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Recommended approvalRezone

Old Moultrie Road Commercial

Description

Recommended approval to rezone 9.99 acres from Open Rural to Commercial Intensive for self-storage, outdoor storage, and flex-industrial uses, with a companion buffer variance — both passed unanimously.

Impact summary

Clearing and redevelopment would end a two-decade homeless encampment blamed for thefts from the adjacent cemetery and safety fears at the daycare across the street.

Applicant

Name
Ellen Avery-Smith, Esq., Rogers Towers, P.A. (owner: Runk Properties Inc; contract purchaser: Sean McGarvey)
Address
East of Kings Estate Road and Old Moultrie Road

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Last vote · Planning & Zoning Commission

Recommended approval6–0, unanimous

A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 5, 2026.

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