 Good evening, everyone. It's now 4 0 6. I will not call the April 20 set April 2022 planning Commission's meeting to order Welcome to the planning Commission's meeting staff and guests. We asked for your patience during this meeting Multiple staff members are here and behind the scenes With us today or Lucinda Slater our planet administrator Jonathan Chambers land development administrator Andrew Levin good annexation coordinator If you're watching the meeting via city TV You will see live images or still images of planning Commission members and the administrator However images of the applicant in the public will not be visible Today public participation will be heard here in person or via email by those watching on city TV When participating please provide your name for documentation purposes The public may stream the meetings through city TV accessed at www.youtube.com slash user slash Columbia SC government The public may submit letters and statements via email to COC board meeting at Columbia SC gov Leading up to and or during the meeting as this account will be monitored during the meetings Emails and letters sent during the meeting will be read into the record emails and letters received prior to the meeting have been forwarded to the Commission The public may participate via phone. You may call 8 5 5 9 2 5 2 8 0 1 when prompted, please enter the meeting code 2 5 4 0 If you're here today to speak about a case you must speak up when the chairperson calls for public comment And I will call the roll Ms. Davis here Ms. Hart's Dr. Mandel here. Ms. Thomas here. Mr. Tupper here applicants with the request before the planning Commission or allotted presentation time of 10 minutes This time she'd include but it's not limited to an overview of the project Case history and any pertinent meetings held regarding the request This time also includes all persons presenting information on behalf of the applicants such as attorneys engineers and architects This time is limited, but This this time limit does not include any questions asked by the planning committee or staff regarding requests Amendments of the general public are given the opportunity to address their concerns in intervals of two minutes applicants may have five minutes to respond The administrator has a timer and will make Presenters aware when their time has expired The planning commission reserves the right to amend these procedures on a case by case basis Are there any changes to the agenda? There is one change to the agenda case number seven under a major site plan review S plan dash 2022 dash 003 For 14 58 caroline road has been deferred And at this point the rest of the agenda still stands Thank you The planning commission used a consent agenda to approve non-conversional or routine matters by a single motion of vote Examples of such items include the approval of site plans and excisions and street names If a member of the planning commission or the general public wants to discuss an item on the consent agenda You must speak after the consent agenda is read Then that item is removed from the consent agenda and is considered during the meeting The planning commission then approves the remaining consent agenda items The first item on the consent agenda is to approve the march 10th 2022 minutes Case number Two is annex dash 2022 Dash 006 Point 21 acres on the west side of canal drive This is a request to annex the property assign a land use classification Of urban edge residential large lot and assign a zoning of mixed-use district at the time of annexation The property is currently classified as mixed residential high density and zoned rsmd by richland county Case number three annex dash 2022 dash 0007 2311 and 2301 Percival road request to annex the property and assign a land use classification of urban edge Multifamily and assign zoning of residential mixed district at the time of annexation The property is currently classified as neighborhood medium density and zoned rmhd by richland county Case number four annex dash 2022 dash 0008 17 25 and 33 montry court Request to annex the property and assign a land use classification of urban edge residential large lot And assign zoning of residential single family large lot district portions within the floodplain overlay district At the time of annexation The property is currently classified as neighborhood medium density and zoned rsld by richland county Case number five annex dash 2022 dash 0009 3740 pearl street Request to annex the property assign a land use classification of urban core mixed residential Two and assign zoning of employment campus at the time of annexation The property is currently classified as mixed-use corridor and zoned gc by richland county Case six annex dash 2022 dash 00010 1482 caroline road Request to annex the property assign a land use classification of urban eggs urban edge mixed residential And assign zoning of office and institutional district at the time of annexation The property is classified as neighborhood medium density and zoned ru by richland county As i mentioned case seven has been deferred So the next case on the consent agenda is case eight s plan dash 2022 dash 0005 2301 and 2311 Percival road Request major site plan approval for the construction of 180 unit multifamily residential development Percival place The properties are currently zoned rmhd Within richland county and are being considered for annexation with residential mixed district zoning Case nine s plan dash 2022 dash 0006 201 more hopkins lane Request major site plan approval for the construction of a 90 unit multifamily residential development The stone ridge senior village the property is zoned employment camp campus district Case 10 s plot dash 2022 dash 0025 49.14 acres near sandy oaks road Request site plan approval for the construction of a 235 lot single family residential subdivision Ellington subdivision phase two The properties are zoned pd in the wood creek farms land development Excuse me. I'm sorry. It could you pull your microphone? Just a little closer. It's um, it's a little Even i'm having a little okay. Is that better? Is this better? Case 11 s plot dash 2022 dash 0026 29.17 acres on riding grove road Request site plan approval for the construction of a 43 lot single family residential subdivision pecan grove The properties are currently zoned pdd within richland county and are currently being considered for annexation with pd in the wood creek farms plan development under zoning map amendment case 12 Zma dash 2022 dash 0005 446 climson road and 446 climson road extension Request to rezone the property from mixed-use district 2 to general commercial district And that concludes the consent agenda Thank you If there is anyone from the public neither in person or watching live tv City that would like to have an item removed from the consent agenda If so, please speak now or send an email When participating, please provide your name for the minutes Please communicate by sending an email to COC board meeting at columbia sc.gov Please communicate via