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Sumter County Council approves three rezoning requests amid limited public comment
Summary
Sumter County Council on Aug. 22, 2023, approved three second-reading rezoning requests — for a Duke Energy parcel, a church parsonage site and two small commercial parcels on S. Guignard Drive — all carried unanimously after brief presentations and one public speaker on tower height.
Sumter County Council unanimously approved three rezoning measures during its Aug. 22 meeting, clearing the way for upgrades to utility infrastructure, a church parsonage and conversion of two small residential lots for commercial use.
The Council approved second reading for RZ-23-15, a request from Duke Energy Progress, LLC to rezone roughly 15.59 acres at 315 E. Red Bay Road from General Residential (GR) to Light Industrial–Warehouse (LI‑W) to allow replacement and modernization of existing utility towers that staff said date to the 1980s. Planning staff member Helen Roodman told council the parcel sits next to an active rail line and nearby industrial operations and that the proposed LI‑W…
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