Dec 15, 2025 Hilton Head Community Development and Public Services Committee

NEED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I NEED A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, AND WE HAVE THREE, UH, WELL, FIRST WE

[3. Adoption of the Agenda]

I HAVE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA, AND I DON'T OPPOSE CURTIS HOW, WITH JUST THE TWO OF IT.

IS IT OKAY IF I SECOND IT? YES.

THANK YOU KIM.

THEN, UM, SO I SECOND YOUR MOTION AND ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNAL, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

AND A MOTION FOR

[4. Approval of the Minutes ]

AND WE HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES.

BILL MOVED.

SECOND.

AND ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS NOT RELATED TO AN AGENDA ITEM TODAY? AND SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

AND THIS IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD

[6.a. Discussion Regarding the Holiday Homes Neighborhood Character Overlay District Amendment Request - Shawn Leininger, Deputy Town Manager]

CHARACTER OVERLAY, UM, AS A DISTRICT AMENDMENT REQUEST.

AND SEAN LANGER IS GOING, OUR DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN ALFRED.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

SEAN LEININGER, UH, DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER.

WAIT WHILE THIS SLOWS UP REAL QUICK.

ONE SECOND.

COMPLIANT WITH THE ZONING REGULATIONS, WE WERE ASKED, UH, BY THE RESIDENTS TO, TO FURTHER CONSIDER THAT OVERLAY AND SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS WE CAN MAKE TO THE OVERLAY TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES RESULT MORE IN HOMES THAT ARE OF THIS SCALE AND MASS IN CHARACTER.

ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA SWITCH OVER TO SOME PDFS HERE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH.

UH, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS A THIS MORNING, UH, IS TO REVIEW A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT.

I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND HOW WE GOT HERE.

UM, THERE'S NO ACTION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR, UH, THIS COMMITTEE TODAY.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR, YOUR DISCUSSION AND YOUR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION ON, UH, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? AFTER YOU HEAR WHERE WE ARE AND YOU HEAR FROM A FEW RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PROCESSES WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF, IF THE COMMITTEE, UH, WERE TO DIRECT US TO, TO ADVANCE THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ULTIMATELY, THEN BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEN TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, WHERE THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOCATED.

UH, IT IS OFF OF US 2 78, UH, IN FOLLY FIELD ROAD.

UH, THERE'S 57 HOMES THAT WERE APPLIED IN THE, IN THE LATE 1950S.

UM, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT OUT OVER THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES, AND IN, IN THE EIGHTIES.

UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THERE WERE THREE, UH, VACANT LOTS THAT WERE IN THERE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THAT WERE RECENTLY BUILT UPON.

AND, AND IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TODAY.

UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY SIX.

THAT MEANS IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SIX UNITS PER ACRE.

IT ALSO HAS, UH, A, A, AN OVERLAY DISTRICT A, IT'S CALLED THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT.

THAT, UH, PURPOSE OF THAT OVERLAY IS TO, UH, DO A FEW THINGS.

UH, ONE IS IT, UH, PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, DEFINITION REGULATION ON SETBACKS ON BUFFERS, IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, FLOOR AREA RATIO, PARKING, AND MINIMUM LOT SIZE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, UH, AS A RESULT OF THOSE THAT THAT OVERLAY.

AND THE, AND THE ZONING THAT'S IN IN PLACE IS GENERALLY, UH, RANCH HOMES, TWO STORY HOMES, NOT UNLIKE WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, IN THESE IMAGES.

UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MORE RECENT EXAMPLES, UH, WHERE THERE'S, UH, THREE STORY HOMES, A LITTLE BIT LARGER HOMES, UM, STILL MEETING WITHIN THE CHARACTER OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, BACK IN MAY, MARCH AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR, UM, WE HAD THREE PERMITS ON, THREE VACANT LOTS NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON A LEANDER THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN FOR, FOR APPROVAL.

UM, AS TOWN STAFF WENT THROUGH AND REVIEWED THOSE, THOSE PERMIT APPLICATIONS, WE LOOKED AT THE ZONING, THE R SF SIX ZONING.

WE LOOKED AT THE HOLIDAY HOMES OVERLAY AND VERIFIED THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS OR ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS WERE MET.

UM, WHEN WE DID THAT, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF HOMES.

THERE'S TWO OF THE THREE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT THAT WERE PERMITTED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY HOMES OVERLAY.

UH, WE WERE CONTACTED EARLY ON IN THE PERMIT PROCESS BY VARIOUS RESIDENTS, UH, FROM WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS OVERLAY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS, IT WAS RESULTING IN ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNS THAT ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE EXISTING FABRIC, THE BULK OF THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WHILE THESE, UH, ULTIMATELY WERE DETERMINED TO BE

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UH, SO OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS THAT'S, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A, A GROUP OF, OF RESIDENTS, UM, TO HELP US MODIFY THE OVERLAY IN A MANNER THAT WOULD RESULT IN HOMES THAT ARE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THIS, WITH THE EXISTING FABRIC ALONG THE WAY.

AND SHORT, AFTER, SHORTLY AFTER WE ISSUED THE, THE PERMITS FOR THESE, THOSE THREE HOMES, UH, IN JUNE, WE WERE PROVIDED A COPY OF SOME DEED RESTRICTIONS AND COVENANTS THAT WERE RECORDED BACK IN 1959.

UH, IT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAT.

NOW THOSE ARE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT FROM 1959.

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WOULD SEE TODAY.

THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL SCOPE OF ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS.

THEY DON'T ESTABLISH A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, A PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION, BUT THEY DO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS RELATED TO, TO THE CHARACTER OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THOSE TWO THINGS ARE, ONE, GARAGES CAN ONLY BE FOR TWO CARS, NO MORE THAN TWO CARS.

AND THE HEIGHTS OF THE HOMES CAN ONLY BE TWO AND A HALF STORIES.

NOW, THERE'S NOT A DEFINITION OF TWO AND A HALF STORIES IN, IN THE, IN THESE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS.

HOWEVER, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS, AS, AS A TOWN STAFF WE CAN HELP WITH THROUGH, THROUGH ZONING.

SO UTILIZING THAT AS OUR BASIS, UH, WE HAVE SINCE WORKED THROUGH AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IDENTIFIED REALLY EIGHT AREAS WHERE THE OVERLAY COULD BE A MODIFIED.

UM, THIS TABLE IS IN THE STAFF REPORT.

UM, IT BASICALLY SHOWS THE CURRENT, WHAT THE RESIDENT PROPOSAL IS AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A CHANGE.

NOW, IN SOME CASES YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARD, BUT THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE FOOTNOTE.

UM, AND SO IN THIS CASE, THE SIDE SETBACK WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE FOOTNOTE B SAYS, SAYS THAT IF WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S SMALLER THAN 50 FEET, THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT'S GIVEN WITH THE SIDE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

RIGHT NOW IN THIS, IN THE WAY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS PLOTTED, THERE ARE NO LOTS LESS THAN 50 FEET.

SO WE CAN DO AWAY WITH THAT, WITH THAT, UH, STANDARD.

