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Residents urge Greenville County to protect comprehensive plan and preserve planning commission authority
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the council to treat the county comprehensive plan as binding, citing the Enabling Act and recent court activity; speakers asked council to clarify planning commission authority, consider an ordinance, and use policies to reduce litigation risk.
Several residents used the public comment period to press Greenville County Council to strengthen protections for the county comprehensive plan and to clarify the planning commission's role.
"Greenville County has an opportunity to lead by example and do something extraordinary," said Audrey Pazen, who urged the council to adopt an ordinance recognizing the comprehensive plan as binding under the state Enabling Act. Pazen referenced litigation in another…
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