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Residents tell Horry County Council proposed multi‑family rezoning will worsen flooding and strain roads
Summary
At a second-reading public hearing on a proposed future‑land‑use change and rezoning for PIN 2490000051, multiple residents urged the council to reject the change over infrastructure, stormwater and loss-of-farmland concerns; council advanced the item on second reading.
During a second-reading public hearing on Orders 52 and 53 — a comprehensive-plan map amendment and companion rezoning for PIN 2490000051 — several residents told council they oppose converting land from rural/conservation uses to multi-residential development. Bud Cartwright (speaker 9) said recent development nearby has already increased traffic and that local roads are congested; “There's over a 100 houses been built in 1 mile of me now,” Cartwright said. He questioned whether off-site road improvements and adequate buffers for wetlands and drainage had been planned.
Dale Page (speaker 13) said continued conversion of farmland is “devastating” and warned of safety and stormwater problems if the project proceeds. Anthony Carloni (speaker 5) described nearby flooding at his home after 4–6 inches of rain and said a proposed loss of wooded cover will worsen standing water along Carteret Road. The council discussed the comments, heard staff and applicant follow-up would be available after the meeting, and recorded a unanimous second‑reading vote on the map amendment and rezoning at the meeting; further hearings and approvals are required before any development proceeds.
The hearing made several community concerns explicit — traffic/road capacity, stormwater and buffers between new development and existing properties — that the council or staff said they would address in follow-up communications with the public and the planning department.
