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Planning commission denies rezoning for Liberty Hall parcel proposed for Amazon-van parking
Summary
The City of Goose Creek Planning Commission voted 4–3 to deny a request to rezone a 6.5-acre parcel on Liberty Hall Road from single-family residential to general commercial after neighbors and commissioners raised traffic and compatibility concerns around a proposal for parking up to 350 Amazon delivery vans.
The City of Goose Creek Planning Commission voted 4–3 to deny a rezoning request for a 6.5-acre parcel on Liberty Hall Road (TMS 2440501021) that the applicant proposed to use as a parking and staging area for Amazon delivery vans. Commissioners sided with staff’s recommendation that the property’s designation in the city comprehensive plan — low-density residential — made general commercial zoning inappropriate for the parcel at this time.
Staff presented the map amendment and told the commission the property is vacant, abuts residential lots and an area of county-managed manufactured-residential zoning, and is designated low-density residential in the City of Goose Creek Comprehensive Plan (amended 02/13/2024). William Walls, a civil engineer representing the applicant, described a conceptual site plan with opaque 8-foot fencing, landscaping buffers and crushed-gravel access and said the use would be for parking and staging vans: "We're just trying to go in and, get this rezoned for parking, for proposed $3.50 vans for Amazon," Walls said. The applicant and owner’s lawyer said a traffic-impact analysis (TIA) would be required if the rezoning moved forward.
Neighbors and several commissioners voiced concern about traffic on Liberty Hall and Lindy Creek roads, the lot’s unusual shape and the lack of a site plan this evening. Juan Carlos Cardona, who said he is seeking to purchase the lot, told the commission the operation would stagger van departures to reduce peaks and provide 24-hour private security: "They'd be taking off through intervals throughout the day to reduce, you know, the load on traffic," Cardona said. Commissioners pressed whether the parcel’s width and buffer requirements could be met for a commercial use and emphasized that rezoning would allow many other commercial uses in the future.
Commissioner debate focused on comp-plan consistency and traffic risk; a motion to deny the rezoning was made and seconded, and the roll-call vote resulted in a 4–3 denial. Staff reiterated that a site plan and any required TIA would be evaluated later if the council changes the land-use designation.
The commission’s denial sends the matter back to the applicant; the decision is advisory to the City Council, which will consider annexation or zoning changes only if and when those items reach the council docket.
