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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA PLEASE? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE AGENDA.
UM, ALSO FOR APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT MINUTES FROM JANUARY THE SIXTH, 2026.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TURN THE STAFF
UM, GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND, UH, GET THIS THING UP.
SO, UH, WHO'S WELCOME AGAIN TO EVERYONE, UH, KEEPING, UM, ITEM I COVERED TWO MICS.
SO NEW BINDERS, NEW AND IMPROVE RESOLUTION MEETING CALENDAR.
AND THEN THAT IS, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S WITH EVERY MEETING, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU COPY, PRESENTATION.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND, UH, PERFECT.
WHERE'S THE GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M THE COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER, THE TOWN OF HILTON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? PERFECT.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR CONSULTANTS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM AND ON THE PHONE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
UH, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING DENISE GRABOWSKI FROM SYMBIO BASED OUT OF
LET'S SEE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE CHRISTY DOTSON, WHO IS IN THE ROOM FROM CODE STUDIO.
THESE ARE OUR CODE CONSULTANTS, OUR CODE WRITERS.
THEY DO WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND WE ARE SO LUCKY AND FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM IN OUR MIDST AND HELPING US WITH, UM, THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
WE ALSO HAVE FOLKS ON THE PHONE WITH US THIS EVENING, DAVE JURASSIC WITH HORIZON, UH, CONSULTING SERVICES, AS WELL AS BRAD STRADER WITH C TWO G.
THESE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HELPING US WRITE THE CODE AND WE WILL BE LEANING ON THEIR EXPERTISE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US, ZACH.
SO WITH WITH THOSE INTRODUCTIONS, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TURN IT OVER TO DENISE GRABOWSKI, WHO AGAIN IS GONNA BE OUR FACILITATOR.
UH, DENISE'S ROLE IS TO GUIDE US IN DISCUSSION, UM, AND ULTIMATELY TO, UH, AID YOU, UH, IN FULFILLING YOUR CHARGE, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO THE, UH, TOWN COUNCIL.
AND SO WITH THAT, DENISE, OKAY, THANK YOU.
FIGURE OUT WHICH MIGHT GO WITH WHICH.
AND HOLY COW, I THINK EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME.
UH, IT'S AN URBAN PLANNING CONSULTING FIRM BASED IN SAVANNAH.
UM, I USUALLY DON'T USE MICROPHONES, THAT'S WHY
UM, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
STARTED OFF WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR PAYMENT CONSULTANT, BUT STILL WORKING WITH CLIENT
UM, AND WANT TO COVER JUST A FEW VERY BASIC GROUND RULES THAT WE ARE ALL ADULTS IN THIS ROOM AND THAT WE CAN ALL GET ALONG, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO STICK.
I'M GONNA BE THE MEAN LADY IN THE ROOM AT THIS END OF THE TABLE.
THAT HAS TO KEEP US, IT HAS TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD.
IS THIS WORKING BETTER? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME CLEARLY? NO GREEN.
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HI.SO JUST A FEW BASIC, UM, GROUND RULES.
AGAIN, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HELPFUL TO BE REMINDED.
FIRST AND FOREMOST AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN EACH AND EVERY MEETING, WE SIMPLY ASK THAT EVERYONE KEEP AN OPEN MIND.
WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE VERY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT VERY SPECIFIC THINGS.
YOU MAY CARE LESS ABOUT OTHERS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE FEELS VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT.
SO WE SIMPLY ASK THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS BY NOT ONLY HEARING SOMEONE BUT TRULY LISTENING TO WHAT SOMEONE SAYS BECAUSE IT CAN BE REALLY EASY, EASY TO HEAR SOMEONE TALKING, BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ACTIVELY LISTEN.
AND THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T BE FORMULATING IN YOUR HEAD WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY NEXT.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE FORMULATING IN YOUR HEAD WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY NEXT, THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE PERSON THAT'S TALKING.
THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO USE A CONSENSUS BASED PROCESS.
WE WILL BE TAKING SOME FORMAL VOTES ALONG THE WAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
BUT WE WANT THIS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
'CAUSE YOU ARE ALL PART OF ONE COMMUNITY AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM, I'M CONVINCED, WANTS WHAT IS GOING TO BE BEST FOR HILTON HAD ISLAND.
AND SO WE ALL HAVE THAT SAME COMMON GOAL.
WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO GET THERE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A PLACE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS AND LOVES.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, I LIVE IN SAVANNAH.
I AM PART OF THIS REGION AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE A DEEP LOVE FOR THIS REGION AND FOR THIS PLACE AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL IN THIS ROOM.
WE ASK THAT YOU RESPECT THE OPINIONS OF ALL PEOPLE.
UM, IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS, BUT BY LISTENING TO THAT PERSON, YOU MIGHT START TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
YOU MAY NOT, AND THAT'S OKAY TOO.
BUT WE SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU RESPECT ALL THOSE OPINIONS.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WORK LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY OUR BEST TO STAY ON TASK, AND THAT'S GONNA BE MY SUPER EASY JOB TO DO BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE ALL GONNA BE REALLY AWESOME AT STAYING ON TOPIC.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOU WANT US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT LATER, PLEASE, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAS A NOTEPAD.
WE'RE GONNA CALL THAT OUR BIKE RACK.
SO IF SOMEBODY STARTS BRINGING UP A TOPIC THAT'S REALLY NOT RELEVANT TO THAT DISCUSSION, I'M GONNA RESPOND.
LET'S PUT THAT ON THE BIKE RACK, WE'LL GET BACK TO IT IF WE CAN, AND IT'LL BE UP TO THE CHAIR AND THE STAFF TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION IF NEEDED.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF BASIC GROUND RULES THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OKAY, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON KEY AREAS TO BUILD CONSENSUS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, UH, PRIMARILY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH OPEN DISCUSSION.
BUT IF WE NEED TO HAVE SOME OTHER TOOLS IN PLACE, WE MAY DO SOME INTERACTIVE POLLING THAT YOU WOULD USE YOUR PHONE AND POTENTIALLY SOME BREAKOUT GROUPS.
WHEN WE HAVE THE OPEN DISCUSSION, PARTICULARLY IF IT IS AN ISSUE THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA COMMENT ON, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TAKE THE NAME TENT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SAY, SIMPLY TURN IT UP ON THE SIDE LIKE THAT.
IT'S A SUPER EASY VISUAL CUE FOR ME TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A COMMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE.
I'LL TRY MY VERY BEST TO GET TO EVERYONE IN ORDER.
AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN AND THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE THAT HAS A CARD UP, I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU ALLOW THOSE OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK FIRST BEFORE YOU SPEAK AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR FROM EVERYONE.
AFTER YOU'VE MADE YOUR COMMENTS, SIMPLY PUT YOUR CARD BACK DOWN SO THAT I KNOW YOU'VE MADE YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T AGREE, THAT'S OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT SUPER HELPFUL TO SIMPLY SAY, NO, I DON'T LIKE THAT.
WHAT IS HELPFUL IS IF YOU CAN HELP CONVEY THE WHY BEHIND WHY YOU DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHING.
IF YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, EVEN BETTER SAY, I DON'T LIKE THIS, CAN WE CONSIDER THIS INSTEAD? THAT HELPS MOVE US FORWARD IN THAT CONSENSUS BASED PROCESS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, WE CERTAINLY DO ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU TO LET US KNOW WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE.
AND I THINK IT HAS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS THAT COME UP IN BETWEEN, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THOSE TO THE CHAIR AND TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET BACK TO YOU ON THOSE.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'M TURNING IT BACK OVER TO ZACH.
UM, SO ONE OF THE, UM, OBJECTIVES OF TIN TONIGHT IS TO REALLY HELP TO FRAME, UH, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND, UM, SO TO THAT END, UH, MARK ORLANDO TOWN MANAGER IS GOING TO, UM, GIVE US A, A PRIMER ON HOW THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PROJECT RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC.
HEY EVERYBODY, GOOD EVENING, GOOD AFTERNOON.
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UM, THANKS ZACH.AND, AND WELCOME TO OUR, OUR CODE WRITING TEAM.
I'M JUMPING IN AND FILLING IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN I TYPICALLY WOULD.
WE CAN SEE THAT THERE'S AN, AN OPEN CHAIR HERE.
SEAN LEININGER, MY DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER, OUR DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER, AND THE PERSON I LEAN ON AND, AND AND NEED THE MOST IS OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME PERSONAL, WITH SOME PERSONAL REASONS.
SO I'M JUMPING IN, ZACH'S JUST GETTING HIS FEET UNDERNEATH HIM AND HE'S ON THE TREADMILL AT PROBABLY AN EIGHT ON AN INCLINE.
AND WHAT I THINK I WHAT I NEED TO DO WITH ALL OF YOU IS SIMPLY TO LET YOU KNOW FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, FROM MY LENS WHAT THE TOWN COUNCIL'S NUMBER ONE GOAL ON THE ISLAND IS AS PRODUCED AND EXPLAINED UP HERE ON YOUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
SO I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UH, AS WE, AS I WAS WALKING AROUND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE INVITED TO TOMORROW'S STRATEGIC PLAN, EXERCISE, STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP.
ARE WE REQUIRED TO ATTEND? IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND, PLEASE DO.
IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN AND WATCH IT ON THE STREAM, PLEASE DO.
IT'S A DAY FOR ME TO TALK TO TOWN COUNCIL AND REALLY TOWN COUNCIL TO TALK WITH ME, UM, WITH MY TEAM CLOSE BY, UM, ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, REALLY TO AND THROUGH THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY ADOPTED SIX MONTHS AGO.
SO YOU CAN SEE GOAL NUMBER ONE, PROTECT ISLAND CHARACTER THROUGH MANAGING GROWTH.
THERE ARE 10 GOALS OF THE ACTION ITEMS. THERE ARE 11 ON THIS PAGE.
OVERALL, THEY ARE OVER A PERIOD OF ONE, A PERIOD OF TWO AND A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
AND YOU CAN SEE JUST BY THOSE CHECK MARKS UP THERE, SOME ARE YEAR ONE EXPECTATIONS, SOME ARE STARTING YEAR ONE, ENDING YEAR TWO, AND SOME ARE FOR THE ALL THREE YEARS.
AND SO WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS IS THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IMPROVEMENT, THE, THE UPDATE IS A PART AND PARCEL OF GOAL NUMBER ONE.
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THAT.
UM, PRESERVE HILTON HEAD ISLAND UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER THROUGH THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH.
I'M JUST PROUD THAT I CAN SEE THAT FROM, FROM THIS FAR AWAY WITH ALL MY GLASSES ON
BUT IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY CLEAR ACTION ITEMS, RIGHT? FIRST THING WE DID A FEW MONTHS AGO IS WE ADDRESSED TOWN COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO ASSESS A MORATORIUM ON TIMESHARES, ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND ON MAJOR SUBS.
THAT WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF, OF TOWN COUNCIL CAPACITY AS WE RESEARCHED TIMESHARES SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND MAJOR SUBS.
IT LED TO NOT A MORATORIUM, BUT IT LED TO A SIGNIFICANT UPDATE, A GOOD ONE IN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL RULES AND REGS THROUGH A, THROUGH A NEW TOWN CODE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE OVER ON THIS SIDE OVER HERE, I'VE STARTED IDENTIFYING SOME, SOME ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
WE KNOW THAT THROUGH GOAL NUMBER ONE, I ALSO HAVE TO BRING FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL AND UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ESTABLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME A FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IT'S SIMPLY A GOAL AND A VISION OF WHERE OUR LAND USES NEED TO BE OVER TIME.
IT DOESN'T MEAN TODAY, IT DOESN'T MEAN TOMORROW, BUT OVER TIME.
AND SO WE HAVE TO ADD THAT TO THE LAND OR INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DISTRICT PLANS FOR, FOR A WHILE.
UM, WE'VE FINISHED ONE, WE HAVE SEVEN LEFT TO GO.
AND I'D SAY THAT I'VE SEEN SOME GREAT PRODUCTIVITY ON THOSE DISTRICT PLANS.
SKULL CREEK MAIN STREET, YOU SEE THEM UP THERE.
PARKWAY ARTS MARSHES BRIDGE TO BEACH.
REALLY THE, THE GOAL OF THOSE DISTRICT PLANS IS TO SET THE VISION FOR THE PLANNING DISTRICT AND TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP VISION.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A SEPARATE EXERCISE IN AND OF ITSELF, BUT, UH, BUT, BUT A, A NECESSARY ONE.
WE KNOW THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL ALSO ASKED TO UPDATE THE LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL TO UPDATE THE DESIGN GUIDE AND 1.6 UP THERE WITH ALL OF YOU UPDATE THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, EXCUSE ME, TO ALIGN WITH DISTRICT PLANS AND THE COMP PLAN.
YOU WILL SEE THAT UP THERE IS FISCAL YEAR TWO SIX, FISCAL YEAR TWO SEVEN, FISCAL YEAR TWO EIGHT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS SENSE OF URGENCY TO COMPLETE IT, BUT, BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH MY TEAM IS, IS THE NEXT SET OF PROVISIONS, THOSE PRIORITY EDITS THAT WE NEED THAT ADDRESS GROWTH RISK AND GROWTH PRESSURE ON OUR ISLAND.
THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS UP THERE.
TOWN CODE AMENDMENTS, LAND ACQUISITIONS.
