North Charleston council approves rezoning, annexation and $3.55 million Coliseum resurfacing contract

The North Charleston City Council on June 25 approved a package of ordinances and resolutions covering rezoning, annexation and infrastructure spending, and accepted several small grants and procurement actions.

At the start of the meeting the presiding official opened the session with an invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance before the council turned to routine business. The city clerk read Item 1, a request to approve the June 11, 2026 council minutes; a council member moved to approve, a second was recorded and the motion passed on roll call with no discussion.

The council then approved two final-reading ordinances presented by the clerk: a rezoning for a parcel at 1935 Burton Lane (Charleston County, TMS 46603 Parcel 92) changing designation from R-1 (single-family residential) to R-2 (multifamily residential) in Council District 10, and an amendment adding sections to the city zoning regulations to clarify map and zoning text amendment procedures and to establish a planning and zoning department fee schedule. The clerk read the ordinances by title; a motion to adopt carried on roll call.

The council adopted an annexation ordinance for an area identified as Section 55 X (TMS 47512, Parcel 91) to make it part of City Council District 6. A city staff member told council that the annexation petition before them contained “signatures of 100% of the freehold property owners and represents 100% of the assessed values,” and that, if approved, city services for the property would be effective immediately after the vote. Council voted to adopt the ordinance by roll call.

Council also approved a final-reading ordinance authorizing the mayor to transfer portions of Charleston County TMS 47106 Parcel 163 to the South Carolina Department of Transportation for $4,675 in Council District 8.

On first reading the council approved an ordinance to amend City Code section 9-71 to regulate nuisance shopping carts and a separate first reading authorizing the mayor to execute a second amendment to the purchase-and-sale agreement with Navy Yard Master JVLP, a Delaware limited partnership, to extend the closing date. Both motions were moved, seconded and advanced on roll call as first readings (not final adoption).

Items 8 through 16 were considered by title only and approved as a group. Those items included resolutions accepting: a $500 Spark Good Local grant from Walmart facility 3367; a South Carolina Firefighters Foundation burn children’s fund grant; a subdivision bond to ensure construction of Lisonbee Avenue in the Rhonda Wade subdivision; authorization for indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity architectural services; acceptance of the FY 26–27 South Carolina Department of Public Safety school resource officer grant; and consent to include designated city parcels for Rivers Landing (2151 Morris Baker Drive, TMS 47804, Parcel 13) to allow attainable housing incentives. The council also approved a request to award engineering services for Weber Boulevard widening (Council District 7) and a bid award to Banks Construction Company, Charleston, for Coliseum performing arts and convention center resurfacing and site improvements in the amount of $3,548,992.44.

There were no members of the public signed to speak at the meeting. The presiding official noted the mayor was in Denver “presenting North Charleston’s case to be an All-America City,” and the council adjourned.

What happens next: items approved on final reading become effective according to the applicable ordinance language; first-reading items will return for subsequent consideration per the council’s rules. The council did not take public comment at this meeting.