City Council - Regular Meeting

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible,

I asked the question last time, what does this closely mimic in our new UDO going forward? I know it doesn't come under the UDO, and it was said it came under the SR, the Suburban Residential. And when I did a comparison, I think the biggest thing that I see are the setbacks. The setbacks under SR are considerably more, and I know it doesn't have to, we're not making it fit into the SR, For example, front yard under SR is 40 feet, whereas this one is 15. Under SR, going forward, it's 10 feet on the side yard, and it's 7 and 1 half feet in the document. Although the plat is in conflict with the

Let me also say I have never felt like density is an issue with me as long as it's done correctly. I feel like they've done a very nice job of it's a little denser than what would be allowed under the coming you know i don't have a problem as long as it's done correctly in a very good manner and i think it has been but i'd like to address the LID let's talk to some of the mad experts on Mr. Roberts' questions thank you Wesley White with Ridgewater Engineering we're here in Anderson so yeah we've met preliminarily like you said we've been meeting with staff and we've talked with

Well, you know, we all realize that Cox's Creek has an issue already. We don't want to make it any worse. And I feel like you've got adequate area to retain water.

One more question. It didn't say, or at least I couldn't find it. What is the approximate open area left on the site? I'm not sure. I couldn't find it. I might have missed it, but I couldn't find it.

I noticed the document did say, and this is the guiding document, a 10%, somewhere it says 10% open area.

The intention is to follow the preliminary plan? Yes, sir. Not to... if it's let's just say the open area is over 10 and it does look like it is maybe it's 20 right yeah the intent is not to change it to reduce that open debt yes sir mr stewart

Mr. Holder? So real quick, Mr. McKeon, I apologize. I missed the work session or the last council meeting. The developer's going to... not clear cut, for lack of a better term, going to develop as he goes?

And just a quick question. So the whole site, as I've been reading through number two on this, you know, our tree ordinance. So the whole site will get a tree survey and a tree ordinance. I mean, and once it complies, then each lot won't have to go back through a tree ordinance, right?

Like, for instance, if one lot has not, the way that we survey, or he hasn't surveyed, he brings it to us, there's one that doesn't have a tree on it, he obviously is going to plant trees. And then there's one that there's, You couldn't build a house on it unless you trimmed or cut down some trees, then it'll meet the guidelines. So with that, Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve this PDD document to annex 9.36 acres on 305 Edgebrook Drive.

Yeah, I'll speak. If this were to pass, it would come into my area, and I think everybody up here knows I've been somewhat hesitant for development on the northern side of my district. I know we've had lots of projects proposed over the last several years, but I want to thank the applicant and staff for working this one. I do think this is what people... you know, if they were to see development, this is what you want to see them. You want to see a high quality development. Uh, again, you know, the lot sizes are larger than, you know, kind of what's across the street. Um, you know, again, you

John, early in this process, you said something that stuck with me, but as a council body, we have to have a vision of where do we want to be, what do we want to look like. So you almost have to step back from that and analyze where are you right now, and then secondly, put into place the procedure to get to where you want to be. So this has been a journey. And I could think of a couple of adjectives that describe this. And it's going to be generational. This is a generational change and historic. This will change the look of Anderson. I think for the better. I do have one, it sort of falls un

Related, not the same issue, but in terms of building and codes inspections, let's just say residentially, for example, commercial's a little more intense, but you have three inspections. You have a footing inspection, you have a framing and rough-in inspection, and then you have a finals inspection. And that gap between rough-in and final, there are a lot of things that can happen. they could put vinyl siding on the house unless there's not a checkbox somewhere in an application that that's not allowed. I'd hate to see a builder get to the end, he's got vinyl siding on the house, and uh-oh, t

Yeah, I mean, I'm going to piggyback that on a little bit. I've always thought that if I wanted to build a house in the city, the first thing I'm going to do put an option on a lot, and then I'm gonna go look and see what I can build on that. When I come to the city to pull my permits, I've always thought when I sign in, they should say, okay, you're gonna build a house. This is the package. This is what you get. Well, if I'm gonna build ABC, if I'm gonna open up an ABC business, whatever kind of business in Anderson, the first thing I'm gonna do is try to get open as fast as possible. And if

Mr. Mayor, we've worked on this a really long time. And... There's been a lot of work by our staff, by this council, by the community in coming up with this. So, you know, I make a motion that we request we adopt the City of Anderson's new Unified Development Ordinance and officials on the back. Second.

Mayor, I'll make the motion to approve the purchase.

Real quick, Mr. Mayor. So, Chief, I've always wondered, you know, I've always, it makes me happy whenever we can work with other agencies. around the state i know that you've sent people to the coast you've sent people to lake hartwell you've sent people a lot of different places we have a crew in central right now okay i mean and you know i get updates about it and it makes i mean i'm like god that's great that you know we're able to help somebody in need because they've helped us in the past with public works and other arrangements that we've had How do you, do you use their radios? Because