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Dorchester County Council approves industrial rezoning for former Giant Cement parcels; tables one neighborhood rezoning
Summary
Council unanimously approved a large rezoning that brings Heidelberg Materials' former Giant Cement parcels into industrial compliance, approved several other land-use items, and tabled a separate Dantzler Road rezoning after residents raised traffic and neighborhood concerns.
Dorchester County Council on March 2 unanimously approved a rezoning that converts more than 2,000 acres associated with the former Giant Cement site near Harleyville to Industrial zoning, bringing existing mining and operational uses into legal conformance.
Planning staff told the council the parcels (rezoning request 950) are tied to Heidelberg Materials and include operational facilities and permitted mining activity. Staff said the rezoning would allow routine site work — "even put up a shed or a small building" — without enabling large-scale expansion. Tommy Fagan, a Summerville resident, asked whether the change would…
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