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Board questions applicant’s licensing and social-media postings during denial hearing
Summary
Board members noted the applicant did not have a Goose Creek business license and pointed to June social-media posts showing events at the address as evidence raising credibility concerns during the special-exception review.
Board members pressed the applicant about whether she held a current Goose Creek business license. The applicant said she had not yet obtained a Goose Creek license and had previously been licensed in Dorchester County. The chair told the applicant she had observed public posts on Facebook showing events at the location on June 1 and June 11, including photos that appeared to show alcohol on tables, and said those posts undercut the representations made on the application.
The applicant said she used social media to market the space while she was unable to operate and that some posts referenced family events rather than paid rentals. The board indicated that evidence of prior events and inconsistent statements on operating days and hours made it difficult to rely on the applicant's promises and factored into the motion to deny.
