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Public hearing on 2025'2035 comprehensive plan draws resident questions about adjacent properties
Summary
A joint public hearing on Tega Cay's draft 2025'2035 comprehensive plan featured a planning-staff overview of the steering committee process and public engagement; resident Daryl McDaniel asked why the plan maps include properties beyond the city boundary and staff stressed the plan is guidance only and does not change zoning or annex property.
Tega Cay 'The Tega Cay City Council and planning commission held a joint public hearing Feb. 23 on the draft 2025'2035 comprehensive plan. Planning staff summarized a year-long process that included a steering committee, three public engagement events and a community survey, and emphasized the document is intended as a guiding vision rather than an automatic change to zoning or annexation status.
Planner Nick Cawan told the council the steering committee met six times and that draft language reflects public input gathered via meetings and the survey. He said the comprehensive plan covers the 10 elements required by state law and is intended to inform future policy and zoning discussions.
During public comment resident Daryl McDaniel (2200 Dam Road, Fort Mill) said he noticed the online plan appears to map potential development beyond the city boundary and asked why his property is shown. He said he had emailed council and the police chief on Feb. 6 about crosswalk concerns—part of a broader safety point he raised while speaking on the plan.
Staff responded to Mr. McDaniel's question by stressing that the comprehensive plan does not itself change zoning or bring properties into the city: "It doesn't change any zoning. It doesn't bring any property into the city. All that still has to go through the standard process," staff said during the hearing. The planner and council reiterated the draft plan is a long-range framework to guide future decisions.
No members of the public who were present signed up to speak beyond Mr. McDaniel and the hearing portion was closed with no adoption vote recorded at this meeting. The plan was presented for public comment and refinement; any formal adoption or ordinance action would be scheduled separately according to the city's procedures.
Why this matters: comprehensive plans establish the city's stated priorities for growth and services over a decade and shape how future rezoning and annexation requests are evaluated. Residents concerned about how their properties are represented in the draft plan are advised to follow subsequent council and planning-commission proceedings and to submit written comments when formal adoption is scheduled.
