECKS THAT HINDER EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS AND REGULAR TRAVEL.
THIS LACKS THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SAFELY SUPPORT A GAS STATION SUCH AS TURN LANES, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND OR WIDENED SHOULDERS. WITHOUT THOSE MORE TRAFFIC MEANS MORE ACCIDENTS AND AS DESIGNED THIS PROJECT INTRODUCES RISK FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SEAGRASS STATION WAS INTENDED TO BE WALKABLE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND A GAS STATION UNDERMINES THAT VISION BRINGS A LONG TERM CONSEQUENCE THAT ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SAFETY AND CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF LIFE WE VALUE FOR THE USERS.
FOR THESE REASONS I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO DENY THIS PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND KEEP IVAN BROMLEY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MEMBERS. MY NAME IS EVAN BROMLEY OF THE BROMLEY LAW FIRM.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF I REPRESENTED SEAGRASS STATION MASTER PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND MR. BROMLEY IF YOU WOULD JUST YOUR ADDRESS FOR RECORD AND THEN YES YEAH BROMLEY LAW FIRM'S ADDRESS IS 211 GOKEY ROAD THINK WE'D BE DOWNTOWN IN ZEBRA STATION? THE MASTER PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION CONSISTS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND ALL OF WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE SEAGRASS MASTER PLAY AND ITS COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR THE SEAGRASS CONVENIENT STORE IS ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE COVENANTS THOSE COVENANTS PROVIDE THE MASTER ASSOCIATE WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO IMPROVE IT TO APPROVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY AND THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED. WE'VE NEVER INTO PART I'M HERE TO SAY THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE THE PROJECT'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION AND SEE THE MASTER ASSOCIATION YOU KNOW IT'S CLEARLY LAID OUT HAS THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO OR TO
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APPROVE COMMENT AND REVIEW ANY OF CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO THE START.AND AND I KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR CONTEXT HERE IN UNDER THE THREE POINT 10.3 A2 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS HE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE AGREEMENTS THE PILOT AGREEMENTS. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUBJECT TO OUR COVENANTS TO AND THERE'S A WHOLE APPROVAL PROCESS THAT HAS NEVER GONE THROUGH.
WE UNDERSTAND THE PATELS HAVE THE RIGHT TO 85,000 SQUARE FEET BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT THE RIGHT TO APPROVE AND REVIEW IT AND THAT PROCESS HAS NOT HAPPENED. WE ALSO I THINK YOU'VE HEARD CONCERNS DO THE TRAFFIC BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE ROADS AND THE ACCESS ROADS . THE COMMUNITY AND THE MASTERS ASSOCIATION PAYS THAT THE MAIN INTEREST IS THROUGH SEAGRASS STATION YOU THERE'S A PROPOSED OF AMANDA ROAD WHICH I ASSUME WOULD THEN BECOME COMMON PROPERTY OF WHICH WE WOULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING.
SO WE'VE GOT A WHOLE SUITE ISSUES RIGHT THERE AND SO WE THINK IN ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT I KNOW YOU'LL PUT IN YOUR LETTERS THAT YOU GOT TO HAVE A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE MASTER ASSOCIATION SAYING EVERYTHING'S IN COMPLIANCE AND JUST SAYING HEY WE'VE GOT A WHOLE PROCESS THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN HERE. WE'RE BUMPING ALONG IN THIS PROCESS WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE THIRD MASTER AND SO THAT'S MY MY COMMENT THERE.
LINDSAY LOOK LINDSAY AND ALECK KATHY SCHNELL KATHY SCHNELL, MATTHEW HENDRICKSON GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HENDRICKSON. I LIVE AT 62 AUGUSTINE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBOR KRISTIN HOLDER. SHE WASN'T ABLE TO SEE THIS EVENING BECAUSE SHE'S ILL. SHE AND HER FAMILY AT SEA GRASS STATION NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PARCEL. THAT'S ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR CONVENIENCE STORE.
THEIR BACK FENCE IS LESS THAN 20 FEET FROM THE PROPOSED. SHE AND HER HUSBAND RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE MARINE CORPS AND THEY CHOSE BLUFFTON TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY NEVER IMAGINING A GAS STATION WOULD BE BUILT STEPS AWAY FROM THEIR HOME.
NOW THEY'RE RECONSIDERING THEIR DECISION TO STAY ON BEHALF OF THIS IS WHAT SHE WROTE ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE LOCATED ONE TENNESSEE GRASS STATION ROAD AND THE ADJOINING STORMWATER POND AS WELL AS THE NEW ACCESS ROAD TO 170. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO OUR HOMES A SCHOOL BUS STOP, OUR POOL AND A PLAYGROUND AND THAT'S THE COMMUNITY POOL GASOLINE IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE FUEL TRUCKS WERE FUELING SO CLOSE TO OUR HOMES IS UNSAFE A 50 FOOT SETBACK IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH GAS STATIONS RELEASED TOXIC FUMES LIKE BENZENE, A KNOWN CARCINOGEN. THESE EMISSIONS ARE HARMFUL TO EVERYONE AND ESPECIALLY CONCERNING FOR RESIDENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES LIKE KRISTI ALREADY HAS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BREATHE THESE WHILE ENJOYING OUR YARDS AND COMMUNITY. THE GAS STATIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ATTRACT CRIME LOITERING, THEFT AND DRUG ACTIVITY CONNECTING AMANDA TO THE SITE WOULD CREATE A DIRECT ACCESS INTO OUR QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL WAS APPROVED IN OUR NEARBY IN THE NEARBY AREA WE'VE ALREADY SEEN AN INCREASE IN CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUCH CAR BREAK INS, BIKE THEFT AND EVEN A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SEX OFFENDER RESIDING THERE. THIS PROJECT WOULD WORSEN THE PROBLEM THE GAS STATION WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC WHERE CHILDREN WALK AND WAIT FOR SCHOOL BUSSES.
IT WOULD BRING NOISE DESTRUCTION TO AN OTHERWISE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT NEEDED. THERE'S ALREADY EIGHT GAS STATIONS WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF OUR HOMES. THE INDUSTRY STANDARD RECOMMENDED FOR GAS STATIONS IS AT LEAST 300 FEET BETWEEN GAS STATIONS, HOMES, POOLS AND PLAYGROUNDS THIS WOULD BE LESS THAN 50 FEET FROM THE CURRENT HOMES AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD REDUCE OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND ERODE THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT OUR HEALTH, SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE PLEASE ASK YOURSELVES WOULD YOU WANT GAS STATION BUILT BETWEEN 20 FEET FROM YOUR OWN HOME? WE URGE YOU TO THE RIGHT THING AND REJECT THIS PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU. I'M READY. THAT WAS ALL PRODUCE SUBMITTED ONLINE. WE DO HAVE A RESIDENT HERE CAME LATE TO THE MEETING AND DOES NOT FILL OUT A FORM ONLINE OR IN PERSON WANTS TO KNOW SHE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO THAT'S THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE WE DO TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE FORM FILLED OUT AFTER SHE SPEAKS NOW AND AS A REMINDER IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME
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AND YOUR ADDRESS FIRST MY NAME IS JOY CO I LOVE IT I NEED TO GIVE MY EXACT ADDRESS FOR I JUST SAY ROSEVILLE YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR STREET AT LEAST FIVE COTTINGHAM ROAD AND SPARTAN.GOOD EVENING. THIS IS CONCERNING ITEM NUMBER TWO LIVE WELL PARIS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THIS PROPERTY YET I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT PRESERVING WETLANDS AS YOU ARE AS WELL.
I WENT TO THIS PROPERTY MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE WETLAND AREAS OF THE PROPERTY. THERE APPEARS TO BE ABOUT FOUR ACRES OF UPLAND UPLAND CLOSE TO THE CHURCH. THE REST ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND TO BE WETLANDS.
AND YOUR AGENDA PACKET YOU NOTED THERE WAS A SWALE. UPON OBSERVATION THIS IS NOT A SHALLOW CHANNEL BUT RATHER A VERY DEEP WIDE AREA OF WATER COMING FROM THE CULVERT THAT UNDER BOTH WATER PARKWAY INTO THE PROPERTY AND GOING TO THE WETLANDS EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
IT APPEARS THE TOWN IS USING A 2003 PLAT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NO WETLANDS ON THIS PROPERTY.
A LOT HAS CHANGED IN 22 YEARS. IN 2003 THERE WERE ONLY TWO BUILDINGS ACROSS FROM THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS WHERE THE PUBLIX AND THE KROGER AND ALL THE FRANKIE BONDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOW. HAS ANYONE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ACTUALLY WALKED THIS PROPERTY? IF SO YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND AND ALSO IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW AND LET ME KNOW WHAT SHOES YOU WORE IF NO ONE HAS WALKED IT IT WOULD BE GROSSLY NEGLIGENT VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS IT SITS NOW. WALKED ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY AND EVERYWHERE EXCEPT NEAR THE CHURCH THERE ARE PREDOMINANTLY WHAT THERE IS PREDOMINANTLY COVERED WITH AT LEAST A FOOT DEEP. FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE BUILDING WOULD GO IT'S UNDERWATER.
I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU HAVE A WETLAND SURVEY DONE BEFORE THE APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO PREVENT THE FILLING OF WETLANDS ON THE PROPERTY AND THEN PERHAPS SCALE DOWN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE APARTMENTS TO BE WITHIN THE AREA. ONCE THE SURVEY IS COMPLETED I ALSO AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION NOT VOTE UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT AND WHAT THE SITE AND BRING YOUR SNAKE BOOTS. ALSO DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST TO FILL THE WETLANDS IF YOU SO DO AND HOW IS IT GOING TO COST TO REROUTE THE WATER AND WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE PAYING IT? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
[VI.1. 121 Burnt Church Road (Development Plan): A request by Anthony Morse on behalf of the property owner, My-Nash Realty Corp, for approval of a Preliminary Development Plan application. The project consists of a 4,464 SF commercial building with associated infrastructure. The property is zoned Neighborhood Core (NC) and consists of approximately 0.83 acres identified by tax map number R610 040 000 0164 0000 and located within the Highway Corridor Overlay District. (DP-03-25-019673) (Staff - Dan Frazier)]
AND THAT'S ALL PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.FIRST MAIN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OLD BUSINESS 121 BURN CHURCH ROAD DEVELOPMENT PLAN A REQUEST BY ANTHONY MORRIS ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER MENASHE REALTY CORP. FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF 4464 SQUARE FEET COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED NEIGHBORHOOD CORE AND CONSISTS APPROXIMATELY 0.83 ACRES IDENTIFIED BY THE TAX MAP IN THE AGENDA AND LOCATED WITHIN THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.
MR. FRAZIER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 121 CHURCH ROAD. IT'S A REQUEST BY ANTHONY MORRIS OF MCAD ONE CONSULTING SERVICES LLC ON BEHALF OF MY NASH REALTY THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 4464 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND TENANTS TO BE DETERMINED THE 0.83 PROPERTY ACRE PROPERTY NEIGHBORHOOD CORE LOCATED EAST OF BURNT CHURCH AND SOUTH OF FERN LAKES DRIVE THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A LINE THAT WILL RESULT IN A NEW ACREAGE OF 1.85 ACRES. HERE'S WHERE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
HERE'S AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY THE GREATER RED LINE WRAPPING AROUND TWO PARCELS.
ACTUALLY IT IS THE NORTHERNMOST PARCEL AND JUST A LITTLE LITTLE BIT OF THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROPERTY. OH THAT OUT WHEN WE GET TO THE SITE PLANS UM AS THE CHAIRMAN ALREADY MENTIONED THIS IS ALL BUSINESS JUNE 25TH 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION TABLED THIS APPLICATION P.C. MEMBERS ASKED THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED TRAFFIC ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED AT THE MEETING BY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE APPLICANT MEET WITH THREE COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR FURTHER TO FURTHER REFINE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
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ON JULY 15 OF 2025 THE APPLICANT DID MEET WITH THE THREE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND PROVIDED A SUBMITTAL ON JULY 30TH. THE RE SUBMITTAL ADDRESSES NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND INCLUDES THE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT THE APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS LOCATED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORE AND IS SUBJECT THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE UTO SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND ADJACENT TO BE A FOUR COUNTY JURISDICTION. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 4464 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED DRIVEWAYS, ACCESS PARKING UTILITIES AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTY IS ALSO WITHIN THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT AND WILL REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS OF A CORRIDOR OVERLAY THAT REVIEWS LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING AND ARCHITECTURE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ISSUED PRIOR TO THE FINAL PLANNING APPROVAL.HERE IS THE SITE PLAN THAT'S LITTLE MORE OF A WHOLESALE VERSION OF IT.