form by pressing star 2 to leave a voicemail Or star 3 to speak to a person We will pause to allow communications from the public the phone number is 835-925-2801 And the meeting code is 2540 Madam chair, I would like to mention that staff did receive an email today Uh with some questions about one of the cases on the consent agenda Consent agenda. This is from brian and christina Al al kermes And if I could just read that And then you guys can make a decision This says in reference to the proposed rezoning of the land adjacent to peach grove villas One parcel on corner of clemson road and earth road which abuts the west side of peach grove villas and two Parcel on corner of spears creek church road and earth road If rezoning is approved one, what can we expect to be built? Two, when would construction begin and its duration three? What is the easement and will the city insist that a barrier either fencing trees or berm Be constructed to serve as a noise and site buffer to protect the privacy of peach grove villa residents Thank you for your attention to this matter Are there any other items any other? Comments just coming in The email probably a phone I do not have any callers No more emails have come in. Okay. Thank you Is there a motion to removed? this item 12 z ma zero two zero zero dash zero zero five from the consent agenda Madam chair I move that we remove item 12 from the consent agenda Is there a second Second It's been moved in second that we remove removed item number 12 from the consent agenda All those in favor that it be known by the sign I I any opposes Thank you motion carried staff, please read the first item on the regular agenda for this evening this meeting So now Oh, yeah, we need to do a motion for the consent agenda. Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry about that We will now need a motion to accept the remaining items on the consent agenda Madam chair likes to make a motion to approve the items on the agenda Is there a second second? It's been moved in second that we are removed continue with the remaining consent agenda items removed from the tonight's meeting All those in favor that be known by saying I Any opposes Thank you motion carried Now we're here from the regular agenda items from staff So now the first case on the regular agenda will be what was case number 12 ZMA dash 2022 dash 0005 This is 446 Clemson road and 446 Clemson road extension A request to rezone the property from mixed-use district mu2 to general commercial district gc And I believe the applicant is here and might be able to answer the questions that were asked by the email Is the applicant present for this? Resoning would you come for it, sir? Please come to the podium provide your name for the record And would you please provide a brief summary of your response? Yes, it's my name is crick weights I'm in real estate brook with carers real estate company in columbia and i'm actually representing the property owner Who is joe gotley who is the majority principal in the two entities that own those properties One's Naomi and one's peach farm llc Can I We are actually here um requesting a zoning Classification that we had originally before the map amendment was changed I've got a presentation there. I didn't I hope you don't mind sharing. I brought enough for Four of us for three of y'all wanted me, but um long story short is in december of 2020 These were the zoning classifications for the the particular properties that we were discussing We actually went through a zoning amendment On april 20 of 21 worked with the staff and had The property at earth and spears creek rezone from c1 to rg2 Um and that became c3 So if you look at the third slide May 20 of 21 the property was zoned c the the um The properties were actually zoned c3 And then the other corner of I guess the southwest corner of spears creek and earth road was zoned c2 Then when the new map ordinance came along They changed it to it changed all of them to mu2 mixed use district um the mu2 mixed mixed use district is a Is a commercial district, but it is really as you all know when going through the process It's more of an urban classification And it's got a few few design issues. Uh, it's got some part minimal parking maximum minimal parking requirements of Three and a half four thousand, um, which doesn't suit a really a retail development It doesn't allow for convenience stores doesn't allow for Climate control storage a lot of things that you would normally find in general commercial zoning in a more suburban environment And so we we're simply requesting to uh, well, we're asking for A majority of the properties to be rezoned back to what we had them rezoned before the map amendment came out And then asking the portion that's actually c2 to be zoned to be zoned general commercial um The reason that we did that was that It was announced back in november that the county had refunded the widening of spears Creek church road from from Two lanes to five lanes that had been taken off the penny um because of funding issues, but uh the council approved not only that one But broader road to go back to five lanes and so it's not going to be it's going to be a Very much a commercial corridor with a high high traffic volume. So, uh, we we changed that one from c2 to A gc, but we're more or less asking for what we had before the map amendment was enacted As to the specific questions I'm sorry. I couldn't remember what they were I can see them um Partial on the corner of Clemson earth where we which are butch the west side of Peach Cards villas That's the one that we're we're asking from c2. It was c2. They went to mu2 and now to gc um Partial on the corner of spears creek and oh, I'm sorry. That was that was in the moment. So originally c3 It was changed back to mu2 during the map amendment. We're just asking to go back to c3 or general commercial the way it was Then the parcel in the corner was um c2 went to mu2 and then we're asking to go to general commercial, which was was c3 What do we expect to build? This is um 49 acres And so there's we've got some things that are in the process now, but uh, there's it may take 20 years to build out 49 acres of of this property What is the easement and will the city insist that a barrier barrier be constructed? You know, I I guess my answer there is the city has protections built into its zoning code that says that if A property is abutted up against a residential Uh another residential property and there's certain buffers fence requirements have to be met before Building permit could be issued. So they're they're protections that are built in the code that would would would provide for that Thank you. Are there any questions from the commissioners? That you may have for the applicant before we open it up for public comment Did that answer all the questions in the email? I don't remember. I just think I just want to make sure Yes, there were three questions and As far as I think without a specific development proposal, right? It probably answers it as much as we can at this