I assume everyone in Dorchester County has received a mailer similar to this. It seems County District 1 has been flooded with them. The mailer is from an outside land association based in Columbia, SC. The intent appears to be to undermine the nature of the Agricultural Residential (AR) zoning district in Dorchester County. At best, the flyer is grossly misleading.
The text amendment being vilified can be found here (copy and paste to your browser & scroll down to page 11 of the packet – https://www.dorchestercountysc.gov/…/planning…). It was offered by the county staff to clarify and strengthen the purpose of the Dorchester County AR zoning district.
The AR district is intended to preserve our rural character, support agricultural operations, protect natural resources, and maintain very low development density. These are the reasons most people move to the country.
However, due to ever-increasing development pressure in our area and a lack of suitable infrastructure to support high-density development, this rural character, agricultural operations, natural resource protection, and very low development density are at great risk today.
Adding a provision to the county code prohibiting major subdivisions in the AR district helps maintain consistency with its intended purpose.
If you support the purpose of the Dorchester County Agricultural Residential zoning district, and want to preserve our rural character, support agricultural operations, protect natural resources, and maintain very low development density, residents of District 1, Dorchester County, should express their support of this view to Peter Smith Jr., our district representative (PSmith@dorchestercountysc.gov).
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