Resident urges council to reconsider 'flag property' denial for fence

Sherry Pappas, a resident who identified herself during the public‑input portion of the meeting, told Horry County Council she had purchased additional land and installed a fence to keep neighbors' animals off her property, but said the county denied the permit on the grounds that the lot is a "flag property." "My name is Sherry Pappas," she said when asked to identify herself, and described the cost and burden of buying extra land to meet county rules.

Pappas said county staff informed her that if she increased the parcel by roughly 40 feet or expanded to five acres she would avoid the flag‑property designation, but she disputed that remedy and called it a "semantics game." "We're being told if we have 5 acres of property, we no longer have to worry about it being a flag property," she said, adding that she did not want to be required to buy more land to secure a permit after already paying for fencing and a resurvey.

After her remarks the chair thanked Pappas for attending and said county staffers "mister Gosnell and mister Allen" would review the matter; the chair asked Pappas to leave any supporting documents with the administrator. The council did not take a formal vote on the request during the meeting. The matter was presented as a request for reconsideration of a permit denial; no ordinance, statutory citation, or final administrative action was announced at the hearing.