Committee approves FRD rezoning at Chalmers Road for automobile storage and club with planning commission conditions

Greenville County planning staff initially recommended denial of a rezoning request for 3.01 acres at 114 Chalmers Road (CZ-2025-065), proposing FRD (Flexible Review District) to permit a luxury garage condo complex and social club. After the Planning Commission approved the project with conditions and the applicant submitted revised plans reflecting those conditions, planning staff said its primary concerns had been addressed and recommended approval with conditions. The Planning and Development Committee approved the rezoning with the planning commission’s conditions.

The applicant (Lynn Soulsby of Blue Water Civil Design LLC, for Kenneth Suhandron of DMI Realty Inc.) proposed a development with up to 26 garage condos (22 ft by 50 ft), one 44 ft by 50 ft clubhouse, pre-engineered metal buildings in specified colors and a maximum of 29,700 square feet. Planning staff said the initial application lacked specific landscape and buffer requirements and raised concerns about proximity to an extended-stay hotel and operating hours. The Planning Commission recommended approval with three conditions: hours of operation limited to 6 a.m.–10 p.m. Monday–Saturday and 8 a.m.–8 p.m. Sunday; increased landscaping and buffering around buildings; and road frontage landscaping. The applicant provided revised statements of intent and plans reflecting those conditions.

Committee members asked about enforceability of operating hours; planning staff said hours and other conditions in an FRD are enforceable as conditions of the statement of intent, and operation outside those hours would constitute a zoning violation. Staff explained enforcement options, including fines and that violations could carry escalating penalties.

A motion to approve with the Planning Commission’s conditions was moved and passed by voice vote. The transcript records the committee approving the item with those conditions.