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[1. Call to Order]

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. FOR 70 2025 AT 2 P.M. THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. OKAY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE TO WITNESS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE EQUALITY WHICH MEANS FOR THE STANDS ONE NATION UND, Y AND JUSTICE FOR OC.

[3. Adoption of the Agenda]

DR. KING OF THE AGENDA THE STAFF HAVE MANY CHANGES TO TODAY'S AGENDA.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? AND A SECOND. SO I GOT A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER WHALEY AND SECOND FROM CORTEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL GO

[4. Approval of the Minutes ]

TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS THE APPROVAL MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING LAST MONTH, AUGUST 20TH AND WE DID A COUPLE OF CHANGES.

WHAT WAS RECORDED ON FROM THE AGENDA OR THE PLAN PRESENTERS THEY WEREN'T THE ACTUAL PRESENTERS SO. WHAT WE DID IS WE FIXED WHO THE ACTUAL PRESENTERS WERE FROM THE MINUTES. OTHER THAN THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER TO THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES IN A SECOND SO WE HAVE LOW BALL. I MADE THE MOTION HUGH AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THOSE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT.

[5.a. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town of Hilton Head Island to Amend Chapter 16 of the Municipal Code, the Land Management Ordinance, to Amend the Traffic Impact Analysis Plan Requirements and Traffic Analysis Standards in Land Management Ordinance Sections 16-2-103, 16-5-106 and Appendix D, and Providing for Severability and an Effective Date - Shea Farrar, Pricipal Planner]

NEXT UP BUSINESS. I WANT TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING APPLICATION WE HEARD LAST MONTH. IT IT WAS POSTPONED FROM LAST MONTH TO THIS BUT THE TEXT AMENDMENT AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING PROPOSAL IS NOT COMPLETE. IT WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT A FUTURE MEETING HOPEFULLY REAL SOON. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS THEN IF YOU RECALL BACK IN OUR MAY 19TH MEETING THE COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED TO TOWN COUNCIL CHANGES TO THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STANDARDS.

AND WHEN THIS PROGRESSED TO COUNCIL AT FIRST READING ONE MODIFICATION WAS MADE SO MEANS WITH THAT CHANGE IT COMES BACK HERE FOR OUR REVIEW AND ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL SO WE'LL HEAR THAT AGAIN THIS TIME. THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO AMEND CHAPTER 16 OF THE MISSILE CODE A LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS PLAN REQUIREMENTS AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS STANDARDS AND LAND MANAGEMENT ON THAT SECTION 16 DASH 2-1236-5, DASH 106 AND APPENDIX D AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY IN AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND WOULD CALL ON SHEA FOR OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONER. MR. CHAIRMAN SCHAEFER OFF THE RECORD AND I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON AS HE SUMMARIZED THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AMENDMENTS WENT TO TOWN COUNCIL CHANGES WERE RECOMMENDED TO THAT.

IT DOES NEED TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW TO SEE IF THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO TO MAKE. SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE TO THAT AMENDMENT BUT JUST BECAUSE WE HAD THREE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE NEW I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO THE INITIAL REVIEW.

SO INITIALLY THERE WERE CONCERNS OVER OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT ORDINANCE AND WHETHER IT ADEQUATELY MITIGATED TRAFFIC THAT WAS GENERATED NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND REDEVELOPMENTS. SO STAFF PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THOSE PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS TO NAVIGATE THAT AND TO ALLOW MULTI-MODAL INCLUSION AS WELL.

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SO AMENDMENTS WERE WERE FORWARDED TO TOWN COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSION THAT WENT TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

FOLLOWING THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT WAS IN MAY THEY HAD QUESTIONS AND ASKED STAFF TO LOOK INTO A FEW ISSUES THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS.

SO WE DID WE CAME OUT OF THAT WITH ONE PROPOSED AMENDMENT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU.

THAT PROPOSED AMENDMENT WENT TO TOWN COUNCIL ON AUGUST AND THEY DID THE FIRST READING OF THAT AMENDMENT. SO NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE ONE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE BY TOWN COUNCIL FOR A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO INCLUDE AMENDMENT AS REVISED THE AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE EXEMPTIONS FROM A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN. WHEN YOU DETERMINE WHETHER NOT YOU MUST PERFORM A DRAFT IMPACT ANALYSIS, YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH NEW TRAFFIC A SITE IS GENERATING OR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD GENERATE IN THE CASE WHERE THERE'S AN DEVELOPMENT OR A PRIOR DEVELOPMENT THAT EXISTED THAT THAT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC GENERATION HAS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS ADDED. SO BASICALLY YOU MUST ADOPT FOR THE EXISTING TRAFFIC. HOWEVER THERE'S, A DIFFERENCE IN A SCENARIO WHERE A SITE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR 15 YEARS AND WAS PREVIOUSLY A CONVENIENCE STORE FOR EXAMPLE BUT THERE'S NO ASSOCIATION FROM THE PUBLIC STANDPOINT WITH ANY LEVEL OF TRAFFIC FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO A TIME FRAME LIMITATION ON WHEN A PRIOR LAND USE TRAFFIC GENERATION CAN BE CONSIDERED IS WHAT STAFF PROPOSE AND THAT WOULD BE A TWO YEAR LIMIT WHICH IS BASED ON THE DURATION OF TIME FOR WHICH A TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS PLAN IS VALID. SO IN THIS CASE IF YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS THERE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND IT GENERATED X NUMBER OF TRIPS AT PEAK HOUR PER DAY YOU CAN DUMP THAT FROM WHAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD GENERATE AS A CREDIT AND THAT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC THAT'S BEING GENERATED BY THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE.

