Members of Florence-area neighborhood groups say an ordinance before Florence County Council will be a positive step toward handling unsafe structures in unincorporated areas that brush up against the Florence city limits.

Residents had their say in what the city of Florence will look like in 30 years during a community workshop held Wednesday at Poynor Adult/Community Education Center.

The first of three Urban Planning and Development Department community workshops will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at Poynor Adult Education Center, 301 S. Dargan St, Florence.

A South Carolina man cited for having a hyena in his backyard has agreed not to bring the animal back to his home as part of an agreement that drops charges against him

The Florence Urban Planning & Development Department is planning to conduct the first in a series of community workshops on the city’s comprehensive plan. It will be at 6 p.m. Sept. 2 in the Caulder Auditorium of Poynor Adult/Community Education Center, 301 S. Dargan St., Florence.

Florence County Council has approved a moratorium of as long as one year on all building permits within the West Sumter Street community.

Florence County Council is scheduled Thursday to hold final reading of an ordinance that council members have said would give businesses more leeway regarding what can go in front of their facilities.

Darlington County Council is considering enlarging the county’s planning commission from its current five members to eight.

A brightly lit up gas price sign at Rivertown Depot is stirring up some controversy in Conway.

The Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting, which was scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 13, at 5 p.m., has been cancelled due to lack of business.

The Florence County Planning Commission will hold a training session on the land use element of the comprehensive plan.

Florence City Council on Monday unanimously approved a letter of support to the Housing Authority of Florence to provide up to $1 million in-kind support for the proposed Rosewood Village along Oakland Street.

Florence City Council deferred until Monday a request from the Housing Authority of Florence to provide a letter of support for $1.1 million to $1.2 million in-kind contributions to Rosewood Village to be located along Oakland Street.

A public hearing has been scheduled to consider the request of Don R. Case for a permit to operate a junk or salvage yard on his Highway 576 property between Mill Street and Catfish Creek, near Marion. In addition, Andrew Turbeville has requested a variance to the setback requirements for a cell tower on Alice Road in Centenary.

Florence County planning officials’ update to the county’s land-use element of the comprehensive plan would require a county review of development that would take place in floodplains, Florence County Planning Director Bill Hoge said.