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Planning commission approves rezoning of Latson Road parcel to community commercial; council to hold hearings
Summary
The Charleston County Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning tax map 3900000438 from industrial to community commercial, a staff-recommended downzoning that applicants said would unify adjacent parcels. County Council will hold public hearings before any final action.
The Charleston County Planning Commission on a voice/roll-call vote recommended approval of a rezoning request for tax map number 3900000438, moving the parcel from an industrial district to a community commercial (CC) district.
The request, identified as ZEREZ-07-25-00166, covers a parcel off Latson Road near College Park Road in North Charleston. Staff told the commission the change would allow the parcel to be developed with the uses and densities recommended by the industrial future land-use designation while prohibiting heavier manufacturing, production, and freight uses allowed under the current industrial zoning.
Staff planner Marshae Miller said the parent parcel had been zoned industrial in 1994 and carried into the county's Zoning and Land Development Regulations (ZLDR) in 2001. Miller said a 2015 subdivision created the subject parcel and that no prior rezoning had been requested for the lot. Miller recommended approval, saying the requested CC zoning is compatible with surrounding uses and that criteria a and b of the county's approval standards have been met.
Members of the public raised questions about potential impacts to adjacent churches. William Jones, trustee chair for Wesley United Methodist Church, asked how the rezoning “would affect our church property.” Miller replied, “the rezoning itself shouldn't affect your property,” and added that the applicant intends to consolidate multiple parcels under the same zoning because they want to use both properties together.
George Jenkins, a lay leader at a nearby church, asked whether the rezoning would extend across properties; Miller responded that only the applicant's parcel would change to CC and that surrounding properties would not be rezoned by this action.
Commissioners did not substantially debate the land-use merits in public comment. A motion to recommend approval was seconded and carried on the commission's roll call. The commission's recommendation now moves to Charleston County Council: a public hearing is scheduled for Oct. 14, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Planning and Public Works Committee meeting on Oct. 23, 2025, at 5 p.m. Council may require three readings before any ordinance adoption.
Because this action is a recommendation, no zoning change is effective until County Council takes final action.
