Council debates whether amended Unified Development Ordinance before them is the same as first-reading document

Council members at the Easley work session debated the procedural question of what text the council should consider at the second reading of Ordinance 2025-11, the proposed Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The discussion focused on whether the ordinance before the council reflected the version passed at first reading or an amended version the planning commission had reviewed, and whether the public received adequate notice of the amendments.

The issue matters because the UDO would replace the City of Beasley (sic) zoning ordinance and land development regulations; council members repeatedly said they needed to be sure the record shows exactly which changes are being adopted. A councilmember who identified themselves only in the record as a council speaker said, "I am not clear on what we are voting on tonight because the document that was placed in our packet is what was passed by the planning…