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Town of Summerville Special Called Council Meeting – UDO Workshop #8 Annex Building – 200 South Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483 Training Room, 2nd Floor Wednesday, April 10, 2019 – 2:30pm AGENDA 1. Call to order 2. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings i. Special Called Council Meeting – UDO Workshop #7 – April 3, 2019 3. Discussion of UDO* *Primary discussion of Chapter 4 (Design Guidelines) 4. Scheduling of Special Called Council Meeting: UDO Workshop #9 5. Adjourn  Wiley Johnson, Mayor Colin L. Martin Council Members: Bob Jackson, Mayor Pro-Tem Town Clerk Walter Bailey Beth Messervy Aaron Brown Christine Czarnik Town Attorney Kima Garten-Schmidt G.W. Parker William McIntosh Town of Summerville SPECIAL CALLED COUNCIL MEETING UDO WORKSHOP #7 MINUTES - April 3, 2019 Attendance Present at Call to Order: Councilmembers Aaron Brown, Christine Czarnik, Kima Garten- Schmidt, and Bill McIntosh. Councilmember Walter Bailey arrived at 3:47pm, and Councilmember Bill McIntosh left at 3:54pm. Mayor Johnson and Councilmember Bob Jackson were absent. Director of Planning Jessi Shuler, Zoning Administrator Tim Macholl, and Town Clerk Beth Messervy were present. Several staff members were also present. Public and press were duly notified. Call to Order The Special Called meeting of Summerville Town Council was called to order at 2:32pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 by Councilmember Aaron Brown. Approval of Minutes Ms. Czarnik pointed out a correction to the March 27, 2019, and the Town Clerk made the change. Ms. Czarnik made a motion, seconded by Mr. McIntosh to approve the minutes of the March 20, 2019 and March 27, 2019 as amended. The motion carried unanimously, and the amended minutes were accepted into record. Council/Staff Discussion and Changes: In Chapter 3, Section 3.5.6 – Rainwater Cisterns, Item B was removed in its entirety at the advice of staff and the request of Council. In Chapter 3, Section 3.6.1 – Permitted Temporary Uses, Item G – Mobile Food/Retail Vending, the following changes were made at the request of Council:  Item 3 – Add a definition of “shopping center” to Chapter 15  Item 4 – Change “Public Safety Director” to “Town Staff” In Chapter 3, Section 3.6.1 – Permitted Temporary Uses, Item K – “10 days” was changed to “30 days” at the request of Council. Ms. Shuler gave an overview of Chapter 4 – Site and Building Design Guidelines, explaining that citizens want the Town to elevate the design standards. She stated that the Commercial Design Review Board can still grant exceptions to these guidelines. In Chapter 4, Section 4.1.1 – Purpose, the following changes were made at the request of Council:  For staff to suggest another term to replace “Lowcountry character.” April 4, 2019 Page 2  Item A: replace “human” with “pedestrian” In Chapter 4, Section 4.1 – Purpose and Applicability, the “Design Elements: Tolerance Scale” chart was removed at the request of Council. In Chapter 4, Section 4.1.5 – Appropriate Design Elements was removed in its entirety. In Chapter 4, Section 4.2.1 – Applicability, “Section 13.8” was changed to “Section 13.8.1 and 13.8.2” at the request of Council. In Chapter 4, Section 4.2.2 – Core Principles, the following changes were made at the request of Council:  Item A: “continuous” was changed to “unobstructed”  Item I: Either define “environmental responsiveness” or rewrite the sentence to better explain the terminology. Adjourn There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:37pm on motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Bailey. Respectfully submitted, APPROVED: _______________________ ___________________________________ Beth Messervy, Town Clerk William W. Johnson, Mayor 200 South Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483-6000 * 843.871.6000, Fax: 843.871.6954 www.SummervilleSC.gov