Below is an excerpt from the rezoning request, Approved by the Planning Comission on May 15, 2025. City Council first reading June 12, 2025, second reading June 26, 2025. A link to the full packet can be found in the right column of this page.
REQUEST
Pursuant to Section 5:9.6, of the City of Fountain Inn Zoning Ordinance, the City of Fountain Inn has received a request to rezone approximately 51 acres along McCarter Road (HWY 418) to the FRD District (Flexible Review District).
Per the applicant, “The proposed Golden Strip Medical Park is located in the City of Fountain Inn, South Carolina. The overall +/-51-acre site is located the northeast quadrant of the intersection of South Woods Drive and McCarter Road. The site is currently planned to have two medical facilities located near the northwestern portion of the overall site along McCarter Road. Future medical facility development in the western portion of the site is anticipated at a later date. To facilitate the proposed medical facilities, we are requesting to rezone to a Flexible Review District (FRD).
We are requesting the site to be rezoned to FRD to allow for increased parking to facilitate patient needs based on historic data and allow the buildings to be away from McCarter Road and Nash Street with in the Overlay District.
The proposed Golden Strip Medical Park will facilitate an increase in medical facilities and services within and near the City of Fountain Inn. An addition, improvements to the site to improve public use is planned to consist of a signalized entrance into the site, dedicated turn lanes into the site, and public right of way sidewalk from the proposed Boulevard to the north property line.”
PUBLIC HEARING PROCEEDING
A public hearing regarding this petition was conducted on May 15, 2025, before the body of the Fountain Inn Planning Commission. There was no public comment.
PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW
The Fountain Inn Planning Commission has reviewed the request to rezone these properties to the FRD, Flexible Review District, at their May 15, 2025, meeting. By a vote of 7-0, the Planning Commission recommends approval of the requested rezoning for Ordinance PZ-2025-01.
