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[I. CALL TO ORDER]
LEMME GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS, UH, JUNE 24TH.PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? CHAIRMAN CHARLIE WETMORE.
HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN JIM FLYNN.
COMMISSIONER WILL HOWARD HERE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL NOT HEAR ARE NEW ITEMS AFTER 9:30 PM UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY A MAJORITY VOTE.
COMMISSIONER MEMBERS PRESENT ITEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD BEFORE.
NINE 30 MAY BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING DATE AS DETERMINED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS.
[IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.AND ANY DISCUSSION? CHANGES, EDITS? SEEING NONE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC IN THE ROOM.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO NOT.
WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA
[VII.1. Unified Development Ordinance Amendments (Public Hearing): Consideration of an Ordinance for Certain Amendments to the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances Chapter 23 – Unified Development Ordinance, Article 3 (Application Process) – Sec. 3.18 (Certificate of Appropriateness-Historic District) and Sec. 3.19 (Site Feature-Historic District Permit) as it Relates to Demolition of Non-Contributing Structures in Old Town Bluffton Historic District (Staff - Charlotte Moore)]
UNDER NEW BUSINESS.MS. CHARLOTTE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.
SO DO I HAVE TO DO FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD CALL? YES.
TAKE A SECOND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
CODE OF ORDINANCE IS CHAPTER 23, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ARTICLE THREE, APPLICATION PROCESS SECTION THREE POINT 18.
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, HISTORIC DISTRICT AND SECTION THREE POINT 19 SITE FEATURE, HISTORIC DISTRICT PERMIT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEMOLITION OF NON-CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES IN OLD TOWN BLUFFTON, HISTORIC DISTRICT.
MS. CHARLOTTE, I THINK I NEED TO MAKE THE THREE CALLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE CAN START HEARING FROM YOU.
FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, BACK IN 2024, UH, STAFF OR TOWN COUNCIL MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO ADD AND REFINE PROCESSES RELATED TO THE RELOCATION AND DEMOLITION OF BOTH, UH, CONTRIBUTING AND NON-CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE, OR WE CALL THEM RESOURCES, IT INCLUDES OBJECT SITES AS WELL AS STRUCTURES ARE THOSE THAT ARE, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OR HAVE ARCHITECTURAL QUALITIES THAT RELATE TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OLD TOWN LOVED AND HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND FOR BOTH NON-CONTRIBUTING AND CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES.
WE DO REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
UM, IN OLD TOWN WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 86 RESOURCES OF WHICH 84 ARE STRUCTURES, AND THEY INCLUDE BUILDINGS SUCH AS CHURCH OF THE CROSS, CAMPBELL CHAPEL, HAYWARD HOUSE, THE CARD HOUSE, AND THE FRONT HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, UH, BY THE NUMBERS ON THE MAP.
SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THIS AMENDMENT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO, UM, REALLY EXPEDITE THE TIMELINE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE NON-CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
BASICALLY ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN, UH, OLD TOWN THAT ARE NOT HISTORIC.
UM, RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO RELY ON THAT KOFA PROCESS, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING.
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THEN A FINAL PLAN, UH, REVIEW BY THE, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION FOR A FINAL DECISION.
SO BASICALLY, IF YOU WANNA TEAR DOWN A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1980, AND IT HAS NO HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY LONG PROCESS, UH, WHICH IS REALLY UNNECESSARY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE THAT DISTINCTION.
WE DID DO A, AN UPDATE TO THE HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY IN 2025.
AND WE'RE CERTAIN THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ALL OF OUR HISTORIC OR CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
UM, SO THERE'S NO CONCERN THAT, UH, WE'RE OVERLOOKING SOMETHING.
UH, I DO HAVE THE AMENDMENTS AND I CAN GO OVER THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, WHAT THE CHANGE WILL BE IS IF, UH, SOMEONE IS PROPOSING TO TEAR DOWN THAT 1980 BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WOULD THEN SUBMIT A SITE FEATURE PERMIT.
IT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY STAFF.
THERE'S NOT THAT LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS.
IT'LL TAKE A MATTER OF DAYS INSTEAD OF POTENTIALLY UP TO A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE POINT OF THIS AMENDMENT.
