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[Special Clarendon County Planning Commission on June 22, 2026.]
TONIGHT'S PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MEETING, UH, THIS IS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, UH, FOR OUR, UH, COMMISSION.AND, UH, AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONER, UH, GRIFFITH IS GONNA, UH, GIVE US OUR OFFER, OUR INVOCATION.
AND SO I'D ASK YOU, YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH US.
I, DEAR AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
UM, LORD, LOOK UPON THE FARMERS, HELP THEM AND GUIDE THEM, AND MAYBE GIVE THEM SOME RAIN.
UH, AGRICULTURE IS SUCH A BIG PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THAT.
UH, BE WITH US AS WE DO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BUSINESS.
LET US DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S AGREEABLE TO ALL CONCERNS.
ALL THIS WE ASK IN YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MINUTES TO WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
AND, UH, THE, THE ONLY ITEM OF BUSINESS IS UNDER OLD BUSINESS.
AND IT'S, UH, PZ DASH 23 DASH THREE.
MR. JONES, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE, SIR.
OUR DIRECTOR, MS. TABITHA HANNA, IS GONNA, UH, SHARE WITH US THE APPLICATION AND WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE REQUEST FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF A MODIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERFORMANCE ZONE APPLICATION FOR A PRODUCE STAND AND ACCESSORY STORAGE STRUCTURE.
ON SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, 2023, THE CLATON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PERFORMANCE ZONE APPLICATION PZ DASH 23 DASH 30 FOR THE OPERATION OF A PRODUCE STAND WITH AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 360 7 OLD GEORGETOWN ROAD, MANNING, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE APPROVED AND APPROVED THE APPLICATION BASED UPON THE SITE PLAN AND INFORMATION SUBMITTED AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION.
THE APPROVED, THE APPROVED USED USE INCLUDED A PRODUCE STAND WITH AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE REPRESENTED AS A STORAGE BUILDING.
DURING A RECENT REVIEW OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FILE AND SU A PERSUASIVE BUILDING PERMIT RECORDS, STAFF IDENTIFIED A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE USE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED A PRODUCE AND WITH AN ACCESSORY STORAGE STRUCTURE.
CONSTRUCTION APPROVALS RESULTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A KITCHEN FACILITY CONTAINING COMMERCIAL COOKING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING A COMMERCIAL HOOD VENTILATION SYSTEM AND RELATED FOOD PREPARATION EQUIPMENT.
THE KITCHEN FACILITY WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED AS PART OF THE USE REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION DURING THE ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE ZONE APPROVAL PROCESS.
AS A RESULT, STAFF IS REQUESTING PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW AND CLARIFICATION REGARDING WHETHER THE KITCHEN FACILITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL AND WHETHER ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE IMPOSED TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS LOCATED IN THE PERFORMANCE ZONE DISTRICT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED THAT THE PRODUCE STAND AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WERE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND APPROVED THE AQUEST.
ACCORDINGLY, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FACILITY INTRODUCES A COMPONENT OF FOOD PREPARATION AND COOKING OPERATIONS THAT WAS NOT EXPRESSIVELY REVIEWED DURING THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL PROCESS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THE KITCHEN FACILITY REMAINS AN ACCESSORY TO THE APPROVED PRODUCE STAND OPERATION OR WHETHER ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PREPARATION ACTIVITIES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED USE AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE KITCHEN FACILITY CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL GRANTED UNDER APPLICATION PZ 2330.
SHOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION DETERMINE THAT THE KITCHEN FACILITY IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPROVAL BE MODIFIED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE KITCHEN FACILITY AND IMPOSE ANY CONDITIONS DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT PROPERTIES POSSIBLE ACTIONS.
ONE, DETERMINING THAT THE KITCHEN FACILITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL AND RATIFY THE USE AS CONSTRUCTED.
APPROVE THE MODIFICATION SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
DETERMINED THAT THE KITCHEN FACILITY SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERS FROM THE ORIGINAL APPROVED USE AND DIRECT STAFF REGARDING ANY
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ADDITIONAL APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS.UH, MR. MR. UM, JONES, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADD TO YOUR APPLICATION OR THE, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING? NO, SIR.
THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WHEN I WAS HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMISSARY AND HAVING A COMMISSARY THERE TO MAKE READY-MADE CASSEROLE AND TO MADE A PIES AND, AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MAKE PICKLES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THE ORIGINAL AND THE PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED BY, UM, THE COMMITTEE AND, AND BY I GUESS ZONING OR WHATEVER, UM, HAS THE COMMISSARY DRAWN INTO THE ORIGINAL PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED.
