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Committee: city council open to redesign of old Planet and Codes building to add restrooms and a visitor center lobby
Summary
Committee members said city council signaled willingness to modify the redevelopment design for the former Planet and Codes building to add more public restrooms and to allow the chamber to use the building lobby as a visitor center. Officials said some interior restrooms will be available for parking enforcement personnel and on game days.
A committee member reported that Clemson City Council was receptive to changing the design of the old Planet and Codes building to add more public restrooms and to provide lobby space that the chamber could use as a visitor or welcome center.
The committee member who attended the council meeting said council members were “open to modifying the design to add more bathrooms,” and that the design work is back with the architect for another revision. “The 2 bathrooms is not enough,” the member said, reporting council direction.
Committee members discussed having some restrooms accessible from the lobby and some that are interior-only. Staff said they expect the site to provide both options so downtown parking enforcement staff can use an interior restroom and so that police assigned on game days have facilities inside the building.
The lobby was discussed as a potential visitor center or brochure bank that might be staffed by the chamber when available and funded in part from visitor-center funds; committee members said the city would use visitor-center funds for that purpose. The committee also asked about hours and operations; members agreed the most likely model is daytime operation only, with a possible 7 p.m. lock time on restrooms and lobby access to match daytime visitor use.
A working session to review the redesign was proposed once revised drawings were available; staff said they will circulate a PDF of the new iteration and schedule a committee work session if council approves the next plan.
Ending: Committee members asked staff to circulate the redraw and to schedule a working session so members can review restroom layouts, lobby access and operational hours before council action.
