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Committee recommends denial of 121.8‑acre village overlay rezoning over staff infrastructure concerns
Summary
Beaufort County staff and the Natural Resources Committee cited traffic and level‑of‑service concerns when the committee voted unanimously to recommend denial of an ordinance to rezone 121.843 acres on SC‑170 to T4 Neighborhood Center/T3 Neighborhood Open with a village place‑type overlay.
Beaufort County’s Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously to recommend denial of an ordinance to amend the zoning map for about 121.843 acres along SC Highway 170 to T4 Neighborhood Center and T3 Neighborhood Open with a village place‑type overlay. Staff told the committee the project raised unresolved infrastructure and level‑of‑service concerns despite potential public benefits discussed by the applicant.
Robert Merchant, the county’s director of planning and zoning, said the place‑type overlay proposal is intended to create a more walkable, mixed‑use node adjacent to existing subdivisions and an elementary school, and that, if approved, the rezoning would typically be paired with a development…
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