Want a home beside a racetrack? Or a new Indian Land apartment? Both may be coming.
Lancaster County could add more than 800 new homes and apartments. Many of them around an historic speedway that will keep racing.
The Lancaster County planning commission recently took up a zoning request for land surrounding Lancaster Motor Speedway. Lancaster County Council will make the final call at a later meeting.
The Poovey property is almost 280 acres at 2862 Charlotte Highway. The agricultural land is near the intersection of Charlotte and Shiloh Unity Road, north of Lancaster. A zoning change would allow about 590 homes on the site.
The Poovey site runs north, east and west of the speedway. The track was built in 1954 and remains active. There are some homes near the track, including the Shiloh North subdivision. County staff recommends if the homes are allowed, noise and dust measures should be included, including possible earth berms, sound fences and landscaping.
County staff notes track events can start early in the morning and run late into the night. They are known to be loud and dusty, county planners say. The speedway website shows a variety of events. There’s a demolition derby set for Feb. 6. An open house car show and racing for more than a half dozen models follows on three March weekends. The speedway bills itself as “the fastest half mile dirt track in the south.”
LGI Homes submitted the new home plan. The county infrastructure and regulation committee will review the Poovey property development agreement in February. A public hearing and county council consideration will follow.
In a separate county decision, county council will take a first look Jan. 25 at a plan for 217 new apartments known as The Lodges at Indian Land. The almost 39-acre site is on Fort Mill Highway, just east of Rosemont Drive. The rentals would have 80 townhome, 63 cottage court and 74 garden apartments. An amenity area with a pool and open space is proposed on the northwest corner of the project’s entrance from Fort Mill Highway.
A public hearing will be held Jan. 25 when county council meets in Lancaster, ahead of a resolution on the project.
This story was originally published January 22, 2021 at 10:57 AM.
