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ANNEXATION
Start the process of acquiring an unincorporated piece of land.
Annexation is the process by which the City expands its boundaries into adjacent areas not already incorporated in the City. Annexation into the City of Mauldin offers a variety of benefits including:
- Responsive emergency services
- Active police protection
- Your voice is heard
- Reliable residential trash service including recycling, brush and debris collection
- Dedicated public works department
- Accessible local government
- Tax dollars spent locally
Development projects may also benefit from more flexible zoning regulations.
To start the annexation process, please email David Dyrhaug or call him at (864) 289-8979. Mr. Dyrhaug can answer your questions about annexation and also assist you with tax/fee information related to annexation.
REZONING
What is a rezoning?
Every piece of property in the City of Mauldin limits is assigned a zoning district. The zoning district dictates how a parcel of land may used and developed. A rezoning occurs when City Council approves the request of the property owner to change the zoning district from one type of zoning to another, based on the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
For example, a parcel may have a zoning district of “R-M” (Residential Multi-family), which only permits residential developments and associated uses, but the owner would like to open a restaurant on the property. This would require a rezoning to a zoning district that allows this commercial use, such as “C-1” (Commercial District).
What is the rezoning process?
After completing a rezoning application (along with the required fees and attachments as noted on the form), the property owner will go through several steps:
- First, the rezoning process will begin with a mandatory pre-application conference with staff to discuss the specifics of your proposed application and answer your questions on the process to follow. To set up your pre-application conference, please contact the Business and Development Services Department at (864) 234-3475.
- Second, at your pre-application conference, staff will provide you with the city’s Planning Commission schedule that provides the application submittal deadline date and Planning Commission meeting date to start the review process. Staff will also advise you of the requirement to hold a neighborhood meeting so that your neighbors can become familiar with your request before the Planning Commission meeting.
- Third, City staff will prepare a staff report summarizing the request along with a recommendation regarding the proposed change. The city’s Planning Commission will review the staff report and hold a public hearing about the request, during which people for and against the proposed change may comment about it. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the city’s Planning Commission will make a recommendation to City Council about the proposed change.
- Fourth, City Council will consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation and then decide whether to give first reading to an ordinance that would rezone the property.
- Fifth, during another meeting, City Council will decide whether to give final reading to the ordinance rezoning the property. Generally, City Council will not have a substantive discussion about the request at this last meeting unless some issues were left unresolved during the first reading.