WE, WE'VE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FEW YEARS.
WE'VE ACQUIRED MORE THAN 80 ACRES OF PROPERTY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, RIGHT? WE, UH, I'LL JUST SHARE A, A DATA POINT ON THAT.
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ACRES OF PROPERTY, 23 DIFFERENT ACQUISITIONS AND 13.3 MILLION OF OTHER FOLKS MONEY.THANK YOU TO, UH, MR. CHRISTIAN HERE AT THE TABLE.
HE SITS ON THE GREEN SPACE BEFOR COUNTY GREEN SPACE FUND COMMITTEE.
FORGIVE ME FOR NOT KNOWING THE NAME, BUT IT WAS OUR DOLLARS IN THE REFERENDUM THAT RAISED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WE USE 13.3 MILLION OUT OF 52 MILLION TO ACQUIRE 80 ACRES.
SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT GROWTH AND PRESSURES AND ACQUISITIONS IN DIFFERENT LENSES AT DIFFERENT ANGLES OVER AT LEAST THE YEARS I'M HERE.
AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT 1.6 UP ON THE SCREEN AND WHERE WE GO, RIGHT? I THINK THE ZACH, YOU HIT IT PERFECTLY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT GOT ACCOMPLISHED? WHERE WE GOING? REALLY? WHAT'S NEXT? AND SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR WORK, AND I JUST REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND PROCESS, YOUR WORK IN HERE HELPS ME.
IT HELPS THIS TEAM, BUT IT PACKAGES UP A POSITION, A RECOMMENDATION TO BRING IT FORWARD TO THE GULLAH GEECHEE TASK FORCE, WHICH IS A SUB COMMITTEE OF PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY MS. BECKER'S COMMITTEE, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE WHERE, WHERE MS. BECKER CHAIRS AND THEN ONWARD TO THE FULL TOWN COUNCIL.
WE WILL BE BRINGING THEM AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND WE WILL BRING, BRINGING THEM AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DELIVERABLES THAT ARE REALLY BAKED INTO SECTION ONE SIX, RIGHT? WOULD YOU AGREE? SO WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU ALL KIND OF KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MIDSTREAM.
WE'VE BEEN GOING AND GOING AND GOING, IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER.
AND IT FEELS LIKE THE MORE WE DO, THE FURTHER I FEEL BEHIND TO BE FRANK.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT ISLAND CAPACITY IMPACTS, NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS BUILT ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.
OVER THE PAST MANY MONTHS, WE HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT OF BOTH TOWN CODE AND THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
SO I I TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO THINK THAT WE'RE STARTING ON PAGE ONE, ON DAY ZERO, AND THAT THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO DO, AND WE SIMPLY HAVE TO START FIGURING OUT WHAT WE'RE REVIEWING AND IT'S DUE IN MAY.
IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WE ESTABLISHED A BRAND NEW, NEVER BEFORE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE AND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF 3000 SHORT-TERM RENTALS, GOING TO 7,000 PLUS SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
IT IMPACTS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IMPACTS OUR STREETS, IT IMPACTS OUR, UH, UH, HOUSING AVAILABILITY.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE TEETH TO REMOVE ABANDONED BOATS IN OUR WATERWAYS.
WE REMOVED 12 AND DNR SHOWED UP AND SAID THANK YOU WITH A, A, A BIG ACCOLADE.
THE OTHER DAY, WE DID NOT HAVE, BUT WE DO NOW, AN ABILITY TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHT NON, UH, CRIMINAL, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS FOR PARKING IN SHORT-TERM RENTALS, NOT THAT LONG AGO, WASN'T ABLE TO GIVE A PARKING TICKET ON A STREET WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE PERSON TO GET BACK TO THEIR CAR.
THOSE AMENDMENTS IN THE TOWN CODE HAVE BEEN MADE, AND I APPRECIATE TOWN COUNCIL'S SUPPORT TO MAKE ALL THOSE.
WE AMENDED THE FOREST BEACH OVERLAY DISTRICT.
WE ADDRESSED BUILDING HEIGHT THROUGH SOME FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT.
I THINK THAT HAS CAUSED SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES BY THE WAY WE MEASURE, UH, A NEW HOUSE NEXT TO AN EXISTING HOUSE.
WE ELIMINATED VARIANCES FOR USE, HEIGHT AND DENSITY.
YOU COULD IN THE PAST GET A VARIANCE FOR A LAND USE HEIGHT OR DENSITY.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE IN THE LMO NOW.
SO THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S, IT, IT MEANS IN AN INTENDED CONSEQUENCE, RIGHT? WE ELIMINATED STAFF WAIVERS IN LIEU OF VARIANCES IN THE PAST, STAFF COULD APPROVE A WAIVER IF THEY DIDN'T THINK OF VARIANCE ON CERTAIN PROVISIONS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN CHANGED IN THE CODE WE REQUIRED, AND WE DIDN'T BEFORE IT WAS STAFF LEVEL.
WE REQUIRE NOW MAJOR SUBS, ANYTHING OVER FIVE LOTS AND ALL DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO BE REVIEWED AT PLANNING COMMISSION WITH SUNSHINE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTED MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL HELPING STAFF REVIEW FOR QUALITY, RIGHT? AS WELL AS NOTICE WE REQUIRE ANY DEVIATION FROM AN APPROVED PLATTED ALREADY PLATTED MAJOR SUBDIVISION TO BE REVIEWED BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
IN THE PAST, YOU COULD SUBDIVIDE YOUR, YOU COULD COME IN WITH A 60 LOT SUBDIVISION AND THEN OVER TIME KEEP SUBDIVIDING THOSE 60 LOTS.
NO NEW TRAFFIC STUDY, NO NEW ROAD IMPACT, NO ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE.
WE JUST CALL 'EM MINOR, MINOR SUBS AND ALL AGREED THAT IT WAS A LOOPHOLE.
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IMPROVED OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO INCREASE GREEN SPACE.YOU COULD COUNT A SLIVER OF BUFFER, A SLIVER OF SETBACK, YOUR LAGOON AND YOUR PUMP STATION AND CALL THAT YOUR OPEN SPACE NO MORE.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT TOWARDS OPEN SPACE.
NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE OPEN SPACE THAT'S COMBINED AND FUNCTIONAL AND NOT PIECEMEAL.
SO WHAT DOES THAT RESULT IN A BETTER SUBDIVISION, RIGHT? THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE'RE REACTING TO WITH ROLLED CURBS AND ANYWHERE USA DESIGN ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC COUNTS TO OCCUR IN PEAK OF JULY, NOT IN AN OFF SEASON.
WHY? SO WE CAPTURE MAX IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC COUNTS, NOT MIN IMPACTS.
WE REQUIRE NOW TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTS TO ASSESS A WIDER NET OF IMPACTS, RIGHT? PATHWAYS, INTERSECTIONS, TURN MOVEMENTS, AND I'LL CALL IT FURTHER OUT AND UPSTREAM.
ONE GREAT EXAMPLE, JONESVILLE ROAD, NOT ENOUGH TRIPS.
TRAFFIC STUDY DIDN'T GO LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION TOO FAR.
AND IT WAS A VERY MINIMAL ALLOWANCE AS REQUIRED IN, IN THE, IN THE TOWN LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
WE NOW AMENDED THAT IF THAT PROJECT CAME IN TODAY, WE WOULD LOOK AT THE PATHWAY, THE INTERSECTION OF THE AXIS OF THE, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, BUT ALSO ALL THE WAY UP TO AT LEAST THE INTERSECTION AT JONESVILLE AND SPANISH WELLS ROAD.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TEETH AND A CODE 12 MONTHS AGO TO DO THAT, OR HOWEVER MANY MONTHS IT FEELS LIKE 17 YEARS.
WE INCREASED TREE PROTECTION PROVISIONS TO INCREASE PRESERVATION AT TIME OF SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT PLANT LARGER FOR MITIGATION AND ELIMINATE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE GREAT TREE PROVISION, TREE SAVE PROVISIONS IN OUR CODE.
WE'VE ADDRESSED WORKFORCE HOUSING PROVISIONS, RIGHT? DENSITY, BONUS, ISLANDERS, MIXED USE.
WE WORKED ON THAT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
NEAR USCB, WE ALSO AMENDED ZONING MAP AND TEXT TO CALIBRATE ZONING TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY IN A FEW AREAS, INCLUDING WHERE NORTH POINT ON JARVIS CREEK JUST BROKE GROUND.
AND THEN WE ALSO FIRST READING AT TOWN COUNCIL THE OTHER EVENING, HILTON HAD HOSPITAL REZONING THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS FOR UNUSED DILAPIDATED, UH, OLD COMMERCIAL AS ALLOWED MULTIFAMILY ON THE HOSPITAL SITE IN A PD TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
AND A GREAT JOB TO ZACH FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
WE AMENDED CONSTRUCTION HOURS FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND ALIGNED THEM WITH THE PUDS.
AND WE ALSO ESTABLISHED, AND THIS ONE HAS HELPED OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM QUITE A BIT, CONSTRUCTION SITE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS TO ADDRESS LITTER DEBRIS AND TRASH DISPOSAL, LARGE VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE WE GIVE A BUILDING PERMIT.
YOU'D HAVE YOUR CONSTRUCTION PLAN AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON SITE WAS A HOPE.
WE NOW HAVE STRONG TOWN CODE PROVISIONS IN THERE THAT YOU'LL GET A CITATION, UM, AND A STOP WORK ORDER IF YOU DON'T, UH, ABIDE BY THOSE STRICT RULES, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, PARKING ON STREETS.
IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING TICKETS AND CITATIONS.
WE ELIMINATED LOCKOUT UNITS, PROVI LOCKOUT UNIT PROVISIONS, EXCUSE ME, TO REDUCE THAT UNINTENDED ADDITIONAL DENSITY THAT WAS COMPLICATED.
ZACH'S BEEN IN THE BUSINESS A LOT LONGER THAN THAN THAN ME KNOWING THIS.
AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT THAT WEIRD, STRANGE, I SHOULD SAY, AWKWARD LOOPHOLE WAS WITH LOCKOUT UNITS, JUST, JUST TODAY.
AND THEN WE REFINED A FEW THINGS.
WE REFINED USE IN SITE PROVISIONS FOR BREWERY SIZE, OUTDOOR SCREENING OF BIKE STORAGE.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, AS A NEW NAIVE TOWN MANAGER, I GOT HERE IN 2021 AND I SAID, I KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CODE.
I CAN'T LOOK UP WORKFORCE PROVISIONS, I CAN'T LOOK UP AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
IT'S FRAGMENTED SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE MADE SO MANY GOOD AMENDMENTS OVER TIME, BUT WE'VE NEVER RESHUFFLED THE DECK SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US, FOR THE CUSTOMER AND FOR THE DEVELOPER, RIGHT? ALL EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT READS.
SO I SAID, LET'S OVERHAUL IT, BUT, BUT BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY RISKS ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, WE'VE DONE THOSE ALREADY.
AND SO I WOULD SAY THIS, WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING CODE PROVISIONS FOR SOME TIME ALL WHILE TRYING TO REWORK THE LMO, WHICH TO ME MEANS REMOVE THE FRAGMENTS, STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, PUT ALL THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN ONE SECTION, AND SO ON SO FORTH.
ADD THE APPLICATION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO IT.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, WE WE'RE STILL ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION.
WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE WAY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT, AND I THINK THIS IS JUST GOOD BIG PICTURE DISCUSSION TO, TO FINISH WHAT WE STARTED
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TO ADDRESS THOSE PROVISIONS THAT ARE GROWTH PRESSURES IN QUALITY OF LIFE, RIGHT? THE RISK, WHAT ARE THEY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.I THINK MS. BRYSON'S SHAKING HER HEAD UP AND DOWN ON THAT ONE.
ELIMINATE SLIDING SCALE DENSITY.
WE SEE MORE HEAD SHAKES ON THAT ONE.
REFINE NATURAL RESOURCES, TREE PRESERVATION, STORMWATER RUNOFF, CORRIDOR LANDSCAPES.
SO EVERYTHING KIND OF IS IN A SIMILAR AREA.
DON'T ALLOW THE LOT CLEARING UNTIL YOU GET A BUILDING PERMIT.
REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE TRACK BUILDERS COMING HERE AND CLEAR AND BACK UP INTO THE CODE TO NOT ALLOW THAT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME MASS AND SCALE OF SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY AND NON-RESIDENTIAL.
LOOK AT, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT FLOOR AIR RATIO.
THERE'S A COUPLE ARCHITECTS AROUND THE TABLE.
YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN ME.
I LIKE SETBACKS, BUFFERS, ROOF PITCH, PERVIOUS, IMPERVIOUS, AND BACK YOURSELF INTO A, A, A REALISTIC, RESPECTABLE HILTON HEAD ISLAND LOT, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN YOU START LAYERING THOSE OTHER PROVISIONS TO IT.
AND WE HAVE A BETTER BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAN WHAT WE ALL THINK IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED ONCE PEOPLE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT CUTS TREES, WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS OUR STREETS.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME AREAS FOR REDEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS, UH, UH, UH, FUTURE GROWTH.
BUT I THINK THAT IF WE IMPLEMENT THIS ENTIRE GOAL, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN THAN WHEN WE STARTED.
AND I WANNA ASK THE TASK FORCE TO TRULY REFLECT THAT.
