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Commission backs rezoning to heavy industrial for water-recycling business expansion
Summary
The planning commission recommended rezoning two parcels to Heavy Industrial to allow an existing water-recycling operator to expand operations, including an indoor 8,000-gallon pit for handling petroleum-contaminated waste mixed with sawdust for landfill disposal. Staff said DHEC permitting will be required.
The Berkeley County Planning Commission recommended rezoning two parcels on Old Mount Holly Road to Heavy Industrial to allow an expansion of an existing water recycling operation.
Planning staff described the request as a lot-combination and rezoning to permit expansion of an existing water recovery business. Staff said the applicant intends to install an 8,000-gallon pit inside a building to mix petroleum-contaminated sludge with sawdust for landfill disposal, that oils will be recycled and wastewater will be treated and returned to the Berkeley County sewer district, and that the expansion would add a small number of employees.
Applicant Paul Goodsell (identified in the record as representing Goodzel Leasing LLC) explained operations in detail and told the commission the facility tests treated wastewater and returns it to the county system. He said oils are recycled and that sludge requiring landfill disposal will be blended with sawdust to pass landfill acceptance testing. Goodsell said environmental permitting was underway and that the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) would be involved: “We already have our permit for, to proceed for doing the planning,” he said.
A staff exhibit shown to the commission addressed lot recombination to meet minimum HI lot-size requirements and included a concept plan with setbacks and a site layout for an internal pit. Staff also noted the parcel is adjacent to residential areas in the Geneva Road community and that the rezoning is consistent with the future land use map’s employment designation. Commissioners discussed buffers and parcel configuration to provide separation between HI uses and nearby residences.
A motion to approve the related agenda items covering the Goodzel parcels was made, seconded and carried; the commission’s approval is a recommendation to county council for final action.
Staff directed necessary next steps for parcel recombination and permitting to be followed through by the applicant and county staff.
