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Beaufort planning commission tables Broad River Boulevard sketch plan after traffic and context concerns
Summary
The planning commission voted to table a sketch plan for a proposed 261‑unit Broad River Boulevard multifamily development and asked staff to require additional materials including an updated traffic impact analysis, context aerial overlays, and tree/topographic surveys before the project returns to the commission.
The Beaufort Planning Commission on Monday voted to table the Broad River Boulevard sketch plan after commissioners and a public commenter raised concerns about traffic, infrastructure and plan context.
The project, introduced by applicant Eric Woznavich as a sketch plan for a proposed 261‑unit multifamily development, drew a public comment from Jesse White, who urged the commission to consider the cumulative effect of recent approvals in the area. White said the city’s jurisdiction already accounts for “over 2,700 new development units” nearby and warned the existing intersection at Parris Island Gateway and Robert Smalls Parkway is effectively failing.
During board discussion staff said a preliminary traffic impact analysis (TIA) had been submitted but that county and city staff were asking for revisions. Commissioners noted the current sketch plan packet lacked a context plan superimposed on aerial imagery, clear setback dimensions, a tree and topographic survey, an arborist report, conceptual grading and building elevations. Several commissioners said those items were necessary to evaluate discretionary impacts and to compare the proposal to adjacent development.
The commission voted to require that applicants for this and similar near‑term apartment projects provide the listed materials when the proposal is resubmitted. Commissioners also passed a separate motion to table the Broad River Boulevard project until February 17 to give the applicant time to assemble the materials and resolve outstanding TIA issues.
The commission’s motion was procedural; no final land‑use approvals were granted. Staff said they will work with the applicant and county traffic staff on the revised TIA and that the packet should include aerial context and explicit setback dimensions on re‑submittal.
