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Sumter County council advances two rezoning requests and approves third reading on a third
Summary
Council approved first readings for two rezoning petitions (RZ 25-24 and RZ 25-26) to proceed to public hearing and voted to approve third reading of RZ 25-22. Planning staff warned portions of one site lie in a flood-hazard area and suggested lower-density residential zones where sewer is unavailable.
Sumter County Council voted on Feb. 10 to advance two rezoning requests to public hearings and approved third reading on a separate rezoning.
Planning staffer Helen Rubin told the council that RZ 25-24, a roughly 14.05-acre parcel on Bridges Road owned by Shonda Sumter and Mark Hurley, seeks rezoning from Agricultural Conservation to General Residential. Rubin said parts of the site lie in a special flood-hazard area and contain potential wetlands, and noted there is no public sewer available. She said septic-system requirements under DES mean higher-density lot sizes (6,000-square-foot lots) may not be feasible and that staff would prefer rezoning to…
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