SO I, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT THAN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW TODAY.
IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION? COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF MR. JONES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THE KIDS? WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE READYMADE CASSEROLE, WE'RE GONNA DO PICKLES, WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, WE MAY HAVE A FISH FRY, YOU KNOW, DO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY SEEDING, SO TO SPEAK.
EVERYTHING WILL BE TO GO IF YOU WERE TO GET THAT.
BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE COMMISSARY IS THERE TO TAKE THE, THE VEGETABLES THAT, THAT DON'T SELL AND UTILIZE 'EM IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
WHETHER IT BE A CASSEROLE, WHETHER IT BE MAKING PICKLES, MAKING CHOW CHOW, DOING THOSE THINGS INSTEAD OF HAVING WASTE.
AND THAT, AND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO BEGIN WITH.
SO YOU DON'T SEE ANY CHANGE FROM WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS TO WHERE YOU'RE TODAY? I MEAN, THIS IS, I I DUNNO SIR, WHAT YOU INTENDED TO FROM, FROM DAY ONE? YEAH.
AND WE JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE CONCEPT.
BUT YOUR PLAN SHOWED THE THE KITCHEN YES, SIR.
SHOWED THE, IT SHOWED THE COMMISSARY.
NOW I DID NOT DRAW THE HOOD AND THE EQUIPMENT IN IT.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE Y'ALL CAN SEE THAT.
UM, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE COMMISSARY THERE.
WHICH INTENT IS A, IS A, IS A KIT, IS A KITCHEN.
AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PASSED ON THE, THE KITCHEN AND THE, I HAVE MET WITH THEM.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF FINISHING UP THE FIRE SUPPRESSION AND THEN WE GOTTA DO THE FINAL, FINAL, UM, FINAL PERMIT, FINAL COS OR WHATEVER, AND THEN WE'LL BE READY THEN AT THAT POINT.
BUT I DID HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL COME IN, LOOK AT THE HOOD PRIOR TO PUTTING IT IN AND HAVE HIM APPROVE THE HOOD AND, AND, AND, AND THE WALLS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DID.
DID THE FIRE MARSHAL, UH, IN YOUR CONVERSATION WITH HIM INDICATE ANY, UH, NEED FOR YOUR ACCESS IN AND OUT OFF OF OLD GEORGETOWN ROAD? NO, SIR.
UH, I, I REMEMBER THIS, UH, I REMEMBER THIS, UH, REQUEST AND, UM, WE HAVE THE, THE MINUTES ON IT AND, AND, UM, THEY TESTIFIED THAT THERE WASN'T GONNA BE ANY COOKED FOOD AND MR. PRO TOLD, WELL, MR. SO I DIDN'T, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, YOUR MIC.
I SAID IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION.
IT WAS ASKED ABOUT THE COOK FOOD AND THEY SAID NO, THERE WAS GONNA BE, UH, A VEGETABLE STAND AND, UH, I THINK MR. LEWIS GRIFFIN AS WAS GONNA BE SEASONAL OR, YOU KNOW, YEAR ROUND.
AND THEY SINCE STARTING OUT, SEASONABLE SEASONABLE AND THEY HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AGAINST IT, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR OBJECTIONS OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND, UM, ORIGINALLY WHEN IN THE ORIGINAL MEETING THAT I WAS HERE, UM, WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO, I TOLD HIM EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID, THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A COMMISSARY AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE VEGETABLES IN A WAY AND, AND NOT WASTE 'EM AND THROW 'EM AWAY.
WE WOULD DO DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, MAKE READY-MADE CASSEROLE, TOMATO PIES, UM, CHOP CHOWS, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
'CAUSE I SAID THAT WHEN, IN, IN, IN THE MEETING.
WELL, WHEN YOU GO INTO, UH, I KNOW YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA BE PICKLING AND CASSEROLE, BUT WHEN YOU GO INTO, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED, UH, ALL THE NECESSARY, UH, PERMITS AS TO FOOD SERVICE.
WE'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC.
I'VE ALREADY DID A PRELIMINARY, UM, WALKTHROUGH WITH THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT, UM, SO THEY CAN TELL US THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO ON TOP OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE FINISH UP THAT, GET THE HOOD FINISHED AND THE FIRE SUPPRESSION DONE, WE'LL DO A FINAL AND WE'LL HAVE A GRADE FROM THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU WOULD'VE ALL YOUR PERMITS YES, SIR.
AND HAVE ALL THE PERMITS AND ANYTHING.
