Town of Summerville

Planning Commission

September 20, 2021 - 4:00 PM

Town Hall, Town Council Chambers

The meeting will be live-streamed through the live-streaming link on the Town’s website:

www.summervillesc.gov

For additional information regarding items on this agenda including any public hearings, please contact

the Planning Department at planning@summervillesc.gov or 843.851.4217. Applications and related

documents for this meeting are available for review at any time at

www.summervillesc.gov/AgendaCenter.

I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

1. Approval of minutes from meeting on August 16, 2021.

II. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

1. Request to amend the Future Land Use Map within the Comprehensive Plan “Summerville: Our

Town, Our Future,” currently designated as Agricultural Conservation to Neighborhood Mixed

Use for parcels 152-00-00-014 and 016 fronting Dorchester Road.

III. OLD BUSINESS:

IV. NEW BUSINESS:

1. New Street Names (as needed)

2. Request to amend the Future Land Use Map within the Comprehensive Plan “Summerville: Our

Town, Our Future,” currently designated as Agricultural Conservation to Neighborhood Mixed

Use for parcels 152-00-00-014 and 016 fronting Dorchester Road.

V. MISCELLANEOUS:

VI. ADJOURNMENT:

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Chairman or Vice Chairman

Posted September 15, 2021

The Town of Summerville Planning Commission Meeting

Minutes

August 16, 2021

This meeting of the Town of Summerville Planning Commission was held in Town Council Chambers and was

attended by Commission Members, Jim Reaves, Chairman; Charlie Stoudenmire; Tom Hart; Kevin Carroll;

Elaine Segelken; and Betty Profit. Jonathan Lee was unable to attend. Staff in attendance included Jessi Shuler,

Director of Planning. The public was invited to attend in person, or they viewed the meeting via live-stream.

Jim Reaves, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM.

Approval of Minutes: The Chairman asked if there were any edits or additions to the minutes from the meeting on July 19, 2021.

Hearing none, the minutes were accepted as distributed.

Public Hearings:

The first public hearing opened at 4:01 PM and was for the petition by Summerville Partners of Georgia,

LLLP to annex Dorchester Co. TMS#s 152-00-00-014 and 016, located on Dorchester Road and totaling

approximately 278.53 acres. Currently zoned CG, General Commercial and R-4, Multi-family Residential in

Dorchester County and will be zoned PUD, Planned Development District, upon annexation into the Town of

Summerville’s municipal limits. (Council District 5). Mr. Reaves introduced the item and asked if anyone

wished to speak on the item. Chris Magaldi with Thomas & Hutton stated that he represented the applicants

on the project and was available to answer any questions. Ms. Shuler briefly outlined the PUD request for

single-family detached and attached homes, a commercial area at the intersection of Dorchester Road and

Orangeburg Road, a Town Park, 75’ undisturbed buffers between the adjacent residential areas, and

preservation of a majority of the wetlands. Mr. Hart asked about access and if a TIA had been completed for

the project. Ms. Shuler explained that the TIA was in progress, but not yet completed and the proposed access

points were included in that analysis. Hearing no further public comment, this public hearing was closed at

4:04 PM.

Mr. Reaves asked Ms. Shuler for confirmation that the second advertised public hearing item was requested to

be deferred by the applicant, and Ms. Shuler confirmed that was the case.

The second public hearing (the third advertised) opened at 4:05 PM and was for the petition by Extra Effort

Sports, LLC to annex Dorchester Co. TMS# 144-00-00-075, located at 620 Greenwave Boulevard,

approximately 0.918 acres. Currently zoned CG, General Commercial in Dorchester County and will be zoned

G-B, General Business upon annexation into the Town of Summerville’s municipal limits. (Council District 4)

Mr. Reaves introduced the item and asked if the petitioner was here. The applicant was not in attendance. Mr.

Reaves asked if there was anyone else who wished to speak on this petition. Hearing no public comment, this

public hearing was closed at 4:06 PM.

