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Council creates 21‑member Land Management Ordinance task force to vet zoning rewrite
Summary
After extended debate and public comment, the Town Council voted 7–0 to establish a 21‑member task force to review draft revisions to the town's land management ordinance and recommend changes for planning‑commission and council consideration.
Hilton Head Island’s Town Council on Sept. 16 adopted a resolution establishing a Land Management Ordinance (LMO) task force charged with reviewing proposed zoning and development code revisions and advising staff, the Planning Commission and council.
Staff told council the full LMO rewrite is complex and interconnected, and the task force is an industry‑standard way to assemble cross‑sector expertise and public perspectives to reduce unintended consequences before code changes reach formal hearings. The resolution as adopted sets the task force at 21 members: three council appointees, chairpersons of the Planning Commission and Design Review Board, representatives from the Gullah Geechee preservation groups, representatives of the Hilton Head‑area Chamber of Commerce, home builders and realtors, three general managers from the town’s 10 planned unit developments (PUDs), industry…
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