Here is a recap of the Mauldin City Council meeting on April 21.
Initial approval: Zoning ordinance for child care
Council approved a zoning ordinance to allow religious institutions in residential districts to offer child care, preschool and after-school activities.
If the ordinance receives final approval, religious institutions may offer child care. Each facility would need to have at least a two-acre property, establish provisions to accommodate all drop-off and pick-up activities to ensure a safe rout from motor vehicles to the building’s entrance, provide parking facilities, and comply with state laws regarding licensing, requirements for the administration and management of child care operations, ratios for staffing, sanitation and safety requirements, program requirements and space requirements.
The city currently places preschools in the child day care center category, and child care centers are primarily allowed in the city’s nonresidential districts. If a facility is in a residential district, the city only allows the business to enroll up to 16 children.
This item will go before the City Council for final approval May 19.
Initial approval: Zoning update for wine, liquor stores
Council approved a zoning amendment to clarify the separation requirement between packaged alcoholic beverage stores and residences. Following final approval, the ordinance will follow state law to require that wine and liquor stores not be located within 300 feet of any church, school or playground within a municipality. This item will go before the City Council for final approval May 19.
Approved: Mauldin Municipal Court judge requirements
Council approved an amendment to the Mauldin Municipal Court judge appointment ordinance. The city will now consider appointing a municipal trial judge who may not be a licensed attorney, as long as that person receives the mandatory training program, passes a certification examination and receives the required annual training as determined by the South Carolina State Supreme Court and in state law.
