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Resident tells Dorchester School District 2 board agricultural zoning for developers may be costing schools revenue

Dorchester School District 2 · May 19, 2025
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Summary

A public commenter urged the school board to press county officials after alleging that agricultural zoning has been applied to large developers, citing 29 properties and an estimated $1.7 million in lost tax revenue under Act 388; the board did not respond substantively at the hearing.

A Dorchester County resident used the public-comment period to urge the school board to pursue county action over what the speaker called inappropriate agricultural zoning for developers that she said reduces taxable value and harms school funding.

The commenter named several national builders — Mungo Homes, D.R. Horton, Lennar and Beazer — and said she and others…

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