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Planning commission weighs broad changes to disturbed‑acreage limits, seeks more stormwater review
Summary
Staff presented draft Ordinance 25‑07 to raise some staff‑level disturbance thresholds and add stricter BMPs and stop‑work consequences; commissioners and residents focused on water quality near Lake Murray and asked staff to return with additional stormwater advisory board review.
Lexington County planning staff presented a draft amendment to the countys land development manual (Ordinance 25‑07) that would raise certain staff‑level disturbed‑acreage thresholds and tighten erosion‑control and enforcement measures.
The ordinance would move the staff approval threshold from 20 to 25 acres for routine residential projects, allow expanded master plans for residential projects up to 50 acres with additional best management practices (BMPs) and stabilization agreements, and create a review path for projects between 51 and 75 acres that would require Stormwater Advisory Board review and a county‑council decision. Staff also proposed allowing cash surety for stabilization agreements…
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