point okay, will someone email back that person and address the questions or Acknowledge, I mean just Since they weren't here certainly that'd be great. Thank you so much We encourage those who'd like to make comment via email or on the web to begin sending your letters in emails now Emails may be sent to coc board meeting at columbia sc.gov or on the web at HTTPS colon forward slash forward slash public I in public input dot com slash c o c p c That's april two zero two two For those who wishing to leave a voicemail or speak live call eight five five nine two five two eight zero one When prompted please enter the meeting code two five four zero Then press star two to leave a voicemail Or start three to speak live Please sure your community audio is off to avoid any feedback We'll pause Madam chair while we're waiting on that is there any we would just like to Just like to put this item that was submitted on the record as exhibit a submitted Thank you, I've not seen any additional email correspondence about this case Okay, thank you First we will hear from anyone from the audience who might like to speak on this matter Please state your name clearly into the microphone for the record and limit your comments to two minutes If so would you approach the podium at this time? Now do we have any voicemails from those calling the end? concerning the The amendment you don't have any callers Now I'll call to a motion then What is your pleasure as it relates to this a zoning amendment? I don't um, madam chair. I move that we approve the zoning map amendment for four four six Clemson road and four four six Clemson road extension TMS number two five seven zero zero dash zero two dash zero one and two five seven zero zero dash zero four dash zero two Thank you It's been moved in second to print All those in favor then let it be known by the sign. I'm I he opposes Motions carried the planning commission will now move for with those items on the regular agenda We will use the following outline for the regular agenda items The administrator will introduce the case the applicant will have 10 minutes to make a presentation The planning commission may ask questions. The public will be allowed to participate via email or in person The planning commission may ask additional questions by the applicant and then action will be taken by the planning commission So the first case on the regular agenda Is case number 13 an axe dash 2021 dash zero zero two four This is 20.54 acres on the east side of elmgren street The request is to annex the property and assign a land use classification of urban edge mixed residential and assign zoning of residential mixed district at the time of annexation The property is currently classified as mixed mixed residential high density and zoned r u and r s dash ld by richland county So this is the property. This is um Just off broad river road and We have received a lot of correspondence about this case um the staff Did have a different recommendation than what is put forward. Um, it's in the it's in your staff packet And the applicant is present Is the applicant present Please come to the podium and provide your name for the record And could you provide a brief summary of this request? The applicant will have 10 minutes to present the proposal Good afternoon. My name is josh raven. I'm a civil engineer in columbia Representing dr. Horton who is looking at this piece um Looking at the richland county maps richland county has actually In their new zoning maps has reclassified this moving forward is r3 Which gives it six units per acre Based on the 21.5 units per acre That would the the sketch plane that's been submitted it would be Approximately 35 more lots than what the new richland county zoning would be The applicant we were looking to try to have a public meeting per staff recommendation We weren't able to find a facility And wanted to go ahead and at least get on the planning commission agenda The applicant is still very open to having a public meeting and meeting with the stakeholders of the community to talk about their plans for the project and Excuse me and just looking at the density it's it's similar to what's uh currently In place between the parcel and the can and the river so that's excited about the property and um Just wanted to request uh bringing going ahead and bringing this into the city I'm here for any questions you might have Thank you. Are there any questions from the that the commissioners may have for the applicant before we open it up for public comment I have one. What exactly are you guys pointing to do? with the lot A single family residential all yes, ma'am I just want to clarify. Um, it's currently In richland county, correct? Yes, ma'am and the current density for its Zoning under richland county allows for how many single family residential lots So the the current richland county zoning for your packet is is r u and rs ld r u is 33 000 Squarefoot lots rs ld is i believe 15 But richland county is currently going they've already released their new zoning ordinance And they're in the process of releasing their new zoning maps And in the new zoning maps in richland county, this property is classified as r3 And that is six units per acre So just what what is the number of lots that you would be allowed under the new zoning for richland county? 129 129 And how many again just for the record can you tell me that you are will be allowed under this annexation? We're proposing 164 with the site plan that we submitted 164 with the site plan that you submitted And to clarify staff's recommendation on this was Well when we met with the applicant When we met with the applicant we had recommended that There be a split zoned parcel and that the section along elmgren be a lower density zoning district To just try to address the adjacent single family development and then um the The higher density allowed um on the rest of the parcel So you made a recommendation and they are coming before us with something that is not congruent with that recommendation, correct? Correct Okay, um And my understanding is that you haven't met with the neighborhood at this point as well We weren't able to find a uh facility to host a meeting prior to this meeting But the applicant is is more than willing to If we can locate a facility that'll house the host a meeting to meet with the stakeholders But to clarify that has not happened that has not happened. Okay. Thank you any other questions Thank you I had a question um He mentioned a site plan. Did we was everyone submitted with this annexation or not? We don't um We've had a staff meeting But we don't typically have a site plan as a as part of the annexation or rezoning process Just because the zoning has to stand by itself regardless of what the proposal may mean So That's typically not part of the consideration. So the site plan will be evaluated at a later date Right. Yes. I mean based on their current um plans that will certainly go through site plan review Right, but yeah, the plan could change which is why we don't