CSA and ASPPPO ask all Sea Pines Plantation Owners to attend the Town of Hilton Head Island Town Council Meeting Tuesday, October 7 to request that a Land Management Ordinance approval be delayed until a comprehensive traffic study is completed.
The joint Boards of CSA and ASPPPO, in conjunction with the CSA Traffic Committee, have been diligently addressing community-wide concerns regarding proposed changes to the Town of Hilton Head's Land Management Ordinance (Draft LMO).
Among other changes, the new LMO allows an increase in density from four (4) units per acre to twelve (12) units per acre within the newly created Sea Pines Commercial District. The Town plans to conduct a traffic study to address the impact this change will have on traffic in and around Sea Pines Circle-
but the study will not be completed until after the LMO is voted on October 7.
CSA and ASPPPO remain committed to working with Town officials for the purposeful planning and development of this area, however - we do not believe the current traffic standards fully address the existing traffic issues and conditions present in the Sea Pines Circle area and specifically on Greenwood Drive.
The Board's interest is in preventing additional negative traffic consequences resulting from the new Sea Pines Commercial District. Members of both Boards attended a Special Planning Commission meeting last Wednesday, September 24 to review proposed changes to the draft LMO Rewrite. The intent was to request that approval of the LMO be delayed until a comprehensive traffic study, with appropriate standards, can be conducted and reviewed.
Charlie Ryan, CSA Board Chair, spoke at the meeting to address these concerns on behalf of Sea Pines Plantation residents.
The Commission then notified the audience that only comments pertaining to amended LMO items were to be heard, thereby precluding other views that CSA Board members had prepared. Fortunately, Mayor Drew Laughlin and several members of Town Council were present to hear Charlie's remarks. The Planning Commission advised those who had further comment on non-amended portions of the LMO, to present their viewpoint to the Town Council at the October 7 meeting.
CSA and ASPPPO urge all property owners to attend this Town Council meeting and request that the Council delay implementation of the LMO until a comprehensive traffic study of its impact on Sea Pines Circle and Greenwood Avenue can be completed. If one does not wish to prepare and present comments, you can simply inform the Council that you support the remarks made by CSA and ASPPPO.
Again, the final vote on the LMO will be at Town Council Chambers at 4 PM on Tuesday, October 7. (Turn off 278 into Wexford Plantation and then take the first exit off the traffic circle to Town Hall.)
Bret Martin, CSA President
Mike Jordan, ASPPPO President
Charlie Ryan, CSA Board Chair
