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Easley City Council approves business-license update, easements and road acceptance; takes first reading on rezoning
Summary
At its regular meeting the Easly City Council adopted a state-required business-license ordinance, authorized recorded easements and a maintenance agreement for properties adjacent to Doodle Trail, accepted neighborhood roads from Meadow Ridge (two opposed), and held a first reading on a 0.844-acre rezoning request.
The Easly City Council on an evening agenda moved several measures affecting land use, local business licensing and neighborhood streets.
Council members adopted Ordinance 2025-08, updating the city’s business-license code to comply with the state Business License Standardization Act, a change the city implements every two years. City staff said the update aligns Easly City’s business classification schedule with state requirements; the ordinance was approved by voice/hand vote.
The council also approved two measures related to the Doodle Trail corridor. Ordinance 2025-09 authorizes the recorded conveyance of an easement across the Doodle Trail for properties in the Martin estate where a driveway easement has been used historically but not recorded, staff said. Ordinance 2025-10 authorizes a right-of-way maintenance agreement allowing Doodle Trail Properties LLC and Southern Weaving to maintain landscaping and plantings adjacent to the trail and their driveway approaches. Both ordinances were approved without recorded roll-call tallies.
On land use, the council took a first reading of Ordinance 2025-07 to rezone roughly 0.844 acres from neighborhood commercial to residential to permit the construction of several homes. Council discussion cited traffic and access concerns on the heavily traveled street; planners and at least one councilmember noted the proposal reduces curb cuts by using shared driveways. The item passed first reading and is scheduled for a subsequent second reading before final action.
Council approved Resolution 2025-13 to accept certain roads from Meadow Ridge Homeowners Association into the Easly City roads network. The document contains a clerical street-name correction (Dane → Lane) to be made; the resolution passed with two council members recorded as opposed.
The council handled these items as part of its regular docket and adjourned at the end of the session. No further dates for second readings or additional votes were announced at the meeting.
