Hartsville to require annexation for new water and sewer customers
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net
At their April 10 regular meeting, Hartsville Council held public hearings and passed final reading of three ordinances:
Ordinance 4329 will require annexation commitments before properties outside of Hartsville city limits can connect to city water and sewer services. According to the ordinance, “the Council finds that it is in the best interest of the citizens of the City that those properties located outside of the City that request and contract for Utility Service ultimately be annexed into the City in order to promote the City’s control of growth in its surrounding areas and in order to expand the tax base of the City.”
This measure applies to those seeking a new or upgraded water or sewer connection. If the Subject Property is contiguous to city limits at the time such request is made, the owner of such property will be required to submit an annexation petition to the city prior to the connection to the utility system. If the property is not contiguous at the time such request is made, the owner of the property will be required to execute a Declaration of Annexation Covenant prior to any connection to the utility system.
Ordinance 4327 amends city codes related to off-street parking by adding regulations regarding designating bicycle parking. The ordinance states that retail businesses, wholesale/industry, offices, cultural and education facilities will be required to provide at least 2 spaces for bicycles, possibly more based on their square footage or number of people served.
Ordinance 4328 will authorize additional portions of the former Southern Candy Kitchen at 106 East Carolina Avenue and 154 Mantissa Row (Tax Map# 056-06-02-059) 108 East Carolina Avenue and 152 Mantissa Row (Tax Map #056-06-02-036 & 056-06-02-60) to receive historic property designation.
The Southern Candy Kitchen will join the Hartsville Museum, the Hartsville Rail Passenger Station, the Hart Cottage, Lawton Park and Pavilion, Coker Experimental Farms, and the Belk Building in the city’s historic district.
First reading of Ordinance 4330 was approved, which would lease a portion of property at 410 Bell Avenue from Thomas E. Goodson Sr. and Thomas E. Goodson Jr. so the city can install cameras (“for the monitoring of illicit activity,” according to the ordinance) at a one-time cost of $1.00.
Also on the agenda, Council approved a resolution selecting Columbia engineering firm Talbert, Bright, & Ellington Inc. to carry out the five-year capital improvement plan for the Hartsville Regional Airport.
Council also approved by resolution an agreement with the Hartsville Public Development Corporation to provide (for the sum of $1) maintenance and upkeep services for the 34 properties HPDC purchased from the city, which are involved in future plans to develop the Fourth Street Corridor / Canalside project.