Planning Commission Meeting Wednesday, November 20, 2024 06:00 PM Theodore D. Washington Municipal Building, Henry “Emmett” McCracken Jr. Council Chambers, 20 Bridge Street, Bluffton, SC

This meeting can be viewed live on Beaufort County Channel, on Hargray Channel 9 and 113 or on Spectrum Channel 1304.

I.CALL TO ORDER

II.ROLL CALL

III.NOTICE REGARDING ADJOURNMENT

The Planning Commission will not hear new items after 9:30 p.m. unless authorized by a majority vote of the Commission Members present. Items which have not been heard before 9:30 p.m. may be continued to the next regular meeting or a special meeting date as determined by the Commission Members.

IV.ADOPTION OF MINUTES

1. 1.October 23, 2024 Minutes

• 10-23-2024 Draft PC Minutes.pdf (0.10 MB)

V.PUBLIC COMMENT

VI.OLD BUSINESS

VII.NEW BUSINESS

1. 1.Venture at Okatie Bluff (Certificate of Appropriateness-Highway Corridor Overlay District): A request by Witmer Jones Keefer, on behalf of Parcel 8A, LLC for approval of a COFA-HCO for the architecture, landscaping and lighting for an apartment complex to include six (6) multi-family residential buildings with approximately 150 dwelling units, four (4) garage buildings, a clubhouse, amenities and associated infrastructure. The subject property consists of approximately 22.0 acres identified as Parcel R610 028 000 5419 0000, located approximately at the northeast corner of the intersection of SC Highway 170 and Gibbet Road, zoned Buckwalter PUD within the Parcel B-1 Master Plan of the Buckwalter Planned Unit Development. (COFA-09-24-019322) (Staff – Charlotte Moore)

• Staff Report.pdf (0.20 MB)
• Attch 1 - Vicinity Map.pdf (0.30 MB)
• Attch 2 - Application & Narrative.pdf (0.53 MB)
• Attch 3 - Partial Plan Set.pdf (31.59 MB)
• Attch 4 - DRC Comments COFA-09-24-019322.pdf (0.16 MB)
• Attch 5 - Architectural.pdf (11.62 MB)
• Attch 6 - Landscape Plan.pdf (25.90 MB)
• Attch 7 - Lighting Plan.pdf (4.20 MB)

2. 2.Adoption of 2025 Planning Commission Meeting Dates: (Staff - Dan Frazier)

• 2025 DRAFT PC Meeting and Application Dates.pdf (0.05 MB)

3. 3.Adoption of 2025 Development Review Committee Meeting Dates: (Staff - Dan Frazier) 

• 2025 DRAFT DRC Meeting and Application Dates.pdf (0.05 MB)

VIII.DISCUSSION

1. 1.Discussion of Amendments to the Town of Bluffton’s Southern Lowcountry Stormwater Design Manual and Post-Construction Stormwater Ordinance: (Staff - Andrea Moreno)

• PCSTAF~1.pdf (0.15 MB)
• Attachment 1_SoLoCo Stormwater Design Manual Edits.pdf (3.04 MB)
• Attachment 2_Appendix A_Stormwater Ordinance.pdf (0.11 MB)

IX.ADJOURNMENT

NEXT MEETING DATE: Wednesday, December 18, 2024