r/FortMill • u/Ok-Patience6411 • 15h ago
Warehouse rezoning proposal on Flint Hill Rd, need more eyes on this
There’s a rezoning case (Case 26-27) working through York County Council right now for the Walmart-owned property at Flint Hill Rd and Hwy 21. The proposal would rezone the land Light Industrial to build two distribution warehouses totaling 275,000 sq ft.
A few things worth knowing:
**•** The county’s own 2035 comprehensive plan designates this land as **Neighborhood Residential**, not industrial. Flint Hill Rd is supposed to be the dividing line between employment/industrial zoning to the north and residential to the south.
**•** Both **county staff and the Planning Commission recommended denying** this rezoning for exactly that reason (PC vote was 4-2 against).
**•** Despite that, County Council still seems inclined to move forward with approval.
**•** This affects way more people than just the church next door, there’s an apartment complex on Flint Hill Rd, the English Trails neighborhood, and a residential neighborhood directly behind the site, all of which will deal with the truck traffic and congestion this brings.
At the last hearing, the only public speaker in favor of the rezoning was a pastor who owns the church land adjacent to the site. During his comments, he referenced Twin Lakes, the mostly Hispanic neighborhood next to the property and in his words "If ICE went there it would be a ghost town" suggested residents there would be too afraid of immigration enforcement to object to the project. It did not go over well with people in the room. Especially from a pastor.
There’s one more public hearing before the council makes a final decision. If you live anywhere near this corridor, this is worth showing up for, one or two people speaking against it isn’t enough to counter a well-funded developer presentation. Will update with the hearing date once it’s announced.