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Walt McPherson, zoning administrator, reported the Planning Commission recommended both items by 6'0'0to''0 votes on May 15. The zoning map amendment (M24-01 / ordinance 25-02) would change the parcel at 5327 Bush River Road (TMS number provided in staff packet) from Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) to General Commercial (C-2) to allow a mini-warehouse use. Council members representing the area said they had notified neighbors; one council member reported neighbors who initially preferred a farmer's market had been satisfied by the applicant's commitments to minimize impacts.

The committee also approved zoning-text changes for ordinance 25-04 to restrict truck staging, loading and ticketing at mining operations to between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekdays unless otherwise exempt. McPherson and planning-commission member Elaine Pike noted the planning commission approved the amendment 6-0 but expressed a desire for further investigation of noise levels and potential early-morning impacts on quality of life.

Committee members asked about setback comparisons and whether other county activities have similar setback requirements; staff said mining rules currently reflect recent text amendments and the most current setback standards. The committee recorded motions to approve both items (motions moved and seconded on the record) and approved them in the session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","05-27-2025 - Council Committee Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Lexington County's Planning Committee approved a zoning text amendment limiting truck staging/loading to 5 a.m.'2 p.m. on weekdays for mining operations and approved a zoning map amendment to rezone 5327 Bush River Road from C-1 to C-2 to allow mini-warehouse use.","taxTitle","Lexington County, South Carolina","taxId",19113,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6223110,"County approves 2025'29 HUD consolidated plan and extends CDBG disaster-recovery consultant contract",349,3155000,3504000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74&start=3155&end=3504","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74/thumbnail_3155000.jpg","/articles/6223110/Lexington-County/South-Carolina/County-approves-202529-HUD-consolidated-plan-and-extends-CDBG-disaster-recovery-consultant-contract","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6223110-8977b49191825cb9961f8a28cbada971/orig.mp4?Expires=1770421268&Signature=osZ2MXXEmBGbXBHXxVprrfsjTQZD50CsZL5RY-5Sqg-G6OhPDX4GcaMF-hOO3QI82EtU0jTa0k3DeM8G8gK46rsfCWLq0A65PtGurcUQPINHHMAG3y-agiJSF2X4NGCtyBIbRngA4LbyqEmOSCcnBqjlEtZ~62TW4hHMRK2B5HFkqBWsYJk6dbnMQoXYrzNPh8PflQgcJ7nySfL-O7ZqvY3qJu5Tchh3ChRLa64m0ZYwv~Eq7S7y-DU-7HxdsJ7ESj~K5Hvjov2kOtIJ8IIeqPZX-OUtrroGXOnWZE0i3NMtANmo2KBBXF9qk5R6KZETST53cUUcqTmX9Hbq3BSbBQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lexington County's Planning Committee approved the county's 2025'29 HUD Consolidated Plan and the FY 2025'26 annual action plan, and approved a one-year extension of the county's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster recovery consultant contract.

Sarah Bird, CDBG grant administrator, told the committee Lexington County receives approximately $2 million annually from HUD programs and must submit a consolidated plan every five years. For FY 2025'26 HUD awards referenced in the packet, staff reported $1,850,758 for CDBG, $704,796.75 for HOME, and $160,713 for ESG funds. Bird said all applicant projects received some funding and that HUD had confirmed the allocations.

Procurement staff requested the final one-year extension for the county's CDBG disaster recovery consultant (Tetra Tech), citing the existing contract that began Sept. 1, 2021, and the contract's built-in options for three additional one-year extensions. Staff listed an estimated annual contract value of $152,000 and said the contract had supported long-running disaster-recovery administration and projects.

The committee voted to approve the consolidated plan submission and the consultant-contract extension. Motions were moved and seconded on the record and passed with no objections. Staff noted that the consolidated plan must be submitted to HUD by July 1 and that the plan and action plan identify proposed projects for the next funding cycle.

The approvals permit continued use of HUD formula funds for housing, infrastructure and public services outlined in the county's application materials and keep the disaster-recovery consultant in place through Aug. 31, 2026, if the extension is executed.","Lexington County approved submission of its 2025'29 consolidated HUD plan and FY25-26 annual action plan, and approved a one-year extension to the county's CDBG disaster-recovery consulting contract (Tetra Tech) through Aug. 31, 2026.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6223116,"Officials explain reassessment notice: market value and taxable value differ; county millage rolled back",1009,5832000,6841000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74&start=5832&end=6841","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74/thumbnail_5832000.jpg","/articles/6223116/Lexington-County/South-Carolina/Officials-explain-reassessment-notice-market-value-and-taxable-value-differ-county-millage-rolled-back","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6223116-7e0164f94e5a6c4bbf5e053066cb3518/orig.mp4?Expires=1770421268&Signature=GOh2SkLQ3EX4Tcfk0Fv1ujHlHBotjaW5cr-9tnvLV~EJke31pVIXVlJtZaSyE3qVAl2JSBPSQFxlgaTsPhL2rL2alq4u1A0YXuaABvSr8y9ulyOK1XDEscR0j8dw-QYiFIuRE1lj~8q~8ebSX4WwCAYCUzrrzdkxx7eNDyAzZTjmWv0VKs80dZoGcGA5QmZdu2PUeN7ewAWBJxQ9HGkyX0j2v9OlvrRGhI65VQTOglnUiiibgBRmrk8w4Ls7XNDLdopZpGiYSjOYbwE1ySgwOPaMLl36c1TLiInSBDolY79-fOsbVw~wLVVUOf-PoqKUIuuXQaInBZbS91aE8ePa6w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County staff gave a public briefing explaining reassessment notices, the statutory cap on taxable-value increases and how the county's millage rollback affects property-tax bills.