You know, we like to have those conversations separately just in case to make sure the zoning is appropriate We encourage those who's like to comment via email or on the web to begin sending in letters and emails emails may be sent to COC board meeting at columbia sc.gov Or on the web at hgtps For it says colon colon public input dot com COC PC dash april 2022 For those who want to leave a voicemail or speak live call 8 5 5 9 2 5 2 8 0 1 When prompted, please enter the meeting code 2 5 4 0 Then press star 2 to leave a voicemail or press star 3 to speak live Please make sure that your computer audio is off to avoid any feedback First we will hear from anyone in the audience who would like to speak Sir, if you would please state your name clearly into the microphone for the record and limit your comments to two minutes My name is michael haigler. I'm representing the elma boat huffman heights neighborhood as a member of their board We've got several residents here as well to speak against this proposal This is the first time we've heard from the applicant never heard any request for a meeting So we just saw the sign on the property and that's why we've been frantically organizing the last couple weeks Michael haigler my address 1529 elma boat terrace And give you a little bit of history We're against this proposal of high density housing Because we're trying to protect single family established neighborhoods and by reading the application The applicant is applying for rm2 Which is multi-purpose multi-family. So we're against rm2 entirely because of the density encroachment It would have effect on our neighborhood We've got about 300 homes in our neighborhood and the handout you got shows a map The section that is in question Has is labeled huffman heights. It's recognized by richland county as part of their neighborhood groups So we oppose this Pretty much 100% Would have loved to have had a conversation but never was contacted There's a little bit of confusion even about the application because it says it's high density R. E. U. Is not high density I don't even know when they got rsld because the parcel is vacant in r. U There are a couple little houses on the block That are rsld, but that's low density So we are definitely opposed to high density and multi-family development Because of the impact on this neighborhood. It's full of houses that've been there for four generations The original neighborhoods were formed by the elmgren family and the huffman family on broad river road Huffman was developed about the 40s Elmobo was developed in the 50s But like I say fourth generation people in there and moved there invested there For the quiet for the space and for single family atmosphere Um, we're not opposed to density per se But we're thinking that there's opportunity for density on vacant property not at the expense of existing established single family neighborhoods And we've got a several other speakers as well. So I think they're next on your list or I could call them up Uh, we'll call the next person up. Yes, sir. Thank you Is there anyone else who'd like to speak? I'm starting this item. Would you each address the podium separately, please? And would you state your name clearly into the microphone for the racket? Thank you. I'm uh, your comments for two minutes. Thank you Derek brown, uh, 214 river bluff way Here as a board member of fraud river township. It's a condo in town home community And patty a home community right at atlantic and Bentley drive next to this Um, first want to start. I guess he said that the current county zoning allowed for six units per acre But and that it would only increase a little bit But despite what they're playing andrew living good with the city said that this would allow the zoning would actually allow it to 17 units or a little over 17 units per acre And I also have concern with his use of six units per acre with the county andrew also mentioned that much of this land was probably unbuildable or very difficult to build on so even if it's six units per acre I don't think that they're probably going to allow 12 units on one acre and zero on the other so Even though that might be zoned that way if some of it's unbuildable, they're not going to truly get six units per acre out of this project So that sounds a little deceiving to me. Um, Don't know how that's really how it works, but this is first I've heard of it So I'm just kind of reacting um off the cuff here We've already submitted comments as a neighborhood association. Um, I submitted those so I won't go through all that just want to focus on one thing for myself If any of y'all haven't seen the traffic there, I Do advise you to go there between, you know, 8 30 and 9 30 and 4 30 and 5 30 It seems calm if you're there normal times other than crazy drivers, but it gets extremely busy. You've got over Is correct that there's a ton of high density there already That's the problem. There are five apartment and condo complexes totaling 1200 units that are on neighborhood roads, essentially already cutting through their neighborhood. Um It's busy during those times outside of that is a little slow We have drag racing that happens that there was recently people pulled for that We had somebody a few weeks ago wrecked into a tree because they were racing We've had our we have a large red fence or our sign at the corner of atlantic and bentley in the last five years It's been crashed into by a car twice and caused over 10,000 hours in damage. Um our Secondary gate signed by people that are I assume probably racing also that coming down the road have ran off the road and hit our Gate the machinery there and damaged it So there's just an extremely there used to be police that monitored all the time because it was so bad But that has fallen off And so you've got extreme traffic during certain parts of the day when everybody's trying to come and go with 1200 multi-family units on top of the single family and having to go through single family On roads that haven't been repaired. This was rejected by the county in 2013 for something similar And the roads have only gotten worse. No repairs have been made I can only imagine that the equipment they would need to build this kind of project would just further damage these small roads That are not meant for it And I'll leave it at that because I know I'm probably close to my two minutes, but thank y'all and please Do consider the full statement we sit in and everything. Thank you, sir Anyone else like to speak Good afternoon, madam chair. My name is Kathleen McDaniel. I'm attorney here in Columbia, South Carolina And I represent the elma bowed huffman heights neighborhood This neighborhood is opposed to the annexation and rezoning at a high density However, I think we might be able to short circuit this a little bit today As the applicant acknowledged they have not met with the neighborhood I don't believe they've even tried to contact the neighborhood the neighborhood is very Michael haigler is the treasurer of the neighborhood and he's very well open to