THIS IS COMING IN OFF A BYRD CHURCH ROAD. THERE'S PARKING TO THE LEFT AS YOU COME IN THERE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL HAD A DRIVE THRU AND HERE THE DRIVE THRU HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THEY ARE PROVIDING PARKING IN THE BACK. THEY A BUFFER ALONG THE LAST BACK PROPERTY LINE. THAT WAS THE RESPONSE TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL OWNERS.
BRING UP THE LANDSCAPE TIME IN A MINUTE TO SHOW THAT IT ALSO STUBS TO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A HAVE A BUILT TO THE PROPERTY LINE FOR FUTURE PARKING PARKING SHARED PARKING OPPORTUNITIES THERE THERE IS A KIND OF HARD TO SEE BUT THERE'S AN EXISTING PROPERTY LINE THAT WOULD BE ADJUSTED JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T KNOW THE DISTANCE THERE BUT JUST A SMALL AMOUNT SHIFT INTO THIS PROPERTY TO SOME ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO THERE'S EXTRA LANDSCAPING ACROSS THE BACK.
THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL LOTS BACK HERE THAT BACK UP TO THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ALSO ALSO THE PARKING HERE IS BEING SCREENED FOR THE LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING ALONG SOME PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER THE CRITERIA FORTH IN SECTION 310 THREE A OF THE YOUDO IN SENSE ASSESSING APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THE RESPONSIVE CRITERIA WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS YOU CAN TABLE THE APPLICATION OR CAN DENY THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
OUR STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 310 THREE OF THE UNIO ARE MET AND RECOMMENDS THAT ANY COMMISSION APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED AND THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS BELOW. THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR THE APPLICANT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. MR. CHAIRMAN, SEEING AS THIS IS ALL I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE COMMISSIONERS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS AND THEN WE CAN BRING THE APPLICANT UP IF NEEDED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT IS THE THE THE 19 AND 12 INCH LIVE OAK ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THIS BUILDING AND ASK THAT AS THE PLANS PROGRESSED THAT THEY REALLY TAKE NOTE OF THOSE AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO PRESERVE THOSE AS WELL AS THE THE CLUSTER OF LIVE OAKS AND THE THE NORTHWEST CORNER IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THEM TAKING THE TIME TO TO TALK WITH THE THREE OF US AND WORK THIS WITH THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THEM. THEY REALLY DID EVERYTHING WE ASKED FOR AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THEY PUT IN TO THIS PLAN AND I DO THE BUILDING WAS SHIFTED SOME AWAY FROM THOSE TREES, CORRECT YOU'RE NODDING WHAT A WASTE OF THE APPLICANT OUT TO THAT ISSUE.
YEAH, THEY THEY WERE ALL NODDING SO LET THE RECORD NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT NODDED BUT OBVIOUSLY AS MR. SAID THAT WE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE TREES ANY DEVELOPMENT NEAR THEM . WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE FEW LIVE OAKS WE HAVE AROUND THERE SO I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR I WASN'T PART OF THE THREE BUT I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE THREE MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE NEIGHBORS AND THE APPLICANT ALL WORKED OUT AND ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THIS PROJECT MEET EVERYBODY'S REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS WHAT I'M
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LOOKING AT SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. I'M ALSO HAPPY THAT THEY'VE TALKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND I'M ASSUMING THAT WENT WELL. THE ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE MEETING WAS WAS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THAT STORMWATER POND AWAY FROM THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY CLOSEST TO THE NEIGHBORS? AND I'M GUESSING THAT WAS DISCUSSED BUT COULDN'T FIND A BETTER SOLUTION DOWN? I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHIFTED AT ALL. IT DOES SIT 20 FEET OFF OF THE PROPERTY LINE IN THE BACK. I'LL LET THE RESPOND IF THEY WANT TO ON.ON WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN SHIFTED IN ANY LOCATION THAT PREVIOUSLY.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP OH COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE. SO IT'S IT IT WOULD BE KIND OF TOUGH WITH RESTRICTIONS. YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE POND ANYWHERE WHERE IT IS NOW THE POND HAS DECREASED IN SIZE AND WE'LL BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THAT AT A MINIMUM BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT'S KIND OF LOCKED IN BUT WHAT WE HAVE PROPERTY WISE TO WORK WITH. CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. AND THEY DID ADD TO THE BUFFER ALONG THE BACK SIGNIFICANTLY SO . WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT STORMWATER APPROVAL ANYWAY OF YOUR STORMWATER PLAN.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. ARE YOU PROPOSING A STORMWATER POND HERE OR AN INFILTRATION AREA? MOST OF THIS WILL BE INFILTRATION.
OKAY. AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN ARE .
THE POND IS FOR THE BUILDING ONLY EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE INFILTRATED INTO THE GROUND IF WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE POND BY PUTTING MORE INFILTRATION IN WE WILL PUT THAT THAT FOOTPRINT IS IS A POND RIGHT AND NOT A INFILTRATION AREA.
I'M SORRY THE FOOTPRINT SHOWN ON PLAN THAT SAYS MATCH LIMITS OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND IS A POND AND NOT LIKE AN INFILTRATION. IT'S STORMWATER.
HERE'S THE OUT. WHERE'S THE OUTFALL GOING TO BE? THE OUTFALL IS GOING TO BE IN THE DRAINAGE DRAINAGE AREA. THE EASEMENT DID EXIST IN THE BACK. OKAY. SO OKAY SO THERE'S A BIG 15 FOOT THERE ALREADY A DITCH IS A 30 FOOT EASEMENT BACK UP BECAUSE THERE IS THERE ALREADY A DITCH THERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FALL TO NO IT YET BUT THE TOPO LENDS ITSELF TO TAKE IT DOWN THE PRIVATE LAND AND DOWN ON THE THE BACK THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION OKAY.
YEAH THOSE DETAILS WILL BE WORKED OUT AND WITH YOUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT'S THANK YOU IT'S AFTER NO OTHER COMMENTS ENTERTAIN MOTION AND YOU PUT THE MOTION BACK UP FOR I'M SURE IT'S A LONG ONE YEAH I'LL MAKE A MOVE TO APPROVE THE 121 BURNT CHURCH ROAD PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED SECOND OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OKAY PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[VII.1. The Goddard School (Development Plan): A request by Kathleen Duncan of J.K. Tiller Associates, Inc. on behalf of David Johnson of Speyside Partners LLC for approval of a Preliminary Development Plan application. The project consists of the construction of a two story day care building with associated infrastructure. The property is zoned Buckwalter Planned Unit Development (PUD) and consists of approximately 1.6 acres identified by tax map number R614 022 000 1128 0000 within the Washington Square Master Plan. (DP-06-25 019796) (Staff - Dan Frazier)]
THANK YOU UNDER NEW BUSINESS FIRST ITEM THE GODDARD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN A REPORT OF I GET THIS A REQUEST BY CATHLEEN DUNCAN OF J.K. TAYLOR ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF JOHNSON OF SPEYSIDE PARTNERS LLC FOR OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION.THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DAYCARE BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY WALTER PUDI AND CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 1.6 ACRES IDENTIFIED BY THE TAX NUMBER IN OUR AGENDA WITHIN THE WASHINGTON MASTER PLAN. MR. FRAZIER THANK YOU MR.. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE GODDARD SCHOOL. IT'S A REQUEST BY CATHLEEN DUNCAN OF J.K. TILLER'S ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER DAVID JOHNSTON SPACE MY PARTNERS LLC FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STORY DAYCARE BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE THE 1.6 ACRE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY COLTER PUDI DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PARK CALLED THE COMMONS PARCEL MASTER PLAN.
THE PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO STANDARDS SET IN THE PARK WATER CONCEPT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE PARK CALLED THE COMMONS PARCEL C FOR INITIAL MASTER PLAN AND UDL SECTIONS 5.3 AND 510 THERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OF THE NORTHERNMOST PARCEL IN THE WASHINGTON DEVELOPMENT IT IS THE NORTHWEST OF MOTT STREET AND BURKHOLDER
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PARKWAY IS AN AREA OF THE SAME LOCATION OF PARCEL AS PART OF THE WASHINGTON SQUARE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2018. AS PART OF THIS PLAN THE DEVELOPER CONSTRUCTED ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL PARCELS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A 16,080 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY DAYCARE CENTER INCLUDING 13 CLASSROOMS, ONE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM WITH ASSOCIATED DRIVEWAYS, ACCESS PARKING UTILITIES AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ARE THE PROPOSED FACILITIES DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A 220 STUDENTS AND 26 STAFF MEMBERS.HERE IS THE DC FOUR INITIAL MASTER PLAN PLAN AND JUST REFERENCE THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE MASTER PLAN. IT'S CALLED OUT AS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES 28 ONSITE PARKING SPACES.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 45 PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE STAFF AND SCHOOL DROP OFF PICKUP DURING PEAK PERIODS. THE GODDARD SCHOOL FOLLOWS AN OPERATIONAL MODEL IMPLEMENTED AT OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PARK THEIR VEHICLES AND THEIR CHILDREN INTO THE FACILITY. SO NO DROP OFF AT THE CURB SHOULD OFF SITE BE NECESSARY.
IT MUST BE ROUTED THROUGH BLEECKER STREET NORTH AS OPPOSED TO MOTT AN EXHIBIT DEMONSTRATING THE OFFSITE QUEUING WILL BE REQUIRED AT TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT.
WASHINGTON SQUARE REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL LETTER WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC PLAN APPROVAL A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT AND IT CONCLUDES THAT THE PROPOSED DAYCARE WILL GENERATE COMPARABLE DAILY AND PEAK HOUR VOLUMES TO THE COMMERCIAL USE PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED IN THE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY PROVIDED FOR WASHINGTON SQUARE. THIS PARCEL WAS CONTEMPLATED AS A GAS STATION I BELIEVE WHICH WOULD GENERATED MORE TRIPS IN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE. SO STAFF COMMENTS ON THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WERE REVIEWED AT JULY NINE, 2025 VRC MEETING THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND REVISED SITE PLANS ON JULY FIVE.
THE SITE PLAN IS A CLOSE REVIEW OF IT IS THE ROUTING JUST JUST OPPOSITE OF THE ENTRY ONTO THE SITE IS IS BLEECKER STREET NORTH IT IS ACCOMMODATES TWO WAY TRAFFIC GOING IN AROUND COMING OUT PLAYGROUND IS ON THE WEST SIDE THE BUILDING THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS ARTIFICIAL TURF ENTRANCE IS UP FRONT THEY'RE PROVIDING WALKWAYS THAT ALLOW PARKING AND WALKING A MINIMAL DISTANCE BEFORE IT BEFORE YOU'RE ON A CROSSWALK THAT GUIDES YOU TO THE FRONT DOOR SIDEWALK WRAPPING AROUND THE BUILDING WE THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING THE EIGHT FOOT FOUNDATION PLANNING IS ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING BECAUSE UNDERSTOOD THE PLAYGROUND AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS AND SEE PLAYGROUND AND SEE TO SEE THE KIDS IS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DUMPSTER THAT THE END PARKING AREA CAN RETURN TO THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN ALSO HAVE A CLOSE UP OF A AND HERE THEY'RE PROVIDING THESE IN LIEU OF THE EIGHT FOOT AROUND THE BUILDING THEY'RE PROVIDING PARKING THAT WRAPS AROUND THE BUILDING PLUS THE THE ENCLOSED AREAS FOR CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND I WILL RETURN REAL QUICK TO I DON'T HAVE I GUESS I CAN USE THIS ONE THIS IS BLEECKER STREET NORTH THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUEUING WELL WHAT WHAT WE WHAT WE DO NOT WANT IS QUEUING ONTO MOTT STREET THAT WOULD THAT WOULD IF ENOUGH CARS ARE THERE WITH BACK UP IN THE BACK WALL THE PARKWAY OH WE COULD RESOLVE THIS BY BY MAKING SURE THAT ANY SITE QUEUING WHILE THEY'RE WAITING AND DROPPING KIDS OFF AT PEAK HOURS THAT IT IS ROUTED ALONG BLEECKER STREET HERE RATHER STREET AN EQUATION SHOW CONSIDER THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION 310 THREE IS THE YOUDO IN ASSESSING AN APPLICATION THESE ARE THE CRITERIA RESPONSIVE CRITERIA WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS TABLE THE APPLICATION OR DENY THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT TOWN STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 310 THREE A OF THE YOUDO ARE MET AND RECOMMEND
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THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS SUBMITTED AT THE SUGGESTED MOTION THEY'RE OPENED IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE THE APPLICANT SPEAK IF THEY'D LIKE TO FEEL DIFFERENT BEING ON THE CALL FEEL DIFFERENT.GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT MATTER TO BLUFFTON AGAIN, I'M CATHLEEN DUNCAN. I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND, THE PROJECT MANAGER AT J.
