Commission adopts 'legacy use' amendment to zoning code to preserve historic uses

Jan 21, 2025

The board adopted text amendments adding a 'legacy use' designation to Article 13 and clarifying reestablishment timeframes for nonconforming uses: administrative reapproval up to six months, board review from six months to two years and legacy-use public hearings for uses dormant more than two years.

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Cherokee County planners presented a zoning-text amendment that establishes a "legacy use" pathway to preserve historically significant or community-oriented uses and clarifies when nonconforming uses must be reestablished by the board.

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