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City staff outlines 100-foot buffer option with utility-fee credits after mapping 66 affected parcels
Summary
City staff presented mapping showing 66 parcels affected by a proposed 100-foot no-disturb buffer along city rivers and proposed a special-protection area offering utility-fee reductions (15%–45%) to incentivize expanded buffers; staff suggested voluntary credits could begin administratively.
A City of Columbia staff member (Speaker 6) presented follow-up work on a requested 100-foot no-disturb buffer around the Lower Saluda, Broad and Congaree rivers within city limits, telling the HSEA committee that mapping identified 66 parcels subject to the proposed buffer and 29 distinct property owners — with state agencies and the City of Columbia among the largest owners.
"What we have determined from the mapping... that there are 66 parcels affected," the staff member said, noting that some parcels already lie within a floodway and were excluded…
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