BUT SOME OTHER REVISIONS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REQUESTED IS TO, UH, MINIMIZE OR RE FURTHER REDUCE THE DRIVEWAY WIDTH JUST TO HELP CONTROL THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UH, ON THESE LOTS.

ALSO ASKED TO REDUCE THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE FROM 50% TO 45%.

THERE IS AN EXCEPTION, OR THERE'S TWO CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE MAX GROSS FLOOR AREA FOR A HOME.

UH, ONE IS THE OVERALL MAXIMUM AMOUNT OR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOME FROM 4,000 TO 3,200.

BUT THEN THE CODE ALSO HAS A, AN EXCEPTION BUILT INTO IT WHERE ANY FLOOR AREA THAT IS BUILT BELOW THE MEAN SEA LEVEL OF 13 FEET.

SO IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, EVERYTHING THAT'S OCCUPIABLE HAS TO BE BUILT 13 FEET ABOVE THIR AT 13 FEET OR ABOVE.

MEAN SEA LEVEL IS CURRENTLY EXEMPTED FROM THE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT.

THE RESIDENTS ARE ASKING THAT MAY THAT EXEMPTION BE REMOVED.

BOTH OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THE INTENT IS TO HELP REDUCE OVERALL MASS OF, OF A HOME.

UM, 'CAUSE IF WE SAY 3,200 MEAN 3,200, NOT 3,200, BUT LET'S NOT COUNT PORCHES.

LET'S NOT COUNT SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THAT'S BELOW 13 FEET, UH, INCLUDING A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GARAGE SPACES OF TWO SPACES, REDUCING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, THIRD FROM 35 FEET TO 30 FEET.

AND THEN CONSISTENT WITH THE, UM, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS, INTRODUCING A, A STORY REQUIREMENT OF TWO AND A HALF STORIES.

AND WE HAVE A DEFINITION THAT'S LAID OUT IN THE CODE.

UH, THE CODE, THERE WAS A COPY OF A DRAFT CODE, UH, INCLUDING THE PACKET.

IT, IT, I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS LINE BY LINE, BUT BASICALLY WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE HERE THAT'S, THAT'S TRACK CHANGES, UH, IS A RESULT OF THAT SUMMARY THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU.

ANYTIME WE MODIFY A ZONING DISTRICT, THERE'S ALWAYS A, A, A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A NON-CONFORMITY.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE'S EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED.

THERE ARE EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CODES THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME THAT THOSE, THOSE WERE PROPERTIES WERE SUBDIVIDED OR THOSE PROPERTIES WERE BUILT.

WHEN YOU CHANGE THAT REQUIREMENT, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT COMPLY WITH THAT.

AND IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH IT, IT MEANS THEY'RE NONCONFORMING.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT'S A BAD THING.

WE HAVE PROVISIONS IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THAT ALLOW FOR NONCONFORMITIES TO CONTINUE TO EXIST.

AND IN MANY CASES, THOSE NONCONFORMITIES CONTINUE TO EXIST EVEN AFTER A STORM OR AFTER THERE'S SOME TYPE OF EVENT THAT HAPPENS THAT WOULD RE REMOVE THE NONCONFORMITY.

IT, IT CAN BE PUT BACK.

UM, HOWEVER, IT'S SOMETHING WE DO HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

UH, AND AS WE LOOK THROUGH THOSE EIGHT DIFFERENT CRITERIA, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, OR THOSE EIGHT DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S REALLY THREE THAT START TO POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE NUMBER OF

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NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, WE THINK THERE'S 14 TO 17 PROPERTIES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY MEET THE R SF SIX OR THE HOLIDAY HOMES OVERLAY.

BY GOING THROUGH THIS CHANGE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WOULD, UH, INCREASE TO APPROXIMATELY 27.

AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE EXACT MATH TO, TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, BUT WHEN WE INCREASE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE FROM, OR DECREASE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE FROM 50% TO 45%, WE KNOW THERE'S 14 HOMES THAT DON'T MEET 50%.

AND WHEN WE REDUCE IT TO 45, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN THAT WON'T MEET.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REDUCING OR GETTING RID OF MAX OR REDUCING THE FLOOR, MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA OR GETTING AWAY, UH, GETTING RID OF THE EXCEPTION FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE BELOW 13 FEET, OR FOR AREA THAT'S BELOW 13 FEET, THAT STARTS TO IMPACT PROPERTIES.

UH, AND THEN CERTAINLY INTRODUCING, THERE'S ALREADY A, A, A FEW HOMES WHEN WHETHER OR NOT WHEN WE REDUCE THE, THE HEIGHT AND WE INDUCE REDUCE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STORIES OR INTRODUCE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STORIES, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO RESULT IN SOME ADDITIONAL NONCONFORMITIES.

AND SOME OF THOSE HOMES WILL CARRY MULTIPLE NONCONFORMITIES.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SEE IT.

YOU'D ADD THIS ALL UP AND IT WOULD BE A, A MUCH LARGER NUMBER, BUT A LOT OF THEM SHARE THEM, THOSE NONCONFORMITIES.

SO THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE.

AGAIN, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A, A BAD THING IS JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF.

UM, THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A-A-A-A-A, A STRONG SMALL GROUP OF, OF NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT.

UH, THEY HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND COMMUNICATING WITH, WITH RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, THESE STANDARDS WILL APPLY TO ALL 57 PROPERTIES, NOT JUST THE THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO.

UM, BUT WE HAD TASKED, UM, THE GROUP THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH TO GO AND, AND TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AS THEY'VE CONTINUED TO DO THROUGH OVER THESE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND AS PART OF THAT, AS OF THE, THE PUBLISHING OF THIS PACKET, 31 OF THE 57 PROPERTY OWNERS HAD REVIEWED THIS DRAFT THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE THIS MORNING, UH, AND HAVE GIVEN THEIR BLESSING AND SUPPORT FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.

UM, I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN A PACKET, BUT I DO HAVE A COPY OF, OF THIS SIGNATURES HERE, UM, AS, AS PART OF THAT.

SO WITH THAT, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORTS THE EFFORT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON DIRECT US TO CONTINUE ON THIS PATH, WE WOULD NEXT GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO MAKE, HAVE TO TAKE THIS UP AND ALLOW THAT THIS APPLICATION ESSENTIALLY BECOME THEIRS.

THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE.

THAT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THAT'S THE TOWN MANAGER.

AND HISTORICALLY WE HAVE ALWAYS PUT THAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER ASKED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO TAKE, TAKE, TAKE THESE APPLICATIONS UP.

UM, ACTUALLY THE NEXT APPLICATION THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE IN PART IS, IS AS A RESULT OF THAT PROCESS, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, THEY WOULD THEN MAKE A, A RECOMMENDED, THEY WOULD'VE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY WOULD'VE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD GO TO TOWN COUNCIL, BE BACK BEFORE YOU ALL PROBABLY IN MARCH.

UM, AND THEN, I'M SORRY, IN APRIL, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY FIRST AND SECOND RATING IN MAY AND JUNE.

UM, FOLLOWING THAT, THAT TIMELINE AND THAT PROCESS.

BUT THE WORK'S DONE, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE, WHERE WE ARE WITH SUPPORT AND DIRECTION ON MOVING THIS FORWARD.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS? YES.

