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Committee votes to remove cluster-housing provisions from county land development regulations after heated debate
Summary
After extended debate about the use and misuse of clustering rules, the Greenville County Planning and Development Committee voted May 5 to remove Article 11 — the cluster-housing provisions — from the county land development regulations.
Greenville County’s Planning and Development Committee on May 5 voted to remove the county’s cluster-housing provisions (Article 11) from its land development regulations after a lengthy and sometimes contentious debate that included proposals to instead impose a three-month moratorium.
Councilman Calvin McGaughey introduced the motion to delete Article 11 from the county ordinances; committee members debated whether a short moratorium to pause new cluster approvals would be a cleaner or fairer alternative. Supporters of deletion argued the current cluster provisions were being used in ways the council did not intend and said removing the text would stop ongoing misuse while…
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