Historic commission approves manufactured home at 2940 Canyon Lane in Phillips Community

The Charleston County Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously March 18 to approve a certificate of historic appropriateness for a 660-square-foot manufactured home at 2940 Canyon Lane in the Phillips Community Historic District.

Staff presenter Monica Eustace told commissioners the property is zoned S3, sits in a shaded X flood zone and is surrounded by other single-family and manufactured homes. She said staff found the proposed home’s style, form and massing are “congruent with previous development in this section of the historic district” and recommended approval subject to standard modification procedures under the historic preservation ordinance. “Based on the applicant’s responses, we believe the application meets the approval criteria,” Eustace said.

During public comment, resident Dietrich Stelges of 1555 Joe Ralph Road described the lot as oddly shaped and said established mobile homes and ranch- and bungalow-style houses from the 1950s and 1960s exist nearby, adding the applicant would leave buffer area around the new unit. After no opposition was offered, a commissioner moved to approve, a second followed and the commission recorded a unanimous roll-call approval.

The commission noted that appeals of the decision may be filed with the Circuit Court of Charleston County within 30 calendar days. The approval completes the commission’s final decision-making step on this certificate of historic appropriateness; any major future changes must be processed under Section 21-5 of the historic preservation ordinance.