Town Council
Regular MeetingSummerville, SC · June 12, 2019
Minutes
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 #15
MINUTES - June 12, 2019
Attendance
Present at Call to Order: Mayor Johnson, Councilmembers Kima Garten-Schmidt, Walter
Bailey, Christine Czarnik, and Bob Jackson. Councilmember Bill McIntosh arrived at 2:48pm.
Councilmembers Aaron Brown and Bill McIntosh were absent. Several members of staff were
also present. A quorum was met. 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, June 12, 2019 by Mayor Johnson.
Council/Staff Discussion and Changes:
In Chapter 8, Section 8.1 – Purpose and Intent, Item H, “Provide human scale and” was
removed at the request of Council.
Council requested that the definition of “grand trees” be added to Chapter 15.
In Chapter 8, Section 8.2.1 – Applicability, the following changes were made at the request of
Council:
Item C5: “shall not be exempt” was changed to “shall be exempt” and “unless the
applicable company” was changed to “provided that the applicable company.”
Item C5d: “must be” was changed to “may be required to be”
In Chapter 8, Section 8.3.1 – Permit Required for Removal of Trees over 8 Inches DBH, the
following changes were made at the request of Council:
Item A: “a large of small mature tree or” was removed.
Item C: In Chart 1 – Individual Tree Removal, staff will add a note regarding density-
related removal to Item (1) in the footnote. The same change will be made to Chart 2 –
Construction Activity/Site Development.
In Chapter 8, Section 8.3.2 – Mitigation Alternatives, Item A3, “or naturalized” was added
after “native” at the request of Council.
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In Chapter 8, Section 8.3.3 – Preservation During Construction, the following changes were
made at the request of Council:
Items D and E: Council requested that Items D and E be clarified as to when they are
applicable.
Item D2: The word “Mature,” the parenthesis and quotation marks around “Grand,” and
the words “with a 16 inch caliper or greater at breast height” were removed.
In Chapter 9, Section 9.2.1 – Applicability, “9.3.1” was changed to “9.2.2” at the request of
Council.
In Chapter 9, Section 9.2.2 – Exemptions, “luminaires” was replaced with “lights” in items A
and B and the request of Council.
In Chapter 9, Section 9.3.1 – General Standards, the following changes were made at the
request of Council:
Item B: “9.4.3” was changed to “9.3.3”
Item E: “In addition” was removed
Item G: “by 10:00pm or” was removed
In Chapter 9, Section 9.3.2 – Security Lighting, the following changes were made at the
request of Council:
Item A: Change “watts” to appropriate term for LED lighting
Item C: Changed “watts” to appropriate term for LED lighting
Item C: Remove “incandescent lighting” and “and shielded to prevent view from the
public right of way.”
Throughout Chapter 9, “trespass” was replaced with “spillage” at the request of Council.
In Chapter 9, Section 9.3.3 – Average Maintained Footcandles Requirements, a comma was
added to section e of the chart at the request of Council.
In Chapter 9, Section 9.3.7 – Prohibited Lighting Types, Item D was added at the request of
Council to read: “These may be allowed as permitted to Town staff for special event purposes.
In Chapter 9, Section 9.4.1 – Required Improvements, “Section 5” was changed to “Chapter
5” at the request of Council.
In Chapter 9, Section 9.4.2 – Design, “provider” was changed to “provided” at the request of
Council.
200 South Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483-6000 * 843.871.6000, Fax: 843.871.6954
www.SummervilleSC.gov
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Approval of Minutes
Mr. Bailey made a motion, seconded by Mr. Jackson, to approve the minutes of the Special
Called Council Meeting (UDO Workshop #14) held on May 29, 2019. The motion carried, and
the minutes were accepted into record.
Adjourn
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:44pm on motion of Mr. Jackson,
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
Agenda
Town of Summerville
Special Called Council Meeting – UDO Workshop #15
Annex Building – 200 South Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483
Training Room, 2nd Floor
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 – 2:30pm
AGENDA
1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings
i. Special Called Council Meeting – UDO Workshop #14 – May 29, 2019
3. Discussion of UDO*
*Primary discussion of Chapter 9 (Lighting)
*Discussion of other chapters if necessary.
4. Scheduling of Special Called Council Meeting: UDO Workshop #16
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 #14
MINUTES - May 29, 2019
Attendance
Present at Call to Order: Mayor Johnson, Councilmembers Aaron Brown, Christine Czarnik, and
Bob Jackson. Councilmember Bill McIntosh arrived at 2:48pm. Councilmembers Kima Garten-
Schmidt and Walter Bailey were absent. Several members of staff 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, May 29, 2019 by Mayor Johnson.
Approval of Minutes
Mr. Brown made a motion, seconded by Mr. Jackson, to approve the minutes of the Special
Called Council Meeting (UDO Workshop #13) held on May 22, 2019. The motion carried, and
the minutes were accepted into record. Councilmember Czarnik abstained from the vote, as she
did not attend the meeting on May 22, 2019.
Council/Staff Discussion and Changes:
In Chapter 8, Section 8.8.3 – Emergencies, the following changes were made at the request of
Council:
“The Administrator” was changed to “either Town Council, the Mayor, or the Mayor’s
designee.”
In Chapter 15, the actual dimensions of 4.5 feet were added to the definition of DBH at the
request of Council.
In Chapter 8, Section 8.3.1, Council requested that DBH be spelled out as “Diameter at Breast
Height.”
In Chapter 8, Section 8.3 – Tree Protection, “As defined on the SC Invasive Species List” was
added to the chart under 8.3.1 Section C.1, note (1) at the request of Council.
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In Chapter 8, Council requested that the section about “public trees” from the current
ordinance be added to the proposed UDO.
In Chapter 8, Section 8.2.1 – Applicability, the following changes were made at the request of
Council:
Item B – “and/or Non Conforming” was taken out of the item header, and “and/or
expansions of existing non-conforming development” was deleted from the first sentence.
Item B – “the Administrator” was changed to “Town staff.”
In Chapter 8, Section 8.6.2 – Landscape Screens, correct the misspelling of minimum in the
graphic example.
In Chapter 8, Section 8.6.3 – Screening of Mechanical Requirement and Garbage Containers,
Item B.3, letter b. was added to read “See 4.7.2.D for industrial properties” at the request of
Council.
In Chapter 8, Section 8.7.1 – General Standards, Item L “Chain Link Fencing” was removed
in its entirety at the request of Council. Items M, N, O, and P were renamed accordingly.
Adjourn
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:01pm on motion of Mr. McIntosh,
seconded by Mr. Jackson.
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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