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Table of Contents

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Demographic Profile04

Utility Infrastructure19

Development Trends05

Development Limitations21

Community Support Services11

Maps22

Study Area Description03

Transportation17

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Study Area Description1A. The 31.18 square mile study area fully encompasses the City of Fountain Inn boundaries and extends into both Greenville and Laurens Counties within the Fountain Inn Fire Service District. The southwestern boundary and the eastern boundary of the study area correspond with either sewer district lines or the availability of sewer. The western boundary follows Durbin creek road and Club Drive north until they intersect with the terminus of the Fire District.

B. The area consists of a wide mix of land uses. The area just south of Interstate I-385 in both Greenville and Laurens Counties contain several larger industrial and business parks. The Southchase Industrial park includes more than 480 acres of industrial properties with a range of businesses and building sizes in Greenville County. The Woodfield Industrial park in Laurens County also houses a number of large industrial uses. Industrial uses extend into the city boundaries and often are directly adjacent to residential and commercial districts as well as the downtown area.

C. Mainstreet hosts five blocks of historic downtown commercial and office uses which has recently undergone a major streetscape update. New commercial is being developed along HWY 418 between S. Woods Drive and S. Main Street as well as on N. Main Street between Fountain Inn Drive and Wham Rd. The remainder of the city limits are primarily single family residential housing with multi-family housing concentrated along Fairview street west of Woodside Ave. and on N. Main Street and Bryson Drive.

D. Some single family residential zones are in the study area exterior to the city limits but this area is primarily rural in its nature with very large lots. These lots include single family residences often as homesteads or “home places” whose land use is accessory to the agricultural use. The mix of land uses provides the area with a distinct sense of identity and a unique character. Both of these areas are vital to the quality of life providing employment and economic development and opportunities to experience the rural lifestyle which many residents appreciate and enjoy.

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A. The total population of the planning area is expected to grow 1.12 percent each year between the years 2015 and 2020 when the population is expected to reach 14,324 people. This rate is 0.13% quicker than the state’s growth rate and 0.38% quicker than the National growth rate. The area’s fastest growing population segment of the population by percentage is the 55+ year age cohort.

B. The Median Household Income is $46,700 which is nearly $3,000 short of Greenville County’s Median Household Income of $49,349. The area’s Median Household Income is projected to be $52,476 in the year 2020. The area’s ethnic occupations were 69% white, 25% black and 6% Hispanic.

C. Households grew by 274 units between 2010 and 2015. Similar growth is expected by the year 2020 if not more with new developments in multi-family and several new subdivisions slated to open soon.

D. Summary: The study area is growing quicker than state and national averages with senior adults comprising the majority of that growth. Additionally, household incomes are lower than surrounding areas.

2 Demographic Profile

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Development Trends3A. Subdivision Activity

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Subdivisions platted after 2006

Name Acres Lots within City

Carolina Trail (cluster) 41.5 74 Yes

Lakeview Chase Townes 5.9 52 Yes

Fountain Brook Phase 3 15 45 Yes

West Farm 39.7 96 Yes

West Farm II 11.06 32 Yes

Jones Mill Crossing 46 136 Yes

Village at Fountain Inn 23 65 Yes

Satterfield Pointe 24.35 32 No

The Oaks at Gulliver 16.93 51 Yes

The Oaks at Hunter 100 125 Yes

TOTAL 323.44 708

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B. Housing Since 2011

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Housing in last 5 years

Name Development Type Price PointZoning Density AllowableDensity Acres UnitsYear

Garrett Street single-family detached - -R-7.5 - - 5.8 15.2 - -2016

Oaks at Gulliver single-family detached (cluster) $200s +R-12 3.0 3.6 16.93 512015

The Village at Fountain Inn single-family detached $200s +PD 2.8 4 23 652015

Oaks at Hunter single-family detached $330s +FRD 1.25 1.25 100 1252016

The Palisades of Fountain Inn multi-family market rateR-M 14.5 14.5 27.3 3962015

Jones Mill Crossing single-family detached $200s +PD 2.9 3 45.8 1362015

West Farm II single-family detached (cluster) $250s +R-12 2.9 3.6 11.06 322015

Lakeview Town Chase Homes

town homes (single-family attached) $180sC-2 8.8 14.5 5.9 522015

Timberland Trail single-family detached $200s +PD 1.6 1.7 37.8 642016

Fountain Brook Phase 3 single-family detached $150s +R-7.5 3 5.8 15 45Ongoing

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C. Existing Land Use (Table)

