Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island

These are the issues being brought before the various City of Charleston boards and committees that are specific to land use and zoning on Daniel Island. All meetings are open for public comment except the TRC meetings. For more information on any of these proposed actions, including location and time of meetings, please email president@dineighborhoodassociation.org.

City of Charleston Technical Review Committee (TRC) — The next meeting will be held on Feb. 28 with no issues of impact to Daniel Island on the agenda.

City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals – Site Design (BZA-SD) — At the next meeting on March 6, the agenda includes a request for a special exception from Sec 54-327 to allow the removal of one grand tree at 389 Ralston Creek Street on Daniel Island, as well as requests for variances from Sec 54-327 to allow the removal of 12 grand trees and seven grand trees on Robert Daniel Drive.

City of Charleston Board of Zoning Appeals – Zoning (BZA-Z) — The next meeting will be held on March 5. The agenda is not yet published.

City of Charleston Design Review Board (DRB) — The next meeting will be held on March 4 with no issues of impact to Daniel Island on the agenda.

City of Charleston Planning Commission (PC) — At the most recent meeting on Feb. 20, the Commission discussed a request to modify Chapter 54 of the Code of the City of Charleston (Zoning Ordinance) by amending Section 54-263, the Daniel Island Master Plan zoning text, to add provisions that allow the visual buffer zone setback to be reduced or eliminated and allow the visual buffer zone to be reduced when conditions specified in the new provisions. The next meeting will be held on March 20. The agenda is not yet published.