K TILLER AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE GODDARD SCHOOL AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND STARTED MR. DELACOURT YOUR END. I'D LIKE TO KNOW JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THERE'S 220 STUDENTS THERE'S 45 PARKING SPACES, 26 FOR STAFF TWO SO THERE'S 19 FOR DROP OFF I WANT TO UNDERSTAND TWO THINGS HOW ARE THE TIMES STAGGERED SO THAT 19 PARKING SPACES ENOUGH AND HOW WILL WE ENFORCE PEOPLE NOT QUEUING UP ON BUCKWALTER SO THERE ARE 45 PARKING SPACES ON PROPERTY AND THE SO THEY COULD PARK ANYWHERE IN THOSE 45 SPACES THAT ARE ANYBODY DROPPING OFF COULD PARK IN THOSE SPACES I WOULD THE INTENTION IS TO HAVE STAFF ACTUALLY PARK OFF SITE SO THAT WOULD FREE UP THE SPACES ON PROPERTY THERE'S 100 WITHIN A THREE MINUTE WALK THERE'S ANOTHER 136 COMMON SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE WASHINGTON SQUARE DEVELOPMENT THE SCHEDULE WORKS OUT SO THAT ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU NEED TO DROP YOUR CHILD OFF IS WHEN YOU CAN YOUR CHILD OFF.
THERE'S NO CLASSROOM START TIME AT 8:00 OR 9:00 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO GENERALLY SPEAKING THERE'S A WINDOW WHERE TYPICALLY PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING AND IT'S ABOUT A THREE HOUR WINDOW AS WINDOWS AND THE OTHER THING IS A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE DROPPED OFF ARE THERE'S MULTIPLE STUDENTS WITHIN A VEHICLE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST EACH 220 CARS THAT ARE BEING DROPPED OFF WITHIN A THREE HOUR PERIOD.
IT'S MUCH LOWER NUMBER THAN THAT. AND HOW WILL WE ENFORCE WHAT WE WHAT MR. FRAZIER JUST SAID WE WOULD NOT LET PEOPLE QUEUE ON BUCKWALTER WE KIND OF FORCE THEM THROUGH I GUESS BLEECKER STREET HOW WOULD THAT BE ENFORCED.
THAT'S A COMMUNICATION PROGRAM ISSUE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THE SCHOOL AND AND THE SCHOOL AND IF THAT BECOMES A I AM SURE THAT THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THEIR STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING WITH THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE MY QUESTION WAS RELATED TO THAT OR HAVE YOU GOTTEN MINE IS REGARDING THAT WHAT'S GOING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING DOWN BUCKWALTER AND GOING UP BUT INSTEAD OF GOING WHERE THE ROAD IS SUPPOSED TO BE ARGUING A KILLING PART OF THAT BECAUSE I WAS PERSONALLY IN ONE RECENTLY NOT THIS PROJECT BUT VERY SIMILAR TYPE OF INCIDENT AND IT WAS ATTACHED TO PEOPLE I DON'T SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT WAY BUT IT WAS A BIG CONCERN OF MINE THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT ROADWAY IS HEAVILY TRAVELED AT THAT HOUR.
YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S COME IN OFF OF TO 78 AND GOING TO WORK SOMEWHERE OR WHATEVER IS I THINK THAT THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT CAN DONE BUT IF THE EITHER POLICE AND FIRE AND I GOT TO GO BACK OVER TO COUNSEL HERE ON THIS CAN BE BROUGHT IN TO MAKE SURE OUR CAN THE SCHOOLS SAY THEY'LL PUT SIGNS UP TO SAY YOU CAN'T GO DOWN BECAUSE THINK ABOUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET IN THERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO IN THERE AS FAR AS COMING ACROSS THE OTHER WAY I WOULD SAY WELL I WOULD YOU WOULD RICHARDSON THAT'S THE BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST AS WELL AS PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL THERE IS SIGN OFF BY POLICE CHIEF OR DESIGNEE AND THE FIRE MARSHAL OR DESIGNEE AS THE STACKING AND TRAFFIC PLAN AND WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT WE COULD DO WELL. I MEAN WE COULD DO IT BUT YEAH I THINK I CERTAINLY THINK THAT THERE'S A YOU CAN REQUEST THAT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS YOU KNOW IF IT IS INCLUDED AS A CONDITION OF THEIR CIVIL TUNNEL DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS THAT THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE ROUTED SO IT'S NOT A LOT STREET TO BACKING UP AND THERE'S A CONTINUED VIOLATION I MEAN THAT WOULD RESULT IN CITATIONS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT ARE RUNNING THE BUSINESS THERE WHICH I ASSUME WILL THEN BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PARENTS TO
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MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT MAYBE RIVER MONITORING HOW THEY HANDLE IT IS WITH STAFF PERSON TO ENSURE THAT IT'S BEING DIRECTED THE RIGHT WAY THROUGH ALL TOWN.I ASSUME SOMETHING SIMILAR COULD BE DONE THERE ALBEIT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX ON THE PARKWAY VERSUS CALLAHAN BUT I THINK IT IS PRIMARILY GOING TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT AND ENFORCEMENT THROUGH CITATIONS CIVIL CITATION MEANS OR THROUGH WHATEVER OTHER MEANS BE AVAILABLE TO US IF THEY CONTINUE TO VIOLATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVALS, I THINK YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT AS A CONDITION. OKAY. WE THE THE CONCERNED JUST SO THE APPLICANT KNOWS THIS WE HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT WE APPROVED UP THE ROAD NOT VERY FAR FROM THERE IT WAS REPRESENTED THAT THERE WOULD NOT TRAFFIC SETBACKS, THAT IT WOULD NOT AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THE OPPOSITE IS HAPPENING AND. WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IS WE'RE HAVING TO HIT IT FROM THE OTHER END NOW INVOLVING POLICE CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL, OTHER TENANTS OF THE PLAZA TO THE POINT WHERE THAT SCHOOL MAY HAVE TO RELOCATE. AND THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS SAY OKAY, THIS LOOKS GREAT, YOU GOT A GREAT PLAN AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT DOESN'T WORK. YOU'VE GOT TO RELOCATE.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I WOULD I THINK ONE BEING THIS IS NOT FOR THE CURRENT THIS IS NOT HIS FIRST LOCATION. SO HE'S GOT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AT FOUR OR FIVE FIVE LOCATIONS AND SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE THIS EXACT THIS EXACT PARKING NOT EXACT VERY CLOSE OF SIZE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OF SPACE CLASSROOMS SIZE STAFF NUMBERS AND PARKING SPACES AND ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THEM ARE IN DIFFERENT KINDS SETTINGS. NONE OF THEM ARE CAUSING TRAFFIC BACKUPS BEYOND PROPERTY . THAT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING. SO IF THAT I DON'T THAT THAT GIVES YOU ANY ASSURANCES BUT THEY DO HAVE TRAFFIC STUDIES ACTUALLY FOR SEVERAL OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE PROVIDED IF THAT IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE OF THE COMMISSION.
THE OTHER ASPECT I WOULD SAY TO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF WASHINGTON SQUARE THERE'S AND YOU HAVE LUDLOW ACCESS POINT AS WELL. I THINK THAT THAT AND THERE'S ANTICIPATED TO BE A LIGHT OUT HERE YOU'VE GOT TURN LANES BOTH TURNING IN HERE BOTH TURNING RIGHT SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AROUND HERE SITE THAT I THINK MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE MOVEMENT AROUND THIS PROPERTY ACCESS TO AND FROM THAT IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE I THINK TO THE SITE WELL GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER WETMORE.
THE ONE THING THAT WAS NEW INFORMATION FOR ME WAS OF THE 45 PARKING SPACES THE APPLICANT IS SUGGESTING THAT THE STAFF WHICH IS 26 IS NOT GOING TO USE IF THOSE 45 SPACES WERE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY MITIGATE THE PROBLEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M A LITTLE BIT SUSPECT THAT THE STAFF ISN'T GOING TO PARK CLOSE SO IF THOSE PARKS COULD BE RESERVED FOR PARENTS AND NOT STAFF THAT MIGHT REALLY HELP THE SITUATION.
YEAH I MY OPINION ON THAT MATTER IS THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THEIR SOLUTIONS IF THERE IS A TRAFFIC BACKUP IS MAKING SURE THE STAFF PARKING THERE THEIR YES AND THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS THROUGH RIGHT NOW IS WHERE CAN WE MOVE STAFF WHERE CAN WE DO THESE THINGS TO MAKE TRAFFIC FLOW I I KNOW YOU OF ALL PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS ON THIS AND MAKING SURE WE DON'T CREATE A TRAFFIC THE REST OF COMMISSION KNOWS MY NIGHTMARE IS IF CHICK-FIL-A EVER WANTS TO BUILD IN THE TOWN LIMITS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE TIMES TEN MY SUGGESTION TO THE COMMISSION IS WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION GO AHEAD AND PUT A PUT A CONDITION ON IT THAT THE POLICE CHIEF OR DESIGNEE AND FIRE MARSHAL OR DESIGNEE REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PLAN PRIOR TO FINAL THAT WAY WE GET TWO EXTRA SETS OF PROFESSIONALS ON IT AND YOU KNOW THAT GIVES THE APPLICANT THE CHANCE TO SUBMIT THE DATA THEY HAVE ON THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THAT INSTEAD OF SECOND GUESSING OURSELVES HERE I DO HAVE A QUESTION MR. FRAZIER THAT THAT NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR ROAD MONT ST IS SUPPOSED TO AT SOME TIME BY SOME MAGICAL CONNECT TO WHERE THE CINEMARK IS AND THE PLAZA.
DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION AS TO IF IT'S BEING FUNDED IF ANYBODY IS FUNDING IT OR IS IT STILL
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JUST A GHOST AT SOME POINT IN TIME IT'S GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT BLEECKER STREET GOING SOUTH NO NO MONT ST GOING MONT ST IS FIRST OF ALL OH I HAVE NO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING BUT I WAS I WANTED TO ASK JUST TO SEE UNFORTUNATELY THAT UNFORTUNATELY THAT TAKES TWO PARTIES BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE DEVELOPER THIS SIDE IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE OTHER SIDE WHO HAS TO MEET THAT THAT ROAD AND THAT HAPPEN AND THAT'S A REAL GOOD POINT AND THAT'S WHY WE EARN COMMISSION NOWADAYS REQUIRE THAT THEY PAY RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY LINE JUST TO AVOID THIS VERY SITUATION. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE MOTION PAGE SIR? THANK YOU PRETTY ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE GODDARD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION WITH THE CONDITION THE THE SCHOOL COORDINATES WITH THE BLUFFTON PD THE ALTERNATE CLEARING PLANS BASED ON THE NEED AND THE NEED IN THEIR PROGRAM SO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ON FIRE AND THEN I THINK THE POLICE CAN PULL THE FIRE IN AS PART OF IT. SO I THINK THAT'S I'M ALL IN FAVOR I HEY PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TWO ON NEW BUSINESS
[VII.2. Livewell Terrace (Development Plan): A request by Livewell Terrace LP on behalf of property owner Beaufort County for approval of a Preliminary Development Plan application. The project consists of the construction of a 120-unit apartment complex with a leasing office, future medical building and associated infrastructure. The property is zoned Buckwalter Planned Unit Development (PUD) and consists of approximately 10.09 acres identified by tax map number R610 030 000 0712 0000 within the Buckwalter Commons Phase 1 Master Plan. (DP-02-25-019581) (Staff - Dan Frazier)]
WITH WELL TERRORIST PLAN A REQUEST BY ALL TERRORIST HELP BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLANNING APPLICATION.THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION A 120 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH A LEASING OFFICE FUTURE MEDICAL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY WALTER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 10.9 ACRES IDENTIFIED BY THE TAX MAP NUMBER IN THIS AGENDA WITHIN THE BUCKWALTER COMMONS ONE MASTER PLAN MR. FRAZIER THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION FOR A LIVE WORLD. IT'S A REQUEST BY LIBERAL TERRORIST HELP ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER COUNTY FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A 120 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH A LEASING OFFICE AND FUTURE MEDICAL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY PD WITH THE BURKHALTER COMMENTS WITHIN THE COLTER COMMONS PLANNING TRACT PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE BUCKWALTER PD CONCEPT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT A CALL TO COMMENCE PHASE ONE INITIAL MASTER PLAN YOU DEAL SECTIONS 5.3 AND FIVE POINT IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS CALLED THE PARKWAY OPPOSITE OF THE PARK ALTAR DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE SAME LOCATION IT IS ACTUALLY WITHIN PARCEL C SIX OF THE BUCKWALTER COMMONS MASTER PLAN. ON AUGUST 12, 2025 TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM THE TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT BANK RATE BANK A 100% DENSITY BONUS FOR AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING WAS ALSO APPROVED ALLOWING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DWELLING UNITS FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BEAUFORT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO TO ANY OTHER PERSON SEEKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 30 UNITS RESTRICTED TO 40% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, 60 UNITS RESTRICTED TO 60% AMI AND 30 UNITS RESTRICTED TO 80% AMI. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES FIVE MORE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS TOTALING 120 UNITS. ONE LEADS TO AN OFFICE BUILDING AMENITIES AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE BUILDING PAD FOR A FUTURE 6000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING SITE IS PRIMARILY FROM BUCKWALTER PARKWAY.
HOWEVER A SECOND ACCESS WILL BE UTILIZED IN A SHARED ACCESS EASEMENT WITH LORD OF LIFE CHURCH TO THE SOUTH. THIS WILL CIRCLE AROUND AND EXIT OUT ONTO BUCKWALTER PARKWAY THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OPPOSITE PARK WALTER PLACE BOULEVARD TIAA IS
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CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED AND IS TO BE COMPLETED BY MID END TO END OF SEPTEMBER.DATA COLLECTION BEGINS THIS WEEK BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE SCHOOL RELATED TRAFFIC THE TIRE WILL BE PROVIDED THAT TIME A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 291 ON SITE PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED CALCULATED AS 2.25 SPACES PER APARTMENT AND AND A HALF SPACES PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF THE MEDICAL OFFICE USE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 263 SPACES TOWN STAFF IS GOING WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT SO THERE ARE 263 SPACES WORK SOUNDS LIKE 2.01 PARKING SPACES PER APARTMENT WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THEM UP GET THE ADDITIONAL I THINK IT'S 28 PARKING SPACES TO GET UP TO MEETING THE 2.25 SPACE REQUIREMENT STAFF COMMENTS ON THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WERE REVIEWED AT JULY NINE, 2025 GRC MEETING THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND REVISED SITE PLANS ON JULY 31ST, 2025. HERE'S THE SITE PLANS IT'S ACTUALLY THE INDEX SHEET SO IGNORE THE SQUARED UP LINES. I ALSO HAVE IT IN IN A CLOSER IF I NEED TO ZOOM IN AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING IT IS THE PRIMARY ACCESS POINT IS COMING OFF OF BUCKWALTER PARKWAY TO THE AS YOU'RE ENTERING INTO THE LEASING OFFICE TO THE LEFT OF THAT WILL BE THE PAD FOR FUTURE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING 6000 SQUARE FEET SO HERE HERE'S THE TIE INTO THE PARKING LOT FOR LORD OF LIFE CHURCH THIS WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND COME OUT OPPOSITE BUCKWALTER PLACE BOULEVARD A TOTAL OF FIVE FIVE BUILDINGS WITH THE CASE AND PARKING PLAYGROUND IN BACK WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING AND MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON THE PROPERTY LINE IS ACTUALLY THE THE WETLAND DETERMINATION LINE AND THEY HAVE TO COME 50 FEET OFF OF THAT WITH THE WETLAND BUFFER THAT 50 FOOT TAKES THEM TO THIS WHAT YOU SEE IS LINE HERE THE HEAVIER LINE IS ACTUALLY A RETAINING WALL THAT IS PART OF THE DESIGN OF THE SITE PLAN PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION 310 THREE A OF THE UDL IN ASSESSING AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THE RESPONSES WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET PLANNING REQUEST. YOU CAN TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION YOU CAN APPROVE IT AS SUBMITTED YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS CAN TABLE THE APPLICATION OR YOU CAN DENY THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT SHOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHOOSE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS TOWN STAFF FINDS THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MET PRIOR TO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH UDL SECTION 310 THREE A THE APPLICANT WILL SUPPORT DAVID TOWN STAFF TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE PER BUCKWALTER EDSEL 90 SLIDE THREE MODIFICATIONS SECTION 5211 HAVE A SUGGESTED MOTION OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS IS THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE PROJECT MY NAME IS TEMPERATURE CAROLINE ENGINEER I'M REPRESENTING THE LIVE TERRACE PROJECT THE END OF THE GREAT JOB PRESENT THE PROJECT AND PRETTY MUCH IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE THE OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPER AND THEIR COUNSEL HERE SO I'M HERE TOO AND SINCE YOU GUYS NEED ONE LET ME ASK YOU BASED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAD EARLIER AS FAR AS WETLANDS ON THE PROPERTY ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ANY ANY COMMENTS ON THAT, ANY ADDED YES .
SO BACK I WANT TO SAY 23 WHEN THE PD WAS DONE THERE'S A DELINEATION AND WE JUST HAD A ANOTHER AND THAT WAS VERIFIED AS WELL BY. THE CORPS IN 2022 WE HAD ANOTHER DELINEATION THAT WAS VERIFIED THE CORPS AS WELL. SO IT WAS NOW WE HAVE A CURRENT DELINEATION FOR THE SITE SO AND I KNOW I'VE WALKED THAT PROPERTY IT'S BEEN ABOUT MONTHS BUT IT WAS FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH IT WAS DRY THEN BECAUSE OF EXTREME RAIN IN THE LAST MONTH HERE I'M THINKING THAT'S PROBABLY PLAYED INTO IT SOMEWHAT BUT WE CAN PURCHASE AND HELP ME OUT HERE. CAN WE OVERRULE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND SAY THEY'RE WETLANDS WHERE THEY SAY THERE AREN'T UNDER OUR WETLAND ORDINANCE THIS WAS A 2020 215
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YEARS THE WETLAND ORDERS OF THE TOWNS JUST ADOPTED CREATES KIND OF A DISTINCTION QUITE FROM SEPTEMBER 2020 PRIOR THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE DECISION THAT THE EPA OR THE CORPS WOULD NO LONGER BE FOCUSED ON JURISDICTIONAL AND NON JURISDICTIONAL IT WOULD ONLY LOOK AT JURISDICTIONAL. SO THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE AS DRAFTED AND APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL IS WRITTEN DELINEATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED PRIOR TO 2023 AND THAT ARE STILL IN EFFECT AND THE TERMS ARE BEING COMPLIED WITH THOSE ARE BINDING ON THE TOWN AS TO THE LOCATION AND DETERMINATION OF WHERE THE WAS HEADED SO LONG ANSWER THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ATTORNEY ANSWER JUST GO AHEAD. ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS? ONLY COMMENT QUESTION I HAVE IS RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OR THE CONDITION FROM THE TOWN ON PARKING AND MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT. DO YOU SEE THAT BEING A POSSIBILITY? YEAH I THINK WE CAN WORK THE TOWN THERE'S WE HAD A VERY LOOSE SITE PLAN YOU KNOW WE STARTED OUT I WANT TO SAY I SEE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR SOMEWHERE AROUND YOU KNOW ONE AND A HALF THEY HAD A RATIO ON WHAT SIZE IT IS HOW MANY SPACES ARE REQUIRED PER UNIT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON VIDEO IS THAT TO PUT THE FIELD FOR SOME REASON THAT 2.25 SO WE GET TO WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE SPACIOUS UNITS BUT I THINK WE CAN GET A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND DEFINITELY SQUEEZE THEM IN AND YOU KNOW I THINK WORKING WITH DAN AND STAFF WE REALLY SEE TOO MANY ISSUES. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY CRITICAL.YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORKFORCE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE AND THAT USUALLY LEADS TO MORE VEHICLES. SO I KNOW THAT WAS MY CONCERN WAS IS THAT I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE TOWN AND I'M FINE WITH THAT.
YEAH SAME TO DEAL. I MEAN YOU'RE 80% OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO APPROVAL TO PROVE THEY COULD HAVE MEET THE TWO AND A QUARTER THAT'S REQUIRED IN THAT PD SO I DON'T KNOW I HAVE WE THINK WE CAN SQUEEZE THEM IN THE QUESTION OVER PARKING OF ECHO THAT QUESTION A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT MAYBE THIS GOES TO EITHER DAN OR RICHARDSON 30% AMI 60% AMI 80% IN MY IS THE LEASING OFFICE IN CHARGE OF THAT AND HOW DO WE IN THE TOWN KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMPLYING WITH THAT? HI MY NAME IS SOPHIA DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR COOPER AND YOUR QUESTION WHAT COOPER'S VERTICALLY INTEGRATED? WE DO HAVE A MANAGEMENT TEAM.
THEY WILL HAVE ONSITE STAFF, THE LEASING AND THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH SOUTH CAROLINA TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THEIR RULES AS WELL AS ANY RULES OF THE TOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY INCOME QUALIFIES AS WELL AS OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVING AND THE VOTERS.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY YOU HAVE A MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT WOULD ENFORCE THAT.
DOES THE TOWN DO ANY OVERSIGHT THAT AS TO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT? I CAN'T COMMENT. BUT IN OTHER PROJECTS WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BEEN IT'S PROBLEM FOR THE TOWN AND DEER. YES THE TOWN DOES IT HAS THE ABILITY TO VERIFY ANNUALLY WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OR AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS OF RECORD IN ANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT THAT GIVES THE TOWN SOME ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS IT ALL JUST DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF THE TOWN'S INVOLVEMENT AND INVESTMENT AND PROJECT. SO YES OUR MUST THANK YOU.
YES. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FACT THAT THE DENSITY BONUS HAPPENED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE TOWN HAS A RIGHT TO THAT'S ALWAYS HELPING.
OKAY. NEITHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN CAN WE GET THAT BACK UP AND MOVE TO CONDITIONALLY APPROVE LIVE WELL TERRACE PULMONARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS NUMBER ONE THE APPLICANT WILL COORDINATE WITH THE TOWN STAFF TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT BUCKWALTER PD MODIFICATIONS SECTION 5211 TWO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ON FAVOR I MOTION PASSES. OKAY ON NEW BUSINESS ITEM THREE CIGARETS STATION CONVENIENCE
[VII.3. Seagrass Station Convenience Store (Development Plan): A request by Girishkumar Patel for approval of a Preliminary Development Plan application. The project consists of the construction of a 6,000 SF convenience store, fueling station with associated infrastructure. The property is within the Village at Verdier Planned Unit Development (PUD) consists of 5.46 acres identified by tax map numbers R610 021 000 0652 0000 and R610 021 000 0824 0000 at the intersection of HWY 170 and Seagrass Station Road. (DP-06-25-019799) (Staff - Dan Frazier)]
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STORE DEVELOPMENT PLAN OUR REQUEST BY GIRISH KUMAR PATEL A FLAT IN BUTCHER OF THAT FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 6000 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE FUELING STATION WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF VERDIER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSISTS 5.46 ACRES IDENTIFIED BY TAXPAYER IT NUMBER IN THE AGENDA AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 170 AND SEAGRASS STATION ROAD FRAZIER THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SEAGRASS STATIONS CONVENIENCE STORE.
