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Committee votes: six items forwarded to full council, including childcare ordinance and right-of-way abandonment
Summary
On April 7, Mauldin standing committees voted to forward six items to full council, including amendments to zoning rules for religious institutions, packaged-alcohol measurement, a right-of-way abandonment, municipal judge appointment language, a five-year fire mutual aid term, and an amended regional drug-enforcement MOU.
Mauldin committees on April 7 forwarded six formal actions to the full city council, including two zoning ordinance amendments, a right-of-way abandonment, changes to the municipal court judge appointment ordinance, a five-year renewal of a mutual-aid agreement for fire services, and an amended memorandum of understanding for the county drug-enforcement task force.
The items were considered in committee meetings held consecutively that evening. Committee members moved and seconded motions to send each item to full council; votes were taken by voice and the motions were carried and forwarded for final consideration.
Board-level items forwarded to full council included: the proposed amendment to Section 10.16 to list childcare, preschool and after‑school activities as permissible accessory uses at religious institutions; an amendment to Section 10.35 that changes the method for measuring separation distances for packaged-alcohol retailers (adopting the state method of measuring from the business entrance rather than property line to property line); an ordinance authorizing a quitclaim deed to abandon a short segment of Loblawley Circle (Parkland Phase 1/2/3) and return it to the Parkland subdivision developer; an update to the municipal judge appointment ordinance to align local language with state code and allow appointment of trial judges who may not be licensed attorneys; a request to extend the Greenville County mutual-aid agreement for fire service to a five-year term (January 1, 2025–December 31, 2029); and an amendment to the multi‑jurisdictional drug enforcement task force MOU to revise language about asset distribution and adjust participating staffing levels.
Committee chairs and staff emphasized that forwarding the items does not finalize policy; each item will return to city council for a final vote. Several items had been reviewed and recommended by the Planning Commission or city legal counsel before reaching committee. The drug-task-force amendment was described as necessary to comply with federal requirements for sharing seizable funds with the designated Drug Enforcement Unit.