meeting with The potential developer So I think it would make a lot of sense to defer this so that there could be time for the parties to meet and confer And decide if there is a way forward that makes everybody happy in addition to that the County rezoning Is very much in flux right now the county planning commission Excuse me that on april 4th The purpose of that meeting was to approve the rezoning map for the entire county There was so much opposition that they have deferred that decision until may or june or later One of the main things that they are considering is taking multifamily out of the r2 and r3 zoning districts Which is what these neighborhoods would be If this comes in as rm To one or two That's going to permit multifamily within the city where it's not permitted an adjacent County properties Excuse me, and so you're going to have that internal inconsistency there So there's a lot of moving parts going on right now So I would respectfully request that this be Deferred perhaps until the next meeting so that the parties. I'll have time to consult The county can get its plan Confirmed and know what the zoning will be and everybody will have a better sense of what's happening. Thank you. Thank you I would be prepared to make a motion Okay Do we need to hear if there's one of the public comment? Sir, do you would like to speak? Please state your name clearly into the microphone for the record and limit your comments to two minutes. Thank you All right today. I'm here. Uh, just on behalf of my name is Richard McDaniel I'm new to this whole thing. Um, but I share the same concern as the three people that just spoke before me I mean, um, the neighborhood is a gem I actually I would be more affected than any of the people that probably just spoke before me because i'm actually the owner of all the Probably that's adjacent to where they're actually planning on building that and I brought that probably sold it Sold it for the reason because it's a it was a nice neighborhood It's peaceful somewhere where I wanted to lay down, you know I'm saying my future and you know have something for my kids but With the small streets and the in the in the quietness of the neighborhood Again, I haven't never seen this gentleman heard anything about it. I go check on my property often So I just went by there a couple times and had to be assigned there So, you know, I came to to the meeting today just to see what is about and see what's going on But like I said, I share the same concern with the people that spoke I don't know them. They haven't met me. But you know, like I said again, I own all the property Exactly across like five feet from where they are planning on doing this set and I'm opposed to it That's all I had to say. Thank you, sir Any other comments in the room that we have any hurting the comments from anybody Be a voicemail You may approach the podium sir while he's waiting sir, if you would State your name clearly into the microphone for the record and limit your comments to two minutes. Thank you James Shaw shaw I'm a resident at 206 river bluff way Which is a jacid property to this planned development I guess some of my issues are considering the overall safety of the present occupants And also the future occupants in that regards I don't know if you could Show up the map again of the site plan partly because I didn't Of this but this shows a topography Before addressing that I'd like to address that. I mean I've lived in the area for about Five years when you look at the Bentley road it comes out onto broad river And that the city If they once they look at that It's a dangerous intersection There's no traffic signal there It's on a downhill to the river and people speed down that road at that intersection between Bentley and broad river There are frequent accidents Happening in that area There's at least one death that has happened within the past year at that intersection And they have maintained a memorial on one corner of that intersection for At least a year Keeping us a reminder And refreshing the flowers that are there frequently That's one of the safety issues the road itself is From that one in Atlantic Drive are fairly narrow And there's a significant amount of traffic And not all of it is done anywhere near the speed limit I've driving up to turn into my gate And Because I'm not moving fast enough. I'm not turning quickly enough To get the button and wait for the gate to open That they fly past me in the left hand lane And it's not that visible to see traffic coming Towards on the opposite side But there's the other safety issue of looking at that topo There is a 50 foot difference in elevation from the lower left hand corner To the upper center corner That's why I think when someone said that they didn't need a site plan yet I think that the site plan is very important before a decision is made Because I don't how can they handle a 50 foot drop off Across that site With the density of housing that they're talking about That will be safe for the future owners of that location And I can illustrate that by the fact that at the north end In that RM2 residential area There's apartment buildings Department building right to the north of that In the range of 10 years ago might have been longer. I wasn't here at the time but That building because that's on the low end. That's a 50 foot drop off across this site That builds up and they've got fill at that area that apartment building As a record of sinking Probably because of that 50 foot and you know, there's a lot of Rainwater and drainage that must be passing through that site because of the significant difference in elevations in that building Sunk the occupants the owners They had to pay significant money to jack up the south side of that building To get it stable again, such that it was safe for them to continue living in that facility So I'd be concerned about any multi-story dense housing Has it been two minutes? I'm just trying to clarify. Has it been two minutes? Yes, ma'am. Thank you Thank you, sir. We appreciate your comments Thank you for your time We were now here from any comments that we have received in writing Okay, we I'd just like to acknowledge that a couple of emails were forwarded to the commission in advance of this meeting that were Received yesterday. There was an email from Dana Buskirk that was forwarded to the commission as well as an email with attachment from Derek brown which he mentioned earlier We also received a third email After the comments were forwarded to the commission from carlos carlos amritch And I would like to read that into the record It says my name is carlos amritch. I am a homeowner who lives in broad river township 102 river bluff way and I object to any change in the zoning of this area If the change means that will allow a higher density construction of an apartment complex There is already too much traffic on bentley and atlantic and this will create even more dangerous congestion There is also a litter and unsanitary situation in these two streets and increased housing