IT IS A REQUEST BY CURRITUCK MA PATEL FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICATION PROPOSES A 6000 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE AND FILLING STATION WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE PROPERTIES ON JEOPARDY PROPERTY AND PER THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ADOPTED ON APRIL 12, 2011, THE PROPERTY SHALL BE DEVELOPED ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON DUTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
THE 5.46 ACRE PROPERTY IS LOCATED THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF OKATIE HIGHWAY AND SEAGRASS STATION ROAD WITHIN THE VILLAGE SEPARATED FROM MASTER IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY HERE IS AN AERIAL OF THE SAME LOCATION THE APPLICANT PROPOSES CONSTRUCTION OF A 6000 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE FUELING STATION ASSOCIATED DRIVEWAYS, ACCESS PARKING UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED FROM OKATIE HIGHWAY AND SEAGRASS STATION AND INTERNAL CONNECTION TO AMANDA ROAD AS WELL AS PER THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THE CONNECTOR ROAD BETWEEN C 172 HIGHWAY AND SEAGRASS ROAD A VILLAGE OF POOR DEER MASTER PLAN MASTER PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION APPLICATION APPROVAL LETTER WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL AND NCDOT ENCROACHMENT PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS HERE IS THE CURRENT VILLAGE DEER MASTER. THIS ONE WAS AMENDED JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT CHANGED THIS ACCESS POINT TO TWO BEING DEDICATED ONLY TO THIS PARCEL HERE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS CALLED OUT AS PARCEL X MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THE CONNECTION THAT WE TALKING ABOUT AMANDA ROAD I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE SIDE PLAN BUT IT IS ON THE MASTER PLAN THAT IS SHOWING THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION OUT TO OKATIE HIGHWAY.
IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT THE SITE PLAN IT'S STILL A CONNECTION BUT THE CONNECTION ACTUALLY TIES IN TO THE REQUIRED ROAD THAT CURVES FROM SEA GRASS STATION ROAD IS OPEN TO HIGHWAYS CLEAR HERE IN A SECOND A TOTAL OF 24 ONSITE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED AND 36 HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. A LANDSCAPE OUTLINE WILL BE REQUIRED AFTER EVERY EIGHT CONTINUOUS PARKING SPACES I THINK THEY HAVE OR TWO OCCASIONS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN A LANDSCAPE ISLAND THE PARKING AND OR SERVICE AREA SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BY A PLANTING SCREEN FENCE OR WALL AT LEAST SIX FEET IN HEIGHT THAT VERY UNIQUE TO SECTION 4.4. TO B TWO THE APPLICANT TEN FUEL FUELING PUMPS. HOWEVER NO MORE THAN EIGHT PUMPS ARE PERMITTED PER UDL SECTION 4.4. 2B4 TO ENSURE ADEQUATE GASOLINE AND DELIVERY TRUCK ROUTING THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE A TRUCK CIRCULATION EXHIBIT AT TIME OF FINAL PLANS MIDDLE HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. THIS SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY HERE IS ALSO BY THE APPLICANT HERE'S HERE'S THE PARCEL THAT'S SUBJECT PARCEL OF SITE DETENTION PROVIDED HERE THIS SEAGRASS STATION COMING OFF OF OKATIE HIGHWAY SO SEAGRASS STATION ROAD HAS A APRON RIGHT NOW THIS WOULD BE THE THIS WOULD BE THE ROAD THAT'S BEEN BUILT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN COMING BACK OUT TO OKATIE HIGHWAY. THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE INTERNAL RESIDENTIAL ROAD THAT TIE IN AND BE CONTROLLED WITH THE STOP SIGN.
HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF WE'VE GOT TEN PUMPS HERE NEEDS TO BE EIGHT THE ANTICIPATED ROUTE FOR FOR ANY FUELING AND AND LARGE TRUCK DELIVERIES WOULD BE WOULD BE ENTERING OFF THE SEAGRASS
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STATION THE REVERSE AND COMING THROUGH HERE THE UNDERGROUND TANKS AND COMING BACK OUT AND HEADED BACK OUT TO THE HIGHWAY IS THE LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THAT AT LEAST ONE LANDSCAPE ISLAND IN HERE THIS IS THE PLANTING PLAN. WHAT WE HAVE IS THE AMENITIES FOR THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL HOUR HERE. THANKFULLY A COMMUNITY ROOM AND POOL THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE BACKING UP THE PROPERTY HERE.I THOUGHT I HAD A CLOSE UP OF THIS SO LANDSCAPING IS PROVIDED HERE ALONG WITH AN IMPRESSION BASE AND LANDSCAPING HERE WELL WE'LL EXPECT TO SEE MORE LANDSCAPING UP TO SIX FEET IN HEIGHT AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE IN HERE WE CAN HANDLE THAT AT TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPE PLAN AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS BUT THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY REVIEW IT AND GIVE THEM SOME COMMENTS AT A TIME THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A TRAFFIC IMPACT TECHNICAL MEMO DATED JANUARY TEN, 2022 WHICH INCLUDES THE PROPOSED LAND USE AS DEFINED THE VILLAGE EVERYDAY OR THE SUMMARY OF THE TIRE THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON RECENTLY CONDUCTED A SIGNAL LAWN ANALYSIS AT THE INTERSECTION OF OAK TREE HIGHWAY AND SEAGRASS STATION AND IT WAS NOT WARRANTED.
A DISCUSSION WITH D.O.T. STAFF WILL REQUIRE AN UPDATED TIRE AND OR A SINGLE WORN ANALYSIS TO VERIFY THE VALIDITY OF THE SPIRIT FINDINGS I BELIEVE THEY SUBMITTED THIS ALSO TO JOSH JOHNSON WITH THE D.O.T. DISTRICT SIX THE TIRE THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION HE PROVIDED SOME PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK THAT THE APPLICANT ELABORATED ON THAT THAT COMMENT ON THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WERE REVIEWED AT THE JULY 23, 2025 GRC MEETING. FIVE RESIDENTS OF THE SYNCHRONIZATION COMMUNITY SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND REVISED PLANS ON JULY 30TH 2025.
SUBJECT PARCEL IS THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT AND WILL A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS REVIEWING LANDSCAPING LIGHTING ARCHITECTURE AT TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING APPROVAL PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER THE CRITERIA SET FORTH SECTION 310 THREE OF THE UDL IN ASSESSING THE APPLICATION HERE ARE THE CRITERIA THE RESPONSES ARE IN THE PACKET PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE FOLLOWING ACTION YOU CAN APPROVE AS SUBMITTED YOU CAN APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. YOU CAN TABLE THE APPLICATION OR YOU CAN DENY THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD PLANNING COMMISSION CHOOSE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH TOWN STAFF FINDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MET TO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH UDL SECTION TEN 3A1 IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED PLAN DEMONSTRATING THE PLANTING SCREEN FENCE OR WALL AT LEAST SIX FEET IN HEIGHT ALONG THE PARKING AND OR AREAS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AT TIME OF FINAL PLAN REVIEW WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE ADJACENT TO THE AMENITY AS WELL AS THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS TWO WOULD BE PROVIDED AN UPDATED SITE PLAN DEMONSTRATING EIGHT FUEL PUMPS AT A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROPOSING TEN AND THREE WOULD BE PROVIDE A CIRCULATION EXHIBIT AT TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW SO THERE'S A SUGGESTED MOTION I CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK THEIR MORE OPEN QUESTIONS COMMENTS EVEN I'M JOSH TAYLOR REJECTED TAYLOR ASSOCIATES ME YOUR ENTIRE YOU HAVE NO GET BACK TO THIS WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TOO BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT WE HAVE ONE THING THIS IS ONE THING THAT MIGHT EASE SOME CONCERNS BASED ON SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT OUR SITE WE PLACE THIS CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION AT THE VERY NORTH WEST CORNER OF THE SITE SO WE'RE APPROXIMATE I HEARD WE'RE 20 FEET AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL BUT BY WAY THE CROW FLIES WE'RE PROBABLY 4 TO 500
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FEET AWAY FROM THOSE RESIDENTIAL WE'RE ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL WHICH IS TO THE EAST OF OUR SITE IS THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAN HERE AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE BAR FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL EXTEND ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY LINE BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS IN HERE AND ALONG THIS PROPERTY LINE TO MEET THOSE. THAT'S CORRECT.IN ADDITION WE DID HAVE A HANDICAP RAMP IN HERE BUT WE WE DO HAVE ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL PLANTING ISLAND AND CAN THAT AS WELL AND AS FAR AS THE H-2A HIS REQUEST FOR RV APPROVAL WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU FOR HARVARD LAW REVIEW WHICH WE'LL GET TO SEE YOUR REVIEW ARCHITECTURE THOSE PLANS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS AND WE WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH H-2A WORKING WITH THEM ON THE NATURE OF THE ARCHITECTURE. WELL YOU'VE ALSO GOT MR. MOORE HERE WHO'S CIVIL ENGINEER. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, SIR, THANK YOU.
I HAD ONE QUESTION PERTAINING TO THAT. ONE OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE ENTRANCE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE I THINK IT'S BRICK PAVERS IS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE AND OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCKS IS GOING TO REALLY PUT A TOLL ON THOSE EVEN WORSE. HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THAT? I KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO TIE INTO THAT ROAD THERE AN EXISTING STUB OUT AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THAT LINE OR PARTS ARE BEGINS BUT I SURE WILL WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
HEY, I'M ROBERT MOORE, CIVIL ENGINEER. SO AS THE PLAN SHOWS, WE WILL ALSO HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL CONNECTION HERE TO THE NCDOT RIGHT OF WAY WHICH IS SOMEWHAT OF AN EXTENSION OF THE AMANA ROAD WHICH WILL RELIEVE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS OF TRUCKS COMING THROUGH THAT ENTRANCE TO THE CIGARET. SURE IT'S GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE AND JUST REGARDING THE PROPOSED I GUESS IT WOULD BE UP OFF OF AMANDA IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. DO YOU HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN? SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH STATE TO GET THE PERMIT. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE TO GET A FULL SOUTH CAROLINA D.O.T.
PERMIT FOR THAT DRIVE IN CONNECTION. SO WE'VE GOT TO SUBMIT TRAFFIC STUDY TO THEM. THEY GAVE US TWO OPTIONS WE EITHER COULD GET A LETTER SIGNED OFF FROM Y'ALL THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION ALREADY SUBMITTED OR WE CAN SUBMIT TO NEW INFORMATION TO THEM TO LET THEM KNOW IF THERE'S A SIGNAL NEEDED AT THE SEAGRASS STATION INTERSECTION RIGHT OR A DSL LANE NEEDED FOR OUR CONNECTION WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING IT. SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A ROAD LEFT TO GO WITH SOUTH CAROLINA DOT BUT THAT THAT PERMITTING WOULD COME AFTER THIS STEP OF THE PROCESS FOR US AND AGAIN LISTENING THE PUBLIC AND THEIR FEELINGS OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL YOU KNOW MY CONCERN WOULD PROBABLY YOUR PART IF IT'S NOT GETTING THAT LETTER FROM THE MASTER PLAY RIGHT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD THINK MIGHT RUN INTO AN ISSUE WITH THIS WAS YOU YEAH WE'VE SOME STEPS LEFT YES FOR SURE. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON ON THE PLAY JOSH IS THAT IS THERE APPROVAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL ONLY OR IS IT FOR THE SITE PLANNING? IS IT FOR ARE THERE STANDARDS IN THE DOCUMENTS AS FAR AS ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING AND MR. OBAMA I'M LOOKING AT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT WELL IT'S NOT THE ARCHITECTURE ONLY AND THAT'S I GUESS YOU SHOULD APPROACH THAT IT'S NOT TO ARCHITECTURE ONLY IT'S TO ANY CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTERIOR, A BUILDING OR EXTERIOR MODIFICATION.
