# Dorchester County Planning, Development, & Building Committee & County Council Meeting 11.02.26

The Dorchester County Planning, Development & Building Committee and County Council met on November 2, 2026. The main capital-financing discussion was a first-reading ordinance establishing the Festival Center Redevelopment Project Area and authorizing a tax increment financing (TIF) redevelopment plan; Council approved it 5–0, with two members absent. The project list included $15 million for Festival Center public infrastructure, $17 million for a sports complex, $10 million for a senior center, $10 million for upgrades and lighting, $10 million for sidewalks and bike lanes, $3 million for the King’s Grant Conservation Area, $2 million for park-and-ride, $1.5 million for stormwater retrofits, $1 million for medians, and $500,000 for an aquatic center. Other amounts mentioned included $7 million for field lighting and $7 million for band expansion. No vendor selections or contract awards were reported. Council also approved transferring approximately 374.35 acres of county-owned land to the Dorchester County Development Corporation, 5–0. A resolution describing the Ridgeville Residential Improvement District and its improvement plan was introduced at the end of the transcript, but its action is not captured.

The committee unanimously recommended a zoning text amendment clarifying housing types and requirements and rezoning request #965 (1.13 acres near Summerville) from general commercial to R1; Council approved the recommendations. Council also advanced several first-reading referrals, including ordinances addressing penalties for unpermitted clearing and development, additional zoning amendments, and other rezoning requests. It approved an ordinance updating references from SCDHEC to the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services in the county’s water and sewer code. Public comments raised concerns about eviction-notice service, animal-welfare enforcement, and Harrison Road maintenance and conditions; no related spending or procurement actions were recorded.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** November 03, 2026

### Sources
- [Dorchester County Planning, Development, & Building Committee & County Council Meeting 11.02.26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf8wzhcq7Us) - Dorchester County Public Meetings