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Daycare seeks variances for expansion; board approves despite stormwater and space concerns
Summary
My Sunshine Child Development asked for variances tied to a 3,975 sq ft expansion after acquiring an adjoining car wash site. Applicant said DSS playground-space rules and Horry County stormwater requirements drive several variance requests; the board approved the project with staff conditions.
The Horry County Zoning Board approved variances allowing My Sunshine Child Development to expand its facility at 3631 Sacastee Boulevard by about 3,975 square feet after a sketch-plan review and questions about stormwater and playground area requirements.
Ryan Harvey, the applicant’s representative, said the car-wash parcel was removed and acquired to provide parking, stormwater capacity and a larger contiguous building. He told the board they are requesting a 100% variance to locate a dumpster within a five-foot landscape buffer and to allow proposed parking that does not meet the 50-foot-from-tree planting rule. Harvey said they will screen the dumpster and that they were following Department of Social Services guidance on playground area: "DSS requires that every child on the playground has 75 feet of area," he said, adding that previous Horry County ordinance language on play-area sizing had been removed and that the applicant will follow DSS rules.
Board members pressed the applicant on overlay requirements, facade and pedestrian improvements and whether the project would trigger a major level of modification in the boulevard overlay. The applicant said the site will include additional landscape buffers, facade upgrades and pedestrian connections and that stormwater routing and grading—required by Horry County—are driving several site-layout constraints. After discussion, the board moved to approve the variances with conditions set forth by staff.
