Travelers Rest Planning Commission recommended denial of annexation and rezoning requests for the proposed Inn at Altamont site during its April 24 meeting.
The 5-1 vote came after more than 30 people spoke against the application submitted by Divine Group, the project’s developer, during a lengthy public hearing. A few also spoke in favor of the plan.
Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny means the nine-person City Council can only approve the matter with a three-quarters supermajority vote. That condition would have been required in any case after 14 property owners adjacent to the project site filed a protest on April 21 against the rezoning application…