BUT THERE ARE NO ENERGY STANDARDS THAT ARE SET FORTH RIGHT.
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SO I MEAN THAT IS KIND OF CONCERNING IN ITSELF BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE GRAY AREA THAT COULD PREVENT ANYBODY FROM EVER DEVELOPING ON PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO DEVELOP.THANK YOU. SO HOW NEXT QUESTION IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOR THE DOT ACCESS ROAD AND THE POTENTIAL EXTENSION OF AMANDA ROAD? ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD THAT AND THEN CONVEY IT TO THE PLAY OR ARE YOU GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU BY DEVELOPING THIS FOR YOUR USE YOU'RE PUTTING A BURDEN ON ON THE PLAY TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP IT. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING INTO THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION WHAT YOUR PORTION COVER AS MUCH TO MAINTAIN THAT ROAD AS A RESIDENT SO AS MY UNDERSTANDING AND THEN YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE ON THIS THERE'S A THERE'S AN ACCESS EASEMENT ACROSS THAT PORTION OF OUR PROPERTY YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DASH LINE ON THE BACK SIDE WHERE THE TREES ARE LOCATED, WHERE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE HOTEL IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT ROAD IS PRIVATE PROPERTY BUT THERE IS AN ACCESS EASEMENT THERE THAT WILL BE ON THAT PORTION OF THE ROAD.
NOW THE PART THAT GOES OUT TO THE STATE HIGHWAY THAT THAT ACCESS DOESN'T TURN AND FOLLOW THAT SO THE ROAD WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNERS TO CONSTRUCT PAY FOR MAINTAIN ALL OF THAT AND AND THAT THE I THINK THAT SOUNDS RIGHT AND THEN NEXT IS THIS IS FOR EITHER DAN OR RICHARDSON I KNOW WHAT THE MASTER PLAN SHOWS A FULL EXTENSION OF AMANDA ROAD OUT TO HIGHWAY 170 IT'S CORRECT BUT THAT WAS FOR A DIFFERENT USE FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT VERSUS A STRICTLY COMMERCIAL USE IS THERE ANY WAY YOU WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT ONLY BUILD THE ROAD TO ONCE 70 BUT NOT ACCESS INTO THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY A SECONDARY ACCESS RIGHT THERE INTO THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR CIGARETS WELL TWO THINGS ONE IT WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER PLAN.
THE SECOND THING IS IF I RECALL BUT THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER PLAN ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR AND WHAT WHAT IT DID WAS IT TOOK THIS CONNECTION OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SIMILAR AMENDMENT BUT I THINK AT TOWN COUNCIL THEY MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY DID NOT WANT SEE THIS COMING BACK TO THEM ASKING FOR THAT THAT ALSO THAT SECOND ACCESS POINT TO BE REMOVED I THE SOLUTION THERE IS TO HAVE A GATED EXIT THAT THE RESIDENTS COULD CONTROL AND THAT PEOPLE FROM 117 WOULDN'T GO IN.
I THINK THAT'S ONE I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION CAN HAPPEN.
I KNOW AT THE TIME AT THE TIME THAT THIS AMENDMENT TOOK PLACE THAT THE RESIDENTS IN THE BACK SAID THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT THAT CONNECTION EVER BEING BUILT ANYWAY.
WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THAT SECONDARY ACCESS FOR ACCESS ONLY? I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO. I MEAN IT WAS JUST TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT EVERYBODY'S NOT CHANNELING OUT ON THE GRASS BUT I'M NOT ON THE LOOKOUT AND.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAS MADE VERY CLEAR IS THEY WANT TO SEE A NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE AT LEAST TWO ENTRANCES. THAT'S WHERE THAT'S THE EMERGENCY ACCESS.
BUT IS IT THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF IT'S JUST EMERGENCY THEN YOU COULD GET IT RIGHT AND PUT THE KNOCKS ON IT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WHATEVER COULD YEAH ALL ALL THESE QUESTIONS YEAH I THINK YEAH SO PART OF THE AND THIS IS JUST BASED OFF OF PRIOR I WORK WITH COUNCIL AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SPECULATIVE BUT WITH YOU KNOW COUNCILS BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT THEIR DESIRE FOR INTERCONNECTIVITY WITHIN AND IN BETWEEN COMMUNITIES THERE'S BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THERE AND THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN USERS REMAINS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK I WOULD BE HESITANT ABOUT IMPOSING ANY SORT OF GATING CONDITION ON THAT BECAUSE. IT WOULD REQUIRE OBVIOUSLY POTENTIALLY THE APPROVAL TOWN COUNCIL BUT AS WELL AS THE APPROVAL OF A THIRD PARTY PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE DELEGATING ANY OF THAT AUTHORITY JUST TO THE EXTENT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WISH TO EXPLORE INDEPENDENT THAT CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, AGAIN
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SOMETHING THAT CAN BE RAISED PERHAPS DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL AND STAFF WITH SOME OF THEM AND IT MAY REQUIRE MINUTES OF THE MASTER PLAN BUT I AGREE WITH MR. FRAZIER THAT THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN INDICATED DOWN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER I GUESS THAT THAT PORTION OF MASTERPLAN WHERE THE ROOM WAS REMOVED I THINK IT WAS THE TYPE OF USE THAT MADE IT MADE SENSE TO HAVE THAT REMOVED AND NOT THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY BECAUSE THE THAT WAS I BELIEVE THE CAR STORAGE STORAGE AREA BUT YEAH, I'M IN IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN I'M TRYING NOT TO SPEAK ANYMORE AT THIS MEETING IF POSSIBLE BUT IF I MAY JUST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC I GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT STAGE OF THE PROCESS WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS IS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS UNDER OUR TOWN CODE IN THAT WAY THAT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THE DEVELOPERS CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE COMPLEX OR MORE SOPHISTICATED PLANS SO THAT THEY KNOW BEFORE PUTTING OUT YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING YOU DEVELOPING EVERYTHING FROM ARCHITECTURE TO STORMWATER.OKAY. DO THEY KNOW THAT IT MEETS THE BASELINE TOWN CODE ? SO I JUST WANTED TO NEVER KNOW MUCH EXPERIENCE PEOPLE HAVE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE. YEAH I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE A LOT OF IT'S JUST MY CONCERNS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF IT COULD BE A LOT OF CONDITIONS FOR THIS TO BUT I THINK THEY CAN ALL BE ADDRESSED FOR SURE. SO THAT'S FOR SURE WHAT MORE WHAT THE ONLY I WOULD HAVE IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS SAID OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM WAS A VERY GOOD TESTIMONY OF A DEVELOPER TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS TO WORK SOMETHING OUT . YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD A LOT OF CONCERN HERE TODAY.
I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS NOT ONLY ABOUT THIS BUT ABOUT THAT OTHER BIG SPACE THAT IS OWNED BY THE APPLICANT THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT THING IN THE NEIGHBORS HEADS AND SO ENGAGING WITH THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE STRONG SUGGESTION I THINK HOW FAR ALONG HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU IN YOUR TIAA? WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES SO YOU'RE JUST OKAY.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR SCHOOL. RIGHT? OKAY.
SO WHEN WAS THE LAST WHEN WAS THE LAST WARRANT STUDY DONE? THE SIGNAL WAR STUDY WAS THAT FOR TRIAL IN MARCH OF 2022? I THINK I TO PAY FOR THAT SIGNAL ONE STUDY INCLUDE ANY PERCEIVED OR PROPOSED USE FOR THIS LAW I DON'T BELIEVE UNFORTUNATELY THE SINGLE WORD STUDY WILL DEAL WITH CURRENT CONDITIONS AND NOT WHICH YOU GAVE ME IN GREAT WEIGHT INTO WHAT I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSION. I THINK IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS I HAVE A MAJOR CONCERN I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MAJOR CONCERNS MAJOR CONCERN NUMBER ONE IS THE RESIDENTS HAVE AN AMENITY AND THAT AMENITY AREA DOESN'T NEED TO BE LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET OR DOWN THE ROAD AT A GAS STATION .
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE WHATEVER THE TOWN WILL ALLOW HIGHWAY IS A SIX FOOT AND EIGHT FOOT LANDSCAPED FENCE WORKED ON WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH GIVES THEM THEIR PRIVACY THAT THEY HAVE NOW THAT'S THAT'S OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS NOT HEAVY LANDSCAPING SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY BLOCKS THE VIEW FROM THAT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BUT ONE THAT'S AN EVEN MORE MORE CONCERNING TO ME IS THAT INTERSECTION AT THAT INTERSECTION AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE POINT IN TIME GOING TO NEED A TRAFFIC LIGHT IT'S GOING TO WARRANT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I THINK WE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MAKING OF THIS APPROVAL IF IT'S AN APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD THAT NOT ONLY DO WE A SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS AFTER THE PROJECT IS DONE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BUT THAT MONEY FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT IS BONDED IN CASE IT'S REQUIRED AND RICHARDSON KNOWS I'M HAVING HIM THINK THROUGH WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN REQUIRE THIS. BUT MY CONCERN IS WE GET TO THE END OF THIS PROJECT THIS CONVENIENCE STORE IS BUILT AND YOU KNOW IT'S. IT'S A FUNCTIONAL LIFE BUT THE
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LAST ONE TO BUILD BEFORE A TRAFFIC IS REQUIRED IS THE ONE WHO HAS TO PAY FOR IT.AND IF THIS CONVENIENCE STORE IS WHAT REQUIRES THE LIGHT AND THEY DO THE WARRANT ANALYSIS AND IT SAYS YES THE LIGHTS REQUIRE PAID AND THE MONEY ISN'T THERE I FEEL WE HAVE BEEN REMISS IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. OH IF I COULD OF OUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH JOSH JOHNSON THE SOUTH CAROLINA D.O.T. OFFICE ONE OF HIS COMMENTS IS THAT HE WILL BE HE WILL REQUIRE US TO IF WE DON'T GET THE WRITTEN COMMITMENT YOU GUYS THAT WE DON'T NEED THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL A STANDARD API IS NEEDED FOR THE SITE PROPOSED TO INCLUDE SIGNAL WARRANT PROJECTION NOTE THAT IF A SIGNAL IS PROJECTED TO BE WARRANTED THEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STILL NEED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMITMENT FOR FUTURE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION AT THE DEVELOPER OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO IN OTHER WORDS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE OUR DRIVEWAY UNTIL WE DO A SIGNAL STUDY BUT THAT SENTENCE SAID AT OUR EXPENSE OF YOUR EXPENSE AND I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GONE FOR SIX SIR. YEAH.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE CONDITION LIKE THAT WITH FINDING THE MONEY AND YOU GET THE MONEY BACK IF IT'S NOT PRICE YOU KNOW IS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO TO ASSURE IF THE SIGNALS GET COMING AS SOMEBODY WHO USED TO COME OUT THAT THE BACK ENTRANCE TO SUN CITY ALL THE TIME I KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THAT INTERSECTION WAS TWO YEARS AGO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE NOW EVEN WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S THE PEEVED LETTER IS A FORGONE YOU NEED IT FOR YOUR APPROVAL I MEAN THAT'S YOU HAVE TO HAVE WON A FINAL SO GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT AND I'M ABOUT SIDES I THINK AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMISSION FEELS BUT I THINK A FENCE IS A NECESSITY. I THINK THAT CAN BE FROM A PERSPECTIVE, MR. FRAZIER, THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH EACH CODE , CORRECT? YES. OKAY. CAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IT WOULD BE MORE OR LESS ACROSS THE STREET. CAN THAT STILL BE REQUIRED SO IT COULD BE ON OUR APPROACH. OKAY. YOU CAN DO IT.
THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL ACCESS EASEMENT I BELIEVE THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT THERE IS A YEAH.
