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Rock Hill planning commission backs partial rezoning to expand Emmett Scott campus parking
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning several parcels to Office/Institutional to enable expanded parking for Emmett Scott campus and McGirt Auditorium, but rejected the full package after concerns about notice to an adjacent property owner and need for more community engagement.
Rock Hill’s planning commission recommended approval of a narrowed rezoning request Wednesday to enable expanded parking for the Emmett Scott recreation campus and the McGirt Auditorium, while declining to approve the full set of parcels sought by the city.
City staff said the rezoning petition (M-2025-1) would reclassify a group of parcels along Crawford, Taylor, Tim and Carol streets from Neighborhood Commercial and single‑family zoning to Office/Institutional to match the campus and allow parking expansion tied to ongoing McGirt Auditorium renovations. “The total number of parking spaces…there’ll be 388 parking spaces,” city planner Sean said during presentation of the site plan, noting the auditorium will seat more than 800 and that the parking calculation uses a standard of one…
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