I'VE ALREADY TAKEN THE SAFE SERVE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE CLASS-WISE, UM, TO, TO
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RUN THE KITCHEN.MR. JONES IS YOUR BUILDING, UH, UH, A DA COMPLIANT IS YOUR BUILDING A DA COMPLIANT? YES, SIR.
I, I, I'M LOOKING AT A PICTURE HERE OF YOUR BUILDING THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY HANDICAPPED PARKING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE ON THE FRONT POINT, SO IT'S NOT IN PLACE YET.
UH, BACK TO THE EGRESS INGRESS OF, UH, TRAFFIC IN AND OUT.
UM, FIRE MARSHAL IS GONNA REQUIRE AT LEAST A 24 FOOT, YOU KNOW, DRIVE.
AND, UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE A DOT QUESTION OR A FIRE MARSHAL QUESTION, BUT WITH THE TRAFFIC GOING BACK OUT ON THE OLD GEORGETOWN HIGHWAY, WHETHER THE DOT WOULD REQUIRE A, A, YOU KNOW, UM, STOP SIGN TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUED YES, SIR.
WE CAN CHECK WITH 'EM AND FIND OUT THEY DID DOT OR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING FOR DOT WHEN THEY PAVED THE ROAD.
SO, SO YOU, YOU'VE GOT A A, AN ASPHALT APRON.
AND IT'S BEEN THERE, THAT'S BEEN THERE 40 YEARS.
THAT ENTERED SOME, UH, EGRESS AND INGRESS ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE HAS BEEN THERE THAT LONG.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, UH, THINKING YOU NEED TO GET ALL THESE THINGS.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE, UH, THE STATEMENT WAS GONNA DO SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT NEED, JUST NEED TO BRING ANYTHING URGENT PORTION SAFETY, SO ALL THAT TO GET IT UP TO FAR WITH UC, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT, UH, IF, IF IN OUR CONSIDERATION WE, UM, PUT INTO OUR MOTION.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT ANY, ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT OR CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE THAT NEED TO BE THAT ADDRESSED, UH, BEFORE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE A CO.
JUST A QUESTION, JUST FOR A CLARIFICATION.
THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED BECAUSE IT WAS DURING ALL THIS TIME, WE WENT SO MUCH CHANGE OVER WITH YES.
WE, AND THEN WE SORT OF MESSED UP AND, AND, AND SCOTT SORT OF MESSED UP.
UH, SO, SO BOTH OF US HAVE MESSED UP, NOW WE'RE HERE TO THE PRODUCT TO CORRECT.
UM, DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION PLANS WERE SUBMITTED, WE HAD THEN ALREADY GONE THROUGH THREE BILLING OFFICIALS.
IT STARTED OUT WITH, UM, TWO BILLING OFFICIALS AND THEN IT ENDED UP WITH ANOTHER, THE LAST BILLING OFFICIAL REVISING IT.
SO IT WENT THROUGH THREE BILLING OFFICIALS.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN? I MOVE IT.
PZ DASH 23 DASH 30 BE APPROVED AS AMENDED SECRETARY.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GRIFFITH TO APPROVE, UH, PC 2330 AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DURANT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THAT, IS THAT MOTION REQUIRING ALL APPROVAL BEING MET LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OR? YES.
IT WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON ON CONCERNS BEING BEING, BEING ADDRESSED.
ANY OTHER CONCERN WOULD BE LISTED IN THE MOTION.
AND, AND THOSE CONCERNS, THOSE WOULD BE LISTED IN THE MOTION MM-HMM
BY HIS SAFETY FOOD INSPECTION CERTIFICATES, EVERYTHING THAT HE NEED TO BE PROPERLY LICENSED.
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SERVING THE VOTE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND, UM, MR. JONES, UH, UH, WHAT NOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
AND, UH, ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY REQUESTED BE FULFILLED DURING THIS PROCESS, AND THEN EVERYTHING IS DONE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE CO ON THE BILL.
SO, BUT THERE'S NOTHING NEW THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED
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AS FAR AS NEEDING TO BE DONE.UM, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DONE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
WITH THE EGRESS, WITH THE PARKING SPACE, WITH THE, UM, AND WITH THE BUILDING ITSELF, IT ALREADY DONE MET ALL OF THE DES REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL, IT DONE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY'RE JUST ENSURING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE THAT EVERYTHING IS LISTED IS GONNA BE DONE.
UH, THEN THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TONIGHT.
COMMISSIONER IS, I, I HAVE SOMETHING.
WE BEEN THREE TIMES GETTING TWO CHECKS BACK BY JULY THE SECOND.
WHO'S SECONDED THIS MOTION? OH, WHO SECONDED? WE, EVERYBODY, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE.