County Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. South Greenville Area Fire District Millage Request. Mr. Chairman, this public hearing is being held for the purpose of receiving comments from the public regarding a resolution to provide for an increase of the current ad valorem property tax to be levied by the South Greenville Area Fire District.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. South Greenville Area Fire District General Obligation Bond. Mr. Chairman, this public hearing is being held for the purpose of receiving comments from the public regarding... an ordinance finding that the South Greenville Area Fire District, South Carolina, may issue not to exceed $1 million of general obligation bond in one or more series. To authorize the Board of Fire Control of South Greenville Area Fire District, South Carolina, is to issue the bonds and to provide for the publication and notice of the said findings and authorization. Madam Clerk, are there any s

Thank you, Madam Chair. I declare this meeting closed.

Mr. Chair. Anderson-Greenville County Multi-County Industrial Business Park Agreement Amendment Project Signature Foods, formerly Project Bento. Mr. Chairman, this public hearing is being held for the purpose of receiving comments from the public regarding an ordinance to amend an agreement for the development of a joint county industrial and business park, 2010 Park, of Anderson and Greenville Counties, so as to enlarge the park. Madam Clerk, are there any speakers?

then I do declare this public hearing closed.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This public hearing is being held for the purpose of receiving comments from the public regarding an ordinance to amend Article 11 of the Greenville County Land Development Regulations relating to design and construction of open space residential development. Are there any speakers, Madam Chairman, Madam Clerk?

There being no further speakers, I declare this public hearing closed.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This public hearing is being held for the purpose of receiving comments from the public regarding the ordinance to Amendment Article 6, Section 6.2, 10, Dwelling Single Family Tax and Dwelling Two Family Duplex. Article 7, Table 7.1, Minimum Lot Acre Permitted Density for Single Family Residents. Article 7, Section 7.2, Open Space Residential Development. Section 7.25, Open Space Residential Development. Option 2 and Article 7, Table 7.2, Open Space Residential Development Options of the Rainbow County Zoning Ordinance. Are there any speakers? Madam Clerk.

Therefore, being no speaker, I declare this public hearing closed. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The South Greenville Area Fire District Millage Request. Mr. Chair, in the motion, I move for adoption of resolution to provide for the increase of the current ad valorem property tax to be levied by the South Greenville Area Fire District.

I just wanted to mention a few things. I mentioned this in the Finance Committee when it was brought, and basically tonight I just wanted to look at a few financial things. The millage increase we're asking for is five mills, and in South Greenville that would be $220,000 per mill, which is over a million dollars. I looked through the application on Finance Committee and everything, and Last year, they got $9.1 million in taxes, $812,000 in VLOs, and $838,000 in grants, interest income, and miscellaneous income. There's also a 0.35 debt service millage increase. Also, I looked at the salaries

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Simpsonville Fire Service Area Millage Request. Mr. Chairman, the motion I move for adoption at the third reading in ordinance to provide for an increase to the operating millage rate levied by the Simpsonville Fire Service Area.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Simpsonville Fire Service Area General Obligation Bond Issuance. Mr. Chairman, the motion that I move for an adoption at the third reading and ordinance to provide for the issuance and sale of not exceeding $1.2 million Greenville County, South Carolina General Obligation Bond, Simpsonville Fire Service Area Project, and one more series to prescribe the purposes for which the proceeds shall be expended to provide for the payment thereof and other matters relating thereto.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Property located at 3316 and 3314 Wadehampton Boulevard requesting rezoning from C2 to S1. The Planning Commission recommended annul and the committee recommended approval. On behalf of the committee, I move approval of this ordinance at second reading.

Properly located at 15 Winfrey Avenue, requesting rezoning from C1 to I1, the Planning Commission and the committee recommended approval. On behalf of the committee, I move approval of the ordinance at second reading.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Property located at 907 Highway 14 requesting rezoning from R15 to C1. The Planning Commission and the committee recommends a no. On behalf of the committee, I move to deny this ordinance at second reading.

Property located on Grove Reserve Parkway and Interstate 185 requesting rezoning from C3 to I1. The Planning Commission and the committee recommended approval. On behalf of the committee, I move approval of this ordinance at second reading.

The property located at Grove Reserve Parkway in Interstate 185 requests rezoning from I-1 to C-2. The Planning Commission and the committee recommended approval. On behalf of the committee, I move for approval of this ordinance at second reading. Thank you.

