MORNING HEADLINES | Charleston City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved 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 has reportedly been in the works for nearly a year but has not been widely discussed by the public, would allow for rapid growth and expansion in a zone around MUSC.

“A lot of tweaking and changes have been going on as a result of community input and advocacy input,” Charleston Mayor William Cogswell said at the Sept. 23 meeting.

The district overlay zone would allow MUSC to demolish 17 properties near the hospital without approval from the city’s Board of Architectural Review — though approval would still b

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