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Speaker tells Greensville County board developers exploited historic-review process, seeks city-council oversight
Summary
Resident Joseph Farmer told the board that developers used a loophole in the City of Greenville's Historic Review Board to secure roughly $115 million in special property tax‑assessment freezes and urged that elected city councilors, not the appointed board, approve such freezes.
Joseph Farmer used his public comment slot to urge citizens to press the mayor and city council to reclaim approval authority over special property‑tax assessment freezes from the City of Greenville's Historic Review Board, which he said is being exploited by developers.
Farmer said that, in the past 12 months, five projects received approval for tax freezes totaling about $115 million — examples he listed included a…
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