Property located on Grove Reserve Parkway and Interstate 185, requesting rezoning from C3 to C2. The Planning Commission and the committee recommended approval. On behalf of the committee, I move approval of this ordinance at second reading. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On behalf of the committee, I move for approval at second reading an ordinance to amend Article 8, Special Purpose and Review District Regulations of the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance to add Section 8.13 MCC, Mountain Creek Community District. The Planning Commission and the committee recommend approval with this condition. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment for this. Statue of amendment. I move to amend this ordinance to reflect the condition outlined in the red line version provided in council's packet. Does everybody understand the motion for the amendment?

One more. I guess we need to... I'm moved to approve the ordinance as amended.

I move to amend the ordinance to reflect the changes to section 7.2.4.4a as outlined in the red line version provided in the council packet.

Mr. Chairman, can you clarify that motion real quick?

But we still have our third reading amendments.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I move approval of the ordinance as amended.

because it has to incorporate everything we've done.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On behalf of the committee, I move for approval of the second reading of the ordinance to amend Article 6, Section 6.2.13, Home Occupant of the Greenville County Zone Ordinance. The Planning Commission and the committee recommend approval.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On behalf of the committee, I move for approval at second reading the ordinance to amend Article 6, Section 6.210, Dwelling Single-Family Attached and Dwellings. Two-Family Duplexes, Article 7, Table 7.1, Minimum Lot Acre Permitted Density for Single-Family Residential. Article 7, Section 7.2, Open Space Residential Development, Section 7.25, Open Space residential development auction number two and article seven table 7.2 open space residential development options of the Greenville zoning ordinance the Planning Commission and the committee recommended the movable Mr.

Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it. Mr. Chairman, I now move for approval of the ordinance as amended. Thank you. All in favor?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move for approval at second reading the ordinance to amend Article 11 of the Greenville County Land Development Regulations relating to design and construction open space residential developments. I have an amendment, Mr. Chairman. I move to amend this ordinance to reflect the changed outline in the red line version provided in the county's package, council's package.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Item 11F, Wireless Communication Facilities Ordinance. I move for approval of second reading and ordinance to provide regulations of wireless communication facilities, including cell towers, in the unincorporated areas of Greenville County.

Sorry. I have... I have a couple of amendments here. I want to, I move to amend this item to add the cover ordinance that was provided in the council packet that is listed under here as a hyperlink. So I move to amend that.

I have another amendment. Mr. Chairman, I would like to make an amendment to the Wireless Communications Facility Ordinance to correct two typographical errors in Article 4, General Requirements, Items H and I. Item H needs to be corrected to read all new facilities shall be at least a distance of 1,500 feet from a residential structure. Item I needs to be corrected to read all new facilities shall be a distance of 3,000 feet from the property line of any school. These were recommended by Environmental Health Trust and other agencies that that be the minimum, and that is actually how it was or

And one more thing. Mr. Chairman, I would like to make a motion that we be allowed to make amendments to third readings.

highly qualified doctor come and give testimony that refuted everything Mr. Fant just said. So while you can definitely vote no, I will say as long as that applies to you, that's fine. But when it applies to everybody in this audience...

Mr. Chairman. Mr. Phan, I may ask you a question, sir, and this is in all honesty and this is not being funny. You deal in real estate, correct? I do. Okay, so if I had a house on site A with no cell tower worth $500,000 and I had a house on site B 10 miles away with a cell tower in the backyard for $500,000, which one would sell first and how much would each of them sell for?

counterpoint to yours to say, okay, forget about the health risk.

I apologize. Mr. Chairman, my point is outside of the health risk, our job as county TRUSTED PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY TO DO THESE THINGS IS ALSO TO TAKE CARE OF THE RESIDENTS. AND WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS IN OUR COUNTY WHO HAVE A CELL TOWER POP UP IN THEIR BACKYARD, THAT WOULD SEND ME OVER THE EDGE. I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. SO THAT'S MY POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE HEALTH RISK, WHO CARES, OKAY? I MEAN, I BELIEVE IN THE HEALTH RISKS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ON SHIPS YOU CAN'T GO ABOVE A CERTAIN LEVEL WHEN THE RADARS ARE ON. THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DANGEROUS. I ask my colleagues to co

Yes, I would like to make a motion to approve the wireless communications facility ordinance. As amended. As amended. Thank you.

