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Consultants present code assessment recommending unified development ordinance and hybrid zoning approach
Summary
Clarion Associates presented an assessment that recommends consolidating Lexington County’s zoning, subdivision and landscape/open‑space rules into a unified development ordinance, adopting a hybrid zoning structure aligned to the county’s Future Land Use and Character Map, and modernizing development standards and procedures.
Consultants Clarion Associates presented a code assessment to the Lexington County planning committee and recommended a multi‑phase rewrite of the county's development regulations to implement the comprehensive plan.
Clarion senior advisor Craig Richardson and project director Leanne King told the committee the assessment’s central recommendations are to (1) consolidate zoning, subdivision and landscape/open‑space regulations into a single unified development ordinance, (2) move from a dominant performance‑based zoning framework to a hybrid approach that combines performance, Euclidean and form‑based elements aligned to the county’s Future Land Use and Character Map, and (3)…
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