UM, IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE AMENDMENTS, I CAN BRING THEM UP.
IF NOT, UH, THESE ARE THE REVIEW CRITERIA, UH, THAT ARE APPLIED FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS.
UH, BASICALLY NONE OF THEM FOR THEM DON'T REALLY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, UM, TO THIS
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PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.BUT, UM, NUMBER TWO, ALWAYS A BEST PRACTICE TO REVISE, UH, UDO, UM, UH, WHEN NECESSARY IN THIS INSTANCE TO, UH, UH, IMPROVE A PROCESS.
SO, PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS TONIGHT, APPROVE IS SUBMITTED.
UH, APPROVE THE APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS OR DENY THE APPLICATION.
UH, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED MOTION.
AND BASED ON TONIGHT, IF YOU, UH, DO YOU MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION? IT WILL GO TO TOWN COUNCIL ON JULY 14TH.
IT'LL BE FOLLOWED UP WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND A SECOND READING ON AUGUST 11TH.
AND THERE IS THE MOTION AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER.
I'LL BE MORE, BUT, SO ARE, ARE THERE, FOR THE NEW SITE FEATURE, IF SOMEONE APPLIES FOR SITE FEATURE PERMIT TO HAVE A NON-CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE REMOVED, ARE THERE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT STAFF IS REVIEWING? OR, OR IS IT THAT, HEY, WE'VE ALREADY, BASED ON THE 2025 SURVEY, WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE.
SO THIS IS SIM THIS IS MORE OR LESS A CLERICAL PROCESS.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR INFORMATION IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANY BACKGROUND ON THE STRUCTURE.
IDEALLY, WE WANT TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT HISTORY, YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 40 YEARS FROM NOW LATER, WHAT, WHAT WAS THERE IN 2026.
UM, AND THAT'S ONLY IF THE APPLICANT HAS THE INFORMATION.
WE CAN ASK FOR PHOTOS, ANY PLANS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED.
AND I, I ALSO HAVE ONE, UM, AND IT, IT DOESN'T APPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS, BUT I KNOW AT ONE POINT IN TIME WE WERE TRYING TO DO AN INVENTORY OF CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES THAT MAY NOT BE HOUSES.
WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THAT? THAT MAY NOT BE HOUSES.
WE HAVE AN OLD PUMP HOUSE ON OUR LOT.
THERE ARE OLD WELLS, THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT TREES THAT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
DO YOU KNOW STATUS OF THAT? THAT WOULD'VE, I I KNOW GLEN WAS WORKING ON IT.
THAT, UM, AND I, I'M SORRY THAT GLEN'S NOT HERE TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN A HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY, BUT I CAN, I CAN CHECK WITH GLENN.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP, IS IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ON THIS, THAT ARE NON HOUSES, AND WE PUT THIS INTO PLACE THAT GIVES PEOPLE A WAY TO, TO BYPASS ALL THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO WE JUST, IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT PLEASE.
'CAUSE I'D HATE TO, I'D HATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE ME DECIDE, OKAY, I'M JUST GETTING RID OF THE PUMP HOUSE AND BE ABLE TO PUT IN A, A SITE FEATURE PERMIT AND DO THAT.
AND THE TOWN REALLY WANTED THAT TO STAY THERE FOR THE HISTORY OF IT.
'CAUSE WE MIGHT NEED ANOTHER MAP OR OVERLAY OR SOMETHING.
AND I DO, UM, UH, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, WE HAVE SENT OUT A, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN UPDATE TO THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN.
UM, SO I WILL, UM, ANTICIPATE FROM THAT.
THERE'LL PROBABLY BE MORE AMENDMENTS THAT MIGHT BE IDENTIFIED AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, WHICH WILL BE A PUBLIC PROCESS TOO.
ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE HAVE A, UH, WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO TAKE A STAB AT A RECOMMENDATION? YEAH, I'M I'LL, UH, MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UH, OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF LUPTON.
CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 23 UDO, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION THREE 18 AND SECTION THREE 19 AS IT RELATES TO DEMOLITION OF NON-CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES IN OLD TOWN BLUFFTON HISTORIC DISTRICT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION? ANYBODY WANNA MAKE ANOTHER MOTION? WE ADJOURN? ADJOURN? NO.