AND SO THAT IS THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU SEE HERE WHICH SAYS THAT FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THIS LOCATED ON A PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPMENT PARCEL THE NUMBER OF PEAK HOUR TRIPS TO BE GENERATED BY THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED BY THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PEAK HOUR FOR THE PRECEDING 24 MONTHS IF THE RESULTING NUMBER IS LESS THAN 50 PEAK HOUR TRIPS A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT ESSENTIALLY IS THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE FROM THE LAST THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

WE WOULD BE LOOKING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO MOVE THIS BACK TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR SECOND READING WITH RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

BURNING INCURSIONS FORMS FOR I . HI HOW ARE YOU? SO THE 24 MONTHS WHERE IS THAT ESTABLISHED FROM? WHY DID IT TAKE 24 AND 36 OR 12? AND IF IT IS A BEST PRACTICE WHAT OTHER LOCALES AND THE LITTLE COUNTRIES ADOPTED 24 MONTHS IS THAT SOMETHING VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO OR WE CAN DEFINITELY SET OUR OKAY WELL THE 24 MONTHS AS DISCUSSED WHEN WE WERE WE WERE DRAFTING IS BASED ON A DURATION OF TIME FOR WHICH THE TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE VALID. CORRECT. AND THAT IS THAT WAS THE SOLE REASON THAT WE USED THAT FOR THE AMENDMENT OKAY I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE REASON IT GETS MY QUESTION WHY ARE WE TAKING 24 MONTHS? I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS SETTLED ON BUT WHERE DID YOU SOURCE THAT ARE THERE BEST PRACTICES IN A LOW COUNTRY SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHY WE TOOK 24 MONTHS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S A BEST

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PRACTICE AND THAT IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLANS BE TWO YEARS OLD THEY ARE NOT VALID AFTER TWO YEARS. SO FOR EXAMPLE LIKE A WETLAND A WETLAND DELINEATION HAS AN EXPIRATION AND A DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS AN EXPIRATION IN CASE OF TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLANS. WHAT WE FOUND WAS A TWO YEAR LIMITATION ON THAT AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL BE USED FOR THE AMENDMENT.

SO TO BE CLEAR IT'S NOT A BEST PRACTICE. IT'S TIED TO LONG A DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS GOOD. IT IS IT IS NOT TIED TO HOW LONG A DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS GOOD FOR IT IS A BEST PRACTICE FOR TRANSPORTING OCEAN PLANS THAT WE ARE USING IN THIS.

OKAY. WELL YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE BEST PRACTICE SOURCED FROM SO THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTION AND THE QUESTIONS SO WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OR TRAFFIC COUNTS AND TWO YEAR OLD TRACK ACCOUNT YOU PROBABLY NEED TO REDO.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT VOLUMES EXISTING VOLUME ON OUR WAY THAT WOULD BE A BEST PRACTICE AFTER TWO YEARS I WOULD WANT TO RECOUNT SO WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO HERE? WELL IT'S KIND A BEST PRACTICE IN IN THE INDUSTRY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO ASK CLARIFICATION ON THAT SO IT'S THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHO DETERMINES THE BEST BEST PRACTICE. ISN'T THERE SOME ENTITY THAT GENERALLY SETS THAT UP? I WAS TWO YEARS FROM A FROM A STUDY STANDPOINT THAT IF HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD TRAFFIC COUNT THEN IT'S PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND UPDATED TO GET BETTER TO GET MORE ACCURATE DATA FOR YOUR EXISTING CONDITIONS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ? OKAY. I SAW ONE OF THE SUBMISSIONS FROM OUR PUBLIC ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO WE LOOK A CORRIDOR SO YOU KNOW LET'S USE MARSHLANDS SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS ON THERE EACH ONE GETS POTENTIALLY A TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS BASED THE CRITERIA IS LAID OUT IS THERE ANY WAY TO COLLECTIVELY SAY WHAT'S THE IMPACT? YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS FROM NOW I'VE GOT X AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOING ON. ARE WE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY CAN REALLY HANDLE AND NOW THAT WE'RE ALL ADDING MULTIMODAL IT THROWS A LITTLE BIT OF A WRENCH IN THERE. I KNOW IT'S PRIMARILY, YOU KNOW, CARS BUT OBVIOUSLY WE ARE AN ISLAND AND WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF BIKES AS WELL.

HOW WE HANDLE THREE DEVELOPMENTS GO KART COURSE YOU KNOW THAT THE GROUP BUILT DOWN HERE THE PROPOSED PARK ERIS PROPERTY, EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER.

HOW WOULD WE ACTUALLY DETERMINE THAT THE ROAD CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE THAT OR OR THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING DO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO AVOID I THINK IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO WHEN SOME OF THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS GOT CHANGED AND I DON'T KNOW MY IGNORANCE I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT EVERYBODY LOOKED AT THE OVERALL RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT FOR THE FOR SPECIFICALLY THE DEVELOPMENTS INCREMENTALLY OVER TIME BECAUSE THESE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLANS HAVE TO BE BASED TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT IS WHERE YOU CAPTURE THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY CURRENTLY THAT OUR THAT OUR ORDINANCE ALLOWS YOU TO DO THAT UNLESS THE TOWN ENGINEER DETERMINES THAT ADDITIONAL FACTORS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS IF HE KNOWS THAT YOU'VE GOT A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN THE PIE OR YOU KNOW X NUMBER OF UNITS IT IS TO INCLUDE THAT AS A VARIABLE IN THE ANALYSIS. SO THAT'S WE CAPTURE THAT'S WHERE WE CAPTURE CUMULATIVE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY. MR. MCNAIR I DIDN'T I DIDN'T MEAN TO ADDRESS THAT AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE COMMENTS .

I THINK FOR THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU SUGGESTED RELATIVE TO MORE OF LIKE A CORRIDOR TYPE OF OVERLAY, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS AND FACTOR INTO THE FULL CODE SO WE CAN EVALUATE IT MORE THOROUGHLY AND DETERMINE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO UTILIZE WITHOUT OVERHAUL. I THINK THAT'S SCORED OTHERWISE

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IT'S LIKE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND IF YOU'RE THE LAST GUY STANDING I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT BUT IT SHOULD BE SPREAD OUT THAT THAT OBLIGATION SHOULD BE SPREAD OUT EVENLY NOT TARRING NECESSARILY WHEN YOU GOT IT. AGREE WHICH WAS MR. MCNAIR'S POINT AND WE THINK WE CONCUR AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS LET'S OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS HERE NOW BRING IT BACK UP HERE AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST? AND MR. LOBO INFORMATION WILL BE WELL. SO GIVEN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THIS CUMULATIVE EFFECT IS IT APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH A CONDITION OR A NOTE OR ABOUT THAT SO YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT THROUGH THE PIPELINE SO WE KNOW IT'S OFFICIALLY SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED AND RECOMMENDED. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO POSE THAT MOTION NOW? I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE FEELS THE SAME WAY I DO. I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST GET IT IN THE RECORD.

WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON TO AMEND CHAPTER 16 THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHEN AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PLAN REQUIREMENTS AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS STANDARD IN THE ALAMO SECTION 62 12365106 AND 60 AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY EFFECTIVE DATE WITH A CONDITION THAT THE STAFF AND THE PLANNERS REVIEW THE CONSIDERATION OF CUMULATIVE EFFECTS AND HOW IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN INTO THE ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER LOBO I DIDN'T MEAN TO OVERRIDE YOUR I SAID OKAY OKAY DO YOU CARE TO SECOND THAT? SURE. OKAY GREAT. SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER WHALEY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOBEL ANY FURTHER ON THAT SINCE YOUR SHOW OF HANDS ALL IN FAVOR POST OKAY IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SURE

[6.a. PPR-000829-2025- Public Hearing Request from Scott Harris, with the Town of Hilton Head Island, for the Public Project Review for a new park facility on the Town-owned parcel located at 23 Marshland Road. The affected parcel is Beaufort County Tax Map Parcel R510 008 000 008D 0000. - Shea Farrar, Pricipal Planner]

APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS THIS ITEM IS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION BY THE COMMISSION ON. IT IS A PPR 00829-2025A PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST FROM SCOTT HARRIS WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOR THE PUBLIC PROJECT REVIEW FOR A NEW PARK FACILITY ON THE TOWN OWNED PARCEL LOCATED AT 23 MASS MARSHLAND ROAD THE AFFECTED PARCEL IS BEAUFORT COUNTY TAX PARCEL 510 008000008 THE 0000 IT'S NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND I INVITE YOU TO PRESENT THIS ONE AS WELL.

GOOD AFTERNOON. HAPPY TO BE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT PR 829 2025 THIS IS FOR THE PATTERSON FAMILY PARK WHICH IS A NEWLY PROPOSED PARK ON MARSHALL ROAD IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR. IF NOT, HERE'S THE LOCATION OF THAT ISLAND AND THEN ZOOMED IN. THIS IS MATTHEW'S DRIVE HERE. IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR IN MARSHLAND ROAD. SO THIS IS A PARCEL BY THE TOWN THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WHEN WE CALL THEM NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS NOW THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS MANY PARKS. SO IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW FINALLY MOVING FORWARD. THE PUBLIC PROJECT REVIEW IS A REVIEW THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTS COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO AT A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL WHEN PROJECTS ARE THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND B BE EITHER INDICATED AS AS AS SUCH AS A RECOMMENDATION OR AS AN A A PROJECT ITSELF IN THE PLAN. SO WHEN WE UNDERTAKE PROJECTS WE HAVE THIS REVIEW WHERE THE PLANNING TAKES A LOOK AT A PROJECT, ASSESSES ITS RELEVANCE AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE PLAN AND THEN YOU THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS WHETHER OR NOT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR NOT. SO IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION IN THIS YOU'RE THE FINAL DECISION

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ON THE APPLICATION BASICALLY THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINES THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEST IN FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES AND FACILITIES THAT ARE ADEQUATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON STAFF'S REVIEW IT IS STAFF'S THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR LOCATION, CHARACTER AND EXTENT .

THE EXTENT OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES BASICALLY A NEW ACCESS INTO INTO A NEW PARK.

THERE WILL BE A PAVILION PARKING AREA AND ACTIVITY LAWN STORMWATER PATHWAYS AND A MARSH PLATFORM JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. THE CHARACTER MATCH THE EXISTING PARKS THAT WE HAVE. IT WILL FEATURE LOWCOUNTRY DESIGN STYLES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR STORMWATER. THE LOCATION IS A LOCATION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR A MINI PARK.

IT WAS IDENTIFIED BASED ON THE NEED IN THAT AREA FOR A FACILITY LIKE THIS.

SO AGAIN THAT FINDING BY STAFF IS THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE AND WE WOULD ASK THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT IS AS WELL. SO WITH THAT I CAN ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY AND ALSO HAVE SCOTT HARRIS HERE WITH TOWN STAFF THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THE PROJECT MANAGER QUESTIONS THIS COMMISSION. YEAH AND I NOTICE THAT THAT IS A HEAVILY TREED LOT AND SOME OF THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO TO BE CLEARED BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THEM WILL REMAIN IN THE IN THE DESIGN I'M SEEING HERE. AND WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION CAME FOR THE MID ISLAND PARK I REMEMBER A PROVISION THAT REMOVED SOME NON-NATIVE SPECIES THAT HAD CRAWLED IN THERE AND STUFF AND THAT SORT OF THING. IS THERE ANYTHING SIMILAR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK CONTEMPLATED WHEN YOU SAY SCOTT IS THAT A QUESTION THAT YOU COULD HELP WITH? GOOD AFTERNOON, SCOTT. WITH THE TOWN? YES, ACTUALLY THE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE SOME OF THE SPECIMEN LABELS, OPEN UP SOME OF THE VIEWS TO PROMOTE A CREEK.

BUT YES OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES WILL WILL GO AWAY AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF NEW LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS GOING IN ALONG THE WAY TO TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND SO THE SPECIMEN AND ANY TREES THAT ARE CONSIDERED SPECIMEN REMAIN UNDISTURBED. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND THE QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT OR SHANE WHICH WILL.

QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS IT CALLED THE PLATFORM A HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE IT WILL BE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PAVED PATHWAYS AROUND THAT WHAT'S LAID OUT ON THE PLAN THAT ENCIRCLES THE LAWN. SO THERE WILL BE HARDSCAPE AND WAY TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY OUT THERE IS OKAY AND IT ALSO SAYS THAT ON NUMBER ONE THAT THERE'S FIVE PARKING SPACES.

COULD YOU POINT THOSE OUT ON I CAN SEE THE NUMBERS RIGHT RIGHT BELOW THE NUMBER ONE WHERE WHERE THE PAVEMENT KIND OF DIPS DOWN. OKAY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE PARALLEL PARKING. AND WHAT ARE THOSE TWO? I KNOW THAT IT'S THE FOOD TRUCK AREA USED TO USE A ROAD ITS RIGHT ITSELF OR WHATEVER TO GET IN THERE SO WE'RE CLOSING THAT OFF EVENTUALLY. YES.

