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Commissioners vote to ask state legislators to return Chocquinity industrial park to county control
Summary
After a prolonged discussion about zoning and economic development, the board approved a motion to ask the county’s legislative delegation to revert a 2006 transfer of the Beaufort County industrial park into the town of Chocquinity’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Beaufort County commissioners voted to ask their legislative delegation to pursue repealing a 2006 local act that placed the county’s Chocolate (Chocquinity) Industrial Park into the town of Chocquinity’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), a move that commissioners said has complicated efforts to market the site for large industrial users.
County staff reviewed the history: in 2006 the General Assembly enacted House Bill 2524 (referenced in the meeting transcript as “house bill number 2524”), which placed the 277‑acre parcel south of U.S. 17 into the…
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