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Developer asks Oconee County to exempt Heritage Shores from proposed lot-division rules
Summary
Developer Devoe Blaxton told the council a proposed subdivision ordinance prevents him from dividing a 127.24-acre tract at Heritage Shores and asked to be grandfathered because roads, water and power are already in place and he has pending contracts.
Devoe Blaxton told the Oconee County Council on Feb. 17 that a proposed ordinance restricting property divisions would prevent him from completing planned lot sales at Heritage Shores, a gated residential community off Highway 11 South in Fairplay. "I have designated the whole thing," Blaxton said, describing a 127.24-acre tract with roads, a waterline and underground power already installed. He said he has a signed contract on several lots and needs the county's quick resolution to proceed.
Blaxton said the ordinance, as he understands it, would limit how many partial parcels a property owner can create and could block families from dividing property among heirs. "I should be grandfathered in," he said, adding that he began buying the property in 1986 and developing it in 1987 and that the subdivision is already established.
The chair replied that he was not familiar with the specific ordinance and would follow up after the meeting. The council did not vote or take formal action on the ordinance during the public-comment period; Blaxton asked the board to review and expedite a solution because of pending contracts.
The transcript does not identify an ordinance number or cite the specific code section Blaxton referenced. Council members agreed to discuss the matter with staff after the meeting; no formal timetable or ruling was recorded on the floor.
The council may take up any formal response in a future meeting after staff review and clarification of the ordinance's application to existing subdivisions.
