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Sumter County council approves allowing civic, social organizations in Neighborhood Commercial zones

5691879 · August 27, 2025
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Sumter County Council voted at a county meeting to add "civic and social organizations" (NAICS 8134) as a conditional use in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zoning district, opening the way for groups such as lodge chapters and book clubs to occupy existing commercial buildings in parts of South Sumter that are outside municipal limits.

Sumter County Council voted at a county meeting to add "civic and social organizations" (NAICS 8134) as a conditional use in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zoning district, opening the way for groups such as lodge chapters and book clubs to occupy existing commercial buildings in parts of South Sumter that are outside municipal limits.

Planning staffer Helen Griffin told the council the change was prompted by an application from Gerald Jenkins and by the fact that comparable uses are already permitted, as conditional uses, inside the city. "The plan commission did recommend approval of this request," Griffin said during the staff presentation, noting that the NC district previously did not allow the use even where…

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