The third public hearing (the fourth advertised) opened at 4:06 PM and was for the petition by the Town of

Summerville to annex the N. Maple Street right‐of‐way fronting on Tracts 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, 50,

51, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61, 71, and 78. Mr. Reaves introduced the item and asked Ms. Shuler to briefly explain the

request. Ms. Shuler explained that this annexation was only of the portions of right-of-way that the Town has

already acquired from the stated tracts. Mr. Reaves asked if there was anyone else who would like to speak

about this petition. Laurie Bessette of 105 Cherry Place stated that she lived adjacent to property that fronted

N. Maple Street, and she wanted to know if the road widening would affect the plans for that property, or if

that property had approved development plans. Ms. Shuler noted that the properties that were adjacent to the

right-of-ways being considered for annexation were not in the Town limits, so she was not aware of any

development plans for those properties. As for other property fronting N. Maple St. adjacent to the area Ms. Bessette referenced, there is not a development plan in place at this time, but the developer will have to go

before the Town’s Design Review Board for approvals and a buffer will be required for any commercial

development adjacent to her property. Hearing no further public comment, this public hearing was closed at

4:13 PM.

Old Business There were no items under Old Business.

New Business The first item under New Business was New Street Names. Ms. Shuler stated that they did not have any new

street names for review.

The second item under New Business was the petition by Summerville Partners of Georgia, LLLP to annex

Dorchester Co. TMS#s 152-00-00-014 and 016, located on Dorchester Road and totaling approximately

278.53 acres. Currently zoned CG, General Commercial and R-4, Multi-family Residential in Dorchester

County and will be zoned PUD, Planned Development District, upon annexation into the Town of

Summerville’s municipal limits. (Council District 5). Mr. Carroll made a motion to accept the petition with

the proposed PUD with Mr. Hart making the second. Ms. Segelken stated that she had some specific questions

regarding the PUD. She asked if the language on page 13 regarding tree clearing was standard language,

specifically the meaning of the language in the 3rd bullet and the 8th and 9th bullets. Mr. Magaldi confirmed

that this language was pretty standard in the most recent PUDs that they had gotten approved in the Town. He

pointed out that most of the area to be disturbed in this development was already cleared as it is existing

farmland, but that they would work around the existing trees as much as possible. He gave some examples of

how the language in the bullets could be used. Mr. Reaves asked if the proposed park was agreed to be taken

over by the Town. Ms. Shuler confirmed that the Town had been in discussions with the developer regarding

the proposed park, which would be handled in the Development Agreement for the property. Mr. Magaldi also

confirmed that the roads would be town-owned. There was some discussion regarding the width of the

sidewalks and street tree locations, and Mr. Magaldi assured the Commission that wider eight to ten foot multi-

use paths would also be included throughout the development, and the street trees would be located to

minimize any conflicts. Mr. Hart expressed his concern that the Fiscal Impact Analysis shows a cost to the

Town over 20 years unless the commercial performs better than estimated. He wanted it noted that the

analysis showed scenarios with an increase in the revenue from the commercial, but not an increase in costs to

the Town over the 20 years, which he did not believe was accurate. Mr. Magaldi explained that their

consultant had used the guidelines provided by the Town to evaluate the costs. Mr. Hart agreed that he was

happy with the commercial aspect of the project and the Town park, but he was concerned about the number of

people and the impact statement showing an overall cost to the Town for the development. Mr. Magaldi

answered a few more follow-up questions about the park, noting that the proposal was just to give the land,

which was primarily highland, to the Town, not develop the park for the Town, but that could change

depending on the Development Agreement. Following the discussion, Mr. Reaves called for the question, and

the motion carried 5-1 with Mr. Stoudenmire the lone vote in opposition.

The third item under New Business was the petition by Extra Effort Sports, LLC to annex Dorchester Co.

TMS# 144-00-00-075, located at 620 Greenwave Boulevard, approximately 0.918 acres. Currently zoned CG,

General Commercial in Dorchester County and will be zoned G-B, General Business upon annexation into the

Town of Summerville’s municipal limits. (Council District 4) Mr. Hart made a motion to recommend

acceptance of the annexation petition with the requested zoning, and Mr. Carroll made the second. Mr. Reaves

asked what type of business was planned. Ms. Shuler explained that they were in the process of building an

indoor sports facility. The original plan was to utilize septic for the sewer, but after starting construction, it

was determined that the septic would no longer be viable, so annexation was needed to connect to SCPW

sewer. Following the discussion, the question was called and the motion carried unanimously.

