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| L-R City Manager Mike Mahaney, Meter Reader Darius Mines, Assistant City Clerk Robin Johnson, Motor Equipment Operator Jamie Wilson |
During
the July 20 North Myrtle Beach City Council meeting, three City
employees were provided with Longevity Service Awards in recognition of
their excellent service to North Myrtle Beach residents and visitors.
The award recipients were Assistant Clerk of Court Robin Johnson (10 years of service), Utility Billing Meter Reader Darius Mines (l0 years) and Motor Equipment Operator Jamie Wilson
(10 years). The service awards are provided to qualifying employees in
five year increments as a way of recognizing and encouraging excellent,
proactive customer service.
City Council tabled until its August 3 meeting
first reading of an ordinance to amend the North Beach Plantation
Planned Development District Phase III Tower (Oceanfront Villas) within
the Oceanfront Towers Neighborhood.
City Council passed first reading of an ordinance
to amend the Barefoot Landing Planned Development District (PDD) to
allow a covered bridge. Jake Puglia, property owner of Alligator
Adventure, requested an amendment to the Barefoot Landing PDD to allow
changes to the previously approved site plan. The request involves
adding a covered bridge to extend from Duplin Winery to Alligator
Adventure. Bridge architecture would complement neighboring uses with
metal roofing and Cypress board and batten siding.
At the request of the applicant, City Council withdrew from the agenda first reading of a proposed ordinance to rezone a portion of Southeastern Memorial Gardens (Southern Palms Memorial Gardens).
City Council passed first reading of an ordinance
to annex and zone five lots. Shep Guyton, authorized agent for
Permenter Brothers Holdings, LLC, petitioned the City for annexation of
about 153.78 acres adjacent to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and
bounded by the Pelican Bay and Sanibel Harbour neighborhoods. The
applicant has requested an R-4 (Resort Residential District) zoning for
the acreage. The acreage is currently identified as Inland Low
Residential, Inland Medium Residential, and General Commercial on the
City’s Future Land Use Map, which recommends a zoning designation of R-l
(Single-Family Residential Low-Density District), R-2 (Medium Density
Residential), and GC (General Commercial), respectively.
The
proposed R-4 zoning district is inconsistent with the Future Land Use
Map's recommended zoning districts; however, deviations from the
compliance index’s recommended zoning districts may be allowed in
situations where a particular area has substantially changed or changing
conditions or circumstances have occurred.
The
proposed R-4 zoning district would allow single-family detached and
semi-detached; patio homes; two-family (duplex); multiplex (triplex and
quadruplex); townhouse developments; multifamily, including garden,
mid-and high-rise apartments, zero lot line single-family detached
developments; boarding house, resort accommodation, hotels, motels,
inns, and lodges; accessory uses customarily incidental to dwellings and
hotels, motels, inns, lodges and resort accommodations; and parking
lots.
The
building height maximum for the proposed R-4 zoning district is 90
feet, with the exception that hotel/motel, resort accommodation, and
multifamily uses may exceed the 90 foot height limitation by one floor
of units for each full level of above-grade parking deck construction
below the principal building, not to exceed four additional floors of
units.
Prior to voting for first reading, several Council members made it clear that more
discussion regarding the proposed R-4 zoning would be required before a
second reading of the proposed ordinance. They expressed concern about
the much higher density that the proposed R-4 zoning would lead to and
the potential negative impact the proposed zoning could have on adjacent
existing neighborhoods.
Some
Council members also want to discuss road networks as they relate to
all neighborhoods in the general area of the proposed annexation. They
want to ensure that roadways within and leading to the different
neighborhoods, including the acreage proposed for annexation, offer
connectivity.
City Council also passed first reading of
an ordinance to annex and zone three lots. Shep Guyton, authorized
agent for Waterway-Rust, LLC, petitioned the City for annexation of
about 55.57 acres adjacent to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and
S.C. Highway 31 (Carolina Bays Parkway). The applicant has requested
that the land be zoned R-4 (Resort Residential District).
The
subject area is identified as Inland Low Residential on the City’s
Future Land Use Map, which recommends a zoning designation of R-1
(Single-Family Residential Low-Density District). The proposed R-4
zoning district is not entirely consistent with the Future Land Use
Map's recommended zoning district; however, deviations from the
compliance index's recommended zoning district is allowed in situations
where a particular locality has substantially changed or changing
conditions or circumstances have occurred.
Several
Council members made it clear that additional discussion about the
proposed higher density R-4 zoning would be required before second
reading. Council members also focused on the need to ensure connectivity
of roadways in the general area.
Council tabled until its August 3 meeting a motion to make an appointment to Horry County’s Capital Project Sales Tax Act Commission.
Patrons and concert-goers are encouraged to bring beach chairs.
