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Kershaw County Council defers proposed rules for private event venues to July 22
Summary
After hours of questions about enforcement, water supply and rural impacts, the council voted to send a proposed zoning text amendment on private event venues back to the Planning Commission and to take it up again on July 22.
Kershaw County Council on Tuesday deferred consideration of a zoning text amendment that would create new categories for event venues, rural event venues and country clubs with guest accommodations, voting to send the proposal back to the Planning Commission for further work and debate.
The measure was introduced as a text amendment to the county's zoning and land development regulations (ZLDR). Planning staff said the code lacks clear rules for modern private event uses such as wedding venues, meditation retreats and small rural conference centers, and asked council to adopt new use definitions and development standards.
Why it matters: council members and several residents raised concerns about allowing commercial…
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