OCONEE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Another housing development for Clemson students is causing controversy. This one’s in Oconee County. It’s making