Note: The meeting agenda and transcript indicate the meeting occurred on July 20, 2021. The given date of August 19, 2021 is used per instructions, but there is a discrepancy.
The Greenville Planning and Zoning Commission met to consider preliminary plats, rezonings, a land use plan amendment, and commission officer elections. The meeting was the first to follow new single-meeting format under House Bill 812, with public comments heard before votes. All items except one were approved unanimously.
Mr. Chair, we are live. Great. Good evening to everybody and welcome to the July 20th Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The PZ Commission is a public body established by the Greenville City Council pursuant to North Con General Statute. This commission makes final decisions on preliminary subdivision plates and makes recommendations to the city council on rezonings, text amendments, ETJ extensions, street closings, street name changes involving honorary designations and comprehensive plan amendments which include text and map amendments. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. And beginning tonight, we are only going to have one. Everybody will recall we used to have a Tuesday meeting on the third Tuesday of the month at 6. And then on Thursday, we had a meeting to vote. But because of a recent statute, and that is for those who wish to look it up, it is session law 2021-35, also known as House Bill 812. And that bill was passed on uh June 8th, approved on June 16th, and effective July 1st of this year. So as of tonight, we're only having one meeting, which means we'll consider the item presentation from staff. Then we'll hear uh those who are in favor of the particular item, those who are in opposition to the particular item, and then we will vote on each item as we used to before COVID. So that brings us to our next uh item. Uh Kevin Faison, would you say uh the invocation for us, please, sir? Good Lord, thank you for bringing us here today. Will it allow us to conduct the business of the city with the best interest of our citizens? Lord, please watch over and bless all the people that are in attendance watching online, and that have anything to do with the city agreement and the United States Remember. Amen. Thank you. Miss Bland, would you please call the roll and everyone when your name is called, please answer by voice? Yes, sir. Les Robinson here. Michael Overton, Billy Parker. Here. Max Ray Joyner. Pat Maxwell. Here. John Collins. Alan Brock. President. Kevin Faison. Here. Chris West. Here. Brad Goose. Here. Alan Thomas. Here. Mr. Chair, we have a quorum. Ms. Bland, does everyone vote tonight? Yes. Great. Thank you very much. Let's move to the next item on our agenda, which is the approval of the minutes from June 15th of this year. Has everyone had a chance to see those minutes and consider the same. Yes.