New homes, apartments, historic sites: Here’s what’s planned next across York County.
Here are the most recent York County land use changes, including proposals for homes and apartments in Lake Wylie, updated historical properties in Fort Mill and several additions for Rock Hill.
These are highlights from recent or coming decisions facing land use planners from across the county:
▪ Property owners want approval for 161 new Lake Wylie homes on Concord Road in Lake Wylie, about two miles east of its intersection with Hands Mill Highway. The Peninsula at Lake Wylie would be almost 350 acres. Plat approval comes to the county planning commission Jan. 13.
Duke Energy owns the land, just south of Catawba Nuclear Station. Residents have been concerned for several years since Duke announced it would sell the land for development, fears mostly related to added traffic and the environmental impact from mass grading.
The number of homes proposed, related to the size of the property, is far less than what some residents feared. Lots would be an acre or more. There would be 98 acres of open space. Homes will use well and septic, and a traffic study found the developer won’t have to make road improvements beyond bringing some existing areas up to county standards.
▪ Owner LKW Investors of Wilkesboro, N.C. and developer Dyon Development applied for a mixed use project in Lake Wylie that includes a road extension. Yellow Jessamine Drive would extend about 1,000 feet from where it ends now in the Paddlers Cove subdivision to serve a five-lot development with apartments and commercial space.
The 23-acre site fronts S.C. 274. York County put a moratorium on some residential construction including apartments in December, but plans for the S.C. 274 project already were submitted. The building ban impacts projects that hadn’t been submitted prior to its passing, through March of 2021.
Submitted sketches show the commercial properties at an acre or more along the main highway, with the apartment parcel at more than 14 acres behind them. Notes on the sketch indicate apartments could make up more than 16 acres of the project.
Plat approval comes to the county planning commission Jan. 13.
▪ Oz Custom Homes has an application for a new subdivision in the Tega Cay area. Wisteria Meadows would be seven homes on about 10 acres.
The property sits on the eastern side of Gardendale Road, across from the Cadence subdivision.
▪ Owners of property on Sturgis Road in the Rock Hill area again asked for a special exception from the zoning board of appeals in York County to create an event venue. Fort Mill owners of 2 Ducks York, Inc. applied for but were denied an exception in July. Several neighbors spoke against the plan. In November the zoning board approved a rehearing based on changes to the plan.
The owners came back on Jan. 9 for that reconsideration. Building locations are different for the more than 12-acre property between Sturgis and Red River roads, behind homes off Holly Road. Plans still include a 10,000-square-foot venue for about 100 gatherings a year, from weddings to corporate events. Capacity will be almost 300 guests. The submitted proposal lists the site as the WaterMill venue.
▪ Property owners in Rock Hill applied to rezone almost seven acres at the corner of Cherry Road and Automall Parkway to allow for an oil change site and car wash. The request came to the city planning commission Jan. 7.
The site now has a parking lot used for Burns Chevrolet. Plans there involve two new buildings, a 3,000-square-foot repair and oil change site and a 1,500-square-foot car wash. The car wash would be used for serviced vehicles at the repair place, not by the public.
▪ The planning commission in Rock Hill itself applied for a rezoning of more than seven acres on Mint Street. The property is off Albright Road, beside Rock Hill School District property.
The site has 25 lots and 16 property owners. There are eight homes on those lots now. The change would rezone the area for residential growth. The city made that move after contacting property owners following several requests to rezone individual parcels for residential use.
The commission heard its own request Jan. 7.
▪ Two historic Fort Mill properties could get some aesthetic upgrades. The town historic review board meets Jan. 14, when it will hear requests from Unity Presbyterian Church and a representative of 219 Main St.
Unity applied to add entrance and exit signs designating traffic flow at the large semicircle on Tom Hall Street, and a monument sign about halfway between them.
The 219 Main St. address, owned by Bayles Mack, is up for facade changes including brick masonry framed glass and wood display windows in place of the current aluminum storefront and metal siding. A new deck and other changes would impact the rear of the building, too.
This story was originally published January 13, 2020 at 12:00 AM.
