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Residents oppose Amazon parking-lot plan; council denies Liberty Hall Road rezoning
Summary
Council members voted to deny a rezoning request for about 6.46 acres on Liberty Hall Road after residents raised concerns about traffic, loss of residential character and uncertainty over a proposed Amazon van parking lot; the applicant said the plan is a covered, landscaped parking area for Amazon vans.
The Goose Creek City Council voted on Oct. 8 to deny a rezoning request to change roughly 6.46 acres on Liberty Hall Road from residential single-family to general commercial. The proposal's proponent said the site would be used as a covered, landscaped parking lot for Amazon vans; neighbors said that commercial use does not fit the existing residential neighborhood and questioned the long-term implications if a short-term contract ends.
William Walls, who said he works with Atlantic South, told council, "There's only one plan that's going to be happening here and it's going to be for a parking lot, to park for Amazon vans." Nearby residents pressed the council on traffic and neighborhood character. Christine Broughton said she was "against it" because the area has always been residential and a parking lot would prevent future residential growth. Marietta Kelly said Liberty Hall Road was historically grandfathered as residential and warned about increased traffic.
A proponent, Robert Lee Shaw, said the project could bring revenue and jobs and that property owners have worked with utility providers to gain access. After public comment, council members discussed context and fit; one council member said commercial development should "make sense" in location and that this proposal "just doesn't make sense right there." The mayor then called the motion to deny; the council approved the motion and the rezoning application was denied.
