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Staff reports permitting steps delay 1095 May River Road; RFP for 115 Bluff Road and other projects to follow
Summary
Town staff told the committee that subdivision steps and parcel numbers must be completed before building permits for 1095 May River Road can be filed, with a possible vertical start between May and June; staff also said an RFP for 115 Bluff Road is being drafted and will be shared with the committee.
Town staff told the Bluffton Affordable Housing Committee on April 2 that construction at 1095 May River Road is awaiting subdivision and addressing steps before builders can apply for building permits. Reading an email from the project’s engineering contact, staff said water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure are complete and that 'silver work' was approximately 75% finished, while remaining tasks include asphalt pavement, paving of parking areas, sidewalks and fine grading.
Staff relayed that the development team is working to establish parcel numbers through the subdivision process; once parcel numbers and addressing are in place, workforce housing partners can apply for building permits. The staff member read project-team correspondence that said building permit applications were hoped to be filed by the end of April and that vertical construction might begin between May and June, but no firm start date was provided.
Committee members pressed staff on which departments handle addressing and permitting; staff described the sequence as one where the developer completes subdivision/addressing steps and then the town processes permit applications. A committee member noted that potential homeowners cannot begin application steps while permits are pending and emphasized that changing financing conditions can make early applicant paperwork impractical.
Staff also reported that they are drafting a request for proposals for 115 Bluff Road, have begun outreach to potential developers, and will circulate details after further discussion with project leads. The committee asked staff to watch the Live Well Terrace project (developer 'Cooper') and check whether recent rental townhomes off Buck Island (Indigo Cove) included an affordability set‑aside; staff said those projects predated current affordable-housing requirements and that unit pricing/affordability status was not clear from the record.
Committee members asked staff to follow up with project contacts and to confirm permitting timelines so that the committee can advise on application timing for potential homeowners.
