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Owner seeks agricultural zoning to keep 6.6 acres as a small organic farm; council probes access and future uses
Summary
Rola Egan asked Greenville County to rezone 6.57 acres to agricultural for a nonchemical organic farm she says will be noncommercial. Staff said farming is permitted in portions of the floodplain and suggested alternatives to rezoning if the use will remain noncommercial.
Property owner Rola Egan asked the county to rezone 6.57 acres at 109 Glenmont Lane from R12 to AG so she and her family can operate a small organic farm and ‘‘keep it as a farm.''
Egan told the hearing she has registered the property as ‘‘70 Palms Farm,’’ has consulted Clemson Extension and the USDA, and does not plan an on-site farm stand or livestock. “I really want to keep it as a farm,” she said, describing goals to farm without chemicals and to open the…
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