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Commission recommends resource‑extraction rezoning and development agreement for Okeetee Club mining expansion
Summary
The commission recommended that county council approve rezoning of an 860‑acre blue‑line boundary (with proposed mining of about 353.9 acres) to resource extraction for Okeetee Club, and it urged a development agreement to stage segments, address traffic and reclamation, and allow planning commission review of certain future segments.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend a zoning map amendment that would designate an 860‑acre survey boundary as 'resource extraction' (a blue‑line area) for the Okeetee Club property at 1038 Grovefield Road, while clarifying that the immediate mining footprint proposed is substantially smaller (approximately 353.9 acres of proposed future mining and 52.2 acres currently permitted). Staff identified DES (DHEC) permitting, state reclamation bonding and required setbacks (300 ft from property lines and 1,000 ft…
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