BLYTHEWOOD – After months of wrangling with developer D.R. Horton over a proposed amendment to the zoning of Cobblestone Park where a majority of the members of the Town Council live, Council won out. It was announced at the meeting on Monday evening that the developer has agreed to Council’s final demand – to conduct […]
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Cobblestone Debate Heats Up
Attorney Questions ‘Due Process’ BLYTHEWOOD – The six- month verbal tussle between Town Council and Cobblestone Park developer D.R. Horton over the proposed rezoning of the neighborhood progressed to higher decibels at Monday evening’s Council meeting, D.R. Horton’s attorney, Kyle Dillard, told the Council, “I do have serious questions about due process and issues implicated […]
Hiring Policies Under Review
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council took a look at its hiring policies and procedures during their Jan. 14 work session. While Councilman Bob Massa reported that the Town’s hiring policies adhered closely to those of the S.C. Municipal Associations’ handbook, he said he would like to change the Town’s policy to require the Town government to […]
Winnsboro Rejects Columbia’s Waterworks Bid
No Sale on Blythewood Infrastructure WINNSBORO – For all the challenges it has presented to the Town of Winnsboro in recent years – installing new pumps, making new connections, negotiating with the City of Columbia for water and then more water – the Blythewood tentacle of Winnsboro’s water company has become a hot commodity of […]
Defining Zoning Downward
Mayor Pushes for Relaxed Restrictions BLYTHEWOOD – Mayor J. Michael Ross called for a revamping of the town’s Master Plan and specifically of the Town Center District (TCD) at the Town Council work session at the Golf Club in Cobblestone Park Tuesday morning. He had expressed at the Nov. 29 meeting that his goal is […]
Sign Ordinance Debate Divides Town Council
BLYTHEWOOD – Continuing to rehash Mayor J. Michael Ross’s concern that the Town’s sign ordinance and the Town Center District zoning is too restrictive, some Council members disagreed saying the sign ordinance should not be scrapped or even tweaked very much. The ordinance was passed in 2009 to require all signs in the town to […]