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Pickens County commissioners adopt major land-use and development code changes
Summary
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners approved wide-ranging amendments to land-use and land-development chapters intended to curb “overly built-up” development and add clarity to zoning, including new listed uses, changes to subdivision thresholds and enforcement provisions.
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners voted on a package of changes to the county's land-use and land-development regulations, approving amendments to Chapter 67 (land use and density districts and map) and Chapter 38 (land development standards) intended to tighten controls on higher-density development in unincorporated Pickens County.
The revisions, presented by Bill Wood of the Planning and Development Department, add 10 new listed land uses, delete two older uses and eliminate one existing land-use intensity district (urban residential). Wood said the changes respond to persistent public feedback about "overly built up areas" and are intended to "protect and preserve the public's safety, health, welfare and quality of life…
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