SO THIS THIS NEW ACCESS ROAD WILL NOT ONLY BE FOR THE PARK BUT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THE OTHER LOTS IN THE AREA. OKAY. BECAUSE SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE ENTRANCE ACCESS TO THE BEAUTIFUL SQUARE AREA THAT CURRENTLY THE.

THE LANE BINGO LANE IS LOCATED ON THAT PROPERTY HEALING ACCESS AT THE MOMENT OKAY SO IS THIS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC ROAD? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOU GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TRENDS LIKE PEOPLE COMING TO, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE IN COMMERCE SO. SO THAT'S NOT MET BECAUSE IT HAS A BORDERLINE SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING TWO POINTS OF ACCESS INTO BUSINESSES PROPERTY ONE ONE IN, ONE OUT AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ACCESS TO THE THE OTHER LOTS THERE IN THE IN THE BACK. AND WHERE IS THAT BECAUSE I SEE LIKE A GRAVEL WHERE YOU SEE.

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RIGHT WHERE IS YOUR LOT 1312 ON. 11.

YEAH THE THE END OF WHAT WE WERE SHOWING IS ACCESS ROAD THAT A LITTLE HAMMER PORTION.

YES. IS CREATING THEN ACCESS TO THE OTHER LOTS AS WELL.

OKAY SO THEN I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE GRAPH SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS WHEN I COME DOWN ONE I MAKE THE LEFT IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAVE SOME GRAPHIC DEPICTION GRAVEL AND IT STOPS SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED HOW WHAT 12 1311 AND 1312 I'M I'M CONFUSED BY THIS SCRAP THE WALL BUT I GUESS WHAT SHOWS AS GRAVEL IS BASICALLY THE EXISTING CONDITIONS TODAY OKAY.

UNDERLYING LAYER OKAY SO WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THAT THAT'S PART OF ANY WORK THE TOWN IS DOING.

YOU'RE GOING UP TO THE CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS WHICH ARE HERE. SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME ANY CONCERNS THAT THE LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE HAD ABOUT THIS PARK? NO CONCERNS AT MOMENT? NO. OKAY.

BECAUSE HOUSE NUMBER 12 IS REALLY CLOSE AND SO THEY'VE NOT EXPRESSED ANYTHING.

OKAY, GOOD. SO SO FAR SO GOOD. EVERYONE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO TO A NICE LOOKING PARK. MEAN IT MAKES A GREAT BACKYARD FOR THEM RIGHT? I JUST I JUST WANTED TO ASK IT IS MEANT TO BE COMMUNITY AND GATHERING SPACE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO MY TO INVITE I WOULD COMMENT AND WE'D LIKE TO SHARE. YES, SIR. MR. SCOTT STATE YOUR NAME? DARREN SCOTT, THE OWNER OF BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SQUARE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE TOWN. THIS PARK IS A LONG TIME COMING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR ALONG WITH THE TRAILER PARK. SO WE JUST APPRECIATE THE CONNECTIVITY WITH A VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM COMING ALONG.

THANK. AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT GROWING AND ROASTING AREA BECAUSE YOU CAN GO TO A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SQUARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE TO PUBLIC HERE.

OH YES, PLEASE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. NUMBER IS A PAVILION AND I DON'T THINK IS THE TIME FOR QUESTIONS YOU CAN GIVE THE STAFF.

THIS IS JUST PUBLIC. I WANT TO GIVE MY OPINION. NUMBER FOUR APPEAR TO BE COVERED PAVILIONS WHERE DO YOU HAVE AN AREA FOR FAMILIES TO PLAY? WHERE DO YOU HAVE SWINGS? WHERE DO YOU HAVE A PARK SETTING? OR IS THIS JUST FUNNELING PEOPLE AND I'M ASSUMING THERE WERE TABLES CHAIRS UNDER THAT NUMBER FOUR SO THAT'S A BUILT IN PLACE TO EAT. SO WHO'S GOING TO KEEP THIS ALL CLEAN? AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I INVITE STAFF IS HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. YEAH, SURE.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. TOWN IS GOING TO MAINTAIN THIS PARK JUST LIKE THE TOWN ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS AS FAR AS PLAY FACILITIES ARE CONCERNED. 787 BECAUSE OF ALL THE THE PLAYGROUND AREA HERE ON THE ON THE MAP. SO THERE WILL BE IT WILL BE PLAY STRUCTURES THERE AS WELL. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, I LIVE IN ONE PLACE.

STATE YOUR NAME AS WELL. I'M KELLY FULLER. I LIVE AT MARSH'S AT BROAD CREEK AND SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING GOING TO BE AN ACCESS FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT INTO THE PARK AS WELL. BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING UP THERE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU STAFF WOULD YOU CARE TO ADDRESS THAT? SHE THERE AND AT ONE POINT IN THE DESIGN PROCESS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WALKWAY ACCESS. YES. BETWEEN THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARK THERE WILL BE A WAY TO TO GET IN THERE FROM THAT SIDE. YES.

NO ONE ELSE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.

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COMMISSIONERS ANY ANY DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO IT. SECOND, MR. SIEBOLD AGAIN NO MORE. PLEASE SIGNIFY YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING RIGHT HAND.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY. ALL RIGHT.

AND WE'LL MOVE TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AND ITEMS? WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS SUBMITTED ON NON AGENDA ITEMS TODAY? THERE WERE NOT.

NONE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO COMMISSION BUSINESS AND THERE IS NONE. CHAIRMAN'S I DON'T HAVE A

[9. Chairman's Report]

REPORT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT MISS FRAU FOR PROVIDING A COPY OF THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR THE TOWN FOR 2020 FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 28.

THIS IS THE GUIDE IT'S GOING TO LEAD COUNSEL AND STAFF FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY WE'LL WANT TO KEEP THAT AS A RESOURCE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING THAT AVAILABLE . OKAY.

