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Berkeley County council committees approve multiple zoning ordinances, postpone one rezoning request
Summary
The Berkeley County land-use committee approved several zoning map amendments across multiple readings and postponed a rezoning request for a 47-townhome development to the December meeting after the planning commission recommended denial.
Berkeley County's land-use committee approved a string of zoning measures Tuesday and postponed one contested rezoning request to next month. The committee approved Bill 25-48 (second reading) and several subsequent measures — Bills 25-49, 25-57, 25-47, 25-52, 25-53 and 25-54 — by voice vote after motions from council members, while Bill 25-56, a request to rezone about 4.66 acres on Old Somerville Road and Varner Street from Manufactured Residential R-2 to Office Institutional for a proposed 47-townhome development, was postponed to the December committee meeting.
The chair said staff recommended approval for Bill 25-56 but the county planning commission recommended denial on a 6–1 vote; the chair recorded those in opposition and supporters who were present for the record before the motion to postpone passed. Councilman Newell moved approval for Bill 25-48 with a second from Councilwoman Stern; the measure carried by voice vote. Multiple other bills that reached the committee were also approved with no recorded roll-call tallies.
The approvals modify the official zoning and development standards map for several parcels, collectively totaling roughly 10.7 acres in one ordinance described as presented on the floor. The committee did not provide roll-call vote counts for each measure in the transcript; each motion carried by voice vote as recorded.
