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York County Council acts on five rezoning requests, denies truck-parking rezoning and approves several other requests
Summary
Council denied a request to rezone 2.8 acres on Saluda and Craig Road to allow trucking and approved four other rezoning requests (first readings or approvals) across Districts 1, 2 and 5; planning commission recommendations and staff findings were cited during debate.
York County Council held public hearings and votes on several rezoning cases at its September meeting, denying one application and approving four others in actions that ranged from first readings to second-reading consideration.
Council denied first-reading case 25-19, a request to rezone a 2.8-acre property at Saluda and Craig Road in District 5 from RUD (large-lot residential) to LI (light industrial). Thomas Noon, long-range planner, told council the property has a history of rezoning and code-enforcement violations related to parking and storing commercial vehicles; staff recommended denial as the request conflicted with the county's future land-use map, and the planning commission had recommended denial by a 5-0 vote. A motion to deny carried after members spoke to the property's history and the comprehensive plan consistency.
Council approved first-reading or initial actions on four other zoning matters: - Case 2533 (District 5): Rezone 5.88 acres from UD to RSF-30 to subdivide the parcel into three lots and add two residences; staff recommended approval and planning commission recommended approval by 5-0; council motion to approve carried. - Case 25-34 (District 1): Rezone 0.07 acres near Carowinds from UD to LI to reintegrate a former county lift-station parcel into surrounding warehousing; staff recommended approval consistent with the I-77 Corridor employment designation and planning commission recommended approval by a 5-0 vote; council motion to approve carried. - Case 25-35 (District 2): Rezone 5.4 acres from RMX-10 to GC at the Hinsville/Concord Road intersection to allow a mixed-tenant commercial development; staff recommended approval because the site sits at a signalized major intersection and would consolidate multiple residential driveways into commercial access; planning commission recommended approval 4-1; council approved the request on first reading. - Case 25-36 (District 2, Garrett's Landing): Council considered a council-initiated rezoning (second-reading action noted in agenda) to change 30.12 acres from RSF-40 to RMX-20 to enable development of about 20 additional lots to complete Garrett's Landing. Staff and planning commission recommended approval; council voted to approve first reading and to bring the item back for subsequent reading and additional follow-up information requested by council (design renderings and lot-count details).
Council members and members of the public raised traffic and infrastructure concerns during multiple hearings. For case 25-19, council members cited the property's enforcement history and conformity with the comprehensive plan as reasons to deny. For the Hinsville/Concord Road rezoning (25-35), speakers in favor noted existing commercial uses, a traffic signal and future school enrollments; one public speaker asked that staff require or confirm a traffic-impact analysis. For Garrett's Landing (25-36), residents on Tom Joy Road asked council to consider road safety and capacity and questioned sewage and water availability; the applicant's representative said the subdivision is served by a private community water system and argued the rezoning would make existing parcels conforming under current rules.
All recorded motions on the rezoning items were passed on the record; council applied the comprehensive-plan consistency test and cited planning commission recommendations in their deliberations.