WE ARE NOW AT STAFF REPORTS THE APPLICATIONS PRESENTED THE NEXT THREE REPORTS ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES WITH NO FORMAL ACTION REQUIRED. THE COMMISSION ASK QUESTIONS

[10.a. DPR-001043-2024 – Axis Engineering Consultants is proposing the development of an Aldi grocery store at Sea Turtle Marketplace. The subject property is located at 80 Mathews Drive and is identified as Beaufort County Tax Map Parcel R511 008 000 0156 0000. - Michael Connolly, Senior Planner ]

AND PROVIDE COMMENTS FOR STAFF . SO THE FIRST ONE IS DPR 001043-202 FOR ACCESS CONSULTANTS IS PROPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALDI STORE AT SEA TURTLE MARKETPLACE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 80 MATHEWS DRIVE AND IS IDENTIFIED AS COUNTY TAX PARCEL OR 511 00800001560000. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MICHAEL CONNELLY, SENIOR PLANNER TO PRESENT THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL CONNELLY SENIOR PLANNER AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT AND FOR THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WILL BE INFORMING YOU ABOUT.

SO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT THE ALL DAY PROJECT THAT EDDIE MATHEWS IS ITS MID ISLAND NEAR THE PARKERS GAS STATION OF MATTHEWS THE REAR AND THE GREENSPACE THE GREEN LOT THAT UNDEVELOPED LOT. IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

IT'S ALSO WITHIN THE AIRPORT OVERLAY AND WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OVERLAY.

SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS OF THIS PROJECT.

ORIGINALLY THIS LOT WAS PART OF THE HONEY HORNE PLANTATION THAT WAS BROKEN OFF INTO A 12.2 PARCEL AND THAT LATER BECAME THE COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION THAT WE NOW KNOW AS PILOT STATION AND WOODEN LAKES VILLAS. SO THIS SPECIFIC PARCEL IS THE LAST TO BE DEVELOPED.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A 20,664 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PARKING LOT INSTALLATION ACCESS, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND LANDSCAPING. SO CURRENT STATUS OF THIS PROJECT IS UNDER REVIEW.

THERE ARE A FEW REMAINING THAT STAFF IS REVIEWING AND WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. SO I THINK WE RECEIVED AN UPDATED APPLICATION ON FRIDAY.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES THEY SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL APPLICATION MATERIALS NOT AN UPDATED SITE PLAN. SO THIS SITE PLAN IS THE CURRENT SITE PLAN. THEY SUBMITTED THINGS LIKE A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN THAT STAFF IS REVIEWING AND THE DRP WILL ALSO HAVE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE. SO WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE THAT REVIEW COMPLETED SOON BUT PRETTY MUCH THIS IS VERY, VERY FINAL A FEW KEY OF INTEREST ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SO I HAVE THREE THINGS. ONE REGARDING THE AIRPORT OVERLAY THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED AN FAA NO HAZARD DETERMINATION SO THEY NEED THE FAA REGULATIONS FOR THE ALAMO. SO THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND HANDLED.

ACCESS IS ANOTHER BIG TOPIC FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THE NEW PROPOSED INTERNAL CIRCULATION, THIS IS ALL NEW. MATTHEWS IS ON YOUR RIGHT HAND

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SIDE FOR ORIENTATION AND THEN WE HAVE THE DRIVEWAY THAT STARTS HERE AND WE HAVE THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH. SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE THAT'S NEW IS GOING TO BE THIS ACCESS IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE REST OF THE SUBDIVISION AND PROVIDE ACCESS FOR SEMI-TRUCKS AND WHATNOT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER BIG POINT OF INTEREST IS THE ACCESS AND THE PARKING. THE LAST POINT IS JUST TO SAY THAT THE MANAGEMENT FACILITY IS LANDSCAPING AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE ARE ALSO BEING REVIEWED AS PART OF THE DPR. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU MUCH. DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DIAS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CONNOLLY . MY BIGGEST CONCERN I GUESS IS IS THAT IT'S RIGHT ON OR JETS TAKE OFF AND LAND IT'S IN THAT FOOTPRINT YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU'D WANT TO KEEP THAT FOOTPRINT AS CLEAN AND CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. APPARENTLY THIS IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT THE FAA IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT. NO, SIR.

SO EMAILS AND REPORTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION MATERIALS.

WE WERE WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE FAA JUST MAKING INTRODUCTIONS. SO THEY HAVE GOTTEN.

I CAN TELL YOU THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IN THE MAX ALLOWED 45 FOOT IS THE MAX ALLOWED IN THAT ZONE AND THE PROPOSED IS 39 FEET FOUR INCHES AND FAA IS OKAY WITH IT.

NOW'S. YES SIR. CAUSE IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT THE PARTICLE TO THE LEFT OF THAT THAT'S CALLED GALAXY SO CORRECT LINE RIGHT? THAT'S PART OF THAT SEA TURTLE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

YEAH. PETSMART THERE AND THE GOLF GALAXY SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY 3540 FEET ANYWAYS. RIGHT. AND IS THAT THE GAS STATION DIRECTLY ABOVE IT? YES SIR. OKAY.

OKAY. JUST TRYING TO ORIENT SO. SO 278 WOULD BE UP HERE AND THEN MATTHEWS WOULD BE OVER HERE AND THE STOPLIGHT MAYBE RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'S TUCKED IN HERE IN THE RECENT SUBMITTAL. THEY DID SUBMIT THEIR THEIR FILL CUT SHEET. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WHOLE PROJECT. WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THEM EXCEED THE THREE FOOT LIMITATION OF FILL. WE GOT THAT TOO WITH THE THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGER AND AND THAT CHECKED OFF THAT SO WHEN YOU GO THERE AND YOU SEE IT IN PERSON IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DIPPED AND YOU WONDER HOW BUT MATHEMATICALLY THE WAY THEY'RE MOVING THE THE FELL IT'S OKAY

[10.b. DPR-000104-2025 - Casey Warfield of Kimley-Horn and Associates is proposing the redevelopment of 70 Pope Ave for a grocery store. The subject properties are identified as Beaufort County Tax Map Parcels R553 018 000 0268 0000 and R553 018 000 0269 0000. - Michael Connolly, Senior Planner]

GOOD OH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU'LL STAY UP HERE WE'LL INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM.

