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Developers seek narrower lot spacing for 202-lot Kershaw Street plan; planning commission requires standard building separation and adds traffic conditions
Summary
The Aiken City Planning Commission March 11 voted unanimously to forward a 202-lot concept plan and rezoning for property around Kershaw Street to City Council after requiring the developer to meet standard building-separation rules and to add certain traffic improvements.
Developers seeking to build a 202-lot planned residential community on roughly 40.25 acres around Kershaw Street and Rudy Mason Parkway asked the Aiken City Planning Commission March 11 for ordinance waivers that would reduce required building separation between two-story homes.
Kurt Hanna, a local real estate agent representing the developer, identified the request as a conceptual plan for roughly 202 lots with smaller "cottage" units on the northern portion and larger detached single-family homes to the south. He said the project aims to deliver "workforce entry level housing" and asked the commission to consider reduced side-yard separations to keep homes affordable. "We are asking for 202 lots to be approved," Hanna said.
Developer Matt Keith said the wet area on the site is an intermittent…
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