An approximate 82.5 acre of land off of Highway 905 near the Highway 22 interchanges is currently zoned Forest Agriculture. On April 3, 2025, the Horry County Planning Commission will be hearing a request to rezone this piece of property to Multi Residential District-Preservation – MRD-P.
The MRD-Preservation zoning district establishes design criteria for rural subdivisions. Collectively, a smaller minimum lot size becomes permissible for the exchange of greater setbacks, landscape buffers and the implementation of sustainable design criteria. The MRD-P zoning district allows a mixture of housing types; to include, single family and duplex dwellings, quadraplex, townhomes, zero lot-line development, tiny homes and multifamily. Density of the development remains guided by the Imagine 2040 Future Land Use Map designation. Specifically, Rural designations are capped at 2 net dwelling units per acre and Rural Communities designation are capped at 3 net dwelling units per acre. The MRD-P subdivision design implements a three hundred (300) foot external setback and a one hundred (100) foot landscape buffer around the perimeter of the developed area.
In general, a property with MRD-P zoning will have more green and more open space, but potentially more homes closer together.
The current proposed plan is to build 181 single-family homes on this parcel of land.
This property also runs along the Waccamaw River.
No builder or developer has yet to be named for this new home community in Conway, SC.
At this meeting the Horry County Planning Commission will make a recommendation as to whether the property should be rezoned. Their recommendation is then forwarded to the Horry County City Council for action.