Lexington County might be lifting some of its limits on construction, which would expand how much developers are able to clear-cut a site at any one time.
The proposed change under consideration by the county would improve site management whenever a new neighborhood or commercial development is going up in Lexington County, developers argue, even as some locals worry it could encourage more growth in a county that has struggled with an influx of new development and new residents.
That stress has grown particularly acute in what were once more rural parts of Lexington County, where the push for more land for new houses has felled longstanding trees and woodland…