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Mount Pleasant Town Council gives first approval to a public hearing rule for zoning mismatches

The Morning Mount Pleasant teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 3 sources

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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.

Council approved the first reading by a 6-3 vote

Source: Live 5 News

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Voted yes666.7%
Voted no333.3%

The fight centers on the fields behind . 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 .

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

Sources: Live 5 News, WCBD News 2, WCIV

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