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Lancaster County Council updates continuity plan, advances highway‑corridor height change and approves board appointments
Summary
Council unanimously approved Resolution 1288 R2025 to update the county continuity-of-government plan, advanced Ordinance 2025-1945 in a unanimous second reading to allow up to four stories/55 feet in the highway corridor overlay, removed two board members for nonattendance and approved several appointments.
Lancaster County Council approved Resolution 1288 R2025, an update to the county continuity-of-government plan, by a 7-0 roll-call vote during Tuesday’s meeting. The resolution is a routine two‑year update staff said the state requests and it restates the county’s succession and emergency-management roles.
“This is something that is asked for by the state of South Carolina that each county update its continuity county government plan,” said Paul Marstahl, a county staff member, explaining the purpose of the resolution and noting staff checks cited state code and regulations when updating the plan.
The council also advanced Ordinance 2025-1945 on second reading without opposition. The ordinance would amend the Unified Development Ordinance, chapter 4, to allow properties in General Business (GB) zones that are within the Highway Corridor Overlay District to be extended to a height of four…
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