will increase this problem Please do not change the zoning in this area to a higher density status Sincerely carlos amritch We have another email that has come through Uh During the meeting Yeah, we received an email from We received an email from evalyn evans And it states this email to express my opposition to approval of the sale slash annexation of the 20 plus acres On the corner of bentley and atlantic drive For the For the zoning as multifamily multi-use high density mix Building slash unit. They are already a plethora of apartment complexes Saturating this geographical area which contribute to crime both officially reported and non reported except by social media Increased and reckless traffic Extensive litter debris and deteriorating property values That's from evalyn evans Thank you Now do we have any voicemails From those calling in live to our staff Apparently there's another email that just came through as well This email is from tanya massing We live on atlantic drive our concerns are that the proposed rezoning will lead to increased traffic More trash that will end up in the storm drains and river Increasing crime and destructive of local wildlife and that's from dominic Yonelli and tanya massing I think Thank you And I have Go right here Yes, hello, this is dominic gene alle well 30. I oppose A high density Zoning for the property at the end of atlantic and corner of bentley Every day I have to pick up trash Because of the excessive traffic It comes down with all the apartments at the back of the neighborhood I can't see how adding another 300 plus units is going to improve The neighborhood in any way whatsoever. I'm not opposed to Developing the property I just believe that the neighborhood would be better suited for single family dwelling There's also some pretty low water pressure in the entire area Once again adding all this story infrastructure is definitely not going to Help the situation whatsoever I've lived in three different apartment complexes on bentley drive before I purchased my property on balsam They're not very well maintained All the litter that gets dropped on the ground that isn't actually picked up eventually finds its way to our Our river right on the broad river Hello, my name is tanya musting. I'm calling in regards to the rezoning of elmgren Excuse me of elmgren street My concern is that the rezoning is going to cause too much traffic new traffic will lead to new Lead to more trash that will end up in the storm drains including our river Crime is already on the rise. There's no meltdowns and car break-ins Destruction of what a local wildlife one of the amazing things of living in this area that is being able to see deer and rabbits and things There's also lots of birds And rezoning that area is going to tear down a lot of the The area where the local wildlife lives There's already very low water pressure in the area Also, it's going to increase Trash, I don't know if I've already mentioned that's going to end up in the storm drains Including the river I constantly go out every day and have to clean up trash already that's Ends up in the drains next to our house And there's a lot of speeding down this road That's only going to increase with more traffic and more people And uh my fiance who also lives here And has multiple properties in this neighborhood Has personally lived in three apartment complexes prior to having to owning numerous properties in the area and he feels that The term runners will not improve The area it'll only be single family single family home and long-term Family long-term families that will increase the area Thank you so much appreciate your time and Thank you. All right. Thank you Would the applicant like to respond to any of the public comments and if you so please limit your comments to five minutes Yes, thank you again, and I apologize for the confusion Understand the concern with the zoning being what it is again the zoning had to stand on its own like staff had mentioned Multi family is not the intent here. It is single family um And the developer is some of the concerns that I've heard having worked with this developer in the past They want to be a good neighbor. They want to make sure that they invest in the community Thankfully, miss mcdaniel and I have worked on things in the past. I just exchanged business cards with mr. Hagler So would like to echo miss mcdaniel's Recommendation that we defer this and and get get both parties together and discuss this moving forward just to kind of more accurately Deculate the developer's vision. So thank you. Thank you Staff can he withdraw and defer the request that we still need to take a vote Um, I think you still need to make a motion. Okay Are there any other questions then from the commissioners to the applicant of staff? Madam chair before you move on we want to make sure that we get these items on the record as exhibits So exhibit a is a map of the elm abode huffman heights communities with a Description encroachment of the high density apartments in the established single family neighborhood That'd be exhibit a exhibit b is a petition against the proposed rezoning of the 20 acre parcel On Atlantic drive that's exhibit b and then exhibit c Would be the topographical map that was submitted that y'all having your possession for review Thank you. Thank you I'd like to go ahead now if you have no other questions call for the motion at this time Yeah Madam chair, I would like to make the motion to defer nx to zero two one dash zero zero two four 20 0.54 acres elm green street tms number zero seven three one two That's zero four dash zero three I'll second Is there any further discussion? Hearing none all those in favor don't let it be known by saying a I any opposed motion carried That ends the discussion on this particular topic We understand but we just voted to defer the motion Yes, sir Thank you We'll now move to the next item on our agenda I can I add one just a general comment related to this item and other items which is that as a planning commission member the I am not a planner and a developer and the people that I take most seriously are the staff and their recommendations so um I think just as a general comment if Staff is strongly recommending something That's something that I personally as a planning commission member take very seriously And look very closely at before I would disagree with that Thank you We were now um Here the next item on our agenda Staff for you would like to introduce it. Yeah, that's going to take us to um 1.89 acres on planner's drive TMS number 16405 dash zero one dash zero four And this is a request for um pre preliminary plat review For the construction of a 10 lot residential subdivision And this is a little bit different since the implementation of our new Unified development ordinance Major subdivisions are reviewed a little bit differently First they would go through a sketch plan with where staff Would actually review the application to make sure that they meet all the basic requirements And then staff would issue an