Acreage & Percentage by Land Use Category

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Land Use Category City % of Total Study AreaOnly % of Total

Agricultural 1687.95 30.92% 11614.75 69.98%

Industrial 409.65 7.50% 402.12 2.42%

Office 22.72 0.42% 0 0.00%

Commercial 83.44 1.53% 23.83 0.14%

Institutional 179.90 3.30% 151.14 0.91%

Recreation 295.25 5.41% 173.99 1.05%

Common HOA Areas 27.04 0.50% 35.36 0.21%

Multi-Family 120.29 2.20% 108.86 0.66%

Service 253.53 4.64% 419.06 2.53%

Vacant 508.33 9.31% 308.02 1.86%

Single-Family Residential 1871.51 34.28% 4348.53 26.20%

TOTAL ACRES 5459.61 100.00% 17585.66 105.96%

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E. Zoning Activity (Table)

Acreage & Percentage by Zoning Category

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* The calculations herein vary slightly due to the source of datasets, parcel size estimation, and railroad rights-of-way. Less than 1% variance is reflected in the total number of acres between the Zoning and Existing Land Use charts.

City % of Total Study AreaOnly % of TotalZoning Category

C-1

C-3

R-20

PD

R-MHP

NC

I-1

R-S

POD

R-M

C-2

OD

R-R1

R-7.5

S-1

R-12

TOTAL ACRES

R-10

Unzoned

R-15

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535.04

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0.00

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0.70%

0.00%

0.00%

16.21%

0.00%

0.16%

20.39%

0.00%

0.02%

6.26%

7.85%

0.17%

0.00%

10.30%

2.99%

12.91%

100.00%

0.83%

0.00%

21.21%

0.64 0.00%

6.60

77.57

0.04%

0.44%

18.52

42.29

0.10%

0.24%

0.00 0.00%

787.48

3657.20

4.44%

20.61%

0.00

0.00

0.00%

0.00%

10.20 0.06%

0.00

1201.88

0.00%

6.77%

19.04

78.31

0.11%

0.44%

185.24

17745.587

1.04%

100.00%

0.00

11656.49

0.00%

65.69%

4.13 0.02%

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE

D. In City Tax/Infrastructure Liability

1. In a study of the City’s infrastructure staff sought to determine how different zones and land uses contributed towards their cost to maintain and ultimately to replace the infrastructures that they are associated with. The cost was determined by adding the total annual maintenance cost system wide to the annual replacement liability for the entire system. The annual replacement liability cost was determined by depreciating the total infrastructure replacement cost over a straight line by the asset’s useful lifetime.

2. The annual replacement liability and the total annual maintenance cost were then divided by the total linear feet of infrastructure for Streets, Sanitary Sewer, and Sidewalks. Additionally, staff calculated an average cost and frequency of street lights that the city provides in some districts (primarily residential).

3. Finally, a sampling of each district was taken, their city taxes totaled and their linear road frontage measured. The infrastructure liability cost was adjusted for uses that are not on city roads, do not generally have sidewalks, and/or do not generally require street lights. Each district’s performance was measured in a ratio where the total city tax for that sample was divided by the estimated annual infrastructure liability where any value equal to one-hundred percent or higher pays for its own infrastructure liability.

4. Summary: While no one land use generates enough property tax to pay for its own basic cost to service; multi-family and industrial land uses pay the largest share of their infrastructure cost. The city’s commercial districts are not yet paying fifty (50) percent of their infrastructure cost in property tax. Other than Planned Development communities single family residential uses are the least tax efficient land uses in the city.

