Formal Meeting of City Council - 2026-04-13
Votes on Rezoning at Fork Shoals Road
What happened
Greenville City Council approved on first reading the rezoning of approximately 0.26 acre at 212 Asbury Avenue from R-HD (House D) to MX-2 (mixed-use) to enable historic preservation of the last Green Book tourist home in the city (Z1-2026 related); the vote received first readin…
- Jurisdiction
- Greenville, SC
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- April 13, 2026
- Decisions
- 9 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Deferred
Projects in this meeting (2)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsProperty acquisition from Greenline Greenline Park LLC
ApprovedZ1 2026
ApprovedMeeting Summary
Greenville City Council approved on first reading the rezoning of approximately 0.26 acre at 212 Asbury Avenue from R-HD (House D) to MX-2 (mixed-use) to enable historic preservation of the last Green Book tourist home in the city (Z1-2026 related); the vote received first readin…
Key Decisions (9)
Rezoning at Fork Shoals Road
Development code text amendment - downtown entertainment uses
Homeland Security grant appropriation
Development Activity (4)
212 Asbury Avenue Historic Preservation (Green Book tourist home)
Residential
Willard and Reach Streets open space acquisition
Infrastructure
Greenline Spartanburg neighborhood affordable housing/open space
Residential
Fork Shoals Road utility vehicle parking site
Industrial
Market Signals (4)
Housing Demand
Multiple speakers and council members stressed a significant affordable-housing shortage,…
Infrastructure
City is aggressively acquiring floodplain land along the Reedy River…
Sentiment
Council showed strong reluctance to rezone annexed residential/green-space land for…
Commercial Demand
Downtown entertainment uses (breweries, distilleries, bars/nightclubs) closing before midnight no…
Who Spoke (18)
On the record: the mayor, a councilmember, a staff member, 2 applicants, the applicant's representative, and 4 members of the public.
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