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Council supports rezoning request for 1730 Main Road on Johns Island; approved as part of four bills
Summary
Council members expressed support for rezoning 1730 Main Road on Johns Island to a residential-office classification. The council later approved four bills on second and third reading, including the item addressing the property.
Council members discussed a rezoning request for 1730 Main Road on Johns Island during the Jan. 14 meeting and expressed support for changing the property's classification to residential office.
Sarah Young, who identified herself as one of the owners of 1730 Main Road, told the council the house sits on a busy street corner and would be difficult to sell to a family. “This particular home on a busy street corner on Johns Island would just be suited better for a small business,” Young said, asking the council to consider rezoning it to residential office.
Councilmember McBride said he visited the property and “is still enthusiastically supporting rezoning this for small business,” while acknowledging neighbors’ concerns about added traffic. “I don't think it'll add to traffic by any means whatsoever,” McBride said, adding the city will be diligent in preventing traffic growth on Johns Island.
Councilmember Mitchell also voiced support for the zoning change. Later in the meeting the council moved to approve four bills on second reading; the motion to approve those bills was properly seconded and carried by voice vote. The council then moved the same four bills on third reading, and they were approved by voice vote as well. The meeting transcript does not provide ordinance numbers or formal bill descriptions for each of the four items; the record shows these four items were acted on and adopted at second and third reading during this meeting.
Where public comment had been filed, the clerk noted one letter opposing rezoning (from Virginia Ricker) had been received in advance and was entered into the record; the transcript also records both a public comment in favor and a public comment against at an earlier meeting. Council discussion referenced those differing public positions during consideration of Item 1.
No roll-call votes or individual yes/no tallies were read into the record for the second- or third-reading approvals; the approvals were recorded by voice vote.