Zoning Category by Efficiency

EfficiencyZoning Category

R-M

R-15

I-1

S-1

R-7.5

R-10/PD

C-1

R-12

77%

66%

C-2 40%

23%

33%

23%

54%

31%

15%

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F. Building Permits since 2006

1. Within the City Limits• New

- 543 Single-family permits- 3 Multi-family permits- 8 Industrial permits- 4 Office permits- 19 Commercial permits- 33 Mobile Home permits

2. Within the Study Area

• New- 1512 Single-family permits- 0 Multi-family permits- 0 Industrial permits- 0 Office permits- 62 Commercial permits- 128 Mobile Home permits

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Community Support Services4

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A. Schools

1. Elementary• Rudolph Gordon, Fountain Inn, Bryson, and a

small portion of Fork Shoals’ attendance area• Space is available at Fountain Inn and Bryson

Elementary.• The Rudolph Gordon elementary school

is being expanded from its 750 student capacity to a total capacity of 1600 students ranging from K-4 through the eighth grade.

2. Middle

• Ralph Chandler Middle, Woodmont Middle, Bryson Middle

3. High• Hillcrest & Woodmont• A new high school (Fountain Inn High School)

is planed to open in 2021. The school will have a 1000 student capacity initially and is designed to be easily expanded to 2000.

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B. Greenville Library System

1. The Fountain Inn (Kerry Ann Younts Culp) Branch serves the Fountain Inn area. The branch opened on May 19th, 2002 and is open 9am-9pm Monday through Thursday and 9am-6pm Friday and Sunday. This branch offers access to several reference & database resources (i.e. Reference USA & Foundation Center). One-on-one training and assistance is available for card holders regarding some computer usage including how to access the reference resources.

2. The current building design and property severely constrain any future building expansion. However, according to the Library System, the Fountain Inn Branch is currently appropriately sized for the service area. The library has experienced some issues with regard to parking. The library does has some up-front parking which is often used by patrons of adjacent uses.

C. Recreation

The Greenville County Recreation Department does rebate a portion of the tax revenues they receive back to Fountain Inn in order to support the Parks and Recreation Services the City of Fountain Inn Provides.

1. Woodside Park is Fountain Inn’s largest park at 12.66 acres. It is located at 700 Woodside Avenue. The park has three clay infields for youth and adult baseball and softball. The park also has a large multipurpose field in the middle that is used for our youth recreation practices and many special events. There is a 100 person picnic shelter and walking trail located at the back of the park. There are plans to remodel the park soon that was first built in 1988. The rendering of the remodeled park is shown to the left.

2. PD Terry City Park is located off of HWY 418 with a physical address of 116 Cannon Avenue and is 4 acres. The park is named in honor of the long time Parks and Recreation Director PD Terry. PD retired in 2008 after over 30 years of service to the Fountain Inn Community. The park is home to our youth football game field in the fall and youth baseball field in the spring. There is a wonderful picnic shelter perfect for birthday parties located adjacent to a state of the art shaded playground. Three lighted tennis courts are also available on a “first come, first served” basis.

3. Sanctified Hill Park is located in the Sanctified Hill Neighborhood at 437 Putnam Drive and occupies more than six and a half acres. The park is located right next to Golden View Baptist Church. The park has a large multi-purpose field, basketball courts, and swing set.

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4. The Country Chase Fitness Park is located in the Country Chase neighborhood at 136 Catterick Way and is one acre. The park is also located adjacent to a section of the GHS Fountain Inn Swamp Rabbit Trail. The fitness park is a great place to get a work out in while walking on the trail. The park includes different equipment pieces to use for exercises like push-ups, pull-ups, box jumps, dips, squats, balance planks, sit-up mats, and a lot more. There is also a picnic shelter to cool off under after working up a sweat working out. The Country Chase Fitness Park has a parking lot in front of it for easy access or can be accessed from the Hellams Street trail heads.

5. The Country Gardens Greenway Park is located in the Country Gardens neighborhood at 605 Country Gardens Drive. The Greenway Park has a small playground at the start of the greenway that runs along Wilson Creek. The greenway has plenty of scenic settings with swings and benches for you to stop and enjoy nature. The greenway currently extends about a half mile to Garrett Street where it dead ends. There are future plans to connect this greenway to the existing GHS Fountain Inn Swamp Rabbit Trail that runs behind the Country Chase neighborhood.