Jeff (staff) and Rick (staff) explained that reassessment notices list a market value and a taxable value and that, by state law, taxable value can increase by up to 15% between reassessments. Jeff said the market-value number on a notice is informational for taxpayers but that the tax calculation uses the taxable value subject to the statutory cap.

Officials explained that reassessment redistributes the same total county revenue across updated values rather than automatically increasing the county's tax take. In the county's draft budget, administrators rolled back county operating millage from 98.639 mills (in the prior year) to about 89.6 mills, and estimated bond millage will fall from about 2.3 mills to roughly 2.0 mills, producing an overall county millage near 91.6 mills; the rollback is intended to keep county revenue roughly level with the prior year (excluding revenue from growth).

Speakers emphasized legal-residence (homestead) treatment: residents with legal residence do not pay school operating millage because of the state's school funding structure (state sales-tax offsets); however, school bond millage and special-purpose district millage may still appear on bills. Staff noted that school districts can use a statutory \"look-back\" to recapture previously unused CPI/population increases under state law; council members were urged to monitor school-district millage-setting decisions separately.

Officials urged residents to read both values on reassessment notices, and to note that some property owners will pay more and others less depending on how the 15% cap and the rollback interact with their parcel's new taxable value. Staff said they would provide additional outreach materials to help homeowners interpret reassessment notices.","Lexington County staff and finance officials told the council that reassessment notices show market value and taxable value separately, that state law caps taxable increases at 15% between reassessments, and that the county rolled back its millage so the county portion of taxes is not automatically an increase.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6223120,"Planning Committee clears three subdivisions but members warn about cumulative strain on services",2324,3532000,5856000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74&start=3532&end=5856","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74/thumbnail_3532000.jpg","/articles/6223120/Lexington-County/South-Carolina/Planning-Committee-clears-three-subdivisions-but-members-warn-about-cumulative-strain-on-services","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6223120-056375505c32328dbba591cbf5a94c5b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770421268&Signature=SpNEoj85vAy9yDrlob1DRcV0Ry0B~46oqHB0n0VttfLFXbFGI-6hO88zczulkzaGOUelm1922~hFHziSAhsCUWhqQNyWb-EEkvsAGrYyHqtHnfk-I2bsDPyJBROM~9r82T4I4cQhWSUpJ6xKimrwHdT~Qh~jnfOPZv3lBQbQ0jCFhbZqp6UPadk1zdRucDHmsyuZX~tQQ7ApXLGtC3sX4jNNOF9s-w6eEmuqtCn2-kjaHlyw6DmzTFu0MGX8QGD5e5gcjm~e-kEFwhhKfRMRU0w2lgJCmJ6bnOw17nrUYnqIifdInWrIpUgX6Iy3EPA0a-Us8A4pzD~rLJRVnlKOpA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lexington County's Planning Committee voted this week to approve planning-commission recommendations that allow three proposed single-family subdivisions to proceed to engineering and permitting, while several council members asked staff to report back on cumulative service impacts.

Robbie Derek, director of Community Development, summarized the three concurrency submissions: Southwood Drive (40 lots on about 20.94 acres, gross density ~1.91 du/acre; Council District 5), Valleycrest (198 lots on 129.6 acres; Council District 1) and Terrapins/Pines (119 lots on 80.31 acres; Council District 1). Each package was a sketch plan; staff said lot sizes, open space and infrastructure would be confirmed during permitting.

The Planning Commission recommended all three projects to council (votes reported in the packet and on the record). The committee approved the projects after motions on the floor: Southwood Drive (motion by Councilman Fisher, second by Mr. Cromwell; motion passed), Valleycrest (motion by Councilman Bishop, seconded by Councilman Fisher; motion passed), and Pines/Terrapins (motion by Councilman Fisher, second by Councilman Bishop; motion passed).

Several council members urged a stronger, cumulative accounting of pipeline development when staff performs future concurrency reviews. Chief Hood (fire/EMS) and other emergency-services staff told the committee the current concurrency checks rely on response-time standards (for EMS and fire) and that future growth could strain services even if current response-time metrics are being met. Council members said they want a one-time summary of development activity in the prior year (number of subdivisions and estimated dwelling units by school district and by region) and a review of how concurrency metrics are applied across multiple pending projects.

