A proposal to put almost 100 homes near a Lexington County interstate is getting a closer look because of the potential impact it could have on surrounding schools.
Lexington County Council is reviewing plans for the new subdivision, called Avanti Townhomes, which would bring 83 townhome units to 22 acres southwest of the town of Lexington, near where Longs Pond Road crosses Interstate 20, near the Baneberry subdivision. The move comes as the county moves to tighten its development standards.
As part of the concurrency review process the county adopted last year, county staff asked the Lexington 1 school district to weigh in on how all the new houses would affect its schools in the area. The concurrency process brings together various government bodies and agencies to assess how new growth will affect public services. Lexington is the only county in the state to have adopted such a holistic approach to its review process, although it has yet to lead to a proposed project being rejected…