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Edgefield County Council reviews five-year comprehensive plan updates; public hearing set for November
Summary
County staff presented a five-year update to Edgefield County’s comprehensive plan, proposing a new rural agriculture zoning authorization, expansions of commercial overlays focused on sign controls, and edits to the priority investment plan. Council agreed to a November public hearing and possible December vote.
Edgefield County officials met in a called session on Sept. 18, 2024, for an informational review of proposed five-year updates to the county’s comprehensive plan. The meeting, described by the presiding councilmember as a workshop with "no votes tonight," featured a staff presentation of textual edits, map changes, and two substantive policy proposals that would authorize future zoning changes if the council chooses to pursue them.
Planning staff — introduced in the meeting as "Doc" — told council the packet is already posted online and that the five-year review is a relatively short process compared with the statutory 10-year rewrite. "This, like you said, is just a five-year review," Doc said, adding that the update "is only gonna require you to do a public hearing and a simple resolution." The presentation walked council through the comprehensive plan’s elements and highlighted proposed edits to charts and language updated with 2020 Census data.
Two items were flagged as substantive proposals. First, staff recommended authorizing the creation of a Rural Agriculture (RA) district, described as a rural,…
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