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Council green-lights comprehensive-plan changes to allow accommodations-tax funding for workforce housing and create urban waterfront district for Union Pier
Summary
Council approved two advertised comprehensive-plan amendments: one to allow use of accommodations taxes to support workforce housing under the state law, and a map-and-text change creating an urban waterfront future land use designation for the Union Pier site.
The City of Charleston council voted to approve two advertised amendments to the city’s comprehensive plan: a change to permit use of accommodations-tax revenue for workforce housing consistent with a recent state law, and a new urban waterfront future land‑use designation for the site commonly called Union Pier.
Staff told council the accommodations-tax amendment implements state legislation (identified in staff materials) that allows municipalities, subject to specified reporting and requirements, to dedicate up to an estimated $2 million…
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