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Planning and Development Committee amends, approves and denies a slate of rezoning requests
Summary
At its May 5, 2025 meeting, the Greenville County Planning and Development Committee considered several rezoning dockets, amending one request to a lower-density district and forwarding multiple dockets to full council or denying others after staff and Planning Commission recommendations.
The Greenville County Planning and Development Committee on May 5 reviewed multiple rezoning dockets and on several items altered or affirmed staff recommendations.
The committee amended one request at 12 Old Chick Springs Road in Taylors, changing a rezoning application from RMA (multifamily residential) to R10 (single-family residential). A public speaker, Trevor Mellon of 4 Honey Bee Lane, suggested R10 or R8 as alternatives because of density concerns. Planning staff had initially recommended denial of the RMA request, saying the district “will permit uses that are not compatible with the surrounding area” even though the proposed duplex density aligns with the Taylor community plan designation. The committee voted to amend the docket to R10 and then approved the item as amended, sending it on to full council carrying the R10 recommendation.
The committee also considered a request for 13025 Old White Horse Road in Travelers Rest (CZ-2025-023). Planning staff recommended denial of rezoning to C-1 (commercial) because the parcel sits in an otherwise primarily residential stretch; the committee voted to deny the request.
On a 2.35-acre parcel at 601 and 609 Jacobs Road (CZ-2025-024), staff recommended approval of rezoning from R20 to R10 on the basis that the change would be consistent with the county comprehensive plan’s suburban neighborhood designation, while the Planning Commission recommended denial. After discussion the committee voted to deny that rezoning request.
The committee approved rezoning for 3835 East North Street (CZ-2025-025) from OD (office district) to C-1 (commercial) following staff and Planning Commission recommendations that the change is consistent with the Greenville County comprehensive plan suburban center designation and would not cause adverse impacts to adjacent parcels.
Other dockets that drew staff recommendations and committee votes included: a denial recommendation and committee denial for an RM8 multifamily request on New Easley Highway (CZ-2025-026); approval for a 15-acre request to AG (agricultural preservation) in Piedmont (CZ-2025-027); and a text amendment to Article 8 (section 8.5 ESDPM) of the zoning ordinance that the committee approved to remove an ambiguous or unintended process from the ordinance text.
Why this matters: rezoning decisions change allowed uses and densities on parcels and can immediately affect what developers may lawfully propose and how neighborhoods may evolve. The committee frequently balanced staff analysis, the Greenville County comprehensive plan, Planning Commission recommendations and public comment in each case.
Details and context: staff presenters repeatedly cited the county comprehensive plan and the zoning ordinance when describing consistency or inconsistency of requests. On several dockets the Planning Commission recommendation diverged from staff’s, and committee members referenced both the commission’s and staff’s findings in casting votes. Public comment was limited but played a role: the constituent Trevor Mellon asked the committee to favor lower-density districts at Old Chick Springs Road, which the committee accommodated by amending the applicant’s request.
Next steps: Items the committee approved, including the Old Chick Springs Road amendment and the East North Street rezoning, will move to full Greenville County Council for final action. Denials and items the committee refused to amend remain as decided at committee.
