The York County Planning Commission recommended approval of rezoning Case 25-54 at its Jan. 12, 2026 meeting, clearing the way for the applicant to pursue a self-storage development on roughly 6.89 acres off Pleasant Road and Highway 160 in Fort Mill.

Planning staff described the proposal as an aggregation of three parcels owned by PGM Properties LLC with applicant Vanessa Hengen Brestlund seeking to rezone the properties to permit a self-storage facility. "The applicant proposes to build a self storage facility," staff said, adding that the site plan shows the building centered on the parcels with stormwater and parking to the front and rear. Staff told the commission it "recommend[s] approval of the request despite it not being entirely consistent with the comp plan future land use map."

The recommendation reflects staff judgment that the proposed use is lower-intensity and that adjacent parcels near the Highway 160 intersection are already zoned for commercial uses. Commissioners pressed staff on whether the comprehensive plan inconsistency was driven principally by the plan's employment-oriented designation; staff said the employment designation is focused on generators that benefit from interstate access and that a lower-traffic use such as self-storage can be appropriate because the parcel is set back from major roadways.

Commissioners also raised traffic and access concerns. One commissioner described RPC Road as a regular cut-through between Highway 160 and nearby businesses, noting missing stop signs and limited turn controls; planning staff said traffic mitigation and access details would likely be addressed in the standard plan review process and that no off-site improvements on RPC were anticipated as part of this development. Another commissioner said the RPC/160 intersection is planned to become right-in/right-out, which would limit left turns there.

At the close of discussion, Unidentified Speaker 3 moved to approve Case 25-54 and to forward a recommendation to the county council to review permitted uses in GC and consider whether restrictions should be added when the rezoning reaches that body; Unidentified Speaker 2 seconded. The motion carried with no opposition recorded. The parcels are referenced as tax map numbers 655000025027 and 655000025058 and are in Council District 1.

The planning commission's action is a recommendation; final zoning approval will be decided by the county council when the matter reaches its docket.