1.6 IS THE PORTFOLIO OF WORK IN HERE WHILE THIS THREE MEMBER STAFF OF PLANNING, UH, UH, WITH ME AND A FEW OTHERS ARE WORKING ON ALL THESE OTHER PROVISIONS.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD KICKOFF FOR US.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M JUMPING IN AT THIS.
I I LOOK AT THIS AS OUR FIRST REAL MEETING.
THE THE LAST MEETING WAS TO SAY HELLO AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES, UM, IN THAT TIME.
I'VE, I'VE, I'VE ABSORBED SOME OF THIS, THIS GROWTH MANAGEMENT WORK WITH SEAN LEINER OUT.
AND, UH, I'M, I'M HERE TO HELP, BUT I, BUT I'LL ASK US.
AND I, I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE BELIEVER IN LET'S SLOW DOWN TO GO FASTER AND LET'S NOT PUT A SHOCK CLOCK ON A DATE WHEN I HAVE TO HAVE ALL THIS DONE.
UM, BECAUSE I WANTED, I'M IN A HURRY TO DO THIS RIGHT FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, WE HEARD MARK SAY WE DID THIS, WE DID THIS.
WE DID MUST'VE, HE MUST'VE SAID IT 20 TIMES.
SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
MOST OF YOU SITTING HERE KNOW THIS, BUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC PEOPLE WATCHING, UM, AND THEY ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT'S THE TOWN DOING? WHEN ARE THEY GONNA MAKE THESE CHANGES? THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR YEARS.
I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW, AND I WAS, UH, REELECTED.
THESE TWO HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER.
THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES.
THE REST OF COUNCIL HAVE MADE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CHANGES.
AND THEN HE TOLD YOU WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A SLIDE ABOUT FRAMEWORK AND S ZACH'S GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
BUT, BUT THERE'S BEEN HUN, THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS PUT IN TO THESE, THESE CODE CHANGES, THESE ORDINANCE LMO CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TELL THE PEOPLE THAT THE, THE PHRASE IS, OH, WELL, WE'RE WORKING ON THE LMO, WE GOT AN LMO TASK FORCE.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THESE CHANGES.
WE'VE BEEN MAKING THESE CHANGES.
THE TOWN'S BEEN MAKING THESE CHANGES FOR YEARS.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YOU VETERANS? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF NOT ONLY, UM, OUR CURRENT TOWN MANAGER, MARK OR ORLANDO WHO'S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AT THIS, BUT ALSO WHEN STEVE RILEY, IT GOES BACK THAT FAR, THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING THESE INCREMENTAL CHANGES WHERE WE SEE PROBLEMS, WE SEE ISSUES, WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THEM.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE NOW TOGETHER TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND TO, UM, TO PUT A FINAL STAMP ON IT.
SO, UM, DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
UM, MARK MENTIONED, UH, THE, THE TIME THAT'S ALREADY, UH, BEEN PUT INTO THE, UH, THE UPDATING OF THE LMO UH, PROJECT ACTUALLY BEGAN BACK IN 2021 WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT EVEN GOING BACK A LITTLE FURTHER THAN THAT TO 2014 TO LOOK AT THE GENESIS OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND THEN ITEMIZE THOSE PROBLEMS. SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE GOING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
SO, 2023, THERE WAS A DIAGNOSTIC, UH, JUST LIKE YOU GO INTO THE DOCTOR AND YOU GET A CHECKUP, UH, WE HAD A DIAGNOSTIC OF OUR, OF OUR CODE, AND THAT IDENTIFIED A SERIES OF CHANGES THAT WERE, UH, RECOMMENDED.
UM, THE FORMAL LMO UPDATE AFTER IT BEGAN IN 2024 SEPTEMBER TOWN
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COUNCIL, UH, HAD A, UH, UH, HAD WORKSHOP.UM, AND, UH, FROM THAT POINT, UH, IDENTIFIED SOME PRIORITY AMENDMENTS.
AND AS MARK POINTED OUT, I THINK IT WAS 10 OF 11, UH, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD AVERAGE FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR ADOPTION OF PRIORITY AMENDMENTS IN ABOUT A YEAR.
UM, THE TASK FORCE, ZACH, I I'LL ADD, BECAUSE I, I, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, A A FEW OF THE REALLY HIGH RISK ONES BECAUSE THEY'RE SO COMPLICATED, WE, WE DID NOT ADDRESS YET.
AND THAT IS SOME SUB REGS, 'CAUSE THAT'S SOME DENSITY IN UNIT COUNTS AS WELL AS SLIDING SCALE.
SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR THAT HAS TO BE OUR NEXT PRIORITY.
UM, AND AGAIN, TO REITERATE THE PURPOSE OF THE TASK FORCE, WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO WRITE THE CODE, THAT'S WHY WE HIRED CHRISTIE AND HER TEAM.
UH, BUT YOUR ROLE IS TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE LMO AMENDMENTS.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON, ON THOSE, UM, PUBLIC INPUT.
WHAT DID WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND USE? I THINK, PETER, THAT WAS THE FIRST COMMENT LAST WEEK.
UM, I DON'T WANT A LAWYER TO HAVE TO INTERPRET THE LMO NUMBER ONE, UM, HIGH QUALITY DESIGN STANDARDS THAT HILTON HAS KNOWN FOR CLEAR, CONSISTENT REGULATIONS APP.
THOSE WHO USE THE, THE REGULATIONS, WHETHER IT'S ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE TO INTERPRET IT FOR THEIR CLIENTS, UM, EVERYTHING OUGHT TO BE VERY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UH, PRESERVATION OF ISLAND CHARACTER THAT REALLY UNDERGIRDS EVERYTHING.
UM, THE ISLAND IS SPECIAL BECAUSE AN ONGOING EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE OVER 50 YEARS TO MAINTAIN.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT HILTON HEAD.
UM, SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HAVE BEEN MADE, ALREADY BEEN MADE.
THE LMO UPDATE REALLY IS TO ADDRESS THE REMAINING ISSUES, AND WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THAT WITH, WITH A LASER, UH, FOCUS AS WE, AS WE MOVE AHEAD.
SO JUST TO HELP UNDERSTAND, HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE APPROACH THAT WAS TAKEN BY CODE STUDIO.
UM, AND REALLY GOING BACK TO THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS, UM, AND, AND THIS IS TRUE WITH ANY CODE UPDATE, I'VE DONE A FEW OF 'EM, THAT THE FIRST, THE FIRST, UH, STEP IS TO ASSESS YOUR ORDINANCE.
UM, AND SO THAT ASSESSMENT IS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM AREAS, INCONSISTENCIES, UM, MAYBE AREAS WHERE, UH, YOU HAVEN'T REALLY COMPLIED WITH REGULATION OR LAW THAT, UH, MAY LEAVE YOU, UH, OPEN TO SOME ILLEGAL EXPOSURE.
AND SO IN DOING THAT, UH, WHAT CODE STUDIO DID WAS TO SEPARATE THESE CHANGES OR THESE, THESE AREAS OF, UH, THESE, THIS DIAGNOSTIC INTO THREE AREAS.
NUMBER NUMBER ONE WAS EDITORIAL CHANGES, TWO WITH MINOR CHANGES, AND THREE WERE MAJOR CHANGES.
EDITORIAL CHANGES, UH, OBVIOUSLY ARE THINGS THAT ARE STRUCTURAL, UH, OR THEY MAY BE STYLE OR THEY MAY EVEN BE, UM, ORGANIZATION.
UH, BUT THEY'RE REALLY NOT SUBSTANTIVE.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, THEY'RE IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, UH, WE WILL, WE'LL SHOW THIS IN JUST A MINUTE.
HOW YOU ORGANIZE YOUR, YOUR ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT FOR USEFULNESS.
AND SO, UH, MINOR CHANGES, UH, OR EDITORIAL CHANGES, MINOR CHANGES, UH, MAY BE THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A, UH, UH, A USE TABLE AND, UH, WHERE FORMALLY SOMETHING WAS NOT ALLOWED, UH, MAYBE NOW IT IS ALLOWED AS AN ACCESSORY USE BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR BY SPECIAL PERMIT.
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME, SOME, SOME MINOR CHANGES THAT THAT MIGHT, MIGHT TAKE PLACE.
MARK JUST MENTIONED A FEW OF THEM.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT MASS AT SCALE, UH, DENSITY, SLIDING SCALE, UM, CHANGES IN AREA, UH, DENSITY, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS WE'RE GETTING INTO MAJOR, UH, FOCUS AT THAT POINT.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING TO YOU AND ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON.
AND AS WE DO THAT, UM, REALLY THE, THE GOAL IS, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS I'M ENVISIONING THIS, THE TASK FORCE HAS THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, EVERYBODY THAT RUNS A RACE HAS A START IN A FINISH.
UM, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT THING TO DO.
UM, SO WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING, UH, SPECIFIC ITEMS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE IDENTIFIED CORRECTLY, THAT WE'VE CAPTURED ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM PROPERLY.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO, UH, TURN THINGS OVER
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TO CHRISTY DOTSON, AND SHE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A PRIMER, IF YOU WILL, UH, ON ZONING AND, UH, OUR LMO AND, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT FUNCTIONS AND HOW WE WILL BE FUNCTIONING.AND BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I SEE MS. DUNLAP, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, SORRY, I THINK WE ALL THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, MARK HAS TALKED ABOUT IT.
THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT IT IN HIS OPENING COMMENTS, BUT DO YOU HAVE A DEFINITION OF ISLAND CHARACTER? DO WE, I THINK WE NEED A DEFINITION THAT WE ALL AGREE ON AND THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, SO THAT ANYTHING WE DO, WE CAN SAY, DOES IT MEET THAT? AND I THINK, UH, MS. DODSON WILL COVER SOME OF THAT IN HER CONVERSATION IN RELATING HOW THIS EFFORT RELATES TO BIGGER PICTURE, UM, UH, PLANS AND INITIATIVES ACROSS HILTON HEAD.
SO I'M GONNA, UM, TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTIE TO GO THROUGH HER PRESENTATION, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AFTER THAT, THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
AND I WOULD ASK, UM, IF YOU WOULD JUST, IF YOU HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF CHRISTIE'S, UH, PRESENTATION, WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME FOR DISCUSSION, UM, WHEN SHE GETS THROUGH HER SECTION.
OUR FIRM HAS WORKED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES, LARGE AND SMALL, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE OF WHAT IS OUR CHARACTER OF PLACE AND HOW DO OUR CODES REFLECT THAT.
UM, ANOTHER PIECE OF WHAT WE REALLY THINK ABOUT IS HOW CAN THESE CODES BE USABLE? HOW CAN THEY HAVE CLEAR, PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES? UM, I MYSELF AM AN ARCHITECT, AND THAT'S HOW I CAME TO THIS JOB.
UM, I WAS TIRED OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND CODES THAT WERE POORLY WRITTEN THAT DIDN'T HAVE PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DESIGN.
WHAT WAS THE COMMUNITY EVEN WANTING TO SEE? UM, AND SO I THINK ABOUT THESE CODES AND WE AS A FIRM THINK ABOUT THESE CODES THROUGH THAT LENS.
UM, WHAT IS THE CHARACTER OF THIS PLACE? AND HOW CAN WE CLEARLY IN OUR CODES, JUST SIMPLY IN THE STRUCTURE AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE ORGANIZING THE CODE, AND EVEN ORGANIZING IT GRAPHICALLY, IS IT CLEARLY COMMUNICATING TO THE DESIGN COMMUNITY, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT THIS PLACE TO BE.
IS THIS CODE USABLE FOR A RESIDENT THAT'S JUST TRYING TO EXPAND THEIR HOME? UM, SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE TWO LENSES THAT WE THINK ABOUT, UM, IN EVERY COMMUNITY WE WORK.
AND, UM, AS I GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, THIS INTRODUCTION TO ZONING, UM, I'M HOPEFULLY GONNA COMMUNICATE A COUPLE TOOLS THAT WE ALL CAN TALK ABOUT TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS REALLY GONNA LEVEL SET.
SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN ALL THIS CONTENT BEFORE.
YOU MAY HAVE WORKED UNDER CODES IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, AND SO THIS IS PROBABLY YOUR REVIEW FOR AT LEAST HALF OF THE ROOM.
UM, BUT REALLY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT WE UNDERSTAND AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TOOLS FOR ADDRESSING ISLAND CHARACTER.
HOW CAN, UM, ZONING, HOW CAN YOUR LMO DO THAT? UM, SO ZONING IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IS REGULATED THROUGH THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, SO WHEN YOU HEAR US TOSS AROUND THE, THE TERM LMO, UM, THAT IS A PRETTY SOUTH CAROLINA SPECIFIC TERM.
UM, IT'S REALLY A COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA SPECIFIC TERM.
UM, YOU MAY SEE IT CALLED UNIFIED CODE, SOME PLACES YOU MAY SEE IT CALLED ZONING DEVELOPMENT CODES.
UM, BUT IN HILTON HEAD, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ZONING, WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE LMO.
UM, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT'S DIFFERENT HERE IN A MINUTE.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE LMO? UM, SO THIS IS PART OF YOUR TOWN CODE.
SO IF YOU GO TO MUNI CODE, UM, FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, THIS IS ONE CHAPTER IN YOUR MUNI CODE.
UM, SO IT'S ALL ONLINE UNDER LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, WE WILL BE DIGGING INTO THE WEEDS OF THIS.