South Greenville Area Fire District General Obligation Bond. Mr. Chairman, the motion I move for approval at the second reading, an ordinance finding that South Greenville Area Fire District, South Carolina, may issue not exceeding $1 million of general obligation bonds in one or more series to authorize the Board of Fire Control of South Greenville Area Fire District, South Carolina, to issue such bonds and to provide for the publication of notice of the said finding and authorization.

Mr. Chairman, I just want to mention here, this is the same South Greenville Area Fire District general obligation bond. I'm not going to go back through the information, but for the same reason I voted no on the original millage increase, I'm also going to be against this. Another million dollars in debt plus the millage increase based on the previous things I stated.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Anderson-Greenville County Multi-County Industrial Business Park Agreement Amendment Project Signature Foods. Mr. Chairman, the motion I move for approval at second reading in ordinance to amend an agreement for the development of a joint county industrial business park, 2010 park, of Anderson and Greenville counties so as to enlarge the park. This property is located in Anderson County.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I present for first reading zoning docket CZ2026-041 through CZ2026-048.

Chair. Clear Springs Fire and Rescue Millage Request. I present for the first reading an ordinance to provide for an increase to the millage rate levied by the Clear Springs Fire and Rescue District.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Special Lighting Tax District Millage Adjustment. I present for the first reading an ordinance to provide for the millage or fee to be levied by certain special tax districts established for street lighting purposes and to adjust the fee or millage rate in 13 such districts.

Mr. Chairman, do we need to get a little description of that? Are we good?

Yeah, if you don't mind, just real quick. The special lighting tax districts are those areas in certain areas like, say, Dunnian and areas like that that do not have an HOA. But they do have, they petitioned the county to pay their light bills, and they paid a percentage of their millage for that light service. So what it done, the power rates went up, so we don't want the county to carry it. to accrue a negative balance, so that millage had to be increased. And those citizens are aware of that, and they did approve. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

For notice provided in the council's agenda package, I present for the first reading an ordinance to amend Greenville County Ordinance Number 5577, which updated the land development regulations for septic development design standards to remove the sunset provision and to repeal Ordinance Number 5734, which extends the sunset provision additional two years. I request this item be referred to the Planning and Development Committee.

I just want the other committee members to thank you for their hard work on this committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just like to let everybody know, tonight at the Roads Infrastructure and Public Works Committee meeting, we approved the list for the 2027 paving. It was given to all the councilors. You can see the roads in numbers. It's about 36 miles, which doesn't seem a lot, but remember, there's a lot of cul-de-sacs, little lane roads that go down in neighborhoods and stuff, so As you can probably notice in the county, there's a lot of paving going on, both by the state, we've kind of got the area, and also what's going on here. So by no means are we anywhere near where we need t

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This past week we've had a public safety meeting, and we had the sheriff come in and gave a presentation, informative only, on the acquisition, use, and operation of flock cameras within the county sheriff's department. And it was very informative. Like I said, it was information only. There was no action required. And just to update, the CAD system was... was had a little tuning up the other day and it's back up and it's great and I'll tell you it's the best thing since sliced bread.

Yes, I would like to report that our Audit Committee, PFM, is who we have hired out of North Carolina. They have had Zoom meetings this month with both EMS departments and also The Sheriff's Department doing interviews and starting to collect information from both of those departments. They will be on site in September doing an audit. So I just want to let you know that. And I will be meeting with them, getting updates regularly. So as I get those, I'll bring them here.

Mr. Chairman, if I may have a moment of privilege since my name was invoked. If I may have a privilege, I'd like to just set the record straight on that phone call, which kind of went something like this. I got a phone call. I answered it knowing who it was. I explained to them the policy, and that is state law. And I was presumed to get yelled at for the next two or three minutes, at which point I said, please don't yell at me. I'll have a conversation with my daughter if we can talk. And they started yelling at me again, so I hung up. The phone rang again with the same person. The gentleman

Mr. Chairman, when I became a county councilman in 2023, one of the first announcements I had was the Gordon Street affordable housing project. That project opened last year. And I just wanted you to know that this year, the adjacent property project for Safe Harbor will be having their ribbon cutting ceremony this coming Friday, August 21st at 9 a.m. And invite all of you and the public, of course, to come to this. You'll be able to see the affordable housing project that is completed and occupied right next door. It's a beautiful project. Safe Harbor is going to be an excellent, beautiful pr