IT'S THE PR 0001042025 KC MOORE FIELD OF TO MY HORN AND ASSOCIATES IS PROPOSING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 74TH AVENUE FOR A GROCERY STORE SURVEY FOR GROCERY STORE.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE IDENTIFIED AS BEFORE 20 TAX PARCELS ARE 55301800002680000 AND ARE 5530180000269 QUADRUPLE ZEROS. TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO IN THE CORRIDOR BEING A PART OF THE COLONIAL RESORT DISTRICT. IT'S AUTOMATICALLY THAT OVERLAY THIS PROJECT CAME TO THE TOWN IN 2024 HENCE THE PROJECT NUMBER I WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT JUST TO CONNECT THE DOTS. SO IN 2024 THE APPLICANT CAME IN FOR A PREAMP MEETING AND IN THAT PREAMP MEETING THERE WERE A A LOT OF NON-CONFORMING SITE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED. SO COMMENT NUMBER 25 IN THE PRE EP CORRECTIONS REPORT REMINDED THE APPLICANT THAT THEY COULD SEEK TO USE SUBSTITUTION FOR NONCONFORMING AS REQUEST FORM SO THEY DID THAT AND 2025 THEY SUBMITTED THE APPLICATIONS WITH THAT FORM INCLUDED SO THE SUBSTITUTION FOR NON-CONFORMING REQUEST FORM REQUEST TO DEVIATE FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO BRING EVERYTHING INTO COMPLIANCE. THERE WERE THREE ITEMS THAT THEY COULD NOT BRING INTO COMPLIANCE. THE FIRST WAS THE LANDSCAPE MEDIANS. SO THE CODE REQUIRES LANDSCAPE IN THE MIDDLE TO BE 12 FEET WIDE AND AT THE END OF THE BASE BE 15 FEET WIDE BECAUSE THIS WAS AN EXISTING GROCERY STORE

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PRIOR ASPHALT WAS THERE THEY COULD NOT BRING THE SITE INTO COMPLIANCE BUT THEY DID FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SITE CONDITIONS WHICH I'LL MENTION AFTER THIS PART.

THE OTHER ITEM NUMBER TWO THE WIDTH OF THE PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED TO BE TEN FEET WIDE FOR THE ELEMENT THEY WERE NOT BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO BE NINE NINE AND A HALF FEET.

SO INCHES SHORT OF THE ALAMO THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED 61 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED BUT THEY DID ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER FROM 18 ADDING 14 MORE BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 32 PARKING SPACES FOR THE GROCERY STORE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT WHILE THEY HAVE IMPROVED THE SITE THEY'VE REMOVED A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS BY REDUCING THE THE NUMBER OF THE BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF ASPHALT SO ABOUT HALF OF THE PARKING IS BEING RIPPED UP AND PAVERS AND PERVIOUS PAPERS ARE BEING USED AND THAT WILL IMPROVE THE SITE CONDITION FOR THE SITE BUT ALSO FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. SO IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE NORTH YEAH SO IF YOU LOOK SOUTH RIGHT RIGHT BELOW THAT ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S FOR CELEBRATION PARK IS.

SO WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE PARK OVER HERE AND PARK OVER THERE. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INQUIRIES ABOUT THE PARKING CALCULATIONS IS WHY YOU SEE THEM CIRCLED IN BLUE SO THE ALAMO REQUIRES A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING. HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO EXCEED THE MINIMUM YOU CAN YOU JUST CAN'T USE PERVIOUS MATERIAL SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE OVER THE PARKING MANY OF THE PARKING MINIMUM IT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MATERIAL. SO THEY DID PROVIDE A PARKING MEMO AND THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE APPLICATION PROJECT FOLDER.

THOSE WERE THE TWO BIG POINTS OF INTEREST. WELL ACTUALLY THAT WAS ONE.

THE PARKING WAS ONE I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. AND THE SECOND ONE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SITE IN THE SITE PLAN, I THINK IT'S UNIQUE AND SPECIAL A LOT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CULLIGAN RESORT DISTRICT. SO WHEN YOU START REVIEWING THIS FROM A PLAN PERSPECTIVE THAT SHOULD JUMP OUT TO YOU IS THE ZONE BECAUSE IN THIS SPECIFIC ZONE THERE ARE UNIQUE STANDARDS THAT ARE APPLIED AND 16 3105B3 THERE ARE MODIFIED ADJACENT USE STREETS SET BACK STANDARDS ARE MODIFIED ADJACENT BUFFER STANDARDS THE DENSITY IS MODIFIED IT'S LIMITLESS AND MAXIMUM PERVIOUS COVER IS LIMITLESS AS WELL. SO FOR THE APPLICANT TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND NOT MAX OUT DEVELOPMENT WAS WAS VERY IT WAS NICE TO SEE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE THANK YOU. DO WE KNOW WHAT GROCERY STORES GOING IN USE. I HEARD CONFIDENTIAL LANDLORD OR DON'T TELL ME TO GUESS THAT RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY SEE FIT. OKAY, WE'LL BRING IT BACK HERE. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FOR MR. CONNELLY? MR. CONNELLY, QUICK QUESTION ON THE NINE AND A HALF VERSUS TEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIZE OF AN SUV IS ANYMORE. WE'VE CERTAINLY ALL TRIED TO PARK YOUR SUV AS AN OLD PARKING LOT AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE IS TAKING THAT INCHES OFF OF THE SPACE. IN YOUR OPINION GOING TO BE YOU KNOW ANY KIND OF OTHER THAN FOR A MONSTER TRUCK WHICH WE DON'T HAVE MANY OF THOSE NINE AND A HALF FEET IS SUFFICIENT.

I BELIEVE SO BEING LIVING ON THE ISLAND AND BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY NOW FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS WAL-MART AND OTHER AREAS LIKE THAT I KNOW THEY CAN GET KIND OF TIGHT AND UNIQUE BUT SIX INCHES EVEN WITH A MASSIVE SUV AT THE PUBLIX ON THE SOUTH END KNOW I SEE I SEE THAT IN OTHER GROCERY STORES FROM DEVELOPMENT BUT NO I DON'T SEE IT AS BEING PROBLEMATIC ANY OTHER THAN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WHALEY.