MR. LINEER OF THE, UH, 26, I'M SORRY, BEFORE YOU START, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR MOTION FOR THIS? IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION, CORRECT? YOU KNOW, I DON'T ENVISION ANY MOTION, JUST DIRECTION HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

MORNING.

I KEEP SAYING AFTERNOON.

GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE FOLLOWING THE RIGHT GUIDELINES OF THE 26TH RESIDENTS WHO DID NOT INDICATE SUPPORT AND SIGN THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE, ARE THERE ANY INDICATIONS OF DISAPPROVAL AMONG THAT GROUP? THAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE ARE RESIDENTS, THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE THAT COULD BETTER ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.

DOES ANYBODY WANNA ANSWER THE QUESTION? SURE.

EXCUSE ME.

MY NAME'S MATT LEWIS.

I LIVE ON, UH, AZALEA STREET IN, UH, THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M ONE OF THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES THAT'S BEEN DEALING WITH MR. LEININGER.

WE HAVE, UH, 57 HOMES.

WE HAVE NOW, WE HAVE 34 THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE AGREED.

THERE ARE 17 NON-RESIDENT OWNERS THAT WE SENT MAY I MAILED PACKETS OUT TO WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION, ASKING THEM TO REPLY, UH, WITH WHATEVER THEY WANTED.

AND THEN THERE WERE EIGHT, UM, RESIDENTS THAT DID NOT WANT TO SIGN ANYTHING, UH, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

SOME DIDN'T AGREE, SOME DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE, UH, THEY THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO FORM FORM SOME KIND OF POA OR HOA AND WE WERE EXPLAINING THAT THAT WASN'T THE CASE, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED AT ALL.

AND SO THAT, THAT WAS THE TOTAL OF, OF THE

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57 HOMES.

UH, I'VE ONLY RECEIVED REPLIES FROM THREE OF THOSE, UM, THOSE MAILED OUT PACKETS SO FAR.

AND, UM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE EMAIL CONTACTS FOR ANY OF THEM, SO I GAVE THEM AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO, TO REPLY TO.

I'VE ONLY RECEIVED THREE AND THEY WERE POSITIVE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 34 NOW.

THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, YOUR HONOR, COULD YOU OUTLINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF DWELLINGS BECOMING NON-CONFORMING? SO IN THE EVENT, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS A, A NAME STORM OR THERE'S A, A, A WEATHER EVENT THAT WERE TO BE CATASTROPHIC RESULT AND LOSS, AS LONG AS THERE ARE BUILDING PLANS, UH, THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO REBUILD.

UM, FROM THERE, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER SITUATIONS THAT MAY HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S A FIRE, WHETHER IT'S IT'S, IT'S SOME OTHER DESTRUCTION OF THE HOME OR THAT WOULD RESULT IN A NON-CONFORMING STATUS, UH, ULTIMATELY WOULD DEPEND ON THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE HOME.

IN SOME CASES, GENERALLY THAT'S BASED ON A VALUE PERCENTAGE, 50% OF THE VALUE IS LOST.

UM, IN THAT CASE THEN THEY WOULD, THE, THE REBUILD WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IN CONFORMANCE, UH, WITH THE CURRENT CODE THAT'S IN EFFECT.

UM, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S A HOST OF SITUATIONS THAT THAT COULD, COULD, COULD EX, COULD EXTEND TO, UH, GENERALLY THE ONE THAT WE, WE, WE, WE ARE MOST COMMONLY REFERRED TO OR TALK ABOUT IS, IS WITH, WITH WEATHER EVENTS.

IF I WANTED TO PUT AN ADDITION ON MY HOME, WOULD THERE BE ANY LIMITATIONS? IF THIS WENT INTO EFFECT, THEN YES, UM, THESE RULES WOULD APPLY.

SO IF, LET'S USE THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE AS AN EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE RIGHT AT 45% OR 44%.

IF THAT ADDITION WERE TO TAKE YOU OVER THAT 45%, YOU WOULD NEED TO SECURE A VARIANCE IN ORDER TO, TO CONSTRUCT THAT ADDITION.

AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THIS COULD, BY PUTTING THIS IN PLACE, THERE ARE SOME LIMITS YOU'RE PLACED IN YOURSELF.

UM, AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SPEAK? I'VE GOT, UM, OH, I'M SORRY, KIM, DID ANYONE SIGN UP? UM, YES, WE'VE GOT EDWIN ERT FIRST.

THERE WERE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD VALUES.

HI, MY NAME IS EDWIN SST.

I AM A 42 YEAR RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND A 35 YEAR RESIDENT HOMEOWNER OF THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD.

PURCHASED A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN A QUIET, SAFE, RESIDENTIAL OWNER OCCUPIED NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEIGHBORS WERE KNOWN, FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL RESIDENTS WERE A STABLE MIX OF WORKING ISLAND RESIDENTS AND RETIREES.

NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDED A SAFE HAVEN FOR RAISING CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, PROVIDED OWNERS AN OPTION FOR REASONABLE PROTECTIONS WITHOUT THE HEAVY HANDED CONTROL OF THE PUD PLANTATIONS PROVIDED PEACEFUL UNENCUMBERED BEACH ACCESS.

PRIOR TO OVER BUILDING OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA, TOWN OF HILTON HAD ISLAND OFFERED PROTECTIONS.

HILTON HAD PSD INITIATED CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER SERVICE LIFT STATION FOR CARAVA RESTAURANT.

THE PSD OFFERED TO PROVIDE SEWER SERVICE TO THE HOLIDAY HOME OWNERS AT THEIR EXPENSE.

AT OWNERS' EXPENSE OWNERS OPTED TO HAVE THE SEWER SERVICE PROVIDED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL TO ELIMINATE SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THERE WOULD BE LARGER BUILDABLE AREA FOR EACH LOT.

THE TOWN APPROACHED NEIGHBORS TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT CONSTRUCTION OF EXCESSIVELY LARGE HOUSES TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMEOWNERS ACCEPTED THE TOWN'S OFFER OF PROTECTION.

THE TOWN DRAFTED THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH WAS MODELED AFTER THE FOLLY FIELD OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH THE TIME COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE HOLIDAY HOMES OVERLAY THE HOMEOWNERS OF THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTED TO ACCEPT THE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED BY THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.

THE TIME INCORPORATED THE OVERLAY DISTRICT PROTECTIONS INTO THE LMO OBSERVED FAILURE OF THE TOWN WRITTEN PROTECTIONS

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IN LMO SAFEGUARDS.

THE VARIOUS TOWN WRITTEN SAFEGUARDS HAVE PROVEN INEFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF DETRIMENTALLY DETRIMENTALLY OVERSIZED HOUSES IN HISTORIC ISLAND NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS FAILURE CAN BE OBSERVED IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE ISLAND, INCLUDING FOREST BEACH, FOLLY FIELD, HOLIDAY HOMES, BRADLEY CIRCLE, AMONG OTHERS.

THE TOM'S STATED POSITION FOR YEARS HAS BEEN THAT IT IS THEIR INTENT AND POSITION TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC ISLAND NEIGHBORHOODS.