6. The nearly two acres Fairview Street Park is located at 410 Fairview Street . The park usually gets crowded on a sunny day when people come to play basketball on the full length basketball court. The park also has a section of the GHS Fountain Inn Swamp Rabbit Trail that connects the back of Fountain Inn Elementary to our Woodside Park.

7. The Fountain Inn Parks and Recreation Department’s Activities Center is located on 4.6 acres of property at 610 Fairview Street right in front of Fountain Inn Elementary. The Activities Center is the home of our Parks and Recreation main office. There is a full regulation basketball /volleyball court, fitness room, senior adult lounge and commercial kitchen. We have a vibrant Senior Adult program every morning, challenging exercise classes each day, and youth basketball and volleyball leagues throughout the year.

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8. The Fountain Inn Firecracker Disc Golf Course is located on the grounds of the Fountain Inn Activities Center and the Fountain Inn Elementary School on Fairview Street. The course is the result of Josh Bryant, a teacher at Fountain Inn Elementary, and many generous sponsors who worked on seeing this course become a reality. For more information about the course and disc golf in general, click here.

9. Georgia Street Park is a favorite among the Fountain Inn residents. It is located at 104 Georgia Street right off of N. Main Street. At just over half an acre the park packs features in and includes a playground, basketball court, gazebo, and a unique “tricycle / scooter” track around the park. The track and basketball court is where many young kids come to learn to ride their bikes without training wheels. The track includes road signs, parking places, and two imagination stations for kids to enjoy.

10. The Southernmost part of the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail starts in Fountain Inn! Fountain Inn has almost 5 miles of paved walking trails which will eventually work its way from Greenville through the Golden Strip and eventually into Laurens County. There are four main entrances / sections of the trail in Fountain Inn. The Fountain Inn Activities Center and Fountain Inn Elementary share a safe routes to school section that connects the Activities Center with the back of the school and Fairview Street Park. Woodside Park has another section of walking trails located in the back of the park near the picnic shelter. A great place to access the new section of the trail is at Mt. Zion Baptist Church off of HWY 418. This section has a great parking, a shaded loop with picnic shelter, and over a mile of paved trail that follows a pond and creek. You can also access the trail from Hellams Street behind the new Greenville County School District Property. There is a parking lot located at this trail head. This will be the future connection that will connect Fountain Inn to Simpsonville.

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D. Law Enforcement

1. The city limits are served by the Fountain Inn Police Department who is managed by Chief Keith Morton. The department is comprised of two facilities, twenty-three officers and eight support staff. According to the Federal Beurau of Investigation and the Department of Justice, cities with a population under 10,000 average 3.5 officers per 1000 residents. Given this standard Fountain Inn Police Departmentis more than maxing out their capacity and is almost four officers shy of the standard. Nevertheless, the Department continues to serve well as the city continues to grow and expand. The current police department building is very near capacity and facilities will need to expand in order to meet the growing need for offices and storage space.

2. The Fountain Inn Police Department has expressed concern over “donut holes” whereby there is some concern regarding jurisdiction. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Department does have a mutual aid agreement with the City of Fountain Inn whereby either department may provide law enforcement services should they be in the area and Sheriff’s Deputies may go into the City limits to serve a warrant, etc.

3. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Department also provides law enforcement in the unincorporated portions of Fountain Inn and the study area. This area is noted as having the second lowest crime rate in the county.

4. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Department provides law enforcement in the unincorporated portions of Fountain Inn and the study area. The LCSD does have plans to increase the number of deputies assigned to the area. Deputies have a large patrol area. Increasing the number of deputies will allow them to copy smaller patrol areas or patrol areas more frequently.

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E. Fire Protection

1. The Fountain Inn Fire Department serves the entire study area through the Fountain Inn Fire District. The Fountain Inn Fire Department occupies two stations independently and share a station with the Clear Spring Fire Department for service on the north east portion of the study area. The Department currently has 28 first responders/firefighters who work one of three shifts. Shifts are 48 hours on and 96 hours off. According to the National Fire Protection Association, each fire department should provide twelve fighters per Initial Full Alarm Assignment (typical 2000 square foot dwelling) and two additional fighters on the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) per shift. By this requirement the Fountain Inn Fire Department should have forty-two (42) first responders/firefighters.