GAP BETWEEN THE SO THE BIG GAP ACROSS THE STREET GOT IT THIS AREA THAT'S WHERE THE YOUR AMENITY SITE IS SO THERE'S THERE'S AMPLE SPACE IN THERE AND THEN WE CAN RUN IT AND FINE ALONG THIS PORTION ONE THING TO NOTE EVEN THAT FENCE THERE IS WHAT IS IT 50 FEET OF EXISTING VEGETATION BUFFER BEFORE YOU GET TO THE RESIDENTIAL SO THAT THERE'S AMPLE FOR THIS PAVEMENT TO GO JUST AND WE'VE TOLD OTHER PEOPLE THIS FROM UP HERE BUT IT'S BE GOOD NEIGHBORS IT'S CORRECT AND WE DID WE HEARD HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS AT OUR VRC MEETING AND WE DID A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES FROM A LANDSCAPE STANDPOINT AND SITE PLAN STANDPOINT AFTER THAT MEETING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOLKS, JUST A QUICK REVIEW THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS APPROVAL THREE CONDITIONS THAT THE STAFF WITH THE SCREENING FENCE OR SO ON THE UPDATED PLAN WITH ONLY EIGHT FUEL PUMPS TRUCK CIRCULATION EXHIBIT AND I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THE SIGNAL WARRANT AND THE BONDING FOR THE LIGHT. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF USING THE TERM BONDING JUST IT'S GOT A LIMITED SCOPE A, FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AND SURETY FROM THE DEVELOPER TO SAY IF TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED A SURETY THAT IT WILL PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER.
SO WE HAVE I THINK THERE'S THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS DEVELOPING CHARITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF MAINTENANCE AND SO YOU CAN DO LETTERS OF CREDIT. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF I THINK THERE'S A OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE THAT SORT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR THEM AS WELL. SO LIKE IF SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO DO A MOTION IT MIGHT BE WILL IT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT THAT YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION? YEAH I WILL MOVE TO CONDITIONALLY APPROVE THE RECITATION CONVENIENCE STORE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING ONE PROVIDING THAT AN UPDATED LANDSCAPE PLAN DEMONSTRATING
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THE PLANNING SCREEN SENSOR WALL AT LEAST SIX FEET IN HEIGHT ALONG THE PARKING INTER SERVICE AREAS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AT TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED SITE PLAN DEMONSTRATING FUEL PUMPS AT THE TIME OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS OPPOSED TO THE TEN SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED THREE PROVIDE A TRUCK CIRCULATION EXHIBIT AT TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW TO ADDRESS MOVEMENT ON FUEL TRUCKS AND FOUR PROVIDE AN TIRE AND SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS AS WELL AS A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IF.IT IS SO WARRANTED AND WHAT ANALYSIS BE AFTER THAT WILL ACCEPT FOR AN ANALYSIS THEY ACCEPT THE PROJECTION? I THINK SO YEAH. OKAY WE HAVE A SECOND.
OKAY. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION I JUST WANT TO SAY WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND I WOULD SECOND THAT PLEASE ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. LIKE MOST MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM TONIGHT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
[VII.4. 1271 May River Road (Development Plan): A request by Kathleen Duncan of J.K. Tiller Associates, Inc. on behalf of property owner Sharan Pyari Patel for approval of a Preliminary Development Plan application. The project consists of the construction of a 5,259 SF mixed use building and a 1,200 SF carriage house with associated infrastructure. The property is zoned Neighborhood General - Historic District (NG-HD) consists of 0.34 acres identified by tax map numbers R610 039 000 0557 0000 within the Old Town Bluffton Historic District. (DP-06 25-019806) (Staff - Dan Frazier)]
FOUR UNDER NEW BUSINESS 1271 MAY RIVER ROAD DEVELOPMENT PLAN A REQUEST BY KATHLEEN DUNCAN OF J K TAYLOR INC ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER SHARON FIORE PATEL FOR APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN . THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF CONSTRUCTION OF A 5259 SQUARE FOOT MIXED USE BUILDING AND A 1200 SQUARE FOOT CARRIAGE HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE THE PROPERTY IS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL HISTORIC CONSISTS OF .34 ACRES AND IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP NUMBER IN THE AGENDA WITHIN THE OLD TOWN BLUFFTON HISTORIC DISTRICT. MR. FRAZIER THANK YOU MR., CHAIRMAN. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 1271 MAIN RIVER ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS CATHLEEN DUNCAN OF JC DILLER ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF SHARON PATEL FOR APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A 5259 SQUARE FOOT MIXED USE BUILDING AND A 1200 SQUARE FOOT CARRIAGE HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE FUTURE TENANTS TO BE DETERMINED SUBJECT PROPERTY A ZONE NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL HISTORIC DISTRICT AS SUCH A SUBJECT TO THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. IT IS A 0.34 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RIVER ROAD WEST OF GO THROUGH ROAD WITHIN THE OLD TOWN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. HERE IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY JUST EAST OF SHULTZ ROAD MAY BANK OR MAY RIVER ROAD INTERSECTION IS AN AREA OF THE SAME LOCATION.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 5259 SQUARE FOOT TWO AND A HALF STOREY MIXED USE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING DESIGNED WITH POTENTIAL FOR OFFICE PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT PROFESSIONAL OFFICE OR MEDICAL OFFICE USE WITH TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE SECOND STORY AND ON THE HALF STOREY ABOVE IN ADDITION TO A 1200 SQUARE FOOT TWO STOREY MIXED USE CARRIAGE HOUSE WAS PROPOSED WHICH WILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND AN ACCESSORY DWELLING ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY NON TO ASPHALT PARKING LOT AND IS NON-CONFORMING.
IT IS A STANDALONE PARKING LOT WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE ENTRY ZONE DISTRICT THREE OF AN EXISTING CONDITION SLIDE THAT WILL SHOW WHAT I'M REFERRING TO THERE.
THE SITE PLAN REQUIRES 15 PARKING SPACES VALID AS RESIDENTIAL SPACES AND SIX COMMERCIAL SPACES. APPLICANT IS PROVIDED IN 15 SPACES, 11 ARE ON SITE AND FOUR OR ON STREET IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WHILE. THE OVERALL PARKING MEETS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STAFFORDSHIRE IS CONCERNED THAT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXISTING THE PROPOSED USES TOGETHER ARE NOT BEING MET.
SOME OF THE PARKING BEING USED BY THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES IS BEING BY THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THE PARK REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THAT PER UNDER SECTION FIVE 1578 OF AND HERE IS AN EXISTING CONDITIONS EXHIBIT. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IT
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IS ADJACENT TO THE GAS STATION WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE BARBERSHOP.THESE ARE THE PARKING SPACES THAT WERE REFERRED TO THAT ARE NON-CONFORMING.
HOWEVER THEY ARE USED OFTEN AND THIS THERE MOST OF THE TIMES WHEN YOU GO BY HERE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS BOTH OF THESE SPACES ARE BEING TAKEN UP AS WELL AS ALL OF THE PARKING WITHIN PARKING LOT. SO OUR CONCERN IS THESE SPACES GO AWAY.
THE SPACES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK IN WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ARE OLD TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
SO WE THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEFICIT OF PARKING SPACES, THERE'S GOING TO BE ISSUES WITH CUSTOMERS FOLKS THAT WANT TO UTILIZE THIS COMMERCIAL RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT USING THE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE THAT ARE SET UP FOR THE THE TWO PROPOSED BUILDINGS AND LOOKING THE SITE PLAN AND A CLOSER VIEW ACTUALLY USING THE SAME EXISTING DRIVE COMING OUT FROM EVERY PARK UP TO THE TWICE BACK IN DOWNTOWN MAY RIVER ROAD. THIS IS A 22 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE RECORDED AND ACCOMMODATES TWO WAY TRAFFIC.
IT'S A THAT WILL COME BACK AND PROVIDE PROVIDE ACCESS THE PARKING SPACES HERE AND HERE AS WELL. THERE'S EXISTING PARKING HERE AND ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING. PARKING THAT YOU CAN'T SEE HERE THAT IS ALSO BEING HEAVILY UTILIZED SITS RIGHT ABOUT THERE . THIS IS A COLONNADE PORCH THAT'S WRAPPING AROUND THE PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDING PROPOSED BUILDING WHICH SITS HERE. THERE'S FOUR PARKING SPACES OUT FRONT.
THIS THERE IS IT'S GOING TO POINT OUT THE THERE'S AN EXISTING TREE TO REMAIN HERE THAT'S A LIVE OAK AS WELL AS HERE. THE SITE INCLUDES A MAGNOLIA THAT SIX H AND TWO LIVE OAKS AT TEN AND 14 INCHES APPLICANT PROPOSES TO OF THE MAGNOLIA AND ONE TENANTS LIVE OAK AND REPLANTING THEN PROVIDING SOUTHERN LIVE OAK IN A DARREN HOLLY AS PROPOSED SITE PLAN MEETS THE TREE CANOPY AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN DOES NOT MEET ALL SECTION FIVE 1572 REQUIRING A VISUAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AND OFF STREET PARKING AREA TO BE A MINIMUM OF 42 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND 50% OPACITY OPACITY. I HAVE A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS THAT IT'S AN EASY FIX. THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS HERE AND WHAT ONE GUM TREE IS PROPOSED HOWEVER SOME PLANTINGS THAT THAT WILL MATURE TO 42 INCHES OR ABOVE BEING BEING PROVIDED ACROSS HERE WOULD MAKE IT SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT OF WHEN YOU'RE ON MAY RIVER ROAD YOU'LL YOU HAVE A SCREENING BUFFER BETWEEN YOU AND THE PARKING. SO SIMPLE THINGS BUT IT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT THAT PROPOSES SHARED OVERFLOW PARKING WITH THE ADJACENT BLUFFTON MARKET PROPERTY SHOULD A SHARED ACCESS AGREEMENT BE REQUIRED AND EASEMENT IN CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 1570 SHALL BE RECORDED WITH COUNTY REGISTERED DEEDS STAFF COMMENTS ON THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WERE REVIEWED AT THE JULY 23, 2025 GRC MEETING. APPLICANT PROVIDED A SUBMITTAL INCLUDED IN A RESPONSE COMMENTS ON JULY 30, 2025 THAT WITHIN YOUR PRACTICE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE OLD TOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WILL REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS HISTORIC DISTRICT REVIEW IN LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING AND ARCHITECTURE AT TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL. PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SECTION 310 THREE OF THE UDL IN ASSESSING THE APPLICATION HERE ARE THE CRITERIA RESPONSES TO ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET STAFF REPORT ONLY COMMISSIONERS THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION. YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS YOU CAN TABLE THE APPLICATION OR YOU CAN DENY THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. SHOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHOOSE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS TOWN STAFF FINDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MET PRIOR TO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH UDL SECTION 310 THREE A BEAUTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL REVIEW AND ADJUST THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR SUBJECT AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES AS NEEDED TO ADDRESS STAFF'S TO WOULD BE PROVIDED AN
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UPDATED LANDSCAPE PLAN PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL BUFFER BETWEEN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND OFF STREET PARKING AREA MINIMUM 42 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND 50% CAPACITY AT THE TIME OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW THAT'S AN EASY FIX AND THREE IS PROVIDE A SHARED ACCESS EASEMENT RECORDED WITH BEAUFORT PRIOR TO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL.HERE IS THE SUGGESTED MOTION WE CAN GO BACK TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS THE APPLICANT WANT TO SPEAK AND WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND PARKING SPACE ISSUES TODAY . YEAH SO THAT WAS IT ME OR HI AGAIN KATHLEEN DUNCAN J.K.
TAYLOR ASSOCIATES AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO THE PARKING IF YOU WANT ME TO START THERE BUT I KIND OF WANTED TO THE FLOOR AND LET YOU GUYS GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE YOUR FEEDBACK . I GO INTO ANYTHING OKAY WELL LET'S TAKE IT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES WITH THE GAS. GOOD OF YOUR TURN.
MY ONLY CONCERN OTHER THAN THE PARKING IS AT DRC. THE ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS IT REALLY PROPOSES TOO MUCH DEVELOPMENT ON TOO FEW OF A LAND AREA AND MY IMPRESSION WAS THAT WAS RECEIVED AND ON. SO I'M CURIOUS WHETHER OR NOT THAT COMMENT FROM THE DRC RESONATED WITH THE APPLICANT AT ALL I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT OF COURSE COMMENTS THAT ARE BROUGHT AT DRC ARE A GREAT CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE REVIEWING THIS ANSWER.
