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SO AUDIO AND VIDEO, ARE THEY READY TO START? YES.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
IS FIVE O'CLOCK.WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, IT IS OUR CUSTOM THAT WE BEGIN BY RECITING THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF I COULD ASK YOU GUYS TO STAND AND FACE THE FLAG.
OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UM, LISA, ARE WE GOOD WITH ALL NOTIFICATIONS? YES.
[4. ADOPTION OF AGENDA]
IF EVERYONE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE AGENDA, NOTE THAT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE WILL BE CONTINUED TO OUR JANUARY MEETING.UM, SO I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MADE A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — October 23, 2025]
APPROVE OF OUR MINUTES OCTOBER 23RD.HAVE EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES? YES, YES, YES.
I'D MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 23RD MEETING AS WRITTEN.
SO THE OCTOBER 23RD MEETING HAS, IS, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.
BEEN SECONDED BY MS, WHOS ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE.
AND WE KNOW THAT CECIL WAS NOT, HE WAS ABSENT IN OUR LAST MEETING ON THAT OCTOBER 23RD.
[6. Duncan O’Quinn is requesting a Special Use Permit for Lodging, Short-Term Rental. The property is located at 55 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island. The property is zoned T4-Hamlet Center Open (T4HCO).]
MR. DUNCAN O'QUINN, WHO IS HERE FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR LODGING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? SURE.JUST LET US KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE, WHAT IT IS THAT YOU, YOU ARE REQUESTING.
UM, YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
UM, TONIGHT, UM, ASKING THE ZVOA TO LOOK AT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SHORT, SHORT TERM RENTALS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT I OWN AT 55 C ISLAND PARKWAY.
IT'S RIGHT, IT'S RIGHT BETWEEN, UM, THE WHITEHALL BOAT LANDING AND THE FILLIN STATION.
UM, I'VE OWNED IT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
I BUILT A DOCK FOR THE GENTLEMAN THAT LIVED THERE.
UM, AND I JUST WAS WANTING TO RENT IT.
I USE IT ALSO FOR MY, UM, MARINE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, PARKING BARGES THERE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I WANNA, UM, APPLY FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO DO SHORT TERM RENTALS WEEKS AT A TIME.
UM, DO ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DUNCAN? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS ON SECURING, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE WHO WOULD RENT YOUR PROPERTY ACCESSING, HAVING ACCESS TO THE DOCK? WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG RENTAL POINTS OF HAVING THE DOCK.
'CAUSE PEOPLE WANNA BRING A, A VESSEL, A BOAT, SIT THERE, GO FISHING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SUCH A GOOD RENTAL OPPORTUNITY, I GUESS.
I LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND YOU ARE CORRECT AND I LOOKED AT IT AS, YOU KNOW, KIDS, THERE'S A LIABILITY.
LIABILITY AND IT CAN BE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, TO BE RESPONSIBLE, YOU HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD INSURANCE YEAH.
AND THERE'S NO COVENANTS IN THAT AREA, I'M ASSUMING? NO, SIR.
WHO WILL YOU BE MANAGING IT? ARE YOU GONNA HAVE I DON'T KNOW YET.
BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, BEAUFORT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF SHORT TERM RENTAL COMPANIES.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF NEW TO THE AREA I'M FAMILIAR WITH DOWN IN THE KEYS, I'VE OWNED A HOME DOWN THERE BEFORE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM RENTALS, THAT'S KIND OF THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER.
SO YOU HAVE MOST OF THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DOWN THERE, THEY RENT HOMES FOR WEEKLY MM-HMM
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE, SO MOST LIKELY, UM,
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MY, ME AND MY WIFE WILL BE DOING IT OURSELF.
YOU KNOW, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? AND IF NOT, WE WILL OPEN, UM, IF WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU UP.
WE'LL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF THERE'S NO ONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE? UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SO IT'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND IT AND SECOND IT BY MS. HOOS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
BY RAISING YOUR HAND, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTER.
OH, OH, WERE Y'ALL RECOMMENDED APPROVAL? I WAS JUST ASKING MAKE NOTE.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL, THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT AND PUT THAT IN OUR NOTES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR YOUR SPECIAL USE PERMIT, MR. DUNCAN.
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS? ANY NEW BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT? I'D MOVED, SIR, WE PROBABLY MADE TO ADJOURN.
I, I SECOND IT, IT PROPERLY MADE A SECOND.
PLEASE SIGNIFY AND RAISE YOUR HAND.
YOU CAN JUST GIVE IT TO COUNTY AFTERWARDS AND, UH, THEY'LL KIND OF CHANNEL YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF WHERE YOU SHOULD GO.