TOM CONSUL STATED IN JANUARY OF 2023, THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD MASS SCALE PARKING DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF DIS DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE HOUSES SAFETY AND PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE TOWN FOR YEARS STATED THAT THEIR INTENT TO REVISE THE LMO TO CORRECT, TO CORRECT MISTAKES OF PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS.

HI, I'M SO, I HATE TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE HAVE OUR THREE MINUTE CLOCK JUST WENT OFF.

AND DO YOU HAVE JUST A MOMENT LEFT OR IS IT A BIT IT? NO, JUST, UM, CLOSE COUPLE SENTENCES.

COUPLE SENTENCES.

THE TIME ESTABLISHED PROVISION IN THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION PROGRESS, OR THE TIME ILLUMINATED THE PROVISION IN THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS, ASKING IF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION CONFLICTED WITH THE COVENANTS OF THE SUBJECT AREA, THE TOWN IGNORED THE APP APPLICABILITY AND PURPOSE STATEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND THE EXISTING PROTECTIVE COVENANTS THAT REQUIRE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GONNA CALL IT SINCE YOU, SO THANK YOU.

BUT ANYHOW, I'M, NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK LEWIS, SEAN, AND TAMARA FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS PROCESS.

THANKS.

HI, UH, MATT LEWIS.

FIVE IS ELLIOT STREET.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS ITEM COME UP TODAY.

UH, TAKE TOOK US ABOUT, WELL, QUITE A FEW MONTHS, AS SEAN SAID TO GET HERE.

UM, AS A LITTLE HISTORY, UH, WHEN THE MACINTOSH FAMILY ESTABLISHED THE HOLIDAY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY, THEY HAD THE FORESIGHT TO ESTABLISH THESE COVENANTS THAT WOULD PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS ED WAS ALLUDING TO BACK IN 2005, THEY, THEY HAD, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO CHANGE, UH, THE, THE LMO THROUGH THE OVERLAY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE GONNA ELIMINATE, UM, SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND HAVE SOME MORE PERVIOUS, IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UH, DECISIONS.

UM, AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORS, THE NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME OVERDEVELOPMENT AND THEY WANTED TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER, AND THE TOWN, UH, JUMPED RIGHT IN AND, AND HELP WITH THAT.

AND, UH, THAT WAS APPRECIATED.

WHEN THE MACINTOSH'S, UM, DEVELOPED THESE, UM, UH, COVENANTS, UH, THAT WOULD PROTECT THE CHARACTER, THEY DID NOT, UH, PRODUCE A-A-P-O-A OR AN HOA OR, OR ESTABLISH ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND TO DO THAT TODAY, UH, THE RESIDENTS WOULD JUST BE PUTTING, PUTTING MONEY AND TIME INTO AN EFFORT THAT REALLY ISN'T GONNA GET THEM WHERE THEY WANT TO BE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE IDEA THAT THE, THE POA IS SOMETHING PEOPLE REALLY DID NOT MOVE INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR.

SO THIS WAS THE ONLY VIABLE, UH, PATH THAT WE COULD SEE.

UH, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE TOWN, THE TOWN STAFF, UH, SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT, THAT WERE REALLY ON BOARD TO HELP US TO DEVELOP THIS AND WORK WITH US IN A POSITIVE WAY.

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UM, I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHED FOLLY FIELD, BRADLEY CIRCLE, FOREST BEACH GET OVERTAKEN BY HUGE HOMES THAT NEVER FIT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

JUST IN AN ORDER FOR, UH, UH, FOLKS TO, TO TAKE AS MUCH MONEY OUT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY COULD IN, IN RENTALS.

UH, I STAND HERE TODAY WITH THE BACKING OF A MAJORITY OF THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, OF HOLIDAY HOME.

AND I ASK YOUR HELP IN PROTECTING, UH, ONE OF THE LAST NEIGHBORHOODS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF OURS THAT HAS NOT BEEN OVERRUN YET BY DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS.

WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE NEXT STEPS IN PROGRESSION THAT WILL HELP US GET THESE AMENDMENTS CODIFIED INTO AN AMENDMENT OVERLAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL ADD THOSE ADDED PROTECTIONS AND DO WHAT THE OVERLAY WAS OR ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO DO.

AND THAT IS PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS MATTER BEFORE WE KIM LEWIS? YEP.

I'M ALSO AN ALIA STREET RESIDENT.

I WANT TO, UM, SHARE WITH YOU THE FACT THAT AS WE ALLOW LARGER AND LARGER HOMES AND THOSE HOMES BECOME BUSINESSES IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OURS, WE ALSO MAKE LESS AVAILABLE TO YOUNG FAMILIES THAT WANNA MOVE HERE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE THEY CAN RAISE THEIR CHILDREN AND SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL.

WE BELONG TO A CHURCH ON THE ISLAND, UM, CHRISTIAN RENEWAL, AND THEY HAVE OVER 200 CHILDREN IN THEIR SUNDAY SCHOOL.

THOSE, THOSE ARE FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT ARE BARELY MAKING IT AS FAR AS AFFORDABILITY OF HOMES ARE CONCERNED.

AND FOR THE ISLAND TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BE A WELCOMING, WONDERFUL PLACE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND ARE WILLING TO OFFER THEIR TIME AND SERVICES TO ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TURTLE PATROL, LIKE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM.

LIKE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE FULL TIME, NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST HERE TO MAKE MONEY OFF THEIR RENTALS.

YOU, YOU ARE OVERLOOKING BY PEOPLE WITH MOTIVES THAT ARE ONLY TO THEIR OWN BENEFIT.

PEOPLE WHO ARE REALTORS ONLY SEE THE DOLLAR, ONLY SEE WHAT, WHAT WILL INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO MAKE MORE MONEY OFF THIS PLACE WHEN WHAT YOUR HEART REALLY SHOULD BE SET ON IS THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND LOVE THIS AREA AND ARE WILLING TO SPEND THEIR FREE TIME TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT ARE WORTHWHILE HERE AND MAKE THIS PLACE WORTHWHILE.

AND I, FOR ONE, HAVE DONATED HOURS AND HOURS OF TIME OF MY OWN PERSONAL TIME TO MANY BENEFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS ON THE ISLAND.

I WALKED 248 MILES ON TURTLE PATROL LAST YEAR ALONE.

SO I LOVE THIS PLACE AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL HEAR OUR HEARTS.

WE'RE NOT HERE FOR HILTON HEAD FOR US, NOT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE THE ISLAND AND WE THINK IT NEEDS TO STILL BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN CALL HOME.

I HAD A LONG THING ALL WRITTEN OUT, BUT EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SAID IT.

SO MY NAME'S JULIE LAWSON.

I LIVE AT SIX AZALEA STREET WITH MY HUSBAND RICK LAWSON.

WE HAVE BEEN ON THE ISLAND FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

WE HAVE LIVED IN FOLLY FIELD FOR 38 YEARS.

WE RAISED OUR DAUGHTER HERE, WENT TO HILTON HEAD PREP.

UM, SO THE MAIN THING IT COMES DOWN TO IS THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDS PROTECTING.

IT REALLY NEEDS PROTECTING.

WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO NORTH SOUTH FOREST BEACH, BRADLEY CIRCLE SINGLETON, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN JONESVILLE.

ALL OF THOSE PLACES NEED PROTECTION.

WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE NOT AGAINST SHORT TERM RENTALS.

WE ARE FOR CONTROL.

THE MAYOR RAN ON A PLATFORM OF TO PRESERVE AND TO PROTECT.

WELL, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

UM, TAMARA HAS WORKED ENDLESSLY WITH US.

SEAN HAS MARK.

AND, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WE'RE BEING HEARD AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IS TO BE HEARD AND FOR YOU TO TAKE IT INTO YOUR HEART THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE, BE PROTECTED.

WE CHOSE HOLIDAY HOMES BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD WE GREW UP IN AND THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD WE WANTED OUR DAUGHTER TO GROW UP IN.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER IT AND WORK WITH US AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANKS.

THANK YOU RICK LAWSON.

IS SLIGHTLY CONTRADICTORY WHEN COMPARED TO THE HOLIDAY HOMES COVENANTS OF 1957.

RICK LAWSON.

OF COURSE, I MARRIED TO HER , UH, SIX AZA STREET HOLIDAY HOMES.

BEEN THERE, AS SHE SAID FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND EVERYBODY'S HAS ALREADY VOCALIZED WHAT MY FEELINGS ARE.

BUT JUST QUICKLY, I'D LIKE TO READ THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO, TO THE COMMITTEE AND SOME TOWN MEMBERS, KIND OF A SYNOPSIS EXPLAINING WHERE, WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE GOT HERE, THE EXISTING HOLIDAY HOMES.

PROTECTIVE OVERLAY

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ALSO, THE EXISTING PROTECTIVE OVERLAY INCLUDES SOME TERMINOLOGY THAT IS DEPENDENT ON INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETATION.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE RESIDENTS OF HOLIDAY HOMES, ALONG WITH TREMENDOUS HELP FROM THE TOWN STAFF, HAVE DRAFTED THIS NEW PROTECTIVE OVERLAY THAT IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING HOLIDAY HOMES COVENANTS, AND IS MUCH LESS SUBJECTIVE.

THE NEW PROTECTIVE OVERLAY WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE TOWN STAFF AND THE HOLIDAY HOMES RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND ENFORCE.

FOR THESE REASONS, WE TOTALLY SUPPORT THE NEW DRAFT OF THE HOLIDAY HOMES PROTECTIVE OVERLAY AND HOPE IT PASSES THROUGH THE TOWN PROCESS PROMPTLY AND WITH FLYING COLORS.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO, ON TOP OF THAT, THANK TAMARA AND MARK AND SEAN AND THE REST OF THE TOWN STAFF ARE HELPING US AS MUCH AS THEY DID.

IT'S BEEN A EDUCATION AND IT'S BEEN A, A LONG PROCESS, BUT WE APPRECIATE WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING OUT OF IT AND WE HOPE YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT AND VOTE FOR IT.

THANKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SEAN CROFT, UH, I LIVE ON EIGHT CAMELIA STREET AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SAYING AND UH, I REALLY DO WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLANS WERE FOR HILTON HEAD AND HOW THEY LAID OUT THE ISLAND AND THEY HAD THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY WANT TO PROTECT IT.

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THAT OVER THE YEARS.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 44 YEARS, SO SEEN IT ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

JANET MURPHY.

ALEXIS, SLEEP.

HI, I'M JANET MURPHY.

I LIVE ON CAMELIA STREET.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 37 YEARS NOW.

AND, UM, AGAIN, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID ALREADY, SO, AND I'D LIKE TO TRY AND KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT IS, AND THAT'S WHY WE MOVED HERE.

SO THANK YOU, YOU, JANET, HEATHER WRATH.

GOOD MORNING, HEATHER WRATH FOR THE RECORD.

AND COUNCILMAN ALFRED, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE YOU AT THE HANUKKAH CEREMONY YESTERDAY.

AND TAMARA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HANUKKAH AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

UM, I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK, UM, THE VOLUNTEERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH TOWN STAFF MEMBERS, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT.

MY ONLY CONCERN THAT I THINK THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT AND THOROUGHLY PROCESSED BEFORE Y'ALL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS THAT DELTA BETWEEN MORTGAGES, REBUILD AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A NATURAL, UM, YOU KNOW, INCIDENT HAPPENING AND BEING ABLE TO REBUILD AT THE LEVEL THAT THE, UM, MORTGAGE PROCESS WOULD, WOULD ALLOW.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY KIND OF REAL CONCERN AROUND THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

AND PETER CHRISTIAN? YES, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

GOOD MORNING, PETER CHRISTIAN, FOR THE RECORD.

UM, I AM NOT HERE REPRESENTING HILTON HEAD PLANTATION.

UM, FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR THE TOWN.

AND I BELIEVE A CASE CAME BEFORE US, BUT THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TOO LONG AGO, I MANAGED THE LARGEST RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ON THE ISLAND.

AND WE HAVE COVENANTS THAT PROTECT BUILDING LIKE THIS.

THESE FOLKS DO NOT, AND THEY MUST RELY ON THE TOWN TO PUT THOSE THINGS IN PLACE.

AND I WOULD SUPPORT THE TOWN WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO SEE THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED TO SOME LEVEL.

SO WE DO NOT OVERBUILD, YES, WE ARE A TOURIST COMMUNITY, BUT NO, WE DON'T NEED MASSIVE HOMES THAT CAN'T SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF VISITORS OR THE NUMBER OF RENTERS IN THAT BUILDING.

SO ANYTHING THE TOWN CAN DO TO PROTECT THESE FOLKS AND FOLKS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO NOT HAVE THOSE TYPES OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENFORCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, KIM.

ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL BRING IT BACK UP.

STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

UM, AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO WORK FROM, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE PROCEED.

AND JUST A, A RECOMMENDATION, AN AGREEMENT ON A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

UM, I WOULD PROBABLY ACTUALLY DO IT AS A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO MAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO BRING THIS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, STEVE, AGREED.

AND SECOND, WHICHEVER I'M AGREED, OR SECOND, WHICHEVER IS APPROPRIATE.

YEAH, I THINK JUST, YEAH, THANKS CURTIS.

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THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT INPUT.

I, I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU.

SORRY, SEAN.

OH, YOU'RE FINE.

UM, STEVE, CAN YOU PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF MOTION? PLEASE DON'T NEED TO APOLOGIZE, UH, MOVE THAT THIS COMMITTEE DIRECT MR. LINEER AND STAFF TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.

SECOND AND ALL IN FAVOR RIGHT HAND.

THANK YOU TWO L KIM, THANK YOU HONOR FOR YOUR CONGRATULATIONS.

GUYS, IF I COULD JUST TO THANK THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PROCESS.

I, IT HAS BEEN EDUCATIONAL, UH, FOR THEM.

IT'S BEEN EDUCATIONAL FOR US AS A STAFF TOO.

AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ON A, WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK.