THANKS. MY OFFICE IS REALLY HELPFUL. YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT THIS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SHADED AREA IS. IS THAT WHERE THE IMPERVIOUS ARE GOING TO GO? SO THIS SHEET IS THE SITE PLAN, RIGHT? AND RIGHT NOW I'M SORRY THAT THE ONES CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING ARE ASPHALT AND THE IMPERVIOUS PAVERS ARE THE ONES IN THE BACK. IS THAT IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? YES, MA'AM. SO IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE SITE RIGHT NOW, THIS WOULD ALL BE ASPHALT AND THEY'RE REMOVING IT AND THAT THEY'RE ALSO REMOVING ASPHALT FROM THESE

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OTHER AREAS AND PUTTING IN PERVIOUS PAVERS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SITE STORMWATER AND QUALITY SITE QUALITY. SO WILL THE SPACE OF THOSE AND PERVIOUS PAVERS BE TEN FEET WIDE INSTEAD OF REPEATING EVERYTHING UP ANYWAY AND I JUST I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TO TRIPLE CHECK BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON HERE AND SIX INCHES WOULD BE HARDER TO VISUALLY CONFIRM BUT WITHOUT THE NUMBERS I CAN'T I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IF THE STANDARD IS TEN INCHES AND THEY'RE REDOING THIS AREA, WHY WOULDN'T THEY DO IT TO CODE ? WELL I HAVE TO VERIFY THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS AREN'T SHOWN. I CAN'T THANK YOU AS MUCH AS THIS QUESTION.

SO WHAT IS CAUSING THE LIMITATION FOR BUYING PARKING BASICALLY A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF THE REQUIREMENT THE LIMITATION FOR THE BUYING PARKING WHEN MY SO THEY ARE THEY AREN'T ADDING TO THE BY PARKING EXISTING ALL AND I THINK EXISTING EITHER 14 OR 18 AND THEN THEY'RE ADDING MORE TO IT BUT NOT HITTING QUITE THE 21 SPACES AND I A LOT OF THAT IS IS THE SITE DESIGN WHEN THEY'RE REDOING THE FRONT OVER HERE AND MAKING THAT EASIER SO WHEN YOU GO UP THERE TO GET INTO THE ENTRANCE BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS PART RIGHT HERE WHEN WE DID THE SITE VISIT AT THE PRE AB THAT WAS OF OUR COMMENTS THAT WE NOTICED THAT WAS PHYSICALLY HARD TO GET IN THERE AND IF YOU WERE PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR OR YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE WALKING WITH A CANE IT WE COULD SEE A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS SO THEN ADDRESSING THE LARGER SAFETY PICTURE AND NOT ADDING BICYCLE THAT WOULD INHIBIT OR CAUSE ANY KIND OF SAFETY ISSUES. OKAY THANK YOU AND YOURS.

ALL THANKS, MARK. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

[10.c. DPR-000518-2025 - James Atkins, of Court Atkins Group, is proposing the redevelopment of 2 Tanglewood Drive for multifamily use. The subject property is identified as Beaufort County Tax Map Parcel R553 018 000 0330 0000. - Brian Eber, Principal Planner]

ALL NEXT WE HAVE DPR 0005182025. JAMES ADKINS OF COURT ADKINS GROUP IS PROPOSING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF TWO TANGLEWOOD DRIVE FOR A HOTEL USE.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED AS BEAUFORT COUNTY PARCEL OUR 5530180000330 QUADRUPLE ZERO. AND I INVITE BRIAN HEBER TO PRESENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BRIAN HEBER PRINCIPAL WITH THE TOWN OF FELTON AND FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

TODAY I'M GOING OVER A PROJECT I'M MANAGING AND TO TANGLEWOOD DRIVE.

MR. JAMES ADKINS OF THE ADKINS GROUP IS HERE IN CASE WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

BUT IN ESSENCE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE HOLIDAY ON TANGLEWOOD. THIS IS LIKE THE COMMON BUILDING THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO SOUTH FOR SPEECH. OR THEY'RE PROPOSING TO TEAR THAT DOWN AND IN ITS PLACE PUT IN A BOUTIQUE HOTEL 20 UNITS HOTEL ACTUALLY AS PART OF THIS CURRENTLY THEY HAVE REDUCED AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS BY 2%. WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE SOME MORE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROJECT BUT IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. IT'S NOT APPROVED BUT IT IS A MAJOR DPR. WE WANT TO BRING IT TO YOU TO SEEK ANY INPUT YOU MAY HAVE AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING. AS MAY KNOW THIS IS IN WHAT'S CONSIDERED A RESORT DISTRICT ZONING SO IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS SORT OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS ZONING DISTRICT OF A HOTEL IN THIS DISTRICT THEY ARE ALLOWED UP TO 43 DIFFERENT ROOMS BUT IN THIS CASE THEY'RE ONLY PROPOSING A 20 UNIT BOUTIQUE HOTEL STYLE AND THERE'S THIS KIND OF A LOCATION MAP I THINK EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY AWARE OF WHERE THAT IS AND THEN WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE IS THEY'VE KIND OF DONE A REALLY NICE TO KIND OF SCALE WHAT THE BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE AGAINST THIS ADJOINING. SO IT IS THREE STORIES OVER GROUND LEVEL PARKING IT'S UNDER THE 60 FOOT BUILDING MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT AS PART THE

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DISTRICT I'LL SHOW YOU THE SITE BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WE HAD ON WITH THIS PROJECT WAS OUR DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO ALL OF THE BUILDING IN CASE THERE WERE A FIRE AND EMERGENCY . SO ON THE PLANS YOU KIND OF SEE THESE THESE LITTLE SQUARES AND IT APPEARS YOU SEE LIKE A BIG GROUPING OF SQUARES THAT'S REALLY FOR LIKE THE FIRE LADDER TRUCK TO SIT. IT'S A PERMANENT SPOT FOR THEM TO GO IF THEY EVER NEEDED TO GO TO FIGHT A FIRE. BUT THEY'RE MADE OUT OF WHAT YOU WOULD ONLY SEE GRASS IT'S CALLED GRASS PAVE SO IT'S PERMEABLE SO THAT RAINFALL THAT FALLS INTO IT IS THERE BUT WHEN NECESSARY IT HAS THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE FIRE TRUCKS APPARATUSES IN ORDER TO FIGHT A FIRE AND DID A SIMILAR APPROACH OVER HERE ON THE COAST TO THE LAGOON SIDE AS WELL WHEN I TALKED ABOUT REDUCING SOME OF THE IMPERVIOUS THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT MAKING RADIUS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHERE APPROPRIATE TO CLEAN UP THE SITE A LITTLE BIT. THEY DO HAVE CURRENTLY 40 PARKING SPACES UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING. THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT MANY.

