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Planning commission declines to endorse Rock Hill hotel/camping ordinance changes amid enforcement, equity and business concerns
Summary
City staff recommended limits on long hotel stays and new rules for hotels, campgrounds and storage; commissioners and dozens of hotel owners, service providers and residents raised enforcement, privacy, legal and homelessness‑response concerns, and the commission voted not to approve the proposed amendments as written.
Rock Hill planning commissioners voted Wednesday not to recommend approval of proposed zoning amendments that would restrict long‑term stays in hotels, limit camping and bar residential use of self‑storage units, citing insufficient stakeholder input and questions about enforcement and social impacts.
Neighborhood Services staff framed the proposal (petition T‑24‑02) as a public‑safety and housing stability measure intended to prevent commercial land uses from becoming de‑facto long‑term housing. The staff presentation said the city has about 30 licensed hotels and that staff observed repeated service calls, drug overdoses and loitering tied to long‑stay uses in some properties. "The proposed regulations are primarily focused on hotels because we have experienced negative impacts from people who are living in some of our hotels related to calls for…
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