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Votes at a glance: Berkeley County Planning Commission actions on rezoning items
Summary
At its most recent meeting the Planning Commission recommended approval or approved multiple rezoning requests and deferred others. This roundup lists each rezoning item, applicant, acreage, zoning change requested and the commission's outcome.
The Berkeley County Planning Commission took the following actions on rezoning items at its meeting (meeting date not specified in the transcript). Each entry below summarizes the applicant, the zoning change requested, council district if provided, and the Planning Commission outcome.
1) Hope Berkeley Commerce Park (Eastport 40 LLC) — TMS numbers referenced in staff presentation; approximately 153.87 acres near Jedburgh Road (Council District 7). Request: Agricultural Flex 1 to planned development (PD) allowing office/industrial uses and a concept plan of roughly 1,044,560 square feet. Outcome: Planning Commission recommended approval with staff-recommended deliverables; motion carried with one recorded nay. Staff highlighted outstanding TIA review and recommended PD text updates, buffers and truck-loading separation be clarified prior to county council action.
2) RDC Cane Bay (RDC Cane Bay LLC / Paul Hoffman; TMS ~194-00-01-068) — approximately 4.89 acres on Highway 176 near Cane Bay (Council District 5). Request: Agricultural Flex 1 to General Commercial (GC) for multiple commercial uses (auto service, restaurant, retail, enclosed storage). Outcome: Planning Commission approved the rezoning; staff recommended approval based on comprehensive plan conformance and integrated development connectivity. Applicant noted open storage is likely to be developed as enclosed storage.
3) LaRocco Masonry (Martin Sanchez / LaRocco Masonry LLC; TMS ~209-12-00-043) — approximately 3.5 acres on South Live Oak Drive (Council District 6). Request: Manufactured residential (R2) to Rural Neighborhood Commercial (RNC) to expand an existing masonry business. Outcome: Planning Commission approved the rezoning; staff recommended approval as consistent with the comprehensive plan and local context.
4) Prestige Commercial Properties / Trash Girl (Cypress Garden Road; several TMS numbers including parcels already partially zoned HI) — total assemblage ~33.93 acres requested to HI. Request: Rezone to Heavy Industrial to allow waste/recycling processing and other HI uses. Outcome: The commission deferred two related Heavy Industrial items to the next monthly meeting so the applicant can meet with staff, prepare a site plan and show required buffers and remediation provisions. Staff had recommended denial based on incompatibility with the 2020 comprehensive plan’s suburban communities designation.
Votes and motions: The transcript records motions, seconds and outcomes for each item; for some items individual roll-call yes/no counts are not recorded in the transcript and are thus noted as not specified. All approved or recommended rezoning items will be forwarded to Berkeley County Council (land use committee) for final action where applicable.
Why it matters: Rezoning actions change allowable land uses and can affect traffic, stormwater, buffers and nearby neighborhoods. The Planning Commission’s recommendations — approval, approval with conditions, or deferral — set the record for county council review and identify technical issues (TIAs, buffers, DES permits) that must be resolved before final approvals are granted.