YEAH IT IS. I MEAN AND I DO THINK I HERE'S WHAT CHANGED.
I WOULD SAY OUR COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE SITE AND CLARIFYING A FEW ITEMS. I THINK THAT THAT IS MORE HOW WE ADDRESS THAT RATHER THAN REDUCING ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY IF THAT'S I THINK THAT'S TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION QUESTION I DON'T KNOW I JUST STRUGGLE YOU'VE GOT REPLACING ONE NONCONFORMING USE BY AND THEN CREATING ANOTHER ONE SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS VIDEO ADMINISTRATOR SAYS IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE PARKING BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO I'M IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A STRUGGLE I DON'T I IT'S JUST A COMMENT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH IT BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION IT'S JUST IT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL. ALL RIGHT. ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
YEAH, RIGHT. THE REQUIRED PARKING ON THE TEXACO SITE NINE SPACES.
THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL THAT'S REQUIRED ON THAT TEXACO SITE FOR OTHER USES THAT ARE IN THAT BUILDING DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE PROVIDED ON THAT SITE? 15. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING THAT TEXACO SITE ALREADY EXCEEDS THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF PARKING ON THAT SITE. SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY MAKE IT THERE'S NOT A NOT THAT PART OF THE TEXACO SITE IS NOT A NON-CONFORMITY AND WE'RE NOT REDUCING THE CONFORMANCE OF THE NON CONFORMANCE OF THAT OR IMPACTING THE COMPONENTS OF THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY. THAT BEING SAID THERE'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 19 SPACES THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED ISH ON THIS VACANT LOT AND THAT'S INCLUDING THE ON STREET PARKING I'M AT 15 OKAY POINT POINT NOTED LET'S LET'S LET THE OTHER MAKE OUT NO YOU DON'T NO THAT'S FINE YOU MADE A GOOD POINT I DO APPRECIATE IT BUT LET'S OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS.
WELL, THANKS WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S MADE THE SAME COMMENT TO YOU AS WELL WHICH IS KNOW YOU HAVE WHETHER IT BE THAT BARBERSHOP OR WHEREVER THE PARKING IS THERE AND NOW YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE PUT TAKING AWAY THAT SPACE AND BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE CREATING SOME SPACE ON THE SPACE THAT'S THAT'S NOT I MEAN I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN THAT'S ALL WELL I A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS FIRST OF ALL A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR MR. FRAZIER I'M NOTICING THIS DRIVE LANE THE TWO WAY DRIVE LANE IS 22 FEET AND THIS IS PROBABLY ME JUST NOT KEEPING UP LIFE AROUND HERE. ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO BE 24 FEET WHEN THERE'S PARKING INVOLVED? NO. AT 20 TO PRESENT COVERAGE TWO WAY PARKING IT'S IN THE OTHER CULTURE I IS 22 OKAY MY MY BET ON THAT THE THE YEAH I HAVE TWO THOUGHTS ON THIS AND THE CONTRARY THOUGHT NUMBER ONE IS JUST BECAUSE A CURRENT USE IS
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USING MORE PARKING THAN IS REQUIRED DO WE PUNISH SOMETHING NEW THAT'S GOING IN NEXT TO IT ? THOUGHT NUMBER TWO IS THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS BORROWING LAND FROM THE PARCEL THAT'S DEVELOPED NOW FOR AN EASEMENT SO THAT MORE CAN BE PUT ON IT. I THINK WHEN THAT EASEMENT IS PUT IN WITH THE TWO LANE ROAD THAT HOPS AND NOW YOU'VE GOT A SHARED ACCESS POINT THAT OPENS UP FOR THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT IS THERE TOO MUCH GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES AND THAT'S WHERE I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS AND IT BECOMES A YOU KNOW HOW BIG ARE THESE BUILDINGS? THESE ARE THREE STORY BUILDINGS GOING ON HERE THAT IF IT WAS NARROWER ORIENTED A LITTLE DIFFERENT I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ORIENT IT TO MAY RIVER ROAD BUT. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.CAN SOME SPACE BE GRABBED BACK ? I MEAN THAT'S A HUGE PORCH AND THAT'S BUILDINGS. HOW BIG IS THAT PORCH? YEAH I SEE BECAUSE FRIENDS AND CIRCLE ARCHITECTURE I MEAN ARCHITECTURE OF PORCHES EIGHT FEET AS PER THE UDL WE HAVE EIGHT FEET IN THAT COLUMN WE HAVE TO ARE SEPARATE MEANING IN IN THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD SEEN THE BUILDINGS AND THE BUILDINGS ARE WITHIN CONTEXTUAL IMPROVED EVERYTHING EXCEPT GREATEST NEED TO MOVE MY COLUMN SPACE SO IT'S ACTUALLY TWO AND A HALF STORIES IT'S NOT THREE STORIES BECAUSE THE STORIES WITHIN THE ROOM YEAH BUT IT'S A HALF STORY ON THE OUTSIDE BUT THE FULL STORY ON THE INSIDE AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YEAH. IS WE'RE DOING WITH THIS IS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE OUTSIDE AS OUR ADA ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR EGRESS IT'S USING INTERIOR SPACE WHICH IS A PART OF STEP TED IF, YOU'RE FROM NEW YORK CITY CONVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENT DESIGN. IT'S NOT IT'S USING NATURAL ELEMENTS TO USE THE ABILITY OR THE MUSIC IN A THAT CRIME CAN BE IN BLIND SPOTS LIKE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS BEHIND IT THAT MY BUILDING BEHIND IT THE OTHER ONES IT'S MAKE IT HARD SO WE PUT EVERYTHING ON THE OUTSIDE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING THROUGH AND IT MAKES IT MORE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I LOVE TO BRING THAT IN TO MORE BUT WOULD HAVE TO GET HBC TO GIVE US AN ABILITY TO BRING A COLONY TO OKAY SO YOU KNOW YEAH AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES ON LAWRENCE WHO'S HAD TO DEAL WITH HPC GUIDELINES SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING CHARLIE IF YOU DON'T MIND MAY I MAKE A RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS GOING BACK TO THE PARKING THERE ARE 15 SPACES BETWEEN ON SITE AND ON STREET HERE THOSE WE ARE ALLOWING TO BE SHARED THE ADJACENT WITH THE TEXACO SITE SO WE ONLY HAVE REALLY A NET LOSS OF ABOUT FOUR SPACES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
ANYTHING WE DID ON THE SITE WOULD IMPACT THE PARKING ON THE ADJACENT SITE.
SO LIKE TO YOUR FIRST POINT OF HOW CAN YOU HOLD ONE PROPERTY BASED OFF OF THE USAGE OF ANOTHER PROPERTY? THIS IS I MEAN A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF LIKE I POINT OUT IF THEY WERE TO PUT A FENCE UP THAT WOULD IMPACT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AND THAT'S NOT EVEN A DEVELOPMENT AND THAT WOULD BRING IT INTO GREATER CONFORMANCE BECAUSE IT WOULD CUT IT OFF AS A NONCONFORMING USE. ALL THAT TO SAY I THINK THAT FROM AN IDEAL STANDPOINT THIS IS THIS IS VERY IN KEEPING WITH THE YOU KNOW TO YOUR SECOND POINT CHARLIE I'M SORRY YOUR FRIEND WHOEVER TOO FAMILIAR IS THAT THE OH GOSH WHERE DID IT GO? IT WAS RIGHT THERE THE SHARED DRIVEWAY THE AREA ACTUALLY HAS A CLAUSE IT'S IN I THINK IT'S I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN. IT WAS IN THE NARRATIVE AND I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE TIME I HAD BUT THEY ACTUALLY ASK FOR IF YOU IF YOU ABLE TO SHARE A DRIVEWAY THEY ACTUALLY PREFER YOU TO SHARE A DRIVEWAY ACCESS THIS IS ACTUALLY IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE IDEA FROM THAT EVEN AS WELL AND THE FACT THAT IT IS PROVIDING PARKING THE TEXACO
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SITE I THINK IS A GREAT ASSET TO THIS AREA. ADDITIONALLY I WILL POINT OUT THIS IS I DRIVE BY THIS SITE EVERY DAY. WE'VE HAD THIS PROJECT ON THE BOOKS FOR A MONTHS IF NOT ALMOST A YEAR UNFORTUNATELY WHICH MEANS DRIVE BY AND I LOOK AT THIS AT PEAK PM HOURS EVERY DAY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT IT IS THAT THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE EASE OF IT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CHOOSING PARK ON THE VACANT LOT RATHER THAN PARKING ON THE TEXACO SITE. SO I THINK YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SEE REALLY SHIFT IN WHERE THEY'RE PARKING NOT A SHIFT TO LIKE WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARK THEM. THE OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS I WAS TALKING WITH THE PATELS ARE HERE TODAY BY THE WAY THIS IS PREET AND HIS FATHER PARESH THAT THE BARBERSHOP THEIR BARBERSHOP IN THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE USES BECAUSE THEY DON'T THE WAY THEY DO THEIR SCHEDULING OR DON'T DO THEIR SCHEDULING FOR THEIR CLIENTELE THERE THEY COME AND THEN THEY TO GET THEIR HAIRCUT AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CAUSES A LOT OF EXTRA PARKING AND PEOPLE HANGING OUT CONGREGATING SO THEY WOULD WORK WITH THE BARBER SHOP TO ACTUALLY SCHEDULE THOSE PEOPLE MORE LIKE THE BARBER IN THE IN THE PROMENADE DOES SO THAT WOULD ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE PARKING CONCERNS AS IT PERTAINS TO THESE TWO PROPERTIES IS THIS DOES CONNECT TO THE FAMILIES SQUARE IN BACK ROOM SO HOW LIKE CIRCULATION WISE WHAT'S THE DISTANCE FROM MAY RIVER ROAD TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AS FAR AS TURNAROUND OF A FIRE TRUCK OR ANYTHING THERE THE CIVIL ENGINEER HAS A DIAGRAM FOR THE FIRE TRUCK ACCESS TO THE REAR I DON'T KNOW THE DISTANCE AS YOU SAW IT IN HERE IN THE EVENING NATHAN STORY CIVIL ENGINEER SO WE'RE NOT REALLY MEASURING THAT 150 FEET FROM MAY RIVER ROAD IT REALLY STARTS AT EXCUSE ME THE DRIVE OUT TO THE PARKING ALONG THE BUILDING.SO WE ARE LESS THAN 150 FEET FROM THAT DRIVE OUT AND WE CAN APPROPRIATELY TURN AROUND FIRE TRUCK AND GET IT OUT OF THE SITE SAFELY AS THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS REVEALED DC, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU'RE USING THE MECHANIC THE FUEL PUMP BAYS AS YOUR HAMMERHEAD BASICALLY SAID. OKAY.
YES, WE'RE ON THE RAMP THERE OF OF THE FARMERS IS OKAY WITH IT BECOMES OKAY UNTIL IF THE GAS STATIONS ARE REDEVELOPED WHICH WOULD BE WE'RE NOT SAYING MR. PATEL AT THE GAS STATION BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS TO ENTERTAIN AN EMOTION AND HAS THE STAFF SUGGEST AND CONDITIONS OF OH MY QUESTION I MOVED TO CONDITIONALLY APPROVE THE 1271 MAY RIVER ROAD PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS NUMBER ONE YOU DEMONSTRATE YOU WILL REVIEW AND ADJUST THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT ADJACENT PROPERTIES AS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERNS.
NUMBER TWO PROVIDE AN UPDATED LANDSCAPE PLAN PROVIDING A VISUAL BUFFER BETWEEN PUBLIC AND OFF STREET PARKING AREA A MINIMUM OF 42 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND 50% CAPACITY AT THE TIME FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW AND NUMBER THREE PROVIDE A SHARED ACCESS EASEMENT RECORDED WITH COUNTY PRIOR TO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW. DO WE HAVE A SECOND I SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM ANY ITEMS FOR . ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND ALL IN FAVOR ADJOURNED. OKAY
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