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Charleston Water System gets BZA approval for most variances for Pump Station 39 replacement; sidewalk request withdrawn

Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals · November 4, 2025
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The Board of Zoning Appeals approved most of Charleston Water Systemrequests for variances at 1136 Old Town Road to allow construction of a replacement Pump Station 39, imposing tree protection, mitigation and landscaping conditions; a sidewalk waiver was withdrawn.

Charleston County's Board of Zoning Appeals granted most of a multi-variance package for Charleston Water System's planned replacement of Pump Station 39 at 1136 Old Town Road, approving encroachment into a protected root zone, a nearby curb cut, reduced vegetative buffers on Old Town Road and North Hillside Drive, and permission for a security fence with conditions. A related request to waive a sidewalk requirement along North Hillside Drive was withdrawn by the applicant.

Donald E. Benjamin Jr., CWS director of engineering and…

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