Charleston is poised to enact a sweeping rewrite of its zoning codes in the near future, but city planners are held back by years-old zoning entitlements.
In May, developers paused clearcutting due to an endangered bat. Now, U.S. officials are flagging "inconsistencies" about the property s permit and re-examining how 18,000 homes may harm other imperiled wildlife.
The city of Charleston annexed the former Guggenheim estate, an undeveloped forest half the size of Manhattan, with plans to build 18,000 homes. The new "endangered" status of a resident