approval of that sketch plan and then the preliminary plan actually come back Comes back to planning commission and their plan is actually a lot more detailed than the sketch plan that they that they give us The sketch plan phase Is for the developer to see if they are actually going in the right develop right direction with regards to their Development before they start Getting into the heavy engineering and that type of thing. So that's the reason Why it's done a little bit different And this is the planning. This is the preliminary plat for this Proposal, but it's an 11 Excuse me a 10 lot single family residential subdivision on a cul-de-sac On planters drive There is actually tree preservation as well as landscaping Sidewalks that will be implemented as part of this development and I believe the applicant is present That can and he can give a little bit more description about the case Is the applicant present concerning this agenda item? Please come to the micro podium provide your name for the record and could you provide a brief summary of your request? Yes, ma'am. Again, my name is josh rabin civil engineering of colombia again, this is a 1.9 acre infill development I believe on the agenda was 11 acres. It did drop that 11 acres 11 units It did drop down to 10 when we were going through the staff review The landscaping and the tree preservation did require us to lose a lot. So that took us from 11 to 10 We're at about 70 on the engineering We're you know, we haven't gone through engineering review yet with the city staff, but What we've done so far, you know as far as pre post development runoff and water quality will be meeting all of those standards meeting the landscape standards water and sewer those are all kind of Pretty much about 70 complete submitted for staff review Again, this is kind of a lot of the infill development kind of You hear a lot of people when we when we try to uh do New subdivisions out in in the rural areas, you know, a lot of people are Are kind of wanting the infill development and that's that's exactly what this is So I believe According to staff, I believe we're on the right track as far as making sure we're meeting everything in the ordinance Not requesting a rezone everything that we're doing complies with the current zoning So again, this is just part of the process and the new city's new Zoning code zoning ordinance and so we appreciate Y'all's approval. Thank you very much Thank you, sir Are there any questions? That the commissions have for the applicant before we move to open for public comment comment Just to clarify with staff. This is um staff is asking for or suggesting approval based on staff comments, correct for this That is correct. Okay And will we see this again or is this This is This is it. This is the yeah, they're just clarifying. Yes, okay Thank you, sir. Thank you We encourage those who would like to make comment via email or the web to begin sending in letters and emails emails may be sent to See board meeting at columbia sc.gov from the web at HTTPS colon forward slash forward slash public input comm co Cpc dash april 2020 For those wanting to leave a voicemail or to speak live call 855 925 2801 When prompted, please enter the meeting code 2540 Then press star two to leave a voicemail or to press star three to speak live Please be sure that your computer audio is off to avoid any feedback Now we'll hear from anyone in the audience who'd like to speak Please state your name clearly into the microphone For the record, you may come forward, ma'am And please limit your comments to two minutes. Okay. Hello. My name is Mary Brassard, and I'm at 403 candy forest lane, which is right behind The area in which they're wanting to build um, I have some Concerns about environmental impacts. Will they keep the trees? Will they make a tree line in between our property and their property? um, will they have a fence? up Separating our properties um What will happen to the animals that live there? There's deer that live there foxes that live there possums that live there Will they relocate them? And my property concerns is how far will it be from the property line? Will they be rentals or will they be for sale? How much will they cost? How tall are they? Will they look into my backyard and home? Thank you for taking the time to listen to my concerns I would be grateful if you can point me in the direction of anyone who can answer any of these questions and also No one's come to meet with us in our neighborhood to talk to us So that's kind of a concern as well Thank you. Thank you You may approach the podium ma'am We ask that you speak clearly into the microphone for the record and limit your comments to two minutes. Thank you Good afternoon. My name is christen darvey. I live at 401 camey forest, which is also Right behind where they're trying to build I'm concerned about the environmental impacts for the development There's currently a huge flooding problem that we have on our road I brought a picture every time it rains our street floods like this. That would be the planter's drive Street floods tremendously There is a there's a bunch of buildup of debris and litter that clogs our storm drains And so I'm concerned about construction debris and it putting dirt all over the road every time it floods Our roads are in that road in particular is in horrible disrepair So I'm also concerned. I have some safety concerns with the traffic I'm concerned about where the entrances and exits are going to be for this development If they're planning on putting an entrance or exit on planter's drive That road is already so clogged with traffic in the morning and we don't have Pretty much. There's no signage. The only signage is a stop sign where it meets veterans road traffic backs up there You can get caught there for 10 minutes because you're trying to get onto veterans with all the traffic So that would be a concern of mine Also, what kind of time delay that's going to put on my commute to work in the morning and everybody else is And then I'm also concerned about there being no sidewalks on that road People walk that road all the time people fly down that road in their cars I think that you know kind of what the last development was talking about was the drag racing We have that on planter's drive as well And then I'm also concerned with the secrecy behind the whole project We we were also just notified by a sign going up from what it seems like This is the only meeting that there's going to be for this None of the Nobody's done any kind of environmental impact assessment regarding flooding I'm pretty sure that the flooding is then going to impact my property because that acts as a buffer for flooding right now So these are some of my concerns Thank you Thanks Anyone else? Are there any comments that's been received in writing? It's on this issue We haven't received any emails about this case Now then we'll hear for any voicemails that we've heard From those calling in live I do not have any voicemails Thank you Would the applicant like to