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Sullivan’s Island Comprehensive Plan 2018-2028
Adopted August 20, 2019
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
The comprehensive plan communicates a community’s goals and objectives, provides a blueprint for future land use, and serves as the basis for zoning, land use and historic and environmental preservation. A comprehensive plan is a document consisting of text and a series of maps that:
- Identifies a community’s goals and sets forth its vision for the future for preserving and improving upon the neighborhoods and way of life on Sullivan’s Island;
- As part of its formulation, reaches out to a diverse group of stakeholders for their help, ideas, and expertise in the developing those goals and identifying the actions needed to achieve them; and
- Provides decision-making guidance for establishing the laws, policies, and programs to achieve implementation
There are nine required "elements" that every Comprehensive Plan must address - population, housing, economic, community facilities, natural resources, cultural resources, land use, transportation, and priority investments. However, the recently adopted Sullivan’s Island Comprehensive Plan 2018-2028 showcases a tenth element addressing community resiliency planning & sea level rise.
2023-2024 Comprehensive Plan 5 Year Review
Every 5 years the Town of Sullivan's Island updates the comprehensive plan's elements. The Planning Commission members, Town staff, along with community stakeholders provide special expertise on defined areas of the plan. Please see below for documents and links associated with the current review.
Updated Sullivan’s Island Comprehensive Plan 2018-2028, 2024 5-Year Review Drafts
The New Comprehensive Plan has been recommended for approval by the Planning Commission; the Planning Commission held public meetings over the summer to review and make final revisions to the Sullivan’s Island Comprehensive Plan 2018-2028, 2024 5-Year Review draft, and voted to forward the draft to the Town Council on August 14, 2024.
The new draft will get an initial presentation and review by the Town Council at the October 7th, 2024 Town Council Workshop, 6pm. The public welcome to attend and make comments regarding the draft. Town Council will then take up the matter for 1st Reading at the October 15th, Town Council meeting. Below is a link to the Planning Commission-approved draft, as well as a link to the redline version of the May 2024 draft that the Planning Commission reviewed and made minor adjustments to over the summer.
The New Comprehensive Plan has been recommended for approval by the Planning Commission; the Planning Commission held public meetings over the summer to review and make final revisions to the Sullivan’s Island Comprehensive Plan 2018-2028, 2024 5-Year Review draft, and voted to forward the draft to the Town Council on August 14, 2024.
The new draft will get an initial presentation and review by the Town Council at the October 7th, 2024 Town Council Workshop, 6pm. The public welcome to attend and make comments regarding the draft. Town Council will then take up the matter for 1st Reading at the October 15th, Town Council meeting. Below is a link to the Planning Commission-approved draft, as well as a link to the redline version of the May 2024 draft that the Planning Commission reviewed and made minor adjustments to over the summer.
November 2024 Town Council Draft Version (PDF)
Planning Commission-approved draft of the Sullivan’s Island Comprehensive Plan 2018-2028, 2024 5-Year Review (PDF)
Redlined version of the May 2024 draft (PDF)
Community Stakeholders
Examples of these stakeholders were Town staff, civic groups, business organizations, historic and environmental preservation groups and appointed citizens of Design Review Board, Board of Zoning Appeals and Tree Commission. Remember, every resident is an important stakeholder in the future development and implementation of the Sullivan’s Island Comprehensive Plan!