Project proposal with 300-plus homes shot down

Charlotte Business Journal

A plan to build over 300 homes in Lancaster County has been shot down.

Lancaster County Council voted 6-0 on April 8 to deny the first reading of a rezoning ordinance for a site at 2421 Lynwood Drive. The rezoning was sought to allow the development of 303 single-family homes across nearly 130 acres to the south of Lancaster.

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Council members resoundingly struck down that effort after the county’s planning commission voted last month to recommend denial of the rezoning.

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