Town Council
Regular MeetingSummerville, SC · May 8, 2019
Agenda
Town of Summerville
Special Called Council Meeting – UDO Workshop #11
Annex Building – 200 South Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483
Training Room, 2nd Floor
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 – 2:30pm
AGENDA
1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings
i. Special Called Council Meeting – UDO Workshop #10 – April 24, 2019
3. Discussion of UDO*
*Primary discussion of Chapter 5 (Subdivision and Infrastructure Standards)
4. Scheduling of Special Called Council Meeting: UDO Workshop #12
5. Adjourn
Wiley Johnson, Mayor Town Administrator
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 #10
MINUTES - April 24, 2019
Attendance
Present at Call to Order: Mayor Johnson, Councilmembers Walter Bailey, Kima Garten-
Schmidt, and Christine Czarnik. Councilman Bill McIntosh arrived at 3:15pm.
Councilmembers Bob Jackson and Aaron Brown 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 2:30pm on
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 by Mayor Johnson.
Approval of Minutes
Mr. Bailey made a motion, seconded by Ms. Czarnik, to approved the combined minutes of the
April 3, 2019, April 10, 2019, and April 17, 2019 Special Called Council (UDO Workshop)
meetings. The motion carried unanimously, and the minutes were accepted into record.
Council/Staff Discussion and Changes:
In Chapter 4, Section 4.7.2 – Minimum Design Guidelines (Industrial Building), Item D,
“wood fencing” was added before “or approved vegetation” at the request of Council.
In Chapter 4, Section 4.3.2 – Façade Arrangement, Staff reworded this section into one
paragraph with an additional graphic, and Council accepted the changes. On the example
diagram for 4.3.2, “>50% of total building height” was deleted.
In Chapter 4, Section 4.8.2 – Minimum Design Guidelines (Civic/Institutional Buildings), the
following changes were made at the request of Council:
Add a cross-reference to Chapter 3 about setbacks
Item A2 – replace “shall” with “should”
Item A2 – Add “Principal” at the beginning of the sentence
Item A4 – replace “shall” with “should”
Item C1 and C2 – Reword to reflect that civic buildings should be more prominent than
surrounding buildings
April 24, 2019
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In Chapter 5, Section 5.2.1 – Applicability – Item D: Council requested that staff add a
definition for “exempt subdivisions” to include a threshold of 5 lots (and also be added to
Chapter 15).
Item D – Replace “the Administrator” with “Town Staff” in both sentences.
In Chapter 5, Section 5.1 – Purpose and Intent – Item B: This was reworded at the request of
Council to read “Encourage development that is both economically sound and
environmentally sensitive.”
In Chapter 5, Section 5.2.2 – Compliance and Responsibility, Item B – The following changes
were made at the request of Council:
Reference to Professional Standards,” “but not limited to” was replaced with “the latest
approved edition of”.
Staff was asked to add any additional professional standards to the current list.
In Chapter 5, Section 5.2.2 – Compliance and Responsibility, the following changes were
made at the request of Council:
Item C and D3: The term “the Administrator” was replaced with “Town staff”
Item E: #3 was deleted in its entirety
Adjourn
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:42pm on motion of Mr. Bailey,
seconded by Mr. McIntosh.
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
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