The South Carolina Department of Transportation will conduct lane closures on part of Springdale Drive from U.S. 1 to Knights Hill Road for paving beginning Wednesday, April 30. These closures are expected to last until June. SCDOT encourages drivers to seek alternate routes, if possible and expect delays as crews work to repave the roadway. SCDOT asks drivers to slow down and pay attention to crews and signs when driving near work zones.
The City of Camden is accepting applications to fill an opening on the City’s Parks & Trees Commission. The position on the Commission has a three year term, eligible for renewal in 2028. The Parks & Trees Commission represents the Camden community and brings to the attention of staff and City Council any areas of concern regarding the condition of our City parks, at risk trees on public property, and other issues that involve the built environment maintained by the City for citizen recreation and enjoyment. The Commission also plans the annual Arbor Day ceremony held in December, as well as any other activities to support staff as they relate to our parks and trees. Applications can be picked up in person at City Hall, 1000 Lyttleton Street, or downloaded here.
An announcement from the Camden Police Department:
25 MPH school zone signs are now posted on Lyttleton Street between Laurens Street and Hampton Street, behind Camden Elementary School.
Officers will be enforcing the speed limit during school hours to help protect our students and staff.
Please slow down and drive with care. We appreciate your cooperation.
City Council recently amended the City ordinance for temporary signs to allow them in the right of way in residential areas only, provided they are 3 feet from the curb.
Temporary signs are prohibited in the public right of way, including medians and areas between the curb and sidewalk, in business districts, and on any street sign, utility pole, and light pole in the city.
The ordinance is included here, with the amended language italicized:
157.109. TEMPORARY SIGNS
The following conditions shall apply to temporary signs.
A. Temporary signs shall not exceed three square feet in residential zoning districts and 32 square feet in nonresidential zoning districts.
A. Temporary signs shall be removed or replaced every 30 days, unless otherwise stated in this section.
B. Temporary signs are prohibited on public property, street signs, utility poles, light poles, and in the public right of way, including medians and areas between the curb and sidewalk, unless the right of way adjoins the yard of a residential use adjacent to the right of way and the sign is more than 3 feet from the edge of the paved roadway.
C. Temporary signs shall be limited to one per street frontage.
D. Temporary signs shall not be illuminated.
E. [RESERVED]
F. Banners are allowed with a permit only in the CBD, GBD, LBD, OI, IND and CMU zoning districts.
For more information regarding the amended ordinance, please contact Director of Planning & Development Shawn Putnam.
As part of the review of the comprehensive plan and development ordinances, the City of Camden will host a planning workshop on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 3:30 – 5:30 pm in Liberty Hall at the Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad Street. This will be an open-house style workshop where the public can stop in and talk with planning staff and consultants about development-related topics such as zoning, density, housing types, and subdivision design.
At 5:30 pm, City Council will begin their regular meeting, rescheduled from April 15, also at the Revolutionary War Visitor Center. This is due to an anticipated audience larger than what City Council Chambers at City Hall can accommodate. The meeting agenda will include a public comment session where residents can discuss concerns related to future residential growth and provide feedback on charettes presented during the previous meeting.
“We encourage participation in this public forum regarding the development moratorium the City has established,” said City Manager Matt DeWitt. “We will discuss paths forward and what the future of residential development could look like within the City limits of Camden.”
The City of Camden implemented a residential development moratorium on September 10, 2024. The purpose of the moratorium was to pause residential development so the City would have time to consider the effects of new development on existing infrastructure, city services, and the environment. The moratorium ordinance also directed staff to review the comprehensive plan and development ordinances to determine if additional amendments were needed, relating to new residential development. On March 18, 2025, City Council approved an extension of the moratorium until September 30, 2025.
The City of Camden joins other communities across the nation in a national initiative in commemorating the April 17th-18th ride of Paul Revere, William Dawes, and other alarm riders, to warn Massachusettes villages that the British were coming. “Two Lights for Tomorrow” is a multi-state collaboration that calls for everyone to display two lights in homes, businesses, public buildings, and other sites to raise awareness and draw attention to our working together as a nation to ensure a better tomorrow.
Camden City Council issued a proclamation on April 1, 2025 endorsing this national initiative and calls “on all citizens to unite in remembrance of our shared history, honoring the sacrifices made by those who fought for our independence and reminding ourselves of the values we hold dear today.”
The City of Camden encourages all citizens to take part in this symbolic display by displaying two lights for all to see from April 14 to April 21 and to reflect on how those lights, symbols of the two lanterns hung in Old North Church in Boston to tell Revere and Dawes that the British were traveling across the water, will shine out in the darkness and illustrate our ongoing journey as a nation.
For more information, please contact Rickie Good at rgood@camdensc.org.