YOU'LL ASSOCIATE ME WITH ALL OF THE WEEDS AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS CODE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE FUN WITH IT.
UM, WHAT IS ZONING? UM, ZONING SHOULD IMPLEMENT THE VISION FOR YOUR TOWN.
UM, SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE PLANS.
YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, UM, ON ALL THESE DISTRICT PLANS, CREATING A VISION, THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN ALONG WHAT MARK COVERED.
UM, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS SETTING OUT THE POLICY VISION FOR YOUR PLACE ZONING AND YOUR LMO, YOUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IS ONE REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL IN ORDER TO REGULATE THAT.
IF IT'S JUST A POLICY, IF IT'S JUST A PLAN, IT SITS ON THE SHELF, IT DOES GUIDE COUNSEL, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT FUNDAMENTALLY, UNTIL IT LANDS IN YOUR LAWS ON THE BOOKS OF YOUR CODE, UM, YOU'RE REALLY NOT BUILDING TOWARDS YOUR VISION.
YOU'RE NOT BUILDING TOWARDS YOUR POLICY.
UM, AND SO YOUR LMO IS ONE REALLY KEY WAY TO DO THAT.
THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE BUILDING CODES, FIRE CODES, UM, THE SHORT TERM, UH, ORDINANCE THAT MARK REFERENCED, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN START TO BUILD IT.
UM, BUT LAND MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IS ONE KEY WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO START TO TAKE THE REGULATIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PIECEMEAL, HONING OVER TIME AND REALLY ALIGN THEM WITH THE POLICY VISION THAT YOU'VE WORKED HARD TO OUTLINE.
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UNIFIED CODE.THIS IS NOT, THE PLAY IS NOT THE STANDARD IN ALL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE UNIFIED CODE.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS YOU HAVE YOUR ZONING DISTRICT, YOUR USES IN THE STATE AS THINGS LIKE YOUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, YOUR TREE PROTECTION, YOUR STORM WATER.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA GO DESIGN A PROJECT OR YOU WANNA DEVELOP A PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU CAN FIND ALL THAT IN ONE CHAPTER.
IT'S UNIFIED UNDER ONE CHAPTER.
UM, AND THAT'S A REALLY GREAT STUFF THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE VERY FAR BEHIND.
THEY DON'T HAVE A UNIFIED CODE.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE PIECES IN ONE CHAPTER, AND THAT MEANS THEY CAN ALL START TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER AS OPPOSED TO WORKING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
UM, SO YOU HAVE A UNIFIED CODE.
AND ONE THING I DO WANNA, I WANNA PAUSE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, AND IF YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TURN THE PAGE, UM, TO 21.
THIS IS A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE THINK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CODE.
IT'S NOT DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
UM, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MARK REFERENCED OF.
YOU HAVE BEEN UPDATING YOUR CODE OVER TIME, UM, BUT IT'S SORT OF A SHUFFLED DECK OF CARDS.
YOU HAVE SOME THINGS THAT MADE DEAL WITH STORMWATER IN ONE CHAPTER, AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PART OF THE CODE YOU HAVE TO FLIP THROUGH TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE WHAT TREE PROTECTION IS SAYING.
UM, WE WANNA PUT THAT IN JUST SIMPLY AN ORDER THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE CODE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR PROPERTY, LET'S PUT IT IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU'D EXPECT TO FIND THAT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
WE WILL REFERENCE THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SET IN STONE.
UM, THIS IS A DRAFT, IT'S A STARTING POINT OR HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
THERE MAY BE WAYS THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU SAY, HEY, THIS IS MORE USABLE FOR ME IF YOU MOVE THIS PIECE TO A DIFFERENT SECTION.
SO IT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT YOU TO BE THINKING ABOUT.
UM, BUT IT'S ALSO HOW WE'RE GONNA THINK ABOUT REVIEWING THE PIECES OF THE CODE.
SO, UM, IT STARTS OFF WITH A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES.
SO HOW DO YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS? HOW DO THOSE APPLICATIONS GET REVIEWED? UM, AND THEN IT GOES INTO REALLY WHAT I'LL SAY, THE MEAT OF THE LMO, THE, THESE CHAPTERS, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.
THOSE ARE YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS, YOUR USES SITE AND SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
THOSE REALLY TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN BUILD AND HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR PROPERTY.
UM, NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS LIKE STORM WATER, TREE PROTECTION.
AND THEN AT THE END IS A LOT OF THE ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES, THE LEGALESE, WE SORT OF BOOK IN THE CODES WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND LEGALESE, THE MEAT OF IT IS IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, SO THIS IS A GOOD FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE CAN START TO THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EVEN BUCKETS OF TOPIC AS WE'RE STARTING TO DIVE INTO THESE TECHNICAL ELEMENTS.
WE CAN THINK OF THEM IN THE BUCKETS OF THE ZONING AND THE USES.
THAT'S CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE.
THE SITE AND SUBDIVISION IS A SECOND BUCKET OF THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
AND THE FINAL BUCKET IS THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT'S ALL OF THOSE ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES AT THE BEGINNING AND ALSO THE ENFORCEMENT PIECES AT THE END.
SO DIVING INTO THAT, WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS? SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE TOOLS OF HOW CAN WE START TO ALIGN THIS CODE IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS OUR POLICIES HERE IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, UM, HOW DOES IT REFLECT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THINKING OF DOING IN THOSE DISTRICT PLANS AND THE STRATEGIC PLANS? UM, AND THE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS, UM, REALLY ARE EMBODIED IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
SO THAT IS ONE ELEMENT OF YOUR LMO.
SO IT CONTROLS THINGS LIKE WHAT YOU CAN BUILD ON A SITE, UM, HOW YOUR BUILDINGS CAN BE LAID OUT, THE USES THAT YOU CAN HAVE, AND ALSO THE RULES OF LIKE, HOW DO I MEASURE HEIGHT? UM, SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE QUESTION, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? LIKE YOU HAVE TO MEASURE HEIGHT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE FLOODING, YOU'RE IN A COASTAL AREA.
UM, SO WE TRY TO LAY THAT OUT IN A REALLY CLEAR WAY.
SO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, THAT IS ONE PIECE OF THE LMO, YOU CAN THINK OF THAT AS LIKE YOUR CODE BOOK.
UM, THAT'S OFTEN WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF AN LMO.
THE SECOND ELEMENT OF THIS IS THE ZONING MAP.
UM, SO THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS, THEY HAVE TO GET APPLIED ON THE GROUND, AND THAT ZONING MAP IS THE WAY THAT THESE PHYSICALLY GET ATTACHED TO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
UM, SO THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE YOUR ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATED, THE WAY THAT YOU CAN, UM, FIGURE OUT WHAT USE YOU CAN HAVE ON YOUR PROPERTY, IT IS ALL BASED ON THE ZONING MAP THAT YOU HAVE.
AND THE THIRD ELEMENT ARE THE PROCEDURES THEMSELVES.
SO THAT IS EMBEDDED WITH THAT BOOK OF RULES AND REGULATIONS, BUT IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT.
IT'S HOW THE CODE IS REALLY, IT LIVES, RIGHT? IT'S HOW WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A PROJECT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO YOU BUILD SOMETHING, IT'S THESE PROCEDURES THAT REALLY SET OUT HOW THINGS GET REVIEWED, HOW STAFF IS ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE CODE, AND HOW IT GETS ENFORCED ON THE BACKEND.
SO THREE THINGS WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT.
HOW SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT THESE? WHAT'S THE LENS THAT WE SHOULD APPLY? UM, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, THE MAP, THOSE PROCEDURES, THEY VARY FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD ALL THREE OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN A WAY THAT IS SPECIFIC TO HILTON HEAD AND IS IMPLEMENTING THOSE POLICIES THAT YOU'VE WORKED FOR YEARS ON.
UM, SO WE'LL BE REFLECTIVE OF LOCAL CONTEXT AND THAT CONTEXT IS, IS STARTING TO BE EXPLORED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF THAT OUTLINED.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, LOOK BACK TO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DRAFT ZONING MAP.
LOOKING AT THE DRAFT ZONING DISTRICT, LOOKING AT THE RULES AND PROCEDURES, IS IT REFLECTIVE
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OF THE LOCAL CONTEXT OF ISLAND CHARACTER DIVING EVEN MORE INTO THE WEEDS.SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW THE LMO REGULATES PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ISLAND CHARACTER, HOW IS IT THAT WE WRITE RULES THAT GET AT ISLAND CHARACTER? THESE ARE FOUR PIECES OF HOW ZONING TAKES, UM, THOSE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS AND THINK OF THEM AS ALMOST DIALS.
SO TUNING A RADIO, WE'RE TRYING TO TUNE THIS RADIO SO THAT IT MATCHES HILTON HEAD CHARACTER.
SO THAT REGULATES YOUR BUILDING SCALE, YOUR SETBACKS, THE HEIGHT OF YOUR BUILDING, HOW CLOSE IT CAN BE TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
THAT IS ONE TOOL WE HAVE TO REGULATE CHARACTER.
SO THAT IS HOW THAT BUILDING FACES THE STREET OR DOESN'T FACE THE STREET.
SO YOU CAN HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S A FIVE STORY BUILDING AND IT HAS A VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTER, A VERY DIFFERENT CONTEXT IF IT'S RIGHT UP AGAINST THE SIDEWALK VERSUS IF IT'S VERY FAR FROM THE STREET AND BEHIND A BUFFER, THOSE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER TOOL WE CAN USE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE CALIBRATE, HOW DO WE TUNE THE DIALS SO THAT IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE CHARACTER OF HILTON HEAD IN SPECIFIC AREAS.
UM, SO THESE ARE THINGS LIKE LANDSCAPING SIGNS, LIGHTING, UM, THESE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS.
UM, THESE ARE AROUND THE BUILDING, BUT AGAIN, INFLUENCE CHARACTER AND THEN FINALLY USE.
SO HOW WILL YOU START TO SEE THESE SHOWING UP AS WE DIVE INTO THE DETAILS FORM AND FRONTAGE THAT WILL BE REGULATED BY YOUR ZONING DISTRICT? SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE TOOLS AND CALIBRATING THOSE PROPERLY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ZONING DISTRICT, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THAT FORM.
SO THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING AND HOW THAT BUILDING FRONTS THE STREET OR MAYBE HOW THAT BUILDING FRONTS A BIKE PATH OR THE BEACH SITE AND SUBDIVISION STANDARDS, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA START TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE TOOLS ARE CALIBRATED FOR THE SITE DESIGN.
SO THE PARKING, THE SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, UM, THAT IS GONNA BE EMBEDDED IN THOSE SITE AND SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA TUNE THAT DIAL.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE USE PERMISSIONS.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, RIGHT? THAT WILL BE IN THE USE CHAPTER.
SO WHAT THIS SHOULD START TO CLUE YOU IN ON IS HOW THE CHAPTERS OF THE ORDINANCE IN THE, THE WAY THAT WE'RE ORGANIZING IT, IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TUNING THESE DIALS IN A WAY THAT'S GETTING YOU OUTCOMES THAT ARE PREDICTABLE AND ARE WHAT YOU WANNA SEE FOR THE TOWN.
SO AS A KEY TAKEAWAY, IF YOU REMEMBER ONE THING FROM THIS, UM, WHAT I'LL SAY IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION OF, UM, ZONING.
REMEMBER THESE FIVE THINGS, THE LMO IMPLEMENTS A PLAN.
SO THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WE WANNA DO.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ADMIN THIS LMO THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE PLANS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARD.
THE LMO INCLUDES A SET OF STANDARDS TO REGULATE BUILT FORM AND LAND USE, BUT ALSO THE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE APPLIED USING A MAP.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BOOK, IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE MAP.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MAP AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE THREE ELEMENTS THAT WE REALLY WANNA BE THINKING ABOUT.
GET THE ZONING AND USE, RIGHT, AND THE SITE DESIGN, OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE IT'S APPLIED IN THE RIGHT PLACES BECAUSE THAT CHARACTER MAY BE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ISLAND.
AND ALSO THE REVIEW PROCEDURE, HOW THIS CODE IS ADMINISTERED INTO THE FUTURE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LOCAL CONTEXT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA PAUSE AND I BELIEVE DENISE IS GOING TO, UM, WALK US THROUGH SOME QUESTIONS MAYBE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, INSTEAD OF DOING, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING AN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY, BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE REALLY JUST KIND OF WANNA OPEN IT UP TO THE GROUP FIRST TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT CHRISTIE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN PARTICULAR.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPHICS, THE DOCUMENT THAT IS BEING DRAFTED WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY, BUT THE IDEA OF IT LOOKING DIFFERENT IS THAT IT'S EASIER TO USE.
SO BASED ON WHAT CHRISTIE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND, AND HOPEFULLY THAT HELPED TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS RELATES TO ISLAND CHARACTER, BECAUSE THE IDEA OF THE LMO IS THAT IT IS THEN IMPLEMENTING THE VISION THAT HAS BEEN SET FORTH IN THOSE PLANS, HOW IT RELATES TO ISLAND CHARACTER CHANCE.
MY QUESTION IS, I I LOVE THAT THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AT ME.
NO, I, I KNOW IT, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT EXERCISE.
UM, IT IN A LOT OF IT IS IN THE DESIGN GUIDE, RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT CHE, SO JUMP IN, COME ON, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE EXPERT OVER THERE.
