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Council advances rezoning for 1259 North Main Street amid neighbor concerns about traffic and privacy

Sumter County Council · March 25, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff presented RZ2601 to rezone ~8.8 acres at 1259 North Main Street from General Residential to General Commercial to allow RV parking alongside an existing manufactured-home park; neighbors urged buffering and traffic changes on private Jerry Street. Council approved second reading and asked staff to require the applicant to attend the next meeting.

A rezoning request for about 8.8 acres at 1259 North Main Street moved forward after a public hearing in Sumter County Council’s March 24 meeting.

Helen Rudman, planning staff, told the council the property, formerly Lee’s Mobile Home Park, is grandfathered as a manufactured-home park and the owners seek rezoning from General Residential to General Commercial to permit both the existing manufactured-home use and new RV parking spaces for short-term workers. "This is a request to rezone approximately 8.8 acres from general residential to general commercial," Rudman said, noting the site’s frontage on…

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