respond to any of the public comments that you've heard? And if so, please limit your response to five minutes Yes, I'm trying to make sure I address as many of the concerns as I can As far as buffering the plan will meet the city's buffering requirements I don't recall the specifics off the top of my head But I do know there's a certain width of buffer that there has to be vegetated Between the property line and the new development and if that width is not maintained it can be Reduced with a fence so it's it's kind of one or the other but all of that will be a we'll meet the city's buffering and screening requirements That so there is going to be some clearing But a tree survey was done. We do have a landscape architect on staff Who's looked at this site? We're meeting the tree preservation requirements in the city ordinance, which I believe is 13 percent if i'm not mistaken Don't hold me to that number And then we are also revegetating the site once we develop it It is my understanding It is my understanding that these houses will be for sale not for rent Um, I am the engineer. I'm not the developer. So that's my understanding. I can't confirm that Sidewalks again, that's that's per that will everything in that regard will meet the city's uh code The floodway that will will definitely work with the city's Stormwater department the city's floodplain coordinator ali khan and uh, we work with him a good bit So we'll make sure that you know, the site will not have any detrimental impacts downstream um Trying to think of any more From and then from a from a meeting standpoint typically that's done when we when we try to rezone the property and change the use Um, there had there aren't too many public meetings um When they're when you're trying to develop within the current zoning ordinance, but I will relay to the owner of the property that there is a request for A meeting so I'll relay that message for sure Can you talk a little bit about the detention pond? It looks like it's shown there was concerns about flooding So the detention pond is there to basically we we modeled the site as it currently sits There's a city owned channel creek. You can see to the to the left Everything kind of sheet flows currently into that creek from planers driving on this site um, the detention pond there is Intended to obviously we're we're taking a site that has grass and trees and we're putting some rooftops and some roadway in Granted it's not much, but it is going to increase the runoff. But again that detention pond is simply to Uh, ensure that what's coming off the site now It will be that or less once we once we develop it and then we do The the emergency spillway and and high level 100 year plus rain events um, will the The spillway on the pond is designed to go into that creek to avoid uh damage to downstream properties I have one question and I just want clarification. I think you did mention this Everything that you guys are trying to do with the 10 lots are within zone You're not trying to change anything or just anything correct. That's correct And because of that you don't need a meeting with the community. Is that correct? It's not it's not required. It's not required. Okay. That was my question I just want to make sure that everything you are doing is already within the code of zone zoning Also, did you am I correct that you said that you um are allowed 11? um Spaces for houses, but you have decreased it to 10 to allow for Protecting some of the trees the grand trees that are there. Is that correct? Yes, ma'am. Actually, we're allowed. I think 13 um our initial Our initial sketch was 11 Because of the open space requirements And then when our landscape architect took a look and we looked and we dug into the tree preservation requirements That actually took it down from 11 to 10 Okay, and I have a clarification too from staff. This is the first step, correct? This is the this is actually the second step There's been a sketch plan that has been that has been approved This is actually the second step in a major subdivision. Okay So I would suggest For um your planner that they do talk to the community Since we have other steps over that some of their concerns can be addressed before we go to the next step I'll relay that absolutely you mentioned the landscape with the buffer you could do either a fence or You know vegetation it looks like you've got Trees along the property line there Can you confirm if there's a fence or if you're doing the vegetation? I don't see one on there, but I that was a question We can definitely look into that it whatever we're The intent is to meet The requirements and so obviously if we can meet the width buffer width requirements with vegetation We would prefer to do that Right. I have to do a fence the only reason we deploy a fence is if we have to shrink that buffer width requirement right I believe we're showing it as a as a The product the actual width is required and vegetated And I can add to that this is single family adjacent is single family detached adjacent to single family detached So they're the same use So that area in but that area that is in between the lots is a Landscaping that um to provide um the open space requirement that's required Any other questions or comments? Thank you, sir I'd now like to call for a motion Madam chair I'd like to make the motion to approve s plat 2021-0107 1.89 acres planters drive TMS number 16405-01-04 Second It's been moved in second that the um Item number 14 be approved. Are there any questions? Madam chair is that with staff comments? You want to amend your motion? Yes I will second that Thank you It's been moved in second that item numbers Splat 2021-0107 be approved along with staff comments Now may I have a second? Second Okay, it's been moved in second the motion is carried Um, is there any other items for business? Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry. I'm trying to get ahead of myself All right, it's hearing. Um, is there any further discussion that's needed on this item? Hearing none all those in favor that it be known by design. I'm I any opposed Motion carried. Thank you Is there any other items that we need to discuss tonight any other further business? No, ma'am. We don't have any other business I see a hand back here, but um, we've concluded all of our agenda items, sir Yes, sir, we just completed all the agenda items. I'm trying to understand agenda item number, um Under annex number 2020 to 0009 37 40 Girls street You didn't bring that up and I I don't know whether there's anyone here to represent the company that's on the street My name is sorry. What is the number sir? Number five Number five Sir, it was approved as part of our consent agenda items and there was no response at that time So it's we've we've agreed to approve it already at the beginning of our meeting All right. Thank you. Thank you, sir Any further business for this evening? If not, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn this meeting It's been moved in second and this meeting is now adjourned