WE JUST, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS AND KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ALSO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR DILIGENCE IN WORKING WITH THE, UM, COMMUNITY AND THE LEADERSHIP THERE WHO NOT ONLY REPRESENTED THEIR INTERESTS, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND, UM, THE COLLABORATION WAS EXTREMELY USEFUL.

AND, UM, I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, AND GET YOU GUYS THE PROTECTION YOU'VE ASKED FOR.

THANK YOU ALL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HAPPY HANUKKAH.

ALL RIGHT.

AND MOVING ON TO OUR NEW BUSINESS.

UH, WE HAVE A CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 16 3 1 0 5 H 16 4 102 A 6 16, 4 1 0 5, AND 16 4 1 0 2 B ONE TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL WORKFORCE HOUSING WITHIN THE MED MEDICAL ZONING DISTRICT AND A Z GORDON.

OUR NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR IS GOING TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION FOR US THIS MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILMAN ALFRED.

THIS IS A PRIVILEGE.

FIRST TIME BEFORE YOU, UM, FOR THE RECORD, ZACH GORDON, PLANNING DIRECTOR AND RECENTLY APPOINTED LMO OFFICIAL.

WOW.

SO, UM, NOW I HAVE THAT, UH, ADDED TO MY TITLE.

UM, SO A, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, THERE IS A TEXT AMENDMENT.

UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

UH, FIRST REQUEST IS FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, WITHIN THE MED DISTRICT, INDEPENDENT OF A COMMERCIAL CONVERSION.

THE SECOND, UM, UH, CONSIDERATION IS TO, UM, UH, AMEND THE ZONING MAP TO, UM, UH, FOR THE PD TWO, UM, UH, PALMETTO HIGHLANDS HILTON HEAD, UH, PD TWO DISTRICT MASTER PLAN, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THOSE USES WHERE CURRENTLY, UH, ONLY MEDICAL USES ARE ALLOWED.

I CAN MOVE THINGS ALONG PDF, SO YOU, I THINK YOU'RE, YEAH, SO I'M JUST, HERE WE GO.

ALRIGHT.

SO, UM, ALRIGHT.

REQUESTED TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, TO ALLOW WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, WAS, WAS TO, TO ALLOW FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING RATHER, IN THE MED DISTRICT, UM, TO SUPPORT, UH, WHAT WAS REQUESTED AMENDMENT WAS REQUESTED.

UH, THIS IS A, UH, A PARTNERSHIP, UH, THAT, UH, HAS BEEN, BEEN DEVELOPED, UH, BETWEEN ADOBE AND NOVANT AND COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UM, AGAIN, WITH THE, UH, ULTIMATE GOAL OF PROVIDING WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE TOWN AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES OF THE MEDICAL CENTER.

UM, THIS WOULD, UM, ALLOW, UH, AGAIN, INDEPENDENT OF ANY COMMERCIAL CONVERSION, THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 10 UNITS PER ACRE, IT WOULD RESTRICT SUCH DEVELOPMENT TO SPECIFIC PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PD TWO MASTER PLAN ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, AND REQUIRE THAT AT LEAST 30% OF THE UNITS COMPLY WITH THE TOWN'S WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM, INCLUDING INCOME ELIGIBILITY, EMPLOYMENT ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY, AND THE PROHIBITION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

SO HERE'S A, UM, UH, AN OVER UH, OVERVIEW.

YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE THREE PARCELS THAT, UM, ARE, UM, OUTLINED IN IN RED.

UM, UH, I BETTER STAY AWAY FROM THAT, UM, ON THE SCREEN.

AND, UM, ABOUT 12.6 ACRES, UH, ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL.

UM, AND, UM, WOULD, UH, AGAIN, UH, LOCATED WITHIN THE MEDS ZONING DISTRICT.

UM, AND, UH, ALSO WITHIN A, UM, PD TWO MASTER PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 1988, UM, JULY, 2025, THE, UH,

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UH, AND THAT REQUEST WAS AN INITIALLY INITIATED, UH, BY THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO HERE'S THE, UH, STRUCTURES THAT, UH, WOULD BE DEMOLISHED.

UM, THESE, UH, THESE BUILDINGS ARE, ARE CURRENTLY VACANT, UH, DERELICT, UM, AND REALLY NOT, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR REUSE.

UM, CERTAINLY NOT, UH, FOR HOUSING.

UM, AND, UH, SO THE, UH, THE PLAN WOULD BE TO, UH, REPLACE THESE WITH, UM, WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS.

SO, UM, JUST A, A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, BACKGROUND WHY TEXT AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED.

SO, THE, UM, IMAGE ON THE LEFT, UH, SHOWS THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY.

UH, THIS IS IN BROWN, THE MED DISTRICT.

THIS IS THE ONLY SUCH DISTRICT ON THE, UH, ON THE ISLAND.

ON THE RIGHT IS THE OVERLAY, THE PALMETTO, UH, HEADLANDS HILTON HEAD, UH, HOSPITAL MASTER PLAN PD TWO.

UM, AND, UM, AGAIN, THE TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR, UH, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING INDEPENDENT OF A COMMERCIAL CONVERSION, WHILE THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO FOLLOW, UH, WOULD BE, UH, WOULD ALLOW FOR THOSE USES WITHIN THE, UH, PD TWO, UH, DISTRICT.

BOTH ARE NEEDED, SO THE TEXT AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW FOR IT, BUT WITHOUT THE ACTION, UH, TO AMEND THE MASTER, UH, PLAN, UH, IT WOULD NOT BE, UH, EFFECT, IT WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE.

SO IN TERMS OF, UM, THE FINDINGS, UH, FOR THE, UM, UH, PROPOSAL, THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, HAS RECOMMENDED TOWN COUNCIL APPROVE THE TEXT AMENDMENT.

AND, UM, IN, UH, REVIEWING THE PROPOSAL STAFF, UH, HAS, UH, DEVELOPED, UH, THE FINDINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

UM, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE, UH, IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH COUPLED WITH HOUSING, UH, AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY, UM, UNDER THE, UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, RESPONDING TO CHANGING CONDITIONS, THINGS CHANGE, TIMES CHANGE.

AND SO ALIGNING DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS WITH, UH, STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT, UM, A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.

UM, AND ALSO UPHOLDING THE INTENT OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS BY ALLOWING REASONABLE LIMITED INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WHEN CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN GOALS.

AND THEN FINALLY, ENSURE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE MED DISTRICT IS IN AN APPROPRIATE AND COMPATIBLE, UH, LOCATION.

SO THAT'S THE TEXT AMENDMENT PIECE OF IT.

STEP ONE.

UH, STEP TWO IS THE, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE, UM, MASTER PLAN, UH, THE PD TWO MASTER PLAN, UM, AND, UH, MOVE THIS FORWARD.

UM, JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS REAL BRIEFLY.

UH, SO ON THE LEFT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ZONING MAP FOR THE TOWN.

ON THE RIGHT IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THE PD TWO, UH, OVERLAYS.

AND SO IN, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS INSTANCE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE, UM, MED ZONING DISTRICT RIGHT HERE.

UM, AND THEN OVER ON THIS SIDE WOULD BE THE OVERLAY THAT ESSENTIALLY COVERS, UH, WITHIN, ENTIRELY WITHIN THAT MED UH, DISTRICT.

