# 10/5/2026 - Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals


**Body:** CharlestonCountyGov
**Date:** October 04, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

The Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on October 5, 2026, considered zoning appeals, special exceptions, and variances; no procurement, contracts, or spending decisions were identified. The Board unanimously agreed to reconsider a prior decision involving a required privacy fence at 485 Woodland Shores Road at its next available meeting. It approved short-term-rental requests for 218 Florence Lane, subject to staff conditions including a 144-day annual limit and a 10-person occupancy cap, and for 3297 Walter Drive, with the occupancy cap reduced from nine to six. The Board also upheld the administrative decision granting a limited home-rental permit after hearing an appeal concerning alleged past violations, site-plan issues, and neighborhood covenants.

Among the variance cases, the Board approved requests related to tree-root encroachment for a proposed home at 2121 Woo Drive, removal of two grand trees for a proposed home at 10:30 Michelle Lane, and a rear-setback reduction for an accessory storage building at 3324 Christine Drive. It denied a variance for a proposed building at another property and denied a request for driveway encroachment into the critical root zones of two grand trees. The Board also approved a schedule adding four additional meetings dedicated to short-term-rental cases, a procedural change intended to streamline future hearings.

**Source:** CharlestonCountyGov