* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] UH, MEETING OF THE CLATON [I. CALL TO ORDER- Chairman Osborne] COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, AND, UH, WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. AND I'D ASK THAT YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH US AS WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION. DEAR MY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO LEAD US AND GUIDE US AS WE, UH, STRIVE TO, UH, DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE UM, UH, FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE IN CLATON COUNTY. AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM AND ALL OF OUR DECISIONS. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. UH, COMMISSIONERS, [III. MINUTES] YOU HAVE, UH, RECEIVED MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING IN YOUR PACKET. HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. UH, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA NOTE, PLEASE SAY SO. IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE RECEIVE A AS PRESENTED, HAVE A HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PROTHRO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GAMBLE. UH, ANY OTHER FUR FURTHER COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, ANY OPPOSED? AND AYES HAVE IT, UH, WE GO STRAIGHT INTO OUR OLD BUSINESS AND UNDER OLD BUSINESS WE HAVE SD DASH TWO FOUR DASH OH TWO DEER CREEK, FAIRWAY WOODS PHASE TWO. UM, IS THERE MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON ANY PARTICIPATION IN THAT MOTION. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER PROTHRO WILL RECUSE HIMSELF AT THIS TIME, THEN WE'LL BEFORE WE REVIEW THIS, UH, APPLICATION. AND BECAUSE COMMISSIONER PROTHRO, UH, UH, RECUSES HIMSELF, THAT LEAVES US WITHOUT A QUORUM TO TAKE UP THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AT THIS EVENING. AND SO, UM, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, ADDRESS THE, UH, REQUEST FROM DEER CREEK, UH, FA UH, DEER CREEK WOODS. WE'RE MOVING ON INTO OUR NEW, AND WE'LL [V. NEW BUSINESS] INVITE COMMISSIONER PERSONAL BACK FROM HIS RECUSAL AND WE'LL GO RIGHT RIGHT INTO NEW BUSINESS. AND WE UNDER PZ DASH 26 51 ROCK RIDGE HOMES. UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE REPRESENTING THAT? WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE, SIR, TO SO THE LADIES CAN PUT IT IN THE RECORD? I'M SORRY. WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME SO THE LADIES CAN S OKAY. AT THIS TIME, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AB PARKER, WILL WILL READ THE APPLICATION. THE ATTACHED PERFORMANCE ZONE APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW BY ROCKRIDGE HOMES INCORPORATED. ROCKRIDGE HOMES INCORPORATED IS REQUESTING A ZONING CERTIFICATION TO SUBDIVIDE TAX MAP NUMBER 1 6 2 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 0 7 DASH ZERO CONSISTING OF 3.04 ACRES INTO FOUR LOT. THE PROPERTY LOCATION IS 10 60 CREEKSIDE DRIVE MANNING, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PZ APPLICATION IN SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW. THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS LOCATED IN PERFORMANCE ZONE DISTRICT OF CLAREDON COUNTY. THE SUBDIVISION OF A 3.04 ACRE PARCEL INTO FOUR INDIVIDUAL LOTS IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE PZ DISTRICT. SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY IMPOSE TO ENSURE THAT SUCH USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS APPROXIMATELY 3.04 ACRES IN SIZE. THE PROPOSED 3.40 ACRES IN SIZE PARCEL TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO INTO FOUR LOTS. THE FOUR INDIVIDUAL LOTS WILL BE SERVICED BY PUBLIC WATER AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THE SURROUNDING AREAS PRIMARILY CONSIST OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH MANUFACTURED HOMES AND STICK BUILT HOMES. THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY INCLUDES A WOODLANDS AND MANUFACTURED HOMES. THE STIC PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR CREEKSIDE DRIVE IN MANNY, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH MAY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ACCESS TO THE MAIN ROAD FOR EASY ACCESS FOR NECESSARY AMENITIES. BASED ON THE STAFF'S OBSERVATION AND SURROUNDING AREAS, PRIMARILY A RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH MANUFACTURED HOMES, THE PROPOSED USE MAY BE COMPATIBLE IF IT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION OF THE 3.04 ACRE PARCELS INTO FOUR LOTS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT AND WILL HAVE MINERAL IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR TRAFFIC, NONE. ENVIRONMENTAL AND AESTHETIC CONCERNS, NONE BUFFERING. SCREENING CONCERNS, NONE. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS REVIEWED APPLICATION [00:05:01] PZ DASH 26 DASH 51 AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION OF THE 3.04 ACRE PARCEL INTO FOUR INDIVIDUAL LOTS MEET THE ZONING AND MINOR SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND COMPLIES WITH THE PERFORMANCE ZONE REGULATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED LOT SIZES AND ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THE REQUEST SUBDIVISION CONTINGENT UPON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DETERMINATION THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE PERFORMANCE ZONE DISTRICT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO A, TO THE APPLICATION? NO. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION? COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? MOTION TO APPROVE? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER PROTHRO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GAMBLE. UH, ANY OTHER COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND YOUR ZONING CERTIFICATION IS APPROVED. YOU CAN COME BY THE OFFICE ANYTIME, FRIDAY OR THEREAFTER, AND THE LETTING THE STAFF WILL GET FIX YOU UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, NEXT ON OUR LIST IS PZ DASH 26 DASH FIVE TWO CHARLES ALLEN REYNOLDS. IS ANYONE HERE TO REPRESENT THAT APPLICATION? NO ONE BEING HERE. COMMISSIONERS. UM, WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR PLEASURE? I MOVE THAT, UH, TABLE THIS, UH, APPLICATION, UM, UNTIL OUR NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON TO TABLE THIS APPLICATION. AND UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING OR UNTIL SOMEONE CAN BE HERE TO REPRESENT THE APPLICATION. IS THERE A SECOND? GOOD. HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. PROTO. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AND AYES HAVE IT. UH, MOVING RIGHT ON TO PZ DASH 26 DASH FIVE THREE. JOHN AND DOROTHY DUCKWORTH. JOHN DUCKWORTH, I SURVEYED, UH, MY HOUSE, OUR HOUSE AND TWO ACRES WITH, UH, FOR THE LOT SEPARATE FROM THE REMAINING PROPERTY ON THE PLACE STRICTLY FOR ESTATE PLANNING. THANK YOU MR. DUCKWORTH. WE'RE GONNA NOTE STATE WHERE YOU'RE AT. UM, UH, YOU, YOU GONNA DO THE, UH, DIRECT TABITHA HANNAH'S GONNA READ THE APPLICATION AT THIS TIME FOR US. JOHN DUCKWORTH HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW TO SUBDIVIDE APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT 11 ACRES FROM A 78.28 ACRE LOT TRACK LOCATED AT 50 48 92 WASH DAVIS ROAD. THE PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED AS A PORTION OF TAX MAP PARCEL NUMBER 1 0 1 DASH 0 0 1 DASH 0 4 2 DASH ZERO ZERO. AND IT'S LOCATED WITHIN CLATON COUNTY'S PERFORMANCE ZONE DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE JOHN W DUCKWORTH AND ELIZABETH DOROTHY ELIZABETH DUCKWORTH. THE SUBMITTED PERFORMANCE ZONE APPLICATION IDENTIFIES A STICK MODULAR RESIDENCE AS THE PROPOSED USE FOR THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICATION WAS SIGNED AND NOTARIZED ON SEPTEMBER THE 24TH, 2026. THE PROPOSAL SUBDIVISION WILL CREATE APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT 11 ACRE PARCEL FROM THE EXISTING 78 POINT 28 ACRE PARENT TRACK BASED SOLELY ON THE ACREAGE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 76 POINT 17 ACRES WILL REMAIN. HOWEVER, THE FINAL ACREAGE AND CONFIGURATION MUST BE ESTABLISHED BY THE SUBDIVISION PLAT AND SURVEY. THE PROPOSED PARCEL MUST COMPLY WITH ALL EQUITABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLATON COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE CODE INCLUDING DIMENSIONS, ACCESS, SETBACKS, AND OTHER APPLICABLE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE APPROVAL TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OR WAIVE ANY SEPARATE ZONING BUILDING WASTEWATER ACCESS OR PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PERFORMANCE ZONE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER THE PROPOSED DIVISION CREATES PARCELS THAT CAN INDEPENDENTLY COMPLY WITH EQUITABLE COUNTY REQUIREMENTS AND WHETHER EXISTING OR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WILL REMAIN CONFORMING AFTER THE SUBDIVISION FINDINGS OF FACT ZONING COMPLIANCE. THE PROPERTY IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE PERFORMANCE ZONE DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS SEQUENCE OF RESIDENTIAL USE. MUST COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLATON COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE [00:10:01] LOT CONFIGURATION IN ACREAGE. THE APPLICANT MUST, UM, PROPOSE THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO SUBDIVIDE A APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT 11 ACRES FROM A 78 POINT 28 ACRE PARENT TRACK. THE FINAL PLAT MUST ESTABLISH THE RESULT IN LOT BOUNDARIES, ACREAGE, AND DIMENSIONS ACCESS. THE PROPOSED PARCEL MUST HAVE ADEQUATE AND LEGALLY ESTABLISHED ACCESS. THE REQUIRED DRIVEWAY OR ACCESS APPROVALS MUST BE ATTAINED BEFORE DEVELOPMENT, SETBACKS AND EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS. THE SUBDIVISION MUST NOT CREATE NON-CONFORMING SETBACKS OR OTHERWISE CAUSE EXISTING STRUCTURES OR IMPROVEMENTS ON EITHER OF THE RESULTING POWERFUL TO VIOLATE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE SUBMITTED APPLICATION IDENTIFIES A STICK MODULAR RESIDENCE AS THE PROPOSED, UM, USE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT REMAINS SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE ZONING, BUILDING WASTEWATER ACCESS, UTILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. SUBDIVISION APPROVAL APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS LIMITED TO THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REQUEST AND DOES NOT AUTHORIZE CONSTRUCTION OR WAIVE OTHER COUNTY OR STATE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, STAFF REVIEWED STONE, UM, ZONING DISTRICT IS THE PERFORMANCE ZONE. THE PARENT TRACK IS 78.28 ACRES PROPOSED. SO DIVISION IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT 11 ACRES. PROPOSED USE STICK MODULAR RESIDENCE AGENCY APPROVAL REQUIRED APPROVALS MUST BE ATTAINED AS APPLICABLE. FINAL PLAQUE MUST COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE UVC REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO SUBDIVIDE APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT 11 ACRES FROM THE 78.28 ACRE PARENT TRACK. SUBJECT TO THE FINAL PLANNING, DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE UDC REQUIREMENTS. ANY FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MUST BE REVIEWED AND PERMITTED SEPARATELY. THANK YOU. UH, DIRECTOR HANNAH. MR. DUCKWORTH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT'S BEEN READ FROM YOUR APPLICATION? NO. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION? COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF, OF MR. DUCKWORTH? I CHAIRMAN, NO QUESTIONS. I MAKE A MOTION TO BE APPROVE OR SUBMITTED. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PROTHRO TO APPROVE. IS THERE SECOND? SECOND. HAVE A COMMISSIONER. I MEAN A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY AYES HAVE IT? MR. DUCKWORTH, YOUR, UM, REQUEST HAS BEEN APPROVED. THANK YOU. MR. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEEDS TO DO? OTHER JUST PLA UM, HE'S ALREADY SUBMITTED HIS PLANS. UM, THE PLAT COORDINATOR WILL REVIEW THE PLA TOMORROW OR WHENEVER SHE HAS, UM, THE NEXT IN QUEUE. AND, UM, SHE WILL APPROVE IT AND WE WILL CONTACT, UM, YOUR ATTORNEYS THAT SUBMITTED THE PLAT ON YOUR BEHALF. OKAY. OKAY. UM, WE NOTE, NOTE EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING AND WE GO RIGHT INTO [VIII. REPORTS] OUR REPORT. SENATOR CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, UH, OUR DATA CENTER MORATORIUM AND, UH, OR, AND, UH, A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD DEAL WITH THAT. UM, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND STAFF PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, ALONG WITH THE, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION ARE ALL WORKING ON THAT TOGETHER. AND HOPEFULLY BY OUR, MAYBE OUR NOVEMBER MEETING WE'LL HAVE A, A A, A DRAFT TO BE REVIEWED AND WE CAN BEGIN TO, UH, LOOK OVER AND, AND, AND BEFORE WE SENT IT TO COUNTY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S ALL OF THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT. AND WE'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO MS. WENDY FOR OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT REPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. DURING THE SEPTEMBER, 2026, UM, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 88 PERMITS. OUR INSPECTORS COMPLETED 276 INSPECTIONS DURING THE MONTH, BRINGING THE YEAR TO DATE TOTAL TO 1,918 INSPECTIONS. REVENUE COLLECT COLLECTED FOR SEPTEMBER TOTALED $18,505. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS OF, UH, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT REPORT FROM MS. WENDY HEARING? NO, WE THANK YOU MS. WENDY. AND WE'LL GO TURN OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR, MS. TABITHA HANNA FOR HER REPORT. UM, FOR OUR, UH, UM, ANNUAL APPRECIATION, DANA, I DID REACH OUT TO JUDICI. UM, THEY DID CALL ME BACK. UM, AND I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND I, WE MAY, MAY HAVE TWO PROPOSED DATES. ONE IS DECEMBER THE THIRD [00:15:01] AND THE NEXT ONE IS DECEMBER THE 10TH. SO, UM, HE'S GOING TO LOOK AT HIS SCHEDULE AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE ME A CALL BACK TO CONFIRM WHICH ONE OF THOSE DATES THAT WE WILL, UM, UM, UTILIZE THEIR SERVICES. AND ALSO, UM, THIS WEEK, UM, WENDY AND MY MYSELF WILL BE ATTENDING THE ANNUAL FALL PLANNING CONFERENCE IN COLUMBIA. UH, WE WILL BE LEAVING OUT ON WEDNESDAY AND WE WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. ONE QUESTION OF, IS STAFF GONNA BE INVITED? YES. YES. UM, TRADITIONS. TRADITIONS. ASK APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FOLKS, AND I TOLD THEM, GIVE OR TAKE, MAYBE AROUND 40 TO 45. UM, WHAT DAY IS THE THIRD? THE THIRD IS THE FIRST THURSDAY IN THE MONTH. I KNOW, BUT I'M SO THURSDAY. THURSDAY AND THE 10TH IS THE SECOND. THURSDAY THE SECOND. THURSDAY FIRST THURSDAY AND THE SECOND THURSDAY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION? SECOND. MOTION. MS. ADJOURNING, I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COMMISSIONER GAMBLE AND I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PROTHRO AND WE ADJOURN. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.