The city of Charleston’s Planning Commission universally voted Tuesday evening in favor of a fast-moving proposal to create a special development district that would allow the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to be exempt from some of the city’s zoning restrictions.

The project, which now goes to Charleston City Council but has not been widely discussed by the public, would allow for rapid growth and expansion in a zone around MUSC.

The nine members of the council-appointed volunteer commission include Jimmy Bailey Jr., Loquita Bryant-Jenkins, Erika V. Harrison, Bart Jackson, Steve Hirsch, McKenna Joyce, Charles Karesh, Sunday Lempesis and Harry Lesesne.

‘Committed excellent neighbors’

“MUSC has been part of this community for over 200 years,” MUSC President David Cole said

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