Officials also raised infrastructure questions: several sketch plans had not yet identified utility providers, and staff said developers must provide service-provider capacity letters during permitting. Committee members asked staff to add minimum-lot-size and council-district details to future memos to make density and lot-size comparisons clearer for the public.

The committee recorded a number of dissenting votes on individual motions (members noted several \"against\" votes on the record), but each motion ultimately carried and allowed the developers to proceed to the next step of engineering and permitting. Staff said approvals at this stage do not guarantee final plan approval and remain subject to engineering, wetland and site-review findings.","Lexington County's Planning Committee approved concurrency reviews allowing three proposed subdivisions (Southwood Drive, Valleycrest, Terrapins/Pines) to proceed to permitting while several council members urged a closer look at cumulative impacts on fire, EMS, roads and schools.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6223124,"Lexington County committee agrees to refine Eastern Overlay, create municipal overlay for Town of Lexington growth area",2373,772000,3145000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74&start=772&end=3145","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3577057-5062686b7b0379b0605aed72c34acc74/thumbnail_772000.jpg","/articles/6223124/Lexington-County/South-Carolina/Lexington-County-committee-agrees-to-refine-Eastern-Overlay-create-municipal-overlay-for-Town-of-Lexington-growth-area","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6223124-04d22648ac20d42b740605b36ff299c4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770421268&Signature=Vu-fCR8qzVh9UnzKcnk0zWyhoMEU59voEvsZpa6hUvJRPz1Mwr2pSosBiBGqElJ3s~FG9XeM5XkSiFJtgzDwlETShSlpek~OL3-mYAIwsRt1IgJtj~c-~Au5msh~bxkguHq5zzaxd6pyV02AhXUWXEqDYY8V4WO5qSWyZE4gRhwWR2-Ne0mk0hI-n0fcVkriMMuFrUJtOj-8fmrgzeH-CwXFwRyaeJDmb5DuV5cV2tLjeOngT4t5Fd96xOFct4-NAmYqt7WpsE6HfrJrJ17rnAbEcVFmr0Tlt3AoNWcWLSNkaK~Iusg5OAneyJe9JchG0oAGu-opArOlbjKjOOJkqA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lexington County's Planning Committee directed staff on Wednesday to develop a new overlay for the Town of Lexington's future growth area and to return with a coordinated set of map and text amendments for the Eastern Overlay District.

The committee, led by Mr. Cockrell, voted to ask staff to refine the Eastern Overlay map to exclude the town's future growth area, draft a municipal (Town of Lexington) overlay and prepare related text amendments to the zoning ordinance, the landscape and open-space ordinance, and the land development manual.

The move followed a lengthy presentation by Robbie Derek, director of community development, and Walt McPherson, zoning administrator, on a modified map that would pull the overlay back to Interstate 20 and preserve the town's designated growth area. Derek told the committee the county had met with the town and that town officials were \"good with it,\" and staff recommended preparing a single, consolidated amendment package ahead of the next meeting.

Councilman Hudson and several other members stressed protecting the Lake Murray shoreline and nearby riverfront neighborhoods. Hudson asked that the county consider explicit height restrictions and limits on mass grading in the Coley Mill/Ponymill/Corley Mill area and suggested the overlay should include transportation standards, such as when a traffic impact study (TIS) would be required.

Staff told the committee that state public-notice rules require 15 days' notice for public hearings on zoning, landscape and open-space text amendments and 30 days for land development manual amendments. To meet those timelines, staff recommended preparing the text for committee review and seeking public hearings; the group also discussed using a pending-ordinance approach to place interim protections while the formal amendments proceed.

Committee members asked staff to produce a map-based representation of the comprehensive-plan land-use categories and a short, plain-language summary of each overlay color and associated standards to aid public understanding. Derek said staff would work with Council members Bishop and Fisher to resolve outstanding map questions and return with draft ordinance language and a map by the next committee meeting, aiming to get a first reading on the council agenda.

The committee's direction emphasized: (1) create a municipal overlay specifically for the Town of Lexington's future growth area, (2) incorporate Lake Murray height and open-space protections, and (3) include targeted transportation/TIS requirements for areas where growth will intensify. Staff also recommended considering a written intergovernmental agreement with the Town of Lexington to memorialize existing informal practices where town utilities serve adjacent county parcels.

If adopted, the overlay would change how development proposals are reviewed within the town's growth band, including adding explicit access-point standards and transportation review triggers; staff said the changes could be countywide in the land development manual where appropriate.

The committee did not vote on a final ordinance. Instead, it gave staff direction to draft the text and map changes for formal consideration at an upcoming council meeting.","Lexington County planning committee instructed staff to draft a new municipal overlay around the Town of Lexington's future growth area, update associated zoning and development manuals, and explore targeted transportation and height controls to protect Lake Murray and key waterways.","actionData","errors"]

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