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âLetting development fix developmentâ: Horry County Council hopes to enact impact fees to fix infrastructure Horry County Council hopes to enact impact fees to fix infrastructure By Patrick Lloyd | April 9, 2021 at 5:15 PM EDT - Updated April 9 at 6:15 PM MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Horry County leaders are hoping to fix the ongoing imbalance of new development and lack of infrastructure. Horry County councilmembers want to impose a fee on new homeowners that would raise money to fix infrastructure problems. The fees are called impact fees. The county council has discussed the issue for years, but theyâre just now getting back to the discussion after getting sidelined by COVID-19. ....
South Carolina Community Takes On Floodwater Battle Georgetown Times, The (SC) HORRY COUNTY - As the floodwaters begin the slow process of receding, the impact of a late-winter rain event has brought forward plenty of emotions and concerns throughout the Horry County community - with areas separated by some 30 miles now allies in the never-ending battle with devastating flooding that has reared its ugly head over the past 6 years. Over the past week, residents have heard that FEMA is unlikely come to the aid of residents - because both the county and state will not hit monetary damage thresholds. Horry County would need to exceed $1 million in uninsured losses, while South Carolina s uninsured damage at large needs to reach $7 million in order for a presidential declaration to be made to allow FEMA to aid in the process. ....
Horry County reveals new flood zone map, more of the county at risk than previously known Horry County reveals new flood zone map, more of the county at risk than previously known By Katherine Phillips | February 19, 2021 at 7:44 PM EST - Updated February 19 at 7:44 PM HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - During Friday’s Horry County Subcommittee meeting on flooding, new maps revealed to the county by a researcher from Western Carolina University showed what many Horry County neighbors suspected all along. Their home was in a flood zone, and FEMA wasn’t aware of it. “Now we know where the flood risk is, there’s no debating it,” said April O’Leary, founder of Horry County Rising and a member of the subcommittee. ....