Greenville City Council reviews 30-month code changes on CUPs, banks, trees and neighborhood design

Planning Director Mary Douglas told the Greenville City Council at a work session that planning staff will publish a draft of a 30-month code update on Feb. 18 and asked council members to submit comments by the end of the week. The package, she said, is a preview of changes the city will send to the Planning Commission in March.

"We're looking at bringing back a tool that we previously had in our land management ordinance called conditional use permits with the Greenville development code," Mary Douglas said, describing a proposal to require staff-imposed conditions for certain uses and retain an appeals path to the Board of Zoning Appeals. The change is intended to make expectations clearer for applicants and to reduce ad hoc appeals.

The proposal would make late-night operations subject to conditional use permits: any use open past midnight would need a permit and would be subject to new use standards, including a required sound study and additional noise protections, staff said. "If you're open between midnight and 5," Douglas said, "you will have to get a conditional use permit from the planning staff." The change is aimed at reducing night-time impact on nearby residences while…