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Greenville Annexations


vicupstate

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I used to live in Greenville and always wondered why such a small city limit? Not only that but very strange boundaries in SC? Columbia is huge but most of the land is undeveloped far away from the city center. In Michigan there are townships that keep cities from annexing their lands after about the 1950s but many have very straight boundary lines. 

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I used to live in Greenville and always wondered why such a small city limit? Not only that but very strange boundaries in SC? Columbia is huge but most of the land is undeveloped far away from the city center. In Michigan there are townships that keep cities from annexing their lands after about the 1950s but many have very straight boundary lines. 

 

Its due to the strange SC annexing laws. Cities can only annex if land is undeveloped or previous developed land attached goes into redevelopment. Its not like other states where cities can annex at will. 

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Annexation is very difficult, but annexation of already developed areas that are not being redeveloped does happen, it just isn't that common.  In order to annex it typically takes 75% or more approval from those involved. It is possible to annex by election, but it is expensive and rarely happens too.

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Annexation is very difficult, but annexation of already developed areas that are not being redeveloped does happen, it just isn't that common.  In order to annex it typically takes 75% or more approval from those involved. It is possible to annex by election, but it is expensive and rarely happens too.

I used to get annoyed by SC's restrictive annexation laws. I wanted to see big-city numbers (or at least bigger numbers) for Greenville.

 

But then relatives of mine in another city got absorbed into a municipality against their will and with no real recourse, only to have their property taxes essentially double, with no discernible improvement in "services." I now see merit in SC's way of doing things, insofar as it seems (unwittingly?) to protect the property rights of individuals.

 

And anyway, why care about city-population figures? Atlanta does pretty well with a city population at less than 10% of metro. Orlando, where I live, is comparable.

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Pending Annexations:

 

1.23 acres on Old Sulpher Springs Rd. which will be pert of a senior living community going up in Verdae.  The remaining part of this project is already in the city. This would eliminate a doughnut hole.

 

4.93 acres on Woodruff Industrial Lane.  

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http://www.greenvillesc.gov/PlanningZoning/PlanningApplications/Applications/2014/SEPTEMBER/PlanningCommission/09-11-2014/AX-1-2014-1139WoodruffRoad.pdf

 

Gas station at 1139 Woodruff Rd.(.80 acres) starting the annexation process. Probably means it is about to be redeveloped.

This is the former Blue Jay gas station. Not "about to be redeveloped." A new building has been under construction there for quite some time.

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