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Planning commission approves multiple ZLDR amendments on trees, fill, drainage and fees
Summary
The commission approved text changes to the Zoning and Land Development Regulations Ordinance including tree definitions and protections, fill/setback controls, stormwater plan requirements and a clarified mitigation-fee schedule; the measures now head to County Council.
The Charleston County Planning Commission voted July 14 to recommend a package of text amendments to the County Zoning and Land Development Regulations Ordinance intended to implement the comprehensive plan, reduce BZA caseload, and improve resilience and code clarity. Planner Wynn and staff described the package as a set of mostly technical and enforcement clarifications. The amendments include separating "clearing" from "grubbing" in definitions; clarifying tree-removal rules to require BZA approval for removal of healthy trunks, limbs or stems that count toward a multi‑trunk tree's total size; allowing administrative approval of tree‑encroachment up to 35 percent with an approved arborist treatment plan; correcting "caliper" to "diameter"…
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