SO WE MAY THEY MAY CHOOSE TO MODIFY THIS AGAIN. IT'S IT'S STILL REVIEW IS ON A FINAL PLAN BEFORE YOU AND THEN THEY HAVE BICYCLE WHICH WE KNOW WILL BE BE VERY IMPORTANT GIVEN THE AREA THIS THAT THIS OCCURS AND THERE IS A SUBSTITUTION NONCONFORMITY BECAUSE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE DRIVE IN LANE AND THE DRIVE OUT LANE ARE TOO CLOSE TO OUR STANDARDS BUT THEY'RE BRINGING INTO COMPLIANCE AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT THEY CAN AND WE FEEL THAT MAKING THEM ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT THEY'VE ACHIEVE THE GOAL AND REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CODE , THE GRADING AND STORMWATER REVIEW IS STILL UNDER WAY. SOME OF THE STORMWATER IS MANAGED BY THE TOWN, SOME OF IT IS UNDER AN EASEMENT THE SAME WAY WITH A PATHWAY THAT YOU FIND ALONG TANGLEWOOD IS BOTH ON PRIVATE LAND BUT WITHIN A TOWN BICYCLE EASEMENT THEY'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO IT TO HELP PEOPLE THAT HEY THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.

THERE'S ABOUT TO COME ACROSS A DRIVEWAY SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE AND AND JAMES IS HERE AS WELL. LET'S ASK THE PUBLIC IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. GET BACK UP HERE.

QUESTIONS COMMENTS FOR BRIAN. YEAH. THE 40 PARKING PLACES UNDERNEATH A 20 ROOM HOTEL SEEMS A BIT ODD MAYBE. WELL, I DON'T MEAN A SQUARE FOOT. YES SOMETIMES FAMILIES COME RIGHT? THIS MAY BE BIGGER. SOME OF THESE ROOMS ARE BIGGER SO THEY'LL HAVE TWO CARS.

IT'S KIND OF A BOUTIQUE SETTING VERSUS GOING TO A TIMESHARE SETTING PER SAY YOU MIGHT GET YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE FAMILIES COME IN SO IT'S UP TO THEM ON THE PARKING.

I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S UNDER ROOF AND IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL IMPACTS TO OUR TREES OR VEGETATION OR IN OUR STORMWATER. SO IT IS JUST IF YOU STICK WITH THE PARKING FOR A MINUTE SO THAT PARKING IS ALL UNDER THE FIRST FLOOR WHERE THE OF A RESIDENTIAL CORRECT. UNDERNEATH THE HOTEL. YES.

AND THERE'S ONE ELECTRONIC VEHICLE PARKING IN THE SPACE. YES MA'AM THERE'S A PARKING SPACE IF I LOOK AT THE SCHEMATIC THERE I'M GOING TO COME IN AND BE PARKED BUMPER TO FENDER. YEAH. OKAY.

ARE YOU ALLOWING EV PARKING UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION. IT'S ALL SO IT'S NOT RESIDENTIAL JUST COMMERCIAL OKAY BUT THERE'S PEOPLE GOING TO BE LIVING IN THERE AND WE JUST HAD A STAY IN TRANSIT WHILE STAYING HOPEFULLY OCCUPANCY THEY'RE GOING TO WANT IT'S LIKE 90% OF THE TIME SO LET'S JUST YOU KNOW YEAH THAT'S THE POINT IN FRONT OF ME YEAH ARE THEY GOING TO BE PERMITTED TO AN ELECTRON VEHICLES EVS UNDER THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE EV

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SPOT THERE'LL BE ONE EV CHARGING BUT THEY CAN PARK ALL OF THEM IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF EV CARS THAT CAN BE THERE BUT THERE'S ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE EV PARKING SO AND SO IF THEY WERE TO ADD A SECOND ONE OUR REGULATIONS ABOUT ADA ACCESS MIGHT MAKE US SECOND BANK IF DOWN THE ROAD THEY WANTED TO HAVE A SECOND EV CHARGING STATION THEY COULD PROBABLY DO THAT ON THEIR SITE BUT PRETTY SOON WE GET INTO A SITUATION IF IF YOU GO THREE OR MORE IT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED FROM A BUILDING PERMIT STANDPOINT SO COMMISSIONER LUBELL JUST FROM A COMMENT PERSPECTIVE IT'S NICE TO SEE A BUILDING DESIGNED NOT NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY HEIGHT EVERY THAT IS POSSIBLE AND AND YOU KNOW FITS APPROPRIATELY INTO THE SPACE AND AND I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S POTENTIALLY EXTRA PARKING SO EASILY IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND IT'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING SO I'M HAPPY TO THAT WHAT'S NICE WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL MR. JANE BACK AND DOES ADHERE TO NOT UNDERSTANDS OUR CODES VERY WELL SO THE THE THE DRIVE FOR THE FIRE IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A LAWN YEAH YEAH THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT. YEAH YEAH AND.

WHILE WE DON'T HAVE IT HERE AT THIS CAMPUS YOU THIS I'M READY TO SEE BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED SO WE COULD TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS CAN SHOW AND YOU KNOW EDUCATE OTHERS AS THEY COME TO THE TOWN LOOKING TO REDEVELOP. HERE'S AN APPROACH I'M NOT SURE HOW OLD I WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT 15 YEAR OLD 15 YEARS GRASS PAVE HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS SO THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE AND THEY HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF BEING SAFE AND WORKING OVER THE YEARS MAINLY STARTED IN SCHOOLS SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS COULD GAIN ACCESS TO THE REAR.

SOME SCHOOLS WERE UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE. I DO I DO RECALL THAT IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD PRODUCT THAT'S EASY TO INSTALL AND EASY TO MAINTAIN AND ELSE AND A NEAT WE HAVE LIKE AN EXTRA MINUTE IF ANYBODY KNOWS WE ARE WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT AND. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED

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