2. Although the department is lightly staffed the department provides a number of services. The Fountain Inn Fire Department does provide emergency fire protection, rescue, fire prevention and education programs, business inspections, first response services, and hazmat inspections.

F. Solid Waste Disposal

1. The Residential Waste and Recycling Facility that provides service to the unincorporated areas around Fountain Inn is located on tax map parcel 0575020100400. This facility is operating at near capacity with wait time exceeding 20 minutes on Saturdays and frequently leads to standstill traffic on Hipps Road during heavy customer usage.

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Transportation5A. Transportation improvements in the study area are under the Greenville County Engineering (Roads and Bridges) department for county roads, SCDOT for state roads, the City of Fountain Inn for city roads and The Greenville Pickens Area Transportation Study (GPATS) for the allocation of both state and federal funds for transportation improvement projects.

B. One intersection and six roads are slated for improvements or widening but only one project is anticipated for breaking ground within the next 20 years. The SC HWY 418 project is slated for “corridor Function improvements” and should be complete within two decades. The scope of this project will include the portion of the road between Fairview Road and the intersection with Durbin Road in Laurens County.

C. Travel to and from I-385 can be a challenge for drivers due to congestion. The street inventory was not designed for high impact commuting which is now being experienced as populations grow and new developments occur further and further away from the interstate.

D. Public transportation is currently not available in the area outside of several GreenLink transportation bus stops currently exist along Harrison Bridge Road near I-385.

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Traffic Data

SectionRoad Name & Orientation 2012 2015

West Georgia Road to SC 14Harrison Bridge Road 10600 12200

Laurens County line to I-385Main Street 4200 4000

Fairview Street to Harrison Bridge RoadI-385 41700 48900

Jones Street to Harrison Bridge RdMain Street 9900 8300

Main Street to Greenville County lineKnight Street/Gulliver Street 8200 6600

Fairview Street to Highway 418I-386 37600 43800

Laurens County line to Jones StreetMain Street 4900 5400

Greenpond RoadHighway 418 9000 10400

Garrett Street to North Weston StreetHellams Street 1000 850

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What is GPATS?

The Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation Study (GPATS) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization, or MPO, for the Greenville Urbanized Area. MPOs were created in the 1960s and required for any Census-defined Urbanized Area with a population of 50,000 or more. MPOs were created to ensure that transportation planning is carried out on the regional scale, in order to allocate federal and other transportation funding most efficiently.

The primary role of GPATS is to be the designated recipient of all state and federal funds for transportation projects. The GPATS Policy Coordinating Committee approves the scheduling of projects, the allocation of funds, and helps to guide the development of the region’s transportation infrastructure. This includes, but is not exclusive to, roads and highways, mass transit, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and freight.

GPATS Map Legend Explanation

LRTP (Long-Range Transportation Plan) - GPATS projects scheduled to be complete by 2035, given current funding levels.

Non-Guideshare - Projects that SCDOT are doing outside of GPATS.

LRTP - Projects we would like to do, but can’t fund before 2035 with the current funding levels.

Traffic Counts by Year

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Utility Infrastructure6

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A. Sewer Service

1. ReWa, Renewable Water Resources, Metropolitan Sewer Subdistrict (Metro), Laurens County Water & Sewer Commission and the City of Fountain Inn’s sewer district provide sewer service to the area. ReWa states that there is plenty of sewer capacity in the area to accommodate any foreseeable growth. Primary sewer lines are run along the following creek basins: Durbin Creek, Howard Branch, Wilson Branch, Stoddard Creek, Rock Creek, and Horsepen Creek. 2. The Metropolitan Sewer Subdistrict provides sewer to the southwest side of Interstate I-385 as far south as Southchase Industrial Park. Metro also provides sewer service to the North east of Interstate I-385 beyond the municipal boundaries of Fountain Inn and Simpsonville up to Durbin Creek. The city of Fountain Inn provides sewer services to all properties in the municipality with the exception of the Carolina Springs Golf Course along Scuffletown Rd. Finally, Laurens County Water & Sewer provides some lines along Reedy Creek Road and Chapman Road south east to the Fountain Inn Municipal boundary.

