Planning and Zoning - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The Planning Commission approved a waiver request for a seven-lot subdivision and two rezoning requests, including a large-scale planned development for Lake Villages. The Lake Villages project, which proposes 5,500 dwelling units, generated significant public comment regarding infrastructure, traffic, and environmental concerns.

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning and Zoning
Meeting Type
Planning And Zoning
Location
Berkeley County, SC
Meeting Date
June 23, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

11 sections

30:45•Lynn Hoover

And I have a question. What kind of surface will the road have?

31:13•Lynn Hoover

And you're okay with that? You're okay with it? Yes, I am. Okay, all right. Got a question?

31:35•Lynn Hoover

The roads look good. Yeah, they look good. What we saw, yeah. Rock and roll. They look nice and flat, yeah.

1:06:28 – 1:07:27•Lynn Hoover

i have a couple okay at the first well at the second meeting i was expecting um it to be more tailored toward the adjacent communities and there were not but a few people from there and so i walked around and talked to them and they um two of the concerns that were brought up to me was Access into Wynwood which y'all have addressed and I appreciate that very much. The second was people in Wynwood and who are adjacent to the new development were concerned that people might see their five acre fields and pastures and think it's open land that we can ride our four-wheelers and used for recreation

1:07:59 – 1:08:13•Lynn Hoover

It may be as simple as putting something in the HOA for residents to remind them that they're not allowed to do that. Oh, certainly that, without question. Thank you.

1:56:39•Lynn Hoover

I wondered if the applicant wanted to address any of the issues that were raised.

1:56:56 – 1:57:07•Lynn Hoover

One that came to mind was the data centers. Would that be allowed in the PDMU?

2:12:10 – 2:12:51•Lynn Hoover

I have a bad cold and I'm coughing real badly. We are having... There are legitimate concerns about traffic. And people who already are developers who already have developments in the pipeline. We can't do anything about that. Just like with Mr. Gremlin tonight. But what we I think what we're going to have to consider is stopping new ones from getting into the pipeline. This is the traffic. Everybody who's complaining about traffic has legitimate concerns. I think that that's a direction that we might want to consider pursuing.

2:14:32•Lynn Hoover

Do we have any more big projects that are in the pipeline or any more big ones?

2:14:45•Lynn Hoover

I would say 1,000 houses, 500 houses or more I would consider large scale.

2:15:16 – 2:16:35•Lynn Hoover

I tried the situation that we had tonight. That PDMU was drawn up 20 years ago. There were no other subdivisions at all like that. That was the first one that Berkeley County ever handled. There were no Carnes Crossings or Nextons or Wildcat or any of the subdivisions that are all up and down. 52 and 17A. Plus all the apartments. Plus all the apartments. But Mr. Gremlin had the right. He, 20 years ago, under a different administration, under a different supervisor and planning commission and county council, that he acquired that right to develop it. And I don't think that any of us anticipated

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