The fourth item under New Business was the petition by the Town of Summerville to annex the N. Maple

Street right‐of‐way fronting on Tracts 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61, 71, and 78. Ms. Segelken made a motion to recommend approval with Mr. Hart making the second. Mr. Hart asked for

confirmation that only the right-of-way already owned by the Town was being annexed and that this would not

result in any tax increases for the property owners in the referenced tracts, and Ms. Shuler confirmed that he

was correct. Following the discussion, the question was called and the motion carried unanimously.

Miscellaneous:

Ms. Shuler stated that she had no items under Miscellaneous.

Adjourn:

With no further business for the Commission, Ms. Segelken made a motion to adjourn with Mr. Stoudenmire

making the second. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 4:33 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

Date: __________________________

Jessi Shuler, AICP

Director of Planning

Approved: _________________________________________________

Jim Reaves, Chairman or Kevin Carroll, Vice Chairman

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT

STAFF REPORT

PLANNING COMMISSION

September 20, 2021

Description: Amendment of Summerville: Our Town, Our Future, 2020 Comprehensive

Plan, Town of Summerville Future Land Use Map

Reason for request: The requested amendment was made by the applicant for the Shewmaker

PUD and Development Agreement. This change from Agricultural Conservation to

Neighborhood Mixed-Use brings the Town’s FLU map in better alignment with Dorchester

County’s FLU map, which shows this area as Medium Density Traditional Neighborhood. The

Medium Density Traditional Neighborhood land use designation includes a higher level of

density, a mix of housing types, and a mix of uses, all of which are also included in the Town’s

Neighborhood Mixed-Use land use designation as proposed. As our FLU map is done at the

parcel level, it was not possible to show this type of development fronting Dorchester Road with

the conservation of the wetlands and river at the rear of the properties. The Development

Agreement for the Shewmaker PUD requires this amendment in order to have that proposed

development in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan, and the PUD/DA does still propose to

preserve over 95% of the wetlands on the property, which is over 40% of the total property.

Council and staff are still negotiating the final terms of the Development Agreement.

RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE TOWN COUNCIL TO

APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2020 COMPREHENISVE PLAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH,

THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ENABLING ACT OF 1994, S.C. CODE OF

LAWS § 6-29-510, ET SEQ.:

WHEREAS, the Town adopted a Comprehensive Plan on October 8, 2020, and;

WHEREAS, two parcels known as TMS#s 152-00-00-014 and 016, fronting Dorchester Road to the west of the

intersection with Bacon’s Bridge Road are designated as Agricultural Conservation on the Town of Summerville

Planning Area Future Land Use Map, and;

WHEREAS, these properties are currently located in unincorporated Dorchester County and zoned Multi-Family

Residential (137.2 Acres) and General Commercial (141.33); and Dorchester County’s Future Land Use Map

designates these parcels as Medium Density Traditional Neighborhood, and;

WHEREAS, these parcels have been impacted by population changes and growth which have dictated this area

be designated as Neighborhood Mixed Use, and;

WHEREAS, South Carolina Code Ann. §6-29-520 requires that a recommendation of the plan or any element,

amendment, extension, or addition must be by resolution of the planning commission, carried by the affirmative

votes of at least a majority of the entire membership.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town of Summerville Planning Commission, in a meeting

duly assembled, to recommend for the Summerville Town Council to approve the proposed amendment to the

Comprehensive Plan to change the Future Land Use Map to designate parcels 152-00-00-014 and 016 as

Neighborhood Mixed Use.

DONE this 20th day of September, 2021.

SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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Jim Reaves, Chairman, Planning Commission; or,

Kevin Carroll, Vice Chairman, Planning Commission

ATTEST:

Jessi Shuler, AICP

Director of Planning

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