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Commission approves Folly Road fitness center, 5-4, despite neighborhood opposition over design and drainage
Summary
The Charleston County Historic Preservation Commission approved, 5-4, a certificate of historic appropriateness for a two-story fitness/wellness building at 1773 Folly Road in the B Field Community Historic District with staff conditions on façade detailing and siding orientation.
The Charleston County Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 17 approved, by a 5-4 vote, a certificate of historic appropriateness for a proposed two-story fitness and wellness center at 1773 Folly Road (TMS 344-10-00-0016) in the B Field Community Historic District, imposing staff-recommended conditions on façade detailing and siding orientation.
Planner Emily Tiggett presented the application and staff recommendation. The proposal calls for a two-story, approximately 2,995-square-foot building with a drive-under layout to preserve large on-site live oaks (described in staff materials as "grand trees"), a gravel parking area and a rain garden. The parcel is in the AE-10 flood zone, is within the Folly Road Corridor Overlay Zoning District as neighborhood commercial and staff reported total impervious surface coverage of 25 percent.…
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