TALK TO US ABOUT ISLAND CHARACTER AND HOW IT'S DEFINED IN YOUR, IN YOUR WORK OVER THE YEARS HERE.
WHERE DOES IT LIVE? WHERE IS IT DEFINED? AND IF IT'S NOT AND IT NEEDS TO BE REFINED, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
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BE THE CASE.UM, CURRENTLY IT LIVES IN OUR DESIGN GUIDE, WHICH IS AN APPENDIX TO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, SOME PROVISIONS ARE, ARE GUIDELINES AND SOME ARE ACTUALLY REGULATED IN THE CODE, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT LIVES.
CURRENTLY, OUR DESIGN REVIEW BOARD IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE CURRENT DESIGN GUIDE AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UPDATES TO THAT, THAT AS PART OF THAT, UM, REVISITING THE, UH, VISION AND THE ISLAND CHARACTER DEFINITION, UM, IS ON THE TABLE.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN EMAIL ALL OF YOU A LINK TO THE EXISTING DESIGN MANUAL AS IS KNOW THAT THIS TEAM, THIS STAFF, MELISSA WHO'S NOT HERE, UH, THIS EVENING, PAUL LATO IS OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, AND SHE HAS PROVIDED THE DESIGN MANUAL, WHAT'S IT CALLED? WHAT'S THE FORMAL NAME? SHEA DESIGN GUIDE.
DESIGN GUIDE TO THE DRB, UH, A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND THEY HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS OF PIECES OF THE ISLAND THEY LOVE AND PIECES OF THE ISLAND THEY DON'T LOVE.
AND THEY'RE STARTING TO REFINE WHAT THE DESIGN MANUAL DESIGN GUIDE, UM, PROVIDES.
WE HAVE ALL OF THEIR INPUTS BACK AND ON THE STRAP PLAN, THAT'S A TWO YEAR EXERCISE.
I, I, I DO WANT TO EXPEDITE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT DONE YET.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS WITH A STAFF MEMBER AND WITH THE DRB, I THINK IF WE SENT THAT OUT TO YOU AS A LINK, IT, IT, IT DEFINITELY HELPS UNDERSTAND WHAT ISLAND CHARACTER IS AND ISN'T.
MARK, JUST ONE OTHER THING ON THAT.
SO I'M, I'M, MELISSA DID GIVE ME A, AN EMAIL WHICH, UH, YOU HAVEN'T QUITE SEEN YET, BUT THE, UH, AS, AS MARK NOTED, DRB HAS GOTTEN, UH, THE SUMMATION OF ALL THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE HOLDING, UH, MEETINGS, UH, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 9TH.
THOSE DATES WILL BE, UH, SPECIFIED, UM, UH, ACTUALLY FEBRUARY 10TH.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT OUT ON, UH, OUR, UH, UH, OUR, OUR WEBSITE, UM, WITH ADDITIONAL MEETINGS TO BE, UM, SCHEDULED SO THAT WE CAN, UH, GET A CONSENSUS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THAT CONSENSUS WILL RESULT IN A RECOMMENDATION TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES AND ADOPTION.
AND AS CHRISTIE POINTED OUT, AND SHE, I THINK JUST NOTED THAT THERE ARE, UH, COMPANION, UM, GUIDES.
THERE ARE SUPPLEMENTARY OR, UM, UH, COMPANION DOCUMENTS THAT HEALTH IMPLEMENT THE CODE.
UH, AND IT COULD BE A DESIGN GUIDE, IT COULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDE, UH, BUT, AND, AND TO, TO SOME EXTENT TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS IS THAT TYPE OF THING.
MR. AND I'M TRYING TO READ YOUR NAME SIDEWAYS.
PETER WAS AHEAD OF ME, BUT I'LL JUST REAL VERY QUICKLY, I JUST LOOKED UP, I WAS TRYING TO PULL UP MY ROSTER SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK YOU YOUR NAME BECAUSE MINE MIGHT BE GERMANE.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
SO, UM, YES, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF LOOKING AT THE GUIDE, MUCH LIKE LOOKING AT THE LMO, OCCASIONALLY YOU NEED TO UPDATE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO UPDATE PHOTOS, YOU NEED TO UPDATE THOSE CASE STUDIES THAT YOU WANT TO EMULATE.
UH, BUT KNOWING THAT THE ISLAND IS AN ORGANIC THING AND IT IS EVOLVING, UH, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY, UH, PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE 1970S AND SAY, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, MOVE FORWARD THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, TIME.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD WAS, WAS THOUGHT, UH, THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS IN OUR MEETINGS.
THIS IS THE IDEA OF THE DISTRICTS.
SO IF YOU ALL COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW THE DISTRICTS WILL INTERACT WITH THE ZONING MAP ITSELF, BECAUSE THAT PLAYS INTO THE IDEA OF THERE'S A PARTICULAR CHARACTER WITH CERTAIN AREAS IN THE ISLAND.
YOU, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY PUT A BLANKET IN APPLYING A CERTAIN, UM, A CERTAIN, YOU COULD SAY ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OR, OR CERTAIN APPEARANCE OF SOMETHING.
DO KNOW THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AN OVERARCHING OF WHAT HILTON HAD IS, UM, IF, IF YOU, BUT IF YOU COULD ALL DESCRIBE THE, THE, YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, SHAA IS THE EXPERT AT THIS TABLE AT THIS END.
I'M GONNA ASK SHAY TO, UH, GIVE US A, UH, UM, A SYNOPSIS OF HOW THOSE, UH, THOSE PLANS, UH, ACCOMPLISH THAT AND WHAT ROLE THEY'LL PLAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, LMO.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS WITH THE DISTRICT PLANS WHERE WE WENT OUT INTO EACH OF THE DISTRICTS AND, UM, CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE DISTRICTS, UM, THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THE PLANS THAT WILL, UH, BE PRODUCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, AND IT WILL INTERACT WITH THE LMO IN THE WAY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
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TAKE THE LESSONS THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THOSE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITIES, WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE, WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE.AND IF THERE ARE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT ARE DIFFERENT, WE CAN CRAFT THAT TO FIT INTO THE LMO THROUGH THE MAPPING AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT DESIGN.
MR. CHRISTIAN? YEAH, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED ON BAD DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S WHY IT INCORPORATED FROM THE BEGINNING AND THAT'S WHAT DROVE IT.
AND I THINK WHERE WINTER IS GOING, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I THINK ATTRACTS MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE IS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
WE HIDE EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE THE HOME OF THE STRUCTURE.
IT SHOULD BE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
THAT SHOULD BE THE SHOWCASE AND THE BUILDING SHOULD BLEND INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK THAT'S THE OVERARCHING THEME THAT CHINA, IN SOME PLACES THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK, BUT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, I THINK WE SHOULD DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO HAVE THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT STAND OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME HERE.
THEY, THEY LOOK AT THIS PLACE AND THEY SAY, WOW, THIS IS DEVELOPED, BUT IT LOOKS UNDEVELOPED AND THAT'S WHY THEY KEEP COMING BACK.
AND WE, WE CAN'T LOSE THAT CHARACTER.
AND YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO FIND THE WALMART OR THE COSTCO OR BEHIND OUR BUSHES AND WHATEVER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT, THAT IT'S UNSAFE, BUT MOST PEOPLE LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S DARK, THAT THERE AREN'T STREET LIGHTS EVERYWHERE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT.
WE DO ALL THESE THINGS FOR TURTLES.
UH, WE DON'T LIGHT ANYTHING ALONG THE SHORE DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.
AND MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE, UNLESS THERE'S A REAL SAFETY CONCERN, ARE DARK.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY WANT THE NIGHT SKY TO BE THERE.
THEY WANT THAT TO BE THE SHOWCASE, NOT, YOU KNOW, A NEW YORK CITY OR A PITTSBURGH OR A MYRTLE BEACH THAT'S GONNA SHOWCASE ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ALL THE TIME, THIS IS NOT MYRTLE BEACH.
YOU DON'T WANT ALL THESE BUILDINGS TO BLOCK OUT THE BEACH.
IT SHOULD BE SHARED BY EVERYONE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF CHARACTER I THINK EDWINA WAS TRYING TO GO FOR THANK YOU.
AND THE COMMENT, AND I THINK THAT, UM, THOSE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOUR INPUT WILL HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.
UM, MOSTLY I'M HERE TO LISTEN TO WHAT FOLKS HAVE TO SAY, UM, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR VARIOUS FOLKS TO SAY WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE ISLAND CHARACTER WAS, UH, OR IS, UM, AND, AND I DARE SAY IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE SIX GENERATION BORN HERE, UM, COMPARED TO SOMEBODY WHO JUST ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
WHO, WHO ARRIVED YESTERDAY MIGHT BE COMING FOR WHAT THEY THINK IS ISLAND CHARACTER.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR RESPECT FOR IT.
UM, AND, AND I AGREE THAT DESIGN REVIEW GUIDELINES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ISLAND CHARACTER, BUT WHERE DID THOSE GUIDELINES COME FROM? SOMEBODY HAD TO DECIDE THAT CERTAIN COLORS ARE ISLAND CHARACTER.
SO I DON'T THINK EXACTLY IT'S THE DESIGN REVIEW GUIDELINES BECAUSE SOMETHING MADE THOSE GUIDELINES AND THAT WAS ISLAND CHARACTER, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST AT SOME POINT IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT ISLAND CHARACTER AS WE ARE NOW, UM, BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY THE FIRST GOAL OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.
UM, FIRST I WANNA SKIP OVER AND THANK PETER BECAUSE PETER, YOU HAD ON MY YOUR MIND WHAT WAS ON MY MIND.
OUR ISLAND CHARACTER, UM, INVOLVES OUR ENVIRONMENT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES HILTON HEAD UNIQUE AND SPECIAL IS THAT WE'VE TAKEN EVERY STEP AND WE NEED TO TAKE MORE.
SO WE, WE DO TAKE EVERY STEP WE CAN AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT MEANS THE EDGES, THAT MEANS OUR BUFFERS.
THAT MEANS THAT THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND, BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES HILTON HEADS CHARACTER.
IT'S UNIQUENESS AMONG ALL OF THE OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
HAVING SAID THAT, I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, UM, CURRENT REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE DESIGN REVIEW GUIDE, WHERE IT ADDRESSES SOMETHING MORE OF A VERNACULAR OF A LOW COUNTRY STYLE.
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AND, UM, AND THE, THE COLORS, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, HAS BEEN IN KEEPING WITH WHAT IS PROMINENT HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY, WHAT BLENDS NATURALLY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.IF YOU THINK BACK FROM THE BEGINNING AND FRAZIER'S IDEA OF, OF DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS TO BLEND SEAMLESSLY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THAT WAS THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE, UM, PROGRESSING.
AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE DESIGN RE UH, GUIDE HAS THOSE REQUIREMENTS WITH REGARD TO NATURAL COLORS AND DESIGN THAT BLENDS, BLENDS SEAMLESSLY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALL COME TO EXPECT AND KNOW THAT HILTON HEAD IS, THAT'S WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE HERE.
UM, IN OTHER ELEMENTS WITHIN THE DESIGN, UM, GUIDE, HAVE TO DO WITH THE, THE HEIGHT AND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, MAKING SURE THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A MORE URBAN SETTING, SO THAT WE STAY, AGAIN, WITHIN THE NATURAL ELEMENTS.
AND I, AGAIN, HAVE TO THANK PETER FOR, 'CAUSE HE SAID IT MUCH MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN, UM, I AM.
BUT IT'S THOSE EDGES, IT'S THOSE BUFFERS.
IT'S THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND OUR DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BLEND INTO THAT.
WE SHOULD NOT STAND OUT AS WE DEVELOP AROUND THE ISLAND.
LET'S KEEP HILTON HEAD SPECIAL AND UNIQUE IN THE PLACE THAT WE'VE ALL, UM, COME TO LOVE.
SO I, I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION.
I AGREE WITH MS. MS. BRYSON THAT HAVING HEARD HER SAY THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION A LITTLE FURTHER, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE MAY BE DIFFERING OPINIONS OF SOME, AND THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONS TOO.
BUT, UH, DOES ANYONE ELSE, UH, MR. STEVENS HAVE A CHANCE TO THROW UP HERE? YOU GO AHEAD.
UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ALAN CHARACTER AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS AS WELL THAT, UH, WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF, UH, THIS, UH, TOWN.
THERE WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT EXISTED HERE BEFORE THE TOWN INCORPORATED.
UM, I THINK, UH, AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF WHAT CHARACTER IS CERTAINLY INVOLVES HISTORY.
UH, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I THINK THE REASON THAT MOST OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US ARE HERE, IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE ARE CERTAINLY, UH, PART OF THE CHARACTER.
SO WE, UH, MY PARTICIPATION OF COURSE WITH THE GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE, MY INTEREST IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, HAVE THAT CULTURE STILL REPRESENTED AND THAT, UH, WE RESPECT WHAT WAS ALREADY HERE.
WE TALK ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES.
