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Greenville County adopts tougher protections for Paris Mountain, adds tree-preservation language
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Greenville County Council on third reading adopted CZ2025-053 to strengthen protections for the Environmentally Sensitive District of Paris Mountain, adding tree-preservation language modeled on a state forestry exemption.
Greenville County Council on third reading adopted zoning text amendment CZ2025-053 to strengthen environmental protections for the Environmentally Sensitive District of Paris Mountain (ESDPM), adding a tree-preservation section modeled on state forestry exemptions.
Councilor Bradley introduced the ordinance, which county staff and supporters said updates the ESDPM to better protect steep slopes, streams, specimen trees and headwaters. "These amendments represent the next step we can take to combat habitat disruption, impaired water quality and disturbance of the mountain's ecological balance," Emily Poole, Upstate…
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