Development and growth around Lake Wylie and York County, from official county records. Three stories in this first edition.
FORT MILL · YORK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
Fuel station and car wash proposed at Dam Road and Highway 160
The county is being asked to relax its driveway-spacing rule so the project can go in at the southeastern corner.
A developer wants to build a fuel station with a car wash at the southeastern corner of Dam Road and Highway 160, and has asked York County to waive the minimum distance it normally requires between driveways.
The request is on file as Land Development Waiver W26-3, submitted by Kevin Garton of the engineering firm Bolton & Menk on the applicant's behalf. It seeks relief from §154.111-1, the county ordinance that sets how far apart driveways must be spaced.
The waiver went before the York County Planning Commission on its June 8 agenda.
411 has not verified what the commission decided.
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COLTHARP ROAD, FORT MILL · YORK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
Lennar seeks approval for 57 townhouses on Coltharp Road
The builder also wants permission to drop the required 20-foot gap between lots to nothing. County staff supported that waiver, citing the large centralized park it would allow.
Lennar Carolinas has asked York County to approve a preliminary plat for Wedgewood, a 57-townhouse development on 10.82 acres on the east side of Coltharp Road in Fort Mill.
Alongside the plat, the builder requested a Land Development Waiver to reduce the required separation between contiguous sublots from 20 feet to zero — the arrangement that lets townhouses share walls rather than stand apart.
County staff recommended approving that waiver, writing that it would “allow for the development of a large centralized park.”
The site is made up of three lots and is zoned Residential Mixed 6. Both requests went before the York County Planning Commission on its June 8 agenda.
411 has not verified what the commission decided.
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YORK · YORK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
State wildlife agency asked to park on gravel in York; county staff recommended saying no
SCDNR wants to keep the gravel drive at its boat-titling office while it replaces the building. Staff told the commission the code does not allow it.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources asked York County for permission to keep gravel parking at its boat titling and licensing office at 510 Annie Alexander Court in York, as part of replacing the building on the site. County staff recommended that the waiver be denied.
The 3.63-acre parcel, at the southwest corner of Liberty Street and Annie Alexander Court, currently holds a 1,200-square-foot office and a four-bay garage. The agency proposes to replace that office with a 4,250-square-foot structure — a change that requires the site to meet current development standards. The submitted plan shows sixteen parking spaces, two of them accessible.
The existing drive and parking area is mostly gravel, with, in the staff report's words, “some erosion and rutting present.” The agency asked to keep the gravel rather than pave it. Staff wrote that they are “not able to approve the gravel parking and gravel drive aisles on a civil site plan,” citing §154.027(E) of the county's parking standards, and recommended denial.
The request is listed on the July 13 agenda as Waiver W26-4, filed by Andy Wicker on the agency's behalf. The parcel is zoned Office and Institutional and sits adjacent to the southern side of the City of York, a quarter-mile from Lowe's and 600 feet from the Moss Justice Center.
A staff recommendation is not a decision. Staff advise; the commission votes.
411 could not obtain minutes for the July 13 meeting from the county's online meeting system, and has not verified what the commission decided.
Read it on the site: https://lakewylie411.com/story/scdnr-gravel-parking-waiver-york-staff-recommended-denial
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