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Central Pacolet council approves equipment and lease, advances multiple zoning amendments on first reading
Summary
Council approved replacement of a chipper engine, a lease to South Carolina Hunters for the Hungry, formed council committees, and advanced several zoning ordinance amendments on first reading, including changes for nonconforming homes, landscape buffering, and conditional restaurant uses in C1 districts.
The Central Pacolet council voted on a series of operational and land-use items, approving equipment repairs, a lease, committee formation and advancing zoning changes on first reading.
Councilors approved replacing the town chipper’s engine for $16,621.36 after staff reported the unit’s cylinder had a hole and a replacement engine offered a three-year/3,000-hour warranty. Councilors said the cost would be taken from the capital account and urged prompt pickup to avoid storage fees.
The council also approved a lease for 9 Sunny Acres Road (the main Army building) to the nonprofit South Carolina Hunters for the Hungry; terms were not detailed in the discussion on the floor.
Council adopted Resolution 2026-02 to establish council committees and passed Resolution 2026-03 approving an addendum to the town’s building inspection service agreement with one section removed; a member noted there were opposed votes on the building-inspection resolution though the transcript does not list the roll-call names.
On land-use matters the council advanced first readings for several ordinance amendments: Ordinance Amendment 2026-01 would allow owner-occupied manufactured/mobile homes and single-family homes in nonconforming locations to rebuild after catastrophic loss (defined as more than 51% damage); an amendment to Section 41.9 would correct landscape buffering requirements for heavy industrial properties (a 6-foot berm with trees every 30 feet); and a change to the C1 transitional commercial district would make restaurants a conditional use requiring BZA review and a public hearing when adjacent to residential areas.
What happens next: First readings will return for subsequent readings or formal adoption as required. For items where the transcript recorded no roll-call details, the clerk’s official minutes and ordinance files will hold the formal vote tallies and final wording.
