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Neighbors raise health and noise concerns as Anchor Point mobile-home concept advances
Summary
Residents told the commission the Anchor Point property is operating as an unpermitted campground with tents, generator noise, and alleged sewage odors; staff said three or more campers constitute a campground and Health Department rules require water and sewer hookups. The commission advanced the concept plan to the detailed site plan stage.
Neighbors and the developer clashed over the current use of the Anchor Point site as the Berkeley County Planning Commission considered a concept plan for a 10-lot mobile-home community. Staff described the project as 10 mobile-home lots on 7.542 acres east of US Route 11; developer representatives Charles Branch and Robin Miller attended.
Nearby resident Kathleen Blevins described the existing use as a campground: "there are tents and camper with non stop generator noise," and asked how soon the project would proceed. Sharon Shrum, who said she has lived adjacent to the property for 40 years, raised a separate health concern: she told the commission she can now smell raw sewage from the property. Developer and occupant testimony indicated occupants sometimes take holding-tank waste to a commercial dump: "everyone that stays there are self contained and all waste is taken to the Flying J dump site," a resident said. Staff cautioned that Health Department rules do not permit campgrounds that rely on self-contained holding tanks and that three or more campers on a site trigger campground rules requiring water and sewer hookups.
Commissioners closed the public hearing and voted to advance the concept plan to the Detailed Site Plan stage, while staff said they will coordinate with the Health Department to address sanitation and permitting during the interim. The developer indicated an intent-to-serve letter for public water and sewer had been provided.
