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Greenwood County Council denies rezoning request for Pollard's Auto Salvage Yard after contested public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing with neighbors raising traffic, safety and land-use concerns, Greenwood County Council voted 6'1 to deny a request to rezone about 34.88 acres at 3414 Highway 221 South from R-1 (single-family) to I-2 (heavy industrial). The planning commission had earlier voted to deny the request unanimously.
The Greenwood County Council voted April 21 to deny Ordinance 2026-15, a rezoning application by Gary Pollard for roughly 34.88 acres at 3414 Highway 221 South (Pollard's Auto Salvage Yard), rejecting a request to change the property from R-1 (single-family residential) to I-2 (heavy industrial).
Assistant County Manager Rob Rushin presented the application and told council the site has operated as a legal nonconforming auto salvage yard for decades and that staff had recommended I-2 to align zoning with use; he also noted the county's future land-use map shows the parcel as industrial. Rushin reported that the Planning Commission had unanimously recommended denial and that several residents in the…
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