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Mount Pleasant Town Council gives first approval to a public hearing rule for zoning mismatches
Council approved the first reading by a 6-3 vote
Source: Live 5 News
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| Amount | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Voted yes | 6 | 66.7% |
| Voted no | 3 | 33.3% |
Mount Pleasant Town Council gave first approval Tuesday night to an ordinance that would add a public hearing when a property's zoning doesn't match the town's long-range plan. The town says thousands of properties don't line up.
The fight centers on the fields behind Trident Academy. The land is zoned residential, but a developer wants to build homes there, and WCIV reported the land could become 10 homes.
“This is not rezoning anybody's property.”
Councilman Jake Rambo
Hacker Burr, Trident's interim head of school, called it "a slippery slope" for property rights. Rambo said he'd be "100% in support" of the town buying the land, using green space funding from the referendum, which was recently extended.
20+other schools and churches Burr says would be affected
Burr said the ordinance isn't just about Trident Academy.
Source: Live 5 News
- Land use designation: public institutional
- Donated to Trident Academy by the Deighton family
- Who applies: owners whose land use no longer matches zoning
