STAFF REPORT TO THE FLORENCE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 PC#2017-13
SUBJECT:
Rezoning request from General Commercial District (B-3) to Industrial District (B-6).
LOCATION:
1680 West Darlington St., Florence, SC
TAX MAP NUMBER:
90034, Block 02, Parcel 019
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
3; County Council
OWNER OF RECORD:
Old South Log Cabins, LLC
APPLICANT:
Jack Green
LAND AREA:
2.06 Acres
WATER /SEWER AVAILABILITY:
City of Florence
ADJACENT WATERWAYS/ BODIES OF WATER:
None
FLOOD ZONE:
No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends disapproval of the request. This parcel is not contiguous to an existing B-6 Zoning District. SC CODE 5-3-305: Contiguous property defined. For purposes of this chapter, "contiguous" means property which is adjacent to a municipality and shares a continuous border. Contiguity is not established by a road, waterway, right-of-way, easement, railroad track, marshland, or utility line which connects one property to another; however, if the connecting road, waterway, easement, railroad track, marshland, or utility line intervenes between two properties, which but for the intervening connector would be adjacent and share a continuous border, the intervening connector does not destroy contiguity.
STAFF ANALYSIS: 1. Existing Land Use and Zoning: The subject property is currently zoned General Commercial District (B-3). 2. Proposed Land Use and Zoning: The proposal is to rezone the property to Industrial District (B-6). 3. Surrounding Land Use and Zoning: North: Vacant/B-3/Florence County South: Vacant and Residential/R-4/Florence County West: Residential/R-3A/Florence County East: Commercial/B-3/ Commercial/Unzoned/ Florence County 4. Transportation Access and Circulation: Present access to the property is by way of West Darlington Street. 5. Traffic Review: The rezoning of this property may have a significant effect on traffic flow for the area. 6. Chapter 30-Zoning Ordinance The intent of the Industrial District (B-6): The intent of this district is to accommodate certain industrial uses which based on their operational characteristics are potentially incompatible with residential, social, medical, and commercial environs. As a result, the establishment of such districts shall be restricted to areas geographically removed or buffered from such environs. FLORENCE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING: This item is tentatively scheduled to appear for introduction on the agenda Thursday, October 19, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. in room 803 of the County Complex, 180 North Irby Street, Florence. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location Map 2. Zoning Map 3. Aerial Map