SO THE, UM, THE CHANGES PROPOSED WOULD NOT AFFECT THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT WOULD STILL REMAIN MED, UM, BUT IT WOULD ALTER THE, UH, TERMS OF THE, UH, MED MASTER, UH, OR THE, UH, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, THE, THE PD TWO MASTER PLAN FOR PALMETTO HEADLANDS AND HILTON HEAD, UH, HOSPITAL, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR, UH, WHAT WOULD INCLUDE 114 MIXED INCOME TOWN HOME UNITS AND 12 TWO STORY BUILDINGS, UH, WOULD INCLUDE A MIX OF ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

UH, PROJECT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE COMMUNITY PAVILION, POOL, AND WELLNESS, UH, AMENITIES.

UM, AGAIN, UH, LOCATION OF THE, UH, OF THE PROPERTIES, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, THE, THE CAMPUS.

UM, AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE LOCATION OFF OF BETHEA AND LAMONT ACROSS FROM THE HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL AND ADJACENT TO THE CROOKED POND AREA OF HILTON HEAD PLANTATION.

UM, THE

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IMPORTANT THING TO, UM, POINT OUT AGAIN, IS THAT THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN ONLY PERMITS MEDICAL USES.

THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN AREA.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, UH, STRUCTURES THAT WOULD BE REMOVED.

UM, AND THE MASTER PLAN WOULD BE THIS, UH, UH, TERRACOTTA TYPE COLOR, UM, THAT, UH, IS SHOWN ON, ON THE SCREEN.

SO, UM, CURRENT ALLOWABLE USES ARE MEDICAL RELATED, HOSPITAL NURSING, HOME MEDICAL OFFICE, OUTPATIENT ACCESSORY INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT USES.

THOSE WOULD REMAIN, UH, BUT WE WOULD ADD TO THAT, UH, MULTIFAMILY AND WORKFORCE HOUSING.

UM, BACK UP, YES.

UM, SO THIS REQUEST IS NOT APPROVED CONSTRUCTION THAT HAPPENS AT THE DPR LEVEL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW.

IT DOES NOT REMOVE MEDICAL USES.

THOSE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE, UH, ALLOWED.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS MED, AND IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE DENSITY BEYOND WHAT THE LMO WOULD ALLOW.

HERE'S A SITE PLAN, UH, SHOWING THE PROPOSED, UH, WORKFORCE HOUSING TOWN HOMES, YOU CAN SEE LAID OUT, UM, IN, UH, IN NUMBER, UH, 12 BUILDINGS.

AND, UM, SO THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE WILL, UH, BE WORKING, UH, CLOSELY WITH THE, THE APPLICANT AND, UH, THE HOSPITAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UH, IS DONE TO THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE ISLAND.

THIS IS A, A SCHEMATIC MASTER PLAN OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, 1988, UM, UH, PD TWO, UH, MASTER PLAN.

AND, UM, THIS WOULD, UH, BE AMENDED, UH, BY, UH, IN TERMS OF USE, UH, FOR, UH, THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

AND SO WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR, AGAIN, ARE, ARE TWO ITEMS. NUMBER ONE IS A TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, TO PERMIT WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE MED UH, ZONING DISTRICT.

UM, TEXT AMENDMENT IS, IS NECESSARY BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, YOU COULD NOT BUILD THE WORKFORCE HOUSING BEING PROPOSED.

UM, THE TOWN COUNCIL APPROVAL, UH, WOULD, UH, WOULD NOT RESULT IN THE, UH, AUTOMATIC, UH, APPROVAL, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, REVIEW, UH, PROCESS, UM, THE, UH, PRECEDENT, UH, FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, UM, AND WHERE THAT CAN BE PLACED.

UM, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING IS, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS BEING PROPOSED FOR A SPECIFIC LOCATION, AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO, UH, FOLLOW THAT APPROACH, UH, FOR ANY OTHER, UH, PROPOSALS WITHIN THE, UH, MED DISTRICT.

UH, THIS SITE IS, UM, AGAIN, UH, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE, UH, HOSPITAL AND THE MEDICAL CAMPUS, UH, IS, UH, IS INTEGRAL.

UM, IT, UM, IT IS A, UH, SITE THAT'S ALREADY SERVED BY ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S IN PLACE.

AND, UM, THE, UH, THE PD TWO MASTER PLAN IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, UH, WAS DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR, UH, LAND USAGE TO EVOLVE AS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS CHANGE.

AND THAT CERTAINLY, UH, IS THE CASE WITH THE, THE INCREASING, UH, NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.

AND SO THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION, UH, WHICH WAS TAKEN IN NOVEMBER, UH, WAS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED, UM, UM, TEXT AMENDMENT, END ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, UH, CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.

ALL STORMWATER GENERATED ON SITE SHALL BE RETAINED AND MANAGED WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS.

NO DISCHARGE SHALL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS HILTON HEAD PLANTATION, AND EXISTING DRAINAGE ISSUES ALONG THE COMMON PROPERTY LINE WITH HILTON HEAD PLANTATION WILL BE RESOLVED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.

SO WE WILL WORK CLOSELY AGAIN WITH, UM, UH, OUR, UH, STAFF INTERNALLY, STORMWATER, UH, ENGINEERING, UH, AND, UM, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS, UH, UH, ADDRESSED.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL, UH, PAUSE AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, GLAD TO ANSWER.

I ALSO HAVE, UH, MEMBERS OF STAFF HERE THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THIS, UH, FOR SOME TIME.

AND SO IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL.

AND THIS IS A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? YES.

CAN GET US STARTED WITH A MOTION, PLEASE? YES.

I'LL MOVE ADOPTION, UH, OF THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, WITH THE SPECIFIED SECTIONS LISTED THERE TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL WORKFORCE HOUSING WITHIN THE MED ZONING DISTRICT.

SECOND.

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AND ARE THERE, YES, SIR.

I THINK THE MOTION IS ACTUALLY TO FORWARD THE PROPOSAL TO TOWN COUNCIL WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR ADOPTION AND, UH, INCLUDING THE CONDITION SUGGESTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

KIM, PRETEND THAT'S WHAT I SAID, .

YEAH.

AND I HAVE A OKAY.

ARE, ARE WE OKAY WITH IT GOING THAT WAY? THAT HE'S JUST, THAT STEVE'S ASKING FOR IT TO BE RECORDED THAT WAY? YES, THAT'S FINE.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, KIM? YES.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO WE HAVE A FIRST I'VE SECONDED, UM, AND WE ARE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR SOME DISCUSSION.

KIM, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THAT MAYBE DID NOT SIGN UP? NO.

YES.

PETER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO VERY QUICK, MADAM CHAIR.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

PETER CHRISTIAN, FOR THE RECORD, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HILTON HEAD PLANTATION.

FOR THIS TESTIMONY.

UM, THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS WORKED WITH THE AREA RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD PLANTATION FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, AND HAS REDUCED THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONCERNS.

UM, THEY HAVE ALSO AGREED TO WORK WITH OUR A RB THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND ALLOW A RAV TO REVIEW THE BUILDING AND THE BUILDING PLANS AND TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH THEM.

THE, I I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING AS PART OF THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL WAGES, TRANSPORTATION AND WORKFORCE HOUSING TO GET WORKERS ONTO HILTON HEAD ISLAND, WHICH IS A, FOR ME, A PRIORITY AS AN EMPLOYER OF OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT, AND THEY HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB THUS FAR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH THEM.

THE ONLY THING THE TOWN IS GIVING FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THERE'S NO LAND, THERE'S NO MONEY.

IT'S JUST THE ORDINANCE CHANGE TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PRIVATE CAPITAL TO BUILD THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU, PETER.

AND, UM, I'M GONNA BRING IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I'M BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

UM, STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COMMEND NOVANT FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE DEVOTING TO IMPROVE THIS COMMUNITY AND IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL SERVICE HERE.

UH, I, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE STEPS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN.

IF YOU READ VARIOUS OF THE ONLINE COMMENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC POSITIVE REACTION TO DEALING WITH THE NEW FACILITIES.

UH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT, AND I HOPE IT KEEPS UP GOING IN THAT WAY.

UH, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VITALLY NEEDED, UH, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE PROJECT GO FORWARD.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THERE IS ONE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE, UH, APPROACH TO WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THIS PROJECT THAT IS NOT SIMILAR TO A NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

AND THAT IS WITH REGARD TO THE RESIDENTS OF, OF THE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE BUSINESS LOCATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS IN THIS STRUCTURE.

FOR OUR OWN, UH, EFFORT AT NORTH POINT, UH, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL, UM, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE, UH, NORTH POINT HOUSING HAVE JOBS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS SIMILAR WITH RESPECT TO THE CONVERSION OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED AT MAIN STREET AND HOSPITAL SENATOR BOULEVARD.

UH, THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND THAT OVERALL, UH, I WOULD PREFER, UH, IN, IN GENERAL THAT THERE BE A, A REQUIREMENT OF, UM, MAINTAINING A JOB ON THE ISLAND.

UM, BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF GOING FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL AS IT HAS BEEN STATED, HOWEVER.

THAT IS 30% OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THIS COM IN THIS COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO ONE, BE INCOME QUALIFIED, AS WELL AS ALSO HAVE TO WORK ON THE ISLAND.

SEAN, I SEE YOU'RE GETTING UP.

DID YOU WANNA ADDRESS? OKAY, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

COUNCILMAN ALFORD.

UH, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, REGARDING THE PROVISION THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO WORK ON THE ISLAND

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SO THOSE SAME PROVISIONS DO APPLY.

THE DIFFERENCE HERE BETWEEN HERE AND, UH, NORTH POINT IS AT NORTH POINT, 100% HAVE TO WORK ON THE ISLAND.

HERE IT'S 30%.

AND THEN AT MAIN STREET, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 20%.

IT'S A LOWER THRESHOLD THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A CONVERSION.

BUT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY DO HAVE TO LIVE.

UM, UH, THEY HAVE TO WORK ON THE ISLAND.

IF THEY LIVE HERE, AT LEAST FOR 30% OF RESIDENTS OR THE UNITS, YOU SATISFIED, YOU'RE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, SEAN.

UM, AND IT IS, IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

UM, AND, UH, I THINK ANOTHER DISTINCTION, AS WAS CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, THIS IS A PROJECT, UM, THAT THE TOWN IS SIMPLY INVOLVED IN IN ORDER TO GIVE OUR, UM, CHANGE WITH REGARD TO THE USE, UM, ADDING WORKFORCE HOUSING.

AND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE US AS A TOWN TO PUT FORTH ANY OTHER LAND OR ANY OTHER DOLLARS.

UM, AND I THINK THAT SUBJECTIVELY, UM, WE COULD CONCLUDE THAT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH WORKERS AND NEED ON THE ISLAND THAT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT ARE LIKELY TO NOT ONLY LIVE NOW, BUT ALSO WORK ON THE ISLAND.

AND THAT'S A WELCOME EDITION.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE COMBINED EFFORTS BETWEEN NOVAT AND CCDC ON THIS.

I THINK YOU'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I'M IMPRESSED AND PROUD OF, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE COMING FORWARD.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS WITH THAT.

WOULD YOU TAKE A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

OKAY, GREAT.

OF THIS, UM, IS UNDER NEW BUSINESS B, CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP WITH RESPECT, EXCUSE ME, TO THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT BETHEA DRIVE TO AMEND THE PALMETTO HEADLANDS HH HOSPITAL MASTER PLAN WITHIN THE PLANNED TO VIEW DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT PD TWO TO CHANGE THE ALLOWED USE FOR OR OF PARCELS, R 5, 10, 0 0 8, 0 0 0 3, 3 7 A 0 0 0 0 5 R 5, 1 0 0, 0 8, 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 0 0.

AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE

[7.b. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town of Hilton Head Island to Amend the Official Zoning Map with Respect to the Real Property located at Bethea Drive to Amend the Palmetto Headlands/H. H. Hospital Master Plan within the Planned Development Overlay District (PD-2) to Change the Allowed use of Parcels R510 008 000 337A 0000, R510 008 000 0337 0000 and R510 008 000 0452 0000 from Commercial Use to Commercial or Residential Use; and to Provide for Severability and an Effective Date - Zac Gordon, Planning Director]

AND R 5 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 FROM COMMERCIAL USE TO COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL USE.

AND TO PROVIDE THE SERVICEABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND ZACH GORDON, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, AND NEWLY NAMED LLMO, OFFICIAL .

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO WE, WE'VE REVIEWED THESE IN TANDEM, UH, ALREADY.

AND SO THIS IS A TWO FOR ONE, UH, SPECIAL.

UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IS, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PD TWO OVERLAY, UH, IS AN OVERLAY, BUT IT BECOMES PART OF THE ZONING, UM, UH, ORDINANCE.

AND SO YOU HAVE, AGAIN, BASE DISTRICTS AND THEN OVERLAYS, BUT BOTH ARE, UM, WILL, WILL RESTRICT OR ALLOW FOR USES, UM, IN, UM, ON THE ISLAND.

AND SO THIS CASE WILL SIMPLY, UH, ALLOW FOR THE ADDITION OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TO THOSE USES PERMITTED, UH, WITHIN THE, UM, UH, MASTER PLAN FOR, UH, THE PALMETTO, UH, HIGHLANDS AND HILTON HEAD, UH, MASTER PLAN PD TWO.

AND, UM, WE, UM, WE ARE, UH, WORKING, UH, AGAIN CLOSELY, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT ON THIS AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO ITS, UM, UH, FINAL APPROVAL BY COUNSEL.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UH, OR CLARIFICATIONS FOR THAT TO OFFER THAT.

BUT I THINK WE'RE PRETTY, UH, WELL, UH, DESCRIBED, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS IS.

AND, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS ALLOWS FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENT, PERMITS IT WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

THIS WOULD APPLY IT TO THE PD TWO OVERLAY.

PERFECT.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I MOVE THAT THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO, UH, MOVE THIS ORDINANCE ALONG TO COUNCIL THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL? HOW ABOUT THAT, MR. COLTRANE? .

AND I'LL SECOND THAT.