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Council debates whether amended Unified Development Ordinance before them matches first-reading text; attorney says amendments between readings are proper
Summary
Councilmembers questioned whether the Unified Development Ordinance presented for second reading matched the first-reading version and whether the public had adequate notice; the city attorney advised amendments between first and second reading are permissible and suggested adopting the itemized amendment as an exhibit to clarify the record.
At the City of Easley work session, councilmembers pressed staff about which version of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) would be before the council at second reading. One councilmember said, "The document that we received is not what passed at first reading," adding that the packet contained what the planning commission passed rather than the version the council previously passed at first reading.
City staff responded that planning-commission recommendations had been…
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