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Planners discuss Plan Development ordinance tweaks, including how to limit passive commercial uses
Summary
Edgefield County planning staff explained how plan‑development (PD) zoning works and how the commission can permit or exclude specific commercial uses during PD negotiations; lot‑size minimums for detached single‑family units in residential PDs were also clarified.
Planning staff at the March 13 Edgefield County Planning Commission meeting reviewed suggested edits to the county’s Plan Development (PD) ordinance, including how the commission can limit so‑called “passive income” commercial uses and how minimum lot sizes apply in residential PDs.
A staff member described a PD as a negotiated, custom zoning district that can list permitted uses, prohibited uses or conditional uses as part of its narrative and zoning text. “A PD is is a complete negotiation between those various boards and the developer,” the staff member said, explaining that…
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