City of Pooler Community Update:
- Meeting frequency change: Planning & Zoning Commission will meet once a month starting January 1, 2026 for more detailed review.
- Site plan approval shift: Site plans will follow staff review, P&Z referral, then final approval by the City Manager or Planning & Development Director.
- Public input preserved: The public may provide comments on site plans during the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting.
- Zoning actions unchanged: Council remains approval authority for rezonings, variances, and conditional use requests with the same referral timeline.
- New timelines provided: Flowcharts show staff approval, P&Z meeting, council workshop, and final council steps and dates.
Uploaded 11/ 12/ 2025
Efficient January 1, 2026, the Planning & & Zoning Commission will transition to one satisfying a month to permit even more detailed testimonial of schedule products and prep work by both personnel and Common council. The new conference timetable is uploaded on the City’s web site on the public conferences page
Also reliable January 1, 2026, site development plans will certainly no more be approved by city council. The site plans will certainly undergo the common staff testimonial procedure, and when ready for authorization, will certainly most likely to the Preparation & & Zoning Commission for testimonial and referral. The public might give input on website plans at the Preparation & & Zoning Commission conference. After the Planning & & Zoning Commission conference, the website strategy will be presented to common council for review and comments at their following scheduled workshop. Team will certainly guarantee all remarks from council are provided to the applicant and addressed. Once attended to, the City Manager or Preparation & & Development Director will be the final approval authority.
City board will remain the approval authority of zoning action products such as rezonings, differences and conditional usage requests. The item will certainly initially most likely to the Planning & & Zoning Commission for a referral, after that it will exist to city board at their workshop the next week, and after that will go to common council for approval at their 2 nd conference following the workshop.
Flowchart– Website Plans & & Non-Zoning Activity Products
Team approval by: Jan 5 → P & & Z Meeting: Jan 12 → Council Workshop: Jan 20 → Planning Supervisor or Mayor Authorization
Flowchart– Zoning Action Products
Application target date: Dec 19 (45 days before public hearing) → P & & Z Satisfying: Jan 12 → Council Workshop: Jan 20 → Council conference: Feb 2
Sight the full announcement on the City of Pooler internet site
