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West Columbia adopts resolution amending short-term rental rules, defines rentals under 30 days
Summary
The City of West Columbia unanimously adopted a resolution amending its zoning ordinance on short-term rentals, adding the city clerk to the final paragraph, defining short-term rentals as stays of less than 30 days, invoking the pending-ordinance doctrine under South Carolina law for new business licenses, and directing public posting.
The City of West Columbia adopted a resolution amending its zoning ordinance related to short-term rentals and directed that the resolution be publicly posted.
An unidentified speaker introduced an amendment to the resolution to add the city clerk to the final paragraph and to define "short-term rentals" as "rentals for less than 30 days" within the City of West Columbia. The same speaker said, "pursuant to South Carolina law, the city hereby invokes the pending ordinance doctrine with respect to new business license for short term rental properties," language the body approved as part of the amendment.
After the amendment was moved and seconded with no discussion, a subsequent motion to adopt the resolution as amended was also moved and seconded. The speaker announced that the resolution "is unanimously adopted and resolved." The body directed that the adopted resolution be publicly posted.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and announced as unanimous.
The transcript does not identify individual members or provide vote counts; it records motions, seconds, and statements by a single unidentified speaker who led the actions. The resolution adds a definition for short-term rentals and invokes a legal doctrine affecting how new business licenses for those properties will be handled under South Carolina law; the resolution was adopted and ordered posted publicly.
