Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island
These are the issues being brought before the various City of Charleston boards and committees that are specific to land use and zoning on Daniel Island. All meetings are open for public comment except the TRC meetings. For more information on any of these proposed actions, including location and time of meetings, please email president@dineighborhoodassociation.org.
City of Charleston Technical Review Committee (TRC) — At the most recent meeting on Sept. 19, committee members asked that the following be revised and resubmitted: site plan for a new JW Marriott Hotel on Fairchild Street; the preliminary plat and road construction plans for a 63-lot family residential development on Hopewell Drive on the Cainhoy Plantation property; and the site plan for a new Refuel at Point Hope Parkway. At the next meeting on Sept. 26, the preliminary subdivision plat and road construction plans for Oak Bluff on Clements Ferry Road and the site plan for Governor’s Cay – The Point will be discussed.
City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals – Site Design (BZA-SD) — At the next meeting on Oct. 2, among the items discussed will be the request for a variance to allow a reduced landscape buffer on Fairchild Street, the request for a variance to allow the removal of one grand tree at 237 Black Powder Lane, the request for a variance to allow the removal of one grand tree at 106 Nobels Point, the request for a variance to allow the removal of four grand trees at 1185 Pinefield Drive, and the request to allow a one-year extension for the removal of one grand tree at 1124 Oak Overhang.
City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals – Zoning (BZA-Z) — The next meeting will be held on Oct. 1 with no issues of impact to Daniel Island/Cainhoy on the agenda.
City of Charleston Design Review Board (DRB) — At the most recent meeting on Sept. 23, the request for preliminary approval for the construction of a new music performance venue and retail space at 890 Island Park Drive and the request for preliminary approval for the construction of a new two-story commercial building at 873-877 Island Park Drive was discussed. The results of that meeting were not available at press time.
City of Charleston Planning Commission (PC) — The next meeting will be held on Oct. 16; the agenda is not yet published. The September 18 meeting was cancelled.
-Provided by the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association.