Colleton residents protest recent industrial rezonings, council flags separate Green Pond rezoning passed unanimously

Colleton County Council on Dec. 3 unanimously approved Ordinance 24-0-18 to rezone a 22.20-acre parcel on Green Pond Highway (tax map number 1950000068) from Urban Development 1 (UD-1) to Industrial (ID).

At the same meeting’s public-comment period, residents from Red Bank Road, Maple Ridge Road and nearby neighborhoods urged the council to rescind or reconsider a different rezoning and a proposed rock yard they said will be placed adjacent to homes. Speakers said they were not adequately notified of that rezoning and raised health, safety and traffic concerns, and alleged a history of environmental violations by the company they identified.

Why it matters: the council’s formal action on the Green Pond parcel moves that property to an industrial zoning classification, changing permitted uses on that site. Separately, residents’ objections to a rezoning and a quarry/rock-yard operation near Red Bank and Maple Ridge — including claims about truck volumes, dust, and water impacts — prompted council members to say they would investigate and to remind residents of upcoming planning meetings where public input is sought.

The council vote and the residents’ concerns Ordinance 24-0-18, described in the meeting as authorizing the rezoning of a 22.20-acre parcel on Green Pond Highway from UD-1 to ID, was moved, seconded and carried…