Planning & Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

welcome our students back to ECU. We take the time to walk around the neighborhood. We provide some information that may be helpful to them. Uh information about landlord and tenants rights Got to gavl. The uh the meeting will now come to order. Welcome to the March 17th, 2026 meeting of the City of Greenville Planning and Zoning Commission. My name is John Collins and I'm the chair of this commission. Zach, would you do the invocation, please?

Thank you all for coming here. Uh, thank you to the city and city council for allowing us to give them advice on their planning and zoning, and I appreciate everyone's time. Thank you. Madame Clerk, will you please call the role? Collins, present. Zack Wy, present. Alan Thomas, Kimberstone here, Brad Carter, Carlos White, Toya Jacob here, William Mccur, Clayton S here, Thomas Reson here, Royal here, Kenneth Bale here. We have

All right, let's settle in for a long meeting. Our first item is the approval of the agenda. The only items on the agenda are the street closure and adjournment. Uh so I'll entertain a motion to uh approve the agenda as stated. A motion. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor of approving the agenda say I. I. I. Next is approval of the minutes. You've all been presented in advance with the minutes from the January 20, 2026 meeting and have had an opportunity to read and review the minutes. Are there any questions or corrections? I'll entertain a motion to approve.

Motion to approve. Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I.

All those opposed say no. The motion passes. New business. Petition to close a portion of Hickory Street. Staff presentation by Daryl Norris. Good evening, commission. Uh we're going to make this super quick. Um so this petition is for the uh proposed closure of a portion of Hickory Street uh north of Third Street to its terminal end. Uh this closure is requested by the adjacent property owners um the majority of which is the uh Cypress Glenn um retirement development. Uh the closure map has been reviewed by city and GU. Um they will be required to post a cash bond for the street improvements to install a valley gutter across what is currently Hickory Street um at the Third Street intersection. Um and recommendation is to approve the closure. Uh this is a map of of the section to be closed. um and the valley gutter that would have to be installed. Um so basically this is still going to remain um as as a drive uh and it will just become privately owned u by the properties there. It will also be easement for utilities and things like that. This is the road closure map. Um as you can see the the legal plat. And I'm here for any questions. What are what are they getting out of doing this? I'm just curious.

Um they have some development plans with their site plan um that by closing the road, it gives them a little more space. They don't have to worry about setbacks from the culde-sac. Makes sense. Any other questions? Thank you very much. Thank you. All right, the public hearing is open. The first speaker will have five minutes with each additional speaker having three minutes until 30 minutes has expired. Is there anyone present to speak in favor of this request?

We state your name for the record, please. Good evening. Will Hillyard, surveyor with the East Group on behalf of Cypress Glenn. I really don't have anything to add to what Mr. Morris provided, but I'm here for clarifications or questions. And if none, just the same. Yeah. All right.

All right. Is there anyone else present to speak in favor of the proposal, the request? Seeing none, is there anyone present to speak in opposition to the request? Seeing none, the public hearing is closed. Uh, and turn it over to the board for to the commission for discussion or a motion. Would you like to make your first motion? Sure. Motion to approve. Okay. And that's the shorter language is okay for the street closure, right? Okay. We got a second. Second. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I.

I. All oppose say no. Motion passes. Uh adjournment is our next item on the agenda. Uh do we have a motion to adjurnn? I motion to adjurnn. Zach motions for adjournment. Second. Second. Second. A second. All in favor say I. Any oppose say no. We're adjourned. All right.