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Sumter County approves several rezonings; council amends developer request on 725 S. St. Paul’s Church Rd.
Summary
Council approved three third‑reading rezoning requests and granted first reading on a 40‑acre application at 725 S. St. Paul’s Church Road with a change: council altered the developer’s requested R‑9 designation to R‑15, citing lot size and septic constraints.
Sumter County Council on Aug. 13 approved multiple rezoning measures and granted a first-reading amendment that alters a developer’s requested zoning for a large residential parcel.
Planning Director Helen Roodman presented RZ‑12‑13, a request to rezone roughly 40.15 acres at 725 S. St. Paul’s Church Road (TMS 159‑00‑02‑001) from Agricultural Conservation (AC) and Neighborhood Commercial (NC) to Residential‑9 (R‑9) and NC. The applicant, Tyler Dunlap, proposed R‑9 to enable development of about 30 single‑family lots with lot sizes estimated between 0.4 and 1.5 acres; the R‑9 request would allow 75‑foot lot widths in portions of the plan. Mrs. Roodman cautioned that private septic areas will largely determine final lot size and noted the property sits within a Military Protection Planning Area intended to limit incompatible uses near Shaw Air Force Base and Poinsett Electronic Combat Range.
During first‑reading action, Councilman Charles T. Edens moved to change the rezoning designation from R‑9 to R‑15; the motion was restated and the council granted first reading of the ordinance including the change to R‑15.
Council also granted third‑reading approvals to three additional rezoning requests with no changes reported: RZ‑24‑09 (1290 Peach Orchard Road), rezoning approximately 0.98 acres from Agricultural Conservation to General Commercial; RZ‑24‑10 (585 N. Kings Highway), rezoning about 1.05 acres from R‑15 to Agricultural Conservation; and RZ‑24‑12 (3200 Byrd Street), rezoning ~31.76 acres from R‑9 to Agricultural Conservation. The Planning Director reported the Planning Commission had recommended approval of the subject requests.
The changes and approvals were recorded as motions and carried by the council during the meeting. The R‑12‑13 amendment will affect the developer’s conceptual lot pattern by changing the residential density allowed under the zoning designation; septic requirements and military‑protection mapping were cited as determinative factors for lot sizing.
