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A Mount Pleasant panel has approved a privately funded swimming amenity that has been awash in contention. The proposed Erckmann Pool Club came before the town's Design Review Board for a second time earlier this week. The project would be at the corner of Erckmann Drive and King Street — behind The Red Drum restaurant.
Members of the public who spoke for more than an hour at the meeting consistently agreed the project is a win aesthetically and that the developers have a successful track record. But comments were split with those against the project voicing majority of concern the property doesn't have enough parking and would create more unwanted traffic for the surrounding neighborhood. New $30M pool club coming to Summerville will have bars, restaurants, kids area and more “I think this is fantastic, it’s just not for our neighborhood.
It’s in the wrong location,” resident Steve Bell said. He called the location “inappropriate," saying drivers already use Erckmann as a cut-through between Coleman Boulevard and McCants Drive. “People fly down that road every day.
You mix a bunch of children on bicycles and golf carts ...
you’re looking at a potential disaster area there," he said. The owner of the project is 1305 Erckmann LLC. It plans to build a two-story pool club consisting of 4,700 square feet.
The ground floor would have men’s and women’s bathrooms with showers and an event space, while upstairs would have three bedrooms and a kitchen. The proposed pool area would comprise 3,375 square feet. The review board, which weighs the appearance of new buildings as well as the layout, parking and landscaping, unanimously approved the project 6-0 after rejecting it in August.
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“It’s been a dream for a couple years to have a swim club or community gathering spot. Kids can play, be together. Families can interact.
..” he said.
“The Old Village is an amazing place to live but it doesn’t have that.” Outside of the meeting, Collie said there has been a lot of support for the project, which is zoned for commercial business uses. “This could be a restaurant with a drive-thru or a fast-food restaurant,” said Joshua Allison, a 25-year Old Village resident and managing principal with Novus Architect, which is designing the project.
“Me, living in this neighborhood, I’d rather see this.” Kiawah developer has an $11M beef over the town's 11th-hour parking decision The developers have proposed 42 on-site parking spaces for the club at 1305 Erckmann Drive — the required amount based on the square footage. Several residents like Brad Meyers, who lives around the corner, worry the number isn't enough.
“A family that wants to meet at the swim club — there could be three cars,” he said. “It’s going to bring in a ton of traffic, a lot of parking on the streets where we have no sidewalks.” Mike Winter, also a Mount Pleasant resident, said in contrast any traffic would be local residents who are already walking and driving golf carts in the area.
A restaurant, he added, would “bring in a lot more cars on a regular basis and provide a lot more disruption to the residents.”.
