Planning looks at future of Horse District
The future of the Aiken’s Horse District was the focus of a planning commission meeting on Thursday.
Commission members discussed and evaluated the need for zoning ordinance amendments to possibly limit the intensity of development on large tracts in the horse-training and historic areas. The commission opened the meeting to members of the audience and listened to their input on how zoning changes may impact the Horse District and Historic Area.
“The equestrian area is one of our crown jewels, and I think most people in this town feel it should be preserved and protected by all reasonable means,” said Bill Reynolds, planning commission chairman. “City council has charged the planning commission, with evaluating how well our current ordinances protect our large tracts from over development.”
The commission looked at three sample properties in the horse training/historic area and their current regulations – McGhee’s Mile, the Aiken Training Track and an RSS zoned lot of 6-acres or more and the historic overlay. They identified what the use rights were, what uses are permitted and if someone wanted to deviate from the permissible uses, what procedures they would have to go through.
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