Darlington County Council holds Public Hearing to discuss SCOR Buyout
DARLINGTON COUNTY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
MAY 5, 2025
6 P.M.
COURTHOUSE ANNEX/EMS BUILDING
1625 HARRY BYRD HIGHWAY (HWY. 151)
DARLINGTON, SC 29532
843-398-4100
www.darcosc.com
Notice is hereby given that there will be a Public Hearing held before the Darlington County Council on the date and time above stated to receive comments on the following proposed ordinance:
Ordinance No. 25-08, An Ordinance Authorizing Darlington County To Accept Ownership And Responsibility Of Property Through The Buyout Program With South Carolina Office Of Resilience (SCOR), Group 2 Parcels.
Street Address
856 Oleander Dr.
Darlington, SC
Tax Map/Parcel #
163-00-05-031
Plat Book/Page
53/165
The Buyout Project is funded by a US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant for Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) for the purpose of Darlington County acquiring property from voluntarily participating residential homeowners who are located in a floodplain and/or have suffered damages due to flooding during the 2015, 2016, or 2018 Presidentially-declared disasters and/or located in a program defined Disaster Risk Reduction Area.
Representatives for the South Carolina Office Of Resilience (SCOR) and the voluntarily participating residential homeowners have negotiated Contract(s) for Sale of Real Estate to be executed in the name of, and on behalf of, Darlington County. Darlington County anticipates receiving ownership of the properties at no cost and will be perpetually responsible for the maintenance of the properties. The properties will be returned to green space in perpetuity through restrictive covenants.
The South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) and Darlington County are acting in accordance with a Darlington County application for a Community Development Block Grant for Mitigation (CBDG-MIT) and a Grant Agreement executed November 21, 2022.
Anyone wishing to present an opinion on this ordinance may do so at this time.
Assistance will be provided to accommodate the special needs of handicapped individuals attending the meeting upon request. Special assistance requests should be made to J. JaNet Bishop, Clerk to Council, at 843-944-8270, seventy-two hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.
