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Planning commission approves four Magnolia Square street names, conditionally allows 'Stock Farm Road' pending outside approval
Summary
Beaufort County planning commissioners approved four street names for the Magnolia Square mixed-use development and agreed to permit 'Stock Farm Road' as a conditional option if other jurisdictions or emergency services verify no conflict; approval was by voice vote.
The Beaufort County Planning Commission voted to approve street names for the Magnolia Square subdivision and authorized one additional name subject to verification by other agencies.
Staff told commissioners the applicant requested Apollos Way, Loden Lane, Sova Street and Pluff Street for three new internal streets at the Magnolia Square mixed-use development, a roughly 3.43-acre site along May River Road and Jason Street. "Town staff finds that the requirements of section 3.15.3 of the Unified Development Ordinance have been met and recommends that planning commission approve the following 4 street names," a staff member told the commission.
Commission discussion centered on whether one of the new internal streets should continue the existing Stock Farm Road name across May River Road. Commissioners and staff said GIS and emergency-services reviewers flagged a conflict and did not approve that name during the development-review committee review. Commissioners asked whether the planning commission could approve Stock Farm Road as an option subject to other entities’ concurrence; staff advised that final street names are applied on the subdivision plan and that verification from other jurisdictions or emergency services should be obtained before the plan is stamped.
A commissioner moved to approve the four staff-recommended names and to approve Stock Farm Road as a potential additional name "if the other entities that are involved also approve fully." The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote; there were no recorded opposing votes.
The vote was a planning-commission voice vote and commissioners did not record individual tallies. Staff said that if other agencies later approve Stock Farm Road, the applicant would not need to return to planning commission for that specific name; if other entities do not approve it, the approved four names remain in effect.
The planning commission’s action applies only to the naming approvals on the subdivision plan. Any final adoption or change will be reflected on the subdivision documents and is subject to the town’s interagency review and staff verification.
