"Red" Alert

This diagram shows the site of the proposed Lowe's shopping center (in bright red) in relation to Issaqueena Trail (in orange).

The diagram modifies the City of Clemson's Official Zoning Map, which now officially indicates the Issaqueena Trail site as a "PD," or "Planned Development" (light purple), like the large site to the south, which is the Patrick Square Planned Development.

Red was used for this diagram because it is the official color of "General Commercial" development, "C" zoning.

If city officials approve the developer's re-write of the zoning ordinance, this diagram is more accurate than the official zoning map. Apart from not being a "planned development" per se, what they propose does not fit the existing Planned Development category, nor the lower intensity "Neighborhood Business" or "Community Business" commercial zoning categories. Their proposed shopping center, which will draw traffic from towns surrounding Clemson, must be considered as fitting into the most intense, highest volume zoning category, which is General Commercial.

This illustration is not an argument against more shopping or economic development in Clemson. It is an argument against locating what may be the highest traffic, highest sales volume store in the city on a road where it does not belong.

To see the original document, here is the link to the City of Clemson Zoning Map:
http://www.cityofclemson.org/?BISKIT=3680736074&CONTEXT=cat&cat=108