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 In the News
The EPA Withdraws Inaccurate Smart Growth–Traffic Congestion Report
The Heritage Foundation - July 28, 2004
In February 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Characteristics and Performance of Regional Transportation Systems,1 a report that purported to prove that communities built along 19th century urban designs experienced less traffic congestion than those built to design standards typical of the modern suburb.
Conservation League and Mayor Riley Vow To Stop another Development
The Post and Courier - August 4, 2004
MeadWestvaco is poised to sell 6,600 acres of timberland along the historic S.C. Highway 61 corridor between Charleston and Summerville, a move that could spark more suburban development and limit Lowcountry efforts to control sprawl and protect open space.
The Costs of Sprawl Reconsidered: What the Data Really Show
The Heritage Foundation - June 25, 2004
Variously described as "smart growth," "growth management," or "New Urbanism," the movement would force people to live at higher densities, in multi-family units, townhouses, or clustered single-family developments--while placing significant restrictions on the expansion of suburban commercial development.
DHEC to help isolated wetlands
The State- July 9, 2004
The state Department of Health and Environmental Control said Thursday that they will begin working on a compromise to protect the state's isolated wetlands.
Property rights take the stage
The Post and Courier-June 5, 2004
Inquisitive developers, engineers, Realtors and landowners filled a meeting room at the Clarion Hotel in North Charleston on Friday to discuss issues facing South Carolina property owners.
Wetlands bill's wording debated
Island Packet Online - April 26, 2004
Hilton Head Island officials worry a provision added to legislation aimed at protecting some of the state's isolated freshwater wetlands could eliminate the town's authority to regulate the wetlands.
Watching our wetlands
Island Packet Online - March 29, 2004
A bill working its way through the General Assembly would allow the state to regulate what happens to some isolated freshwater wetlands.
Bill would cap property value hikes
The State - March 15, 2004
Property owners across the state, hit with large jumps in the values of their homes, are asking for a way to limit the increases so they don’t get walloped with large tax increases.
Property tax cap prompts legal challenges
Island Packet Online - February 22, 2004
A cap on property value increases similar to the one Beaufort County Council is considering has spawned four lawsuits in Charleston County-- and the county has lost every legal challenge so far.
Developer asks to fill wetlands
Island Packet Online - February 19, 2004
BLUFFTON -- Crescent Resources has asked for state and federal permission to fill about 30 acres of wetlands scattered through a 3,630-acre property it owns along the New River in exchange for preserving about 1,000 acres of wetlands.
Property tax caps considered
While Beaufort County Council prepares to revisit a debate on capping increases in property values at 15 percent, a bill that would make the tax cap mandatory in all 46 counties is gaining traction in the South Carolina Statehouse.
Island Packet Online-February 15, 2004
DHEC extends wetlands protection
Despite complaints from powerful business associations, S.C. regulators agreed Thursday to limit wholesale development in wetlands no longer protected by the federal government.
The State- January 9, 2004
County seeks fair zoning
While Beaufort County Council has passed an ordinance creating a zoning category that gives developers more flexibility, the council still is trying to hammer out a new set of rules for the planned communities already built under the zoning.
Island Packet Online- December 22, 2003
State Supreme Court refuses to reconsider its rulling on half-cent sales tax
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The state Supreme Court on Thursday refused to reconsider its decision to overturn a half-cent sales tax passed by Charleston County voters last year.
The State- December 18, 2003
Zoning change approved
Beaufort County Council on Monday adopted an ordinance that allows new communities and businesses to be built under a flexible zoning category called planned unit development.
Island Packet Online- December 9, 2003
Council members weigh in on zoning plan
Four months of polarized public debate over how future growth happens in Beaufort County will come to a head Monday, when County Council members take a final vote on the planned unit development ordinance.
Island Packet Online- December 6, 2003
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