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Mauldin council approves rezoning of 25.8-acre ‘Cottage Green’ after hours-long debate over traffic and infrastructure
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and detailed questioning of traffic studies, Mauldin City Council approved on second reading the rezoning of a 25.8-acre tract at Fort Shoals and Ashmore Bridge Road from C-2 to RM (multifamily) by a 4–3 vote and approved a separate 7.2-acre annexation for Take Heart Church.
Mauldin — The City Council voted 4–3 on Nov. 17 to rezone a 25.8-acre parcel at Fort Shoals Road and Ashmore Bridge Road from commercial (C-2) to multifamily residential (RM), approving what developers call the “Cottage Green” project after extended public comment and technical review of traffic mitigation proposals.
The meeting included significant public turnout. Corinne Campbell, a resident who said she lives near Fork Shoals Road, told the council that the corridor “lacks a median and a shoulder” and warned that approving more housing without infrastructure improvements would endanger first responders’ ability to reach residents. Multiple other neighbors raised similar safety and quality-of-life concerns during the agenda-specific public-comment period.
Developer representatives and consultants disputed that the project would worsen conditions. Alan Reed of…
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