CHARLESTON — After realtors raised concerns about the broadness of proposed amendments to require infrastructure as part of the criteria when property owners make zoning requests, the county planning commission postponed a vote on the inclusion to allow for clarifications.

Charleston County Council members discovered in September that infrastructure isn’t currently part of the approval criteria for zoning requests when they shot down a proposed rezoning on Johns Island that drew opposition from hundreds of residents.

Council then unanimously voted to direct staff to draft an amendment for zoning criteria to include infrastructure.

Currently, county staff consider two major things when reviewing zoning requests for the planning commission: future land use recommendation from the comp

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