PART OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES IS REALLY, UH, PEOPLE FOR SURE PART OF THE CULTURE THAT I KNOW, UH, WITH THE GULLAH GEECHEE, THE LAND AND ALL OF THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THIS IS, UH, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS EXERCISE, AS WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD, AND THE GROUND RULES, TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS TO WHAT ONE PERSON THINKS ISLAND CHARACTER IS, AND RESPECT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY THINK ISLAND CHARACTER IS.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF MARKETING BEFORE ABOUT WHAT WAS HERE WITH, UH, GOLF AND TENNIS AND THE BEACHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND US THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT EXISTED BEFORE THE TOWN WAS INCORPORATED HERE.
UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'VE HEARD ALREADY MOVING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY IS IF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES? AS A MAJOR DEVELOPER, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LAND LEFT ON AN ISLAND, AND ISLAND IS A FINITE PIECE OF LAND.
UH, WE, WE CAN PURCHASE MORE LAND, BUT THE LAND IS ALREADY HERE.
AND, UH, WE KNOW FROM THE ENVIRONMENT IT'S PROBABLY GETTING SMALLER WITH EVERY STORM, EVERY RAINSTORM THAT HAPPENS.
SO FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE MINOR DEVELOPERS, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY AS WE BALANCE THE SETBACKS AND THE RESTRICTIONS AND THE THINGS IN THE HEIGHTS, AND ALL OF US ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
SO BEFORE WE ALL MOVE HERE AND SLAM THE DOOR SHUT, WE JUST REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT EXERCISE TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE AND THE RESPECT, THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE OF WHAT WAS ALREADY HERE.
MS. CAMPBELL, UM, I WILL PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON MR. STEVEN'S COMMENTS AND SAY, UM, YEP.
THERE WAS AN ISLAND BEFORE INCORPORATION AND BEFORE CHARLES FRAZIER AS WELL.
UM, AND ALSO THAT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE UTILIZING, UM, THEIR LAND AND LOOKING AT THE SETBACKS AND ALL OF THAT, AS YOU
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SAID, IT DO, IT MAY NOT WORK A BLANKET.AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE DISTRICTS.
UM, SO, UH, JUST WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE DISTRICT MAY NOT, UM, CALL FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS OR ALLOWANCES LIKE ANOTHER DISTRICT.
UM, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT HEAD UP LVO.
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING THAT, UM, CERTAINLY HILTON HAS, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT ENVIRONMENT IS OF ON THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OF OUR MINDS AND, AND SHOULD BE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
NOT ONLY THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE, UM, BUT ALSO, UM, OUR PROPERTY OWNERS, OUR VISITORS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DECIDE IN THIS GROUP, IN THIS MEETING.
SO I THINK REALLY WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD FOR ME IS TRYING TO RESPONSIB FIND RESPONSIBLE WAYS TO LOOK AT USES AND INDI INDIVIDUALLY AT DISTRICTS SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY PLAN FOR, UH, THE USES OF THOSE SPACES AND THE PEOPLE IN THOSE, UH, COMMUNITIES.
UH, WE KEEP USING THE WORD DISTRICT.
I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR SHAY.
CAN WE HAVE DIFFERENT FORM AND FRONTAGE USE AND SCALE IN THE DISTRICT? UM, WELL, I'D LIKE TO DISTINGUISH, THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN OUR DISTRICT PLANNING PROJECT, WHICH ARE AREA PLANS, AND THEN THERE ARE ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, IN WHICH RESPECT ARE YOU, ARE YOU THINKING, SO CAN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE, UM, YEAH.
ZONES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, I GUESS? YES, SIR.
WHILE DENISE IS FLIPPING BACK, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, UM, HOW THE, THE DISTRICT PLANNING THAT SHEA IS REFERENCING AND THIS CONVERSATION OF ISLAND CHARACTER.
IT IS NOT GONNA BE THE SAME EVERYWHERE.
UM, AND IT NEVER ISN'T ANY COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ISLAND THAT HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTER, AND THAT IS HOW WE CAN TURN THOSE DIALS OF FOUR FRONTAGE USE AND SITE IN A WAY THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF A CHARACTER IN THIS PLACE.
AND, AND THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT WILL GET MAPPED IN A CERTAIN PLACE, UM, BUT THAT PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT MAY NOT GET MAPPED IN ANOTHER PART OF THE ISLAND BECAUSE IT'S NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE CHARACTER OF THAT PART OF THE ISLAND.
UM, SO THAT IS HOW WE CAN START TO TUNE THOSE DIALS AND USE THE, THE DISTRICTS THEMSELVES AND, AND HOW WE'RE BUILDING A ZONING DISTRICT.
THESE ARE THE COMPONENTS OF THE HOW IT'S BUILT, UM, AND THEN APPLYING THAT TOOL THROUGH THE MAP IN CERTAIN AREAS SO THAT IT, IT MATCHES WHAT THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE ISLAND WANTS TO SEE.
REFLECTIVE OF LIKE, CHARACTER, HOWEVER THAT'S DEFINED.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY EXCELLENT QUESTION TO HELP FRAME HOW THE DISCUSSION OF CHARACTER TIES BACK TO THE LMO BECAUSE IT'S CHANGING THOSE DIALS AND ADJUSTING AS NEEDED IN EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HELP US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE SPECIFIC, UM, REQUIREMENTS IN THE LMO.
AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
A LOT OF TIMES IN A ZONING DISTRICT OR IN A ZONING ORDINANCE, THE FIRST THING PEOPLE THINK ABOUT MANY TIMES IS USE.
AND THEN WE KIND OF THINK ABOUT DESIGN STANDARDS AFTER THE FACT.
AND WE DON'T OFTEN, UM, I THINK HILTON HEAD IS, IS A, AN HEAD OF MANY COMMUNITIES IN THIS REGARD.
UM, BUT DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MAY WORK OTHER AREAS, A LOT OF TIMES USE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT REALLY IT'S FORM THAT DRIVES THE CHARACTER SO MUCH.
UH, YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE THAT PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A COMMERCIAL USE, IT'S A GROCERY STORE.
YOU HAVE A SUPER WALMART, ALSO A GROCERY STORE.
VERY, VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTER AND THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THESE FOUR DIALS WORKING TOGETHER ARE SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM AND HOW EACH CAN IMPACT.
THE OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTION, OH, SORRY, MR. PINS.
SO ON PAGE 23 ELEMENTS OF THE LMO ZONING MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 70% OF THIS IS, IS
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OUR WORK, UM, GONNA IMPACT THAT PART OR JUST THE COLOR PART THAT WE SEE ON THE ZONING? THAT'S CORRECT.SO THE PDS REALLY ARE NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS PART OF THE LMO REWRITE.
THOSE ARE ENTITLED, THEY'RE IN PLACE.
UM, REALLY, AND THIS IS YOUR EXISTING ZONING MAP, BY THE WAY.
THIS IS NOT A, A PROPOSED ZONING MAP, BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND UPDATING IN THE LMO WOULD BE THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A COLOR APPLIED TO THEM HERE.
SO THOSE ARE ANYTHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF A PD ONE OR PD TWO TODAY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD CHRISTIE TO THAT.
THERE WILL BE IMPACTS, UH, FOR THINGS LIKE DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO WHERE YOU HAVE SETBACKS, UM, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED, UM, HOW MANY MEDIANS PER THE NUMBER OF SPACES, THINGS LIKE THAT WILL GO INTO THE PD PUD, UM, REGULATION.
BUT DENSITY IS NOT ONE OF THE, THOSE THAT'S ENTITLED, UM, AS IT'S ON THE BOOKS TODAY.
I WANTED TO GO BACK, UH, TO KIERAN'S QUESTION, 'CAUSE I THINK I CAN GIVE HIM A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL THAN A GENERAL DISCUSSION.
BUT FIRST I WANNA SAY IN ADD, UH, RESPONSE TO MR. HE'S QUESTION, IN ADDITION TO WHAT MS. FERRA HAS MENTIONED, UM, THERE ARE ALSO, UM, FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS, UM, STORM WATER REGULATIONS.
THERE'S SOME OTHER REGULATIONS THAT WOULD APPLY ISLAND WIDE, AT LEAST WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN.
UM, BUT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, KORAN.
UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT LMO AND, AND I, MY HARD COPY IS OUT IN THE CAR, I OPTED NOT TO BRING IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A HARD COPY AVAILABLE HERE, UM, OF THE CURRENT LMO.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ZONING MAP OVER THERE IF YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT LMO, AND I DON'T HAVE THE, UH, PARTICULAR SUBSECTION, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, A STANDARDS AND USE TABLE, UH, FOR INSTANCE, PARKING, SO BY ZONING DISTRICT OR BY USE, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'S THE SAME METHOD THAT I UNDERSTAND WAS BEING DESCRIBED TO HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS BY THE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S A ZONING DISTRICT OR WHETHER IT WAS A DISTRICT, UH, PLAN.
JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD HELP OUT ONE, ONE MORE COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, TOM MADE THE POINT THAT MOST OF THE LARGE SCALE PUDS AND EVEN SOME OF THE SMALL ONES, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM, BUT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH SELF-REGULATING.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY, MANY SMALLER, UM, COMMUNITIES.
SOME HAVE A-A-A-P-U-D THAT'S NOT SUPPORTED BY AN ASSESSMENT OR A BOARD.
AND THE ONLY PROTECTION THEY HAVE AS INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS IS THE TOWN'S LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER COMMUNITIES HAVE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARDS, THEY HAVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, THEY HAVE FUNDS TO GO TO COURT.
UM, IF, IF THE COMMUNITY GETS OUT OF LINE OR A PERF OR, OR A RESIDENT GETS OUT OF LINE WITH A CERTAIN DESIGN, THOSE SMALLER COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE THAT PROTECTION.
AND OFTENTIMES WE SEE IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE SEE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOLKS COMING TO US WHO HAVE, ARE AT THEIR WITS END BECAUSE A MONSTROSITY IS BEING BUILT AND IS RUINING THE CHARACTER IN THEIR MINDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE ONLY PROTECTION THEY HAVE IS WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS A TOWN IN THAT LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
AND WE NEED TO PAY, PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT, UM, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT SOME ZONING CHANGES ARE REACTIVE, BUT IT DOESN'T ALL HAVE TO BE REACTIVE.
AND SO THE IDEA BEHIND, UM, THE DISTRICT PLANS WAS TO IDENTIFY FOR EACH OF THE UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE ISLAND, UM, WHICH, WHICH ALL HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTER, UM, WITHIN THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND, BUT THEIR UNIQUE CHARACTER CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO CODE, WHICH THEN WILL, UH, ALLOW FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THAT CHARACTER.
UH, MUCH LIKE THE P UH, PD ONE, PD TWO, WHICH HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE AND THOROUGH, UM, UH, MASTER PLAN, UH, WHICH IS THEN REGULATED AND MAINTAINED OVER TIME.
UH, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT IN, UH, IN MANY PLACES IT IS THE TOWN'S REGULATION.
SO VERY IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT VISION.
UH, BUT VISION, UNLESS IT'S CODIFIED, CHRISTIE IS, UH, IS NOT, UM, ENFORCEABLE, MS. BECKER.
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SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ANSWER IS AS CLEAR AS IT IS IN MY MIND TO KAREN'S, UM, QUESTION.AND THAT WITHIN A DISTRICT, THERE ARE VARIOUS ZONING PIECES WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE AREA OF THE DISTRICT TO HAVE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE DRIVING OUT.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD THE QUESTION ANSWERED THAT WAY, AND THEN I HEARD A BUNCH OF OTHER CONFUSING STUFF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR.
IN A DISTRICT YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THAT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT ISN'T LAID OUT WITH ONE SINGLE DIVINE DESIGN BECAUSE THERE ARE VARIOUS CHARACTERS WITHIN SOME DISTRICTS.
AND, AND DIVERSITY, UM, IN DESIGN STYLE, UH, CAN ALL OCCUR UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF A DISTRICT CHARACTER.
UH, IT'S NOT A MONOLITHIC, UM, DESIGN.
AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY, THERE ARE DISTRICT PLANS AND THERE MAY BE A CHARACTER AREA IN THAT DISTRICT PLAN.
THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT COULD FALL UNDER THAT CHARACTER AREA IN THE DISTRICT PLAN.
SO WHEN WE SAY DISTRICTS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN THOSE CHARACTER AREAS.
I THINK THE WORD DISTRICT BEING USED IN TWO DIFFERENT CONTEXTS CAN BE VERY CONFUSING.
SO WE'LL TRY TO BE VERY CLEAR.
OUR FOCUS IN THE LMO CONVERSATION WILL BE ZONING DISTRICTS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO WHEN WE SAY DISTRICT, WE'RE JUST, WE ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT ZONING DISTRICTS UNLESS WE SAY DISTRICT PLAN.
IS THAT HELPFUL,
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR POINT OF CLARITY.
SOMETHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LARGE, UM, PODS VERSUS THOSE WHO HAVE SMALLER.
SO ARE THE, THE EXERCISE THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING, IS IT FOR EVERYBODY OR IS IT 'CAUSE THE, THE LARGER PODS HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE RULES THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE LMO? OR, OR JUST WHO DOES, WHO DOES THIS ELEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING, DOES IT ENCOMPASS CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT OTHERS? I JUST NEED A POINT OF CLARITY.
I'M, I'M GONNA LET SHAY ANSWER THAT.
I, I'LL JUST GENERALLY SAY THAT, UH, FOR PD ONE, PD TWO, UM, AND EVEN SELF-REGULATED, I'LL CALL THEM NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE GUIDED BY, UM, REGULATIONS WHICH THEY AGREED TO, UH, AND ULTIMATELY WERE APPROVED BY THE TOWN.
UM, SO THERE ARE REGULATIONS WHICH WOULD APPLY, UH, AND, AND YOU SAW THE MAP, UM, IN, IN THE BEIGE VERSUS I THINK IT'S ABOUT A 70 30 SPLIT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30% OF THE ISLAND, UH, THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY, UM, IN PLACE, UM, RESTRICTIONS, UH, COVENANTS, UM, CODES.
AND THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE THOSE, THOSE PLACES.
BUT THERE'S OTHER REGULATIONS THAT APPLY ALL OVER, LET ME JUMP IN HERE.
MOST OF WHICH, WELL, AS WE START AMENDING THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND WE START WORKING ON LAND USES, LAND USE TABLE, UM, MOST OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON, RIGHT, THIS, THIS IS WHY I LEAN ON THIS SO MUCH.
MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE IS GOING TO BE, UH, APPLICABLE ONLY TO THOSE NON PUD AREAS.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS THOUGH THAT WE ADDRESS COULD BE, AND I'LL SAY IT SHORT TERM RENTALS.
IT COULD BE PARKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
SOME OF THOSE PROVISIONS MAY AFFECT BEHIND THE GATES, AS WE CALL IT, THE PUDS.
AND SO, UM, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS OUTSIDE THE GATES.
SOME OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE COLLECTIVE, RIGHT? THE COLLECTIVE, UH, GOAL OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEXT ROUND OF EDITS LOOKS LIKE.
IT MAY AFFECT BEHIND THE GATES.
I THINK, UM, ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION AS WELL.
THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE GOVERNS THE ISLAND MM-HMM
AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT VARY.
UM, THE PUDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE 30% THAT'S OUTSIDE, BUT THIS WILL APPLY TO THE ISLAND AS A WHOLE.
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THAT MR. CHAIR, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT PERHAPS THE ATTORNEY NEEDS TO ADDRESS FOR FOLKS.WELL, BECAUSE IT SOUNDED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A POWER STRUCTURE BEHIND THE GATES THAT SUPERSEDES OR DOES ITS OWN THING.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS, THEY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO IS THERE A DOUBLE THING THAT'S GOING ON ABOVE AND BEYOND? WE, I JUST NEED CLARITY OF THE EXERCISE HERE.
WHO, WHO ARE WE TRYING TO SERVE? ARE WE SERVING FRACTIONS OF, OF HILTON HEAD OR ALL OF HILTON HEAD? WE ARE SERVING ALL OF HILTON HEAD THROUGH THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, UM, OVERHAUL, UH, THE AREAS BEHIND THE GATES OR THE PUD AREAS, THEY HAVE MASTER PLANS THAT WERE PREPARED BEFORE THEY WERE DEVELOPED.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SEA PINES HAS A MASTER PLAN THAT OUTLINES WHERE YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY, WHERE YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL, AND HOW MUCH OF THAT YOU CAN HAVE AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT 30 PER, UH, THAT 70% OF THE ISLAND DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT PRESCRIPTIVE OF A SET OF USES.
IT'S GOVERNED BY THE TOWN'S ZONING.
SO WHERE WE HAVE STANDARDS THAT WILL IMPACT THE PUDS, WE ARE COVERING THE ZONING THAT, AND THE STANDARDS THAT IMPACT THAT 30% OF THE ISLAND.
SO THE GOAL IS TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE.
CERTAIN AREAS WILL HAVE IMPACTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE MASTER PLANNING IS NOT IN PLACE FOR THAT.
AND THE DISTRICT'S PROJECT AIMED TO HELP INFORM A MORE MICRO LEVEL OF LAND USE PLANNING THAN WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
I THINK A WAY TO, TO STATE IT MAY BE MORE SIMPLY IS, AND Y'ALL CAN JUMP IN 'CAUSE I, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THE, THE PUDS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, BUT TYPICALLY A PUD, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE APPLIES ACROSS THE BOARD.
A PUD WILL HAVE A SET OF, OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITHIN THAT PUD AS SHEA MENTIONED, SOME PUDS MIGHT HAVE 20 STANDARDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
ANOTHER PUD MAY HAVE ONLY THREE STANDARDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.
SO THE LEVEL OF APPLICATION OF THE LMO IS GOING TO VARY BASED ON THE, HOW THE PUD WAS WRITTEN, HOW IT WAS STRUCTURED, AND WHERE THOSE VARIANCES ARE DIFFERENT IN THE PUD THAN MIGHT BE IN THE LMO.
THAT'S, LET ME TAKE A STAB AT IT.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES.
THE TOWN ZONING APPLIES TO EVERY, ALL THE PUDS.
HOWEVER, THE MOST OF THE PUDS HAVE MORE RESTRICTIVE, NOT LESS RESTRICTIVE, MORE RESTRICTIVE BUILDING CODES WITHIN THE P UUD.
I HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL RE REVIEW BOOKLET THAT'S THIS BIG.
AND ANYONE WHO APPLIES TO GO TO GET TO BUILD ANYTHING IN MY COMMUNITY HAS TO PAY A FEE TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AND GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE PROCESS WITH THEM BEFORE THEY EVEN GO TO THE TOWN.
AND WE'RE MORE RESTRICTIVE, NOT LESS RESTRICTIVE.
SO DON'T, DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEING GIVEN A PASS.
IT'S TOUGHER TO BUILD IN A PUD THAN IT IS ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE ISLAND OUTSIDE OF PUD.
IT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE, NOT LESS RESTRICTIVE.
AND, AND TO ADD TO THAT, IF I MAY, THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES WITHOUT OUTSIDE OF THE GATES, WHICH ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN COVENANTS, THEIR OWN RESTRICTIONS.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST A SIMPLE DIFFERENCE OF BEHIND THE GATE VERSUS OUTSIDE THE GATE.
SOME OF THE AREAS ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE EMBEDDED COVENANTS OF THEIR OWN.
UM, AND SO IT WILL APPLY, AND I LOVE THE DESCRIPTION, THOSE WHO HAVE COVENANTS AND HAVE THOSE TYPES OF, UM, THAT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION IN PLACE.
IT'S GENERALLY MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT THE TOWN DOES.
AND IT MIGHT BE IN SOME PEOPLE'S MIND, MAYBE MY OWN, THE REASON WE HAVE AS MANY PROBLEMS AS WE DO AROUND THE TOWN WITH DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPED A LITTLE BIT.
AND JUST, JUST TO GIVE A, SOME LITTLE BIT OF FLAVOR MAYBE TO THE, UH, UH, PART OF THE QUESTION, WHICH WAS WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN THAT PUD? WELL, MARK POINTED ONE OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THERE WAS A PROPOSED CHANGE TEXT
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AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR A USE, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTION THAT WAS AGREED TO AND ADOPTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR PUD I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE HOSPITAL, UM, AND WORKFORCE HOUSING.A CHANGE HAD TO BE MADE THAT ALLOWED FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
UH, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T ALLOWED USE IN THE TOWN, IT HAD TO BE APPLIED IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA.
I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
UM, LET US SAY THAT THERE WAS FOR SOME REASON, AND, AND PETER, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, UH, BUT LET'S SAY THERE'S SOME SORT OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT, OR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANNA CHANGE THIS WHOLE AREA.
WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE TO THEN COMPLY WITH THE CODE THAT WAS APPLICABLE OUTSIDE OF THE TERMS OF WHAT WAS APPROVED AT ONE POINT.
SO THERE CAN BE CHANGES, BUT IT HAS GOTTA BE CONSISTENT ALWAYS WITH THE CODE IN PLACE.
AND WHEN WE, WE VET THESE, WHEN WE VET THESE THINGS OUT HERE YEAH, AMONG OURSELVES, IT'S GONNA BE NOT ONLY VETTED INSIDE, OUTSIDE THE GATED COMMUNITIES, BUT IT'S GONNA BE LEGALLY VETTED, RIGHT? SO THERE'S, THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THROW IN ONCE WITH THE SUBJECTS, HIT THE TABLE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 21 PEOPLE HERE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE VARIOUS, UM, AREAS THAT WE PULLED FROM.
SO WE CAN BET THESE THINGS, AND YOU MAY IN INSIDE KNOW THAT THAT AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION DIFFERENTLY THAN IT AFFECTS THEIRS.
THIS, UH, THE LM O'S BEEN EVOLVING FOR 40 YEARS, AND WE'RE NOT, AND WE'RE NOT FINISHED WHEN WE'RE FINISHED.
WE'RE GONNA BE BACK HERE 10 YEARS LATER AND THEN 10 YEARS AFTER THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET IT RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT.
AND I CAN ADD SOME SPECIFICITY, RIGHT? SO IF WE CHANGE TREE PROTECTION PROVISIONS, WETLANDS, CRITICAL AREA, FLOODPLAIN REGS, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, THOSE WILL APPLY EVERYWHERE.
SEA PINES, PALMETTO DUNES, AND UP AND DOWN THE STREETS OUTSIDE OF IT.
THE, UH, PARKING, IF, IF THE CLIFF, IF, IF THE QUARTER DECK PARKING LOT CHANGES, THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THAT IF WE AMEND FOR ADDITIONAL A DA REQUIREMENTS, UH, DIFFERENT PARKING CALCULATION, WE, WE, IT, IT APPLIES.
AND SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WON'T APPLY.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S ALMOST CONTEXT SPECIFIC.
WHAT WON'T APPLY ARE THE LAND USES AND SOME OF THOSE DENSITIES THAT ARE MORE CONTRACTUAL IN THOSE PUD AGREEMENTS OVER TIME THAT AREN'T GONNA CHANGE NO MATTER WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
IT IT, YOU'RE ASKING A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND FOR TRYING NOT TO SAY IT DEPENDS AND KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET, IT DEPENDS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR IN WHAT WE'RE AMENDING AND WHERE IT APPLIES AS WE START DELIVERING CHAPTER 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN TO YOU.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE LIFT OF THOSE CHAPTERS, IT'S THE DISTRICTS, THOSE ARE ZONING DISTRICTS.
IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT THE PUDS.
THE USE STANDARDS FOR THE MOST PART AREN'T GOING TO BE AFFECTED IN THE PUDS.
BUT THE SITE SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN CHAPTER SIX, MOST, MORE THAN LIKELY WILL APPLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION ACROSS THE ENTIRE ISLAND.
SO IT, IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED, UH, PLANNING FRAMEWORK HERE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHY THE CODE OVER TIME IS, IS IN THE SHAPE.
IT'S IN CHET'S HAD HIS HAND UP FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TRYING TO PUT ALL OF US OUT OF OUR MISERY.
I'M JUST WONDERING, GOING OUTSIDE THE COMMITTEE, BUT CHET, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY NOW, DON'T HEAR, TALK ABOUT THE, THE
THE PD OVERLAY DISTRICT AND ZONING DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS STILL APPLY THE THING THAT I DO HERE, 30% OF THE ISLAND, ARGUABLY THE SORTS OF CHANGES, BURDEN OF THESE CHANGES ON THE NATIVE ISLAND.
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WELL SAID.I JUST WANNA ADD TO THAT, UM, WITH, WITH RESPECT, UM, THAT AL ALSO, IT HAS TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT OUTSIDE OF THE GATE TO AREAS, THERE ARE NUMEROUS DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT, UM, THAT ARE EXISTING.
AND SO WHILE WHAT, UM, MS. WILLIAMS SAID IS A HUNDRED PERCENT TRUE, THERE'S ALSO A CON NEEDS TO BE A CONSIDERATION AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BUILT UP AND AROUND AND INSIDE OF THE OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE GATES THAT NEED TO BE RESPECTED.
SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA, UM, ASK IF ZACH WILL GIVE US A PREVIEW FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIR FOR ANY CLOSING COMMENTS, UM, OR, UH, ANY CLARIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.
UH, DO YOU I THINK IT'S, THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CLARIFY SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND I, AND I'VE SAID THIS AND I PROMISE IS THE LAST TIME I SAY IT, ZACH IS JUST GETTING TO TOWN.
I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT HE TOOK HIS SUITCASES AND BOXES OUT OF HIS TRUNK AND STAYED.
UM, SEAN IS OUT FOR A MINUTE LONGER.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU REALIZE THAT OVER THE PAST MONTHS WHILE WE WERE WORKING ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED TODAY, INCLUDING SOME MORATORIUMS AND SOME SHORT TERM RENTAL OR ORDINANCE WORK, WE HAVE BEEN CRAFTING SOME PUBLIC INPUT RIGHT SESSIONS WITH OUR DISTRICT PLANS, NOT OUR ZONING DISTRICT.
TRY TO USE THOSE DISTRICT PLANS TO, TO REALLY HONE IN ON A FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT SIMPLY CAN PROTECT US FROM ZONING CHANGES IN THE FUTURE AND AT LEAST DEFEND AS A NON-EMOTIONAL DECISION ZONING PATTERN.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW THAT SEAN LEININGER AND EVEN MISSY BACK WHEN, AS LONG AS WELL AS SHEA AND MICHELLE, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, CHRISTIE AND TEAM TO PUT A LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TOGETHER.
WE'VE RECEIVED A A A V ONE OF THAT LATE LAST YEAR.
WE MOVED THE DECK AROUND THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
WASN'T EXACTLY MAKING SENSE ONCE WE LOOKED AT IT AND JUST LIKE ALL WORK, WE GOT A GOOD VERSION ONE DRAFT.
WE, WE LOOKED AT IT, SEAN LOOKED AT IT, NOT ME, UM, NOT ZACH, SEAN LOOKED AT IT WITH, WITH THE TEAM AND GAVE SOME DIRECTIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING OUTTA TURN, PLEASE LEMME KNOW, GAVE SOME DIRECTIVE TO CODE STUDIO STUDIO TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
THE LAND USE TABLE, THE DISTRICTS, RIGHT? WE HAVE SO MANY ZONING DISTRICTS.
THERE WAS AN EXERCISE TO COMBINE SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS, NOT TO CHANGE 'EM, BUT TO COMBINE THEM, UM, AND BRING THIS FORWARD ALL IN THE WHILE TASK FORCE WAS CREATED.
AND SO WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS WE DO NOT HAVE YET THE NEXT, AND NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN GREAT TO US AND AND APPRECIATE YOU.
WE DO NOT YET HAVE THAT NEXT VERSION OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE ON THE TABLE.
AND I'M GONNA, I NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE, IT'S NOT DUE YET,
AND SO WE DID MOBILIZE WITH YOU ALL.
I THINK SOMETHING VERY, SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO DO TO GET, I'LL CALL THE TEAM TOGETHER, BUT BUILD SOME MOMENTUM.
IF I DON'T HAVE A CODE TO HAND OUT YET, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT VERSION OF THE AMENDMENTS LATE FEBRUARY.
WE NEED SOME TIME IN-HOUSE TO REVIEW THAT BECAUSE THE SECOND WE RECEIVE IT, WE CAN'T PUT IT ON THE TABLE HERE AND HOPE THAT THERE ARE NO MISTAKES.
JUST LIKE ANY WORK Y'ALL DO IN, IN YOUR RESPECTIVE CAREERS.
WE NEED SOME INTERNAL REVIEW TIME.
AND I, AND I, AND I ASK, AND I, AND I ASK FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'VE GOTTA THINK THROUGH THE NEXT SEQUENCE OF MEETINGS BECAUSE WE SIMPLY HELD THE DATES FOR YOU ALL.
WE'RE COORDINATING TRAVEL FROM ATLANTA, FROM SAVANNAH, LET ALONE ALL OF YOU.
WE PUT ALL THESE DATES ON THE, ON THE CALENDAR, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY WASTING OR SPENDING YOUR TIME HERE WITH US AND NOT HAVING SOMETHING TO REVIEW WITH YOU.
SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE DON'T NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING, THE MEETINGS THEREAFTER.
WE'RE TRYING TO PRODUCE THIS WORK PROPERLY, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE ALL CAN GET TOGETHER HERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME GENERAL ASK AND SOME, SOME REQUESTS THAT WE PUT PACKETS TOGETHER A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY'RE DELIVERED.
WE, WE, WE MIGHT HIT THAT MILESTONE.
WE MIGHT GET IT TO YOU A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, I JUST, JUST ASK THAT OUR, JUST, JUST KNOW THAT OUR STAFF'S WORKING AS FAST AS THEY CAN WITH SOMEBODY VERY IMPORTANT TO US OUT AND AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO KEEP THIS MOVING FORWARD PRODUCTIVELY.
AND AS A TOWN MANAGER, I THINK THAT I HAVE TO JUST ADDRESS THAT DIRECTLY AND MATTER OF FACTLY AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING AS FAST AS WE CAN AND THERE IS NO GRASS GROWING UNDER OUR FEET.
SO WORK WITH US, HAVE SOME GRACE.
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UM, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT NEXT MEETING BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME FOLKS IN HOUSE THAT SAY, LET'S CANCEL IT SO YOU ALL CAN BREATHE FOR A WEEK AND WE CAN BREATHE FOR A WEEK AND GET THIS NEXT CODE.AND THEN THERE'S SOME THAT HAVE SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK TO ADDRESS WHAT MS. DUNLAP HAS ASKED FOR IN AN EMAIL WHERE WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, THE 2014 AMENDMENTS AND HOW THOSE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HAVE IMPACTED US AND WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE.
SO, MR. CHAIR, I, I'LL, I'LL LOOK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR GUIDANCE BECAUSE I DO, I DO KNOW THIS CANCELING A MEETING, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS TOPIC'S TOUGH, BUT COMING TO A MEETING WITHOUT THE WORK TO REVIEW IS TOUGHER.
UM, YEAH, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TIME OF EVERYONE HERE IF WE CAN'T BE PRODUCTIVE.
SO, YEAH, SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO SKIP FEBRUARY THE FIFTH AND, AND LET MR. ORLANDO AND STAFF RECEIVE THE CODE, HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE CODE AND, UH, MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH I THINK IS THE 26TH.
DOES ANYBODY, ANYBODY OBJECT TO DOING THAT? FEBRUARY? FEBRUARY? I MEAN, SKIP FEBRUARY 5TH ON TO FEBRUARY 26TH.
WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT MEETING THEN, STEVE? THE, THE 26TH? IT'S ON FEBRUARY.
YEAH, IT'S A HOLD ON THE CALENDARS FOR FEBRUARY 26TH.
AND, AND I'LL SAY THIS OBJECTION, ONE LAST THING.
IF WE WRITE THIS CODE AND PACKAGE UP THOSE FOUR CHAPTERS, AND WE'RE STARTING TO HIT THE GROUND WITH THEM AND CONFIDENT ABOUT 'EM IN JUNE OR JULY, THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE GULLAH GEECHEE TASK FORCE, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, AND FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR ONE OR TWO READINGS.
WE HAVE SO MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS IN OUR FUTURE.
I JUST WANNA CLEAR THE AIR THAT I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO HURRY TO SEE WORK THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE ON MY DESK YET.
AND I, AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL, BUT ALSO JUST VERY UPFRONT AND TRANSPARENT THAT THIS IS NOT A HURRY TO FINISH JOB IN THIS PROJECT.
SO YEAH, LET'S LET THE CODE WRITERS DELIVER AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE ON THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? AND, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST TO REITERATE, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, PLEASE, UH, EMAIL MYSELF, UH, OR, OR THE CHAIR, UH, COPYING WHOEVER'S NOT, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
I KNOW, MS. BRYSON, YOU HAD YOUR, YOUR CARD UP AND I DON'T WANNA
SOME PUBLIC COMMENT, NOT ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING.
SKIPPING FEBRUARY FIVE, MEETING FEBRUARY 26TH.
UM, I WANTED TO REMIND THE CHAIR THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT BEFORE THAT WE HAD, UM, A, A, A QUESTION THAT WAS HANGING FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
AND WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE TO ADDRESS THAT, AND THAT IS WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR NOTES THAT YOU'RE TAKING AND ANY OTHER KIND OF CORRESPONDENCE, AND IF OUR ATTORNEY COULD ADDRESS THAT QUESTION SO THAT OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS ARE MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THEY WERE AFTER OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, WHAT WAS THE EXACT QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED? I WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THAT MEETING.
WHAT IS, UH, IT WAS MY QUESTION.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS FOIA PRODUCT? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT PRODUCT? I THINK MS. CAMPBELL CAN HELP YOU WITH HER DIRECT QUESTION, RIGHT? UM, IT WAS MY QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT WOULD BE, UH, SUBJECT TO FOIA.
UM, WOULD MY GREEN NOTEBOOK WITH ALL MY OTHER NOTES FROM OTHER MEETINGS BE SUBJECT TO THERE IF I TAKE NOTES FOR THIS TASK FORCE IN THIS? OR IS IT JUST THE BINDER? TO BE CLEAR, FOIA IS A REQUEST FOR ANY DOCUMENTS THAT ARE MADE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE TOWN DURING A TOWN PROCESS.
SO I WOULD, UM, HESITANTLY TELL YOU THAT YES, THEY COULD MORE THAN LIKELY BE FOY, UM, BECAUSE IT IS DURING THE PROCESS OF A PUBLIC MEETING.
STRONGLY SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND A SEPARATE NOTEBOOK.
WELL, NO, WE CAN'T, YOU CAN'T CIRCUM I'M NOT GOING ENCOURAGE A CIRCUMVENTION OF A FOIA
SO I'LL GIVE SOME ADVICE, I'LL GIVE SOME ADVICE.
FAIR ON, ON THIS, RIGHT? AS THE,
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AS THE NON-ATTORNEY IN THE ROOM.AND, UH, WHAT YOU WRITE DOWN IS, IS SUBJECT TO FOIA.
YOU, YOU, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE GOOD NOTES, COPIOUS NOTES IF YOU'RE, IF IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES OF THINGS, WE SAY, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY CONCERN OR ALARM THAT YOUR NOTES WILL BE FOIA.
UM, IT, IT, IT'S THE NOTES THAT I HAVE ALL THE TIME.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT, UH, TO MS. BRYSON'S.
AND, AND LOLA'S GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME LEFT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE SIGN UP? WILLIAMS JET, YOU ALREADY SAID YOUR PIECE.
ANYONE ELSE BACK THERE WANNA, WANNA SPEAK? NO.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAKE SURE YOU BRING 'EM THROUGH THE CHAIR AND ZACH, AND AT THAT WE'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
THE COUNTY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES.
EARLY SETTLERS FROM ENGLAND BROUGHT THE TRADITION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO AMERICA.
TODAY, MORE THAN 3000 COUNTY GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE SERVICES THAT AFFECT ALMOST EVERY CITIZEN'S LIFE.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S 46 COUNTIES ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS EVOLVED NATIONALLY, THE COUNTY UNIT AND SOUTH CAROLINA WAS REGARDED AS A LOCAL EXTENSION OF STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 1970S LED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PASSING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOME RULE ACT.
IN 1975, THE HOME RULE ACT GREATLY EXPANDED COUNTY AUTHORITY AND CHANGED THE NATURE OF COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
BEAUFORT COUNTY WENT FROM HAVING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A COUNTY COUNCIL.
MEMBERS OF THE 1975 COUNCIL INCLUDED CHAIRMAN ARTHUR HORN, VICE CHAIRMAN, GRADY THAMES, LEROY BROWN, GARY FORDHAM, WILLIAM GRANT, HARRIET KEISLING, DAVID JONES, BILL MCBRIDE, AND BOOKER WASHINGTON.
AS THE NEW COUNCIL SOUGHT TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF, COUNCIL MEMBERS DESIRED AN OFFICIAL SYMBOL THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE JURISDICTION'S IDENTITY AND UNIQUE CHARACTER COUNCIL APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE TASK AND CARRY OUT A CONTEST FOR THE BEST COUNTY SEAL DESIGN.
HARRIET KLIN WAS A MEMBER OF COUNTY COUNCIL, AND IT WAS HER IDEA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IDENTIFY OUR BEAUTIFUL BEAUFORD COUNTY.
WE MET THEN UP AT A, I THINK IT WAS A CAROLINA BANK, AND SOME YEARS AGO, BACK THERE ON WEST STREET.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, GOOD, BAD MAYBE UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT IT DOWN TO THE ONE THAT WE NOW USE.
COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SEAL COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH REFLECTED THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND NATURAL BEAUTY.
THE SEAL'S COLORS OF BLUE AND GREEN REPRESENT THE COLORS OF THE COUNTY'S OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT WITH ITS MANY WATERWAYS, MARSHLANDS, AND MARITIME FOREST.
THE FIVE IMAGES WITHIN THE SEAL DEPICT SOME OF THE COUNTY'S DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.
ANCIENT LIVE OAK TREES, THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, RICH NATURAL RESOURCES, AND A RARE MARINE ECOLOGY, LOW COUNTRY ARCHITECTURE, AND MILES OF RIVERS, CREEKS, AND INLETS.
I THOUGHT IT ENCOMPASSED WHAT THE, WHAT WE AS A BODY WERE LOOKING FOR A SEAL THAT WOULD, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, IT REALLY COVERS THE ASPECTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
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JOB OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, WHOLE SO THERE AND WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY, COUNCILMAN BILL MCBRIDE WAS IN OFFICE WHEN THE CONTEST WAS HELD AND WAS PRESENT WHEN THE COMMITTEE REVEALED THE WINNING DESIGN.I THINK COUNCIL WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT IT.
UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE, THE SIMS ON THE SEAL REPRESENTED, UM, ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, DRAFT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WHERE YOU HAVE THE SHRIMP BOAT TODAY.
INITIALLY, THAT WAS A PLEASURE CRAFT, A SAILBOAT YACHT TYPE BOAT.
AND, UH, IT WAS CHANGED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE SHRIMP BOAT WAS A BETTER REPRESENTATION, UM, OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ASPECT OF BEFORD COUNTY LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAD OTHER THINGS ON THE SEAL THAT REPRESENT THE PLEASURE AND RECREATION, THE FISHING AND THE BEACH.
SO THEY THOUGHT THE SHRIMP BOAT, WHICH WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF BEFORD COUNTY CULTURE, SHRIMPING, ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME, WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE SALE.
THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST WAS AN ARTIST FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE LATE LEE PAYNE, WHOSE DESIGN WAS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 126 CENTURIES SUBMITTED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS INDIANA AND TENNESSEE.
HE WAS AWARDED $250 FOR HIS DESIGN.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE CAPTURED THE LEGACY OF OUTDOOR BEAUTY, CULTURE, AND HISTORY THAT HELPED TO DEFINE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
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