3. Two future sewer expansions are planned for the area. One expansion will be to the Little Durbin Creek area just North West of the Greenville county line and north of Scuffletown Road. The current Durbin Creek line can already support additional development. The second expansion will be along the Payne Branch Creek running south from the Southchase Industrial Park. This expansion will cross SC HWY 418 and continue to nearly the county line.

4. Laurens County Water and Sewer provides sewer along the the Laurens county portion of the Durbin Creek basin. Expansion would require a lift station but could accommodate future growth if required.

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B. Water Service

1. The Greenville Water System and Laurens County Water & Sewer Commission provide water to the study area. The Greenville Water system serves all of the city of Fountain Inn and portions of the county in the study area except for an area east of Fairview road and south of SC HWY 418. The Laurens County Water & Sewer Commission does serve the above mentioned area and all of the study area outside the Fountain Inn municipal boundary in Laurens County.

2. The Greenville Water System has a total capacity of 135 million gallons of water per day for their service area. There is an elevated storage features in the study area at Interstate I-385 and Wham Road whose total capacity is 2 million gallons at one time.

C. Electricity Service

1. Duke Energy• Duke Energy services the Fountain Inn area with 18-20 personnel out of their Simpsonville Facility.

Duke Energy has no plans to add additional resources to the area at this time.

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A. Properties in the study area which are not within the incorporated area of the city are subject to the Scuffletown Rural Conservation District regulations which do not change the density allowed but will require developers to develop either estate style lots or subdivisions with significant open space and external buffers in order to maintain the rural character of the area.

B. Additionally, much of the study area outside of the town limits do not have access to sewer lines or the sewer capacity is limited. Until sewer can reach an area development will be severely limited or halted.

7 Development Limitations

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0 0.5 10.25 MilesN

LegendFountain Inn Boundary

Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

County Boundary

8 Maps City & Planning Area Boundaries

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0 0.5 10.25 MilesN

LegendFountain Inn Boundary

Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

ZoningClassifications

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0 0.5 10.25 MilesN

LegendFountain Inn Boundary

Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

Existing Land UseClassifications

Agricultural

Commercial

Common HOA Areas

Industrial

Institutional

Multi-Family

Office

Recreation

Service

Single-Family Residential

Vacant

Existing Land Use

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LegendFountain Inn Boundary

Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

Current Future Land UseClassifications

High Density Residential

Low Density Residential

Commercial

Open Space

Institutional

Current Future Land Use (1998)

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0 0.5 10.25 MilesN

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Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

Intersection ProjectsClassifications

Completed Intersection Projects

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TIP Projects

Road ProjectsClassifications

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Non-Guideshare Projects

TIP Projects

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Railroad

Sidewalks

GPATS Projects

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LegendFountain Inn Boundary

Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

County Boundary

Lake / River

ReWa Manholes

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Sewer Mains

Metro Subdistrict

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ReWa Force Main

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Waterline

Streams

Sewer Availability

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0 0.5 10.25 MilesN

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Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

County Boundary

Lake / River

Greenville Water Lines

Water Mains

Waterline

Streams

Water Availability

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LegendFountain Inn Boundary

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Civic and Historic Space

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List of Community Facilities

1. Activities Center

2. Fountain Inn Elementary

3. Firecracker Disc Golf Course

4. Georgia Street Park

5. Fairview Street Park

6. McDowell House

7. The Younts Center for Performing Arts

8. Fountain Inn (Kerry Ann Younts Culp) Library

9. F.W. Welborn House

10. Fountain Inn Police Station

11. Fountain Inn City Hall

12. Robert Quillen Library/Monument to Eve/Peg leg Bates Monument

13. Fountain Inn Fire Department

14. Cannon Building

15. Commerce Park/Farmers’ Market/Museum/Chamber of Commerce

16. Fountain Inn Public Works shop

17. Woodside Park

18. PD Terry City Park

19. Rosenwald School Teacherage

20. Country Chase Fitness Park

21. Country Gardens Greenway Park

22. Sanctified Hill Park

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LegendFountain Inn Boundary

Planning Boundary

Tax Parcel

County Boundary

Impervious Surface

Sidewalk

Sidewalks & Impervious Surfaces

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