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Finance committee moves amended transfer of Chapman Grove property back to council; deed reversion remains
Summary
The committee voted to amend and approve forwarding a proposal to quitclaim Chapman Grove property to a reconstituted Chapman Grove Community Club, with existing deed restrictions and the chain of title unchanged; the amendment will go to second reading and a required public hearing before final transfer.
Committee members voted to amend and approve forwarding an amendment that would transfer county interests in the Chapman Grove parcel back to a reformed Chapman Grove Community Club.
“Mister Antley” told the committee the parcel had a deed restriction or deed reversion clause that originally returned the land for park or open‑space use and that the prior club that held the reversion no longer existed. He said a family had since formed a new entity intended as the transferee.
Mr. Lambert explained the property history: the Chapman Grove Community Club had donated the land to the Greenville County Recreation Commission years earlier; the rec commission later consolidated operations at larger regional parks and the property reverted to forest. He described the title wrinkle that prompted the county to proceed by amendment and public hearing rather than an administrative return: because the original club no longer existed, the county could face title issues unless the transfer is processed through council action.
A county attorney noted the county would execute a quitclaim deed conveying any rights the county holds to the reformed club but that existing deed restrictions in the chain of title would remain until separately modified. The committee voted to amend the previously approved first reading language and then voted to approve the amendment as amended. On both votes the chair called the ayes and said, “The ayes have it.”
What happens next: the amendment will return to council for second reading, including the required public hearing and any final action at full council. If the transfer is completed as proposed, Greenville County will divest any county responsibilities for maintaining the parcel and quitclaim county interests to the reformed Chapman Grove Community Club; preexisting deed restrictions would remain in the property’s chain of title unless subsequently changed through appropriate legal process.
