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Mount Pleasant council backs short-term moratorium tied to Charleston County historic-district process
Summary
Council voted in favor of a first-reading ordinance invoking the pending-ordinance doctrine to pause processing certain major subdivision applications in areas identified as Charleston County historic districts, to allow county-led work on district-specific standards to proceed and for town staff to coordinate.
Mount Pleasant Town Council on June 10 approved first reading of an ordinance to invoke the pending-ordinance doctrine and pause processing of applications that would create more than four lots inside three Charleston County historic-designation districts that overlap town planning areas. Council members said the pause would allow county-led work on tailored historic-district rules to play out and would give town staff time to develop a parallel process.
The vote followed extended discussion about how the county formed the three districts (10 Mile, Hanahan Beach and Phillips), how communities petitioned to create the district boundaries, and how the county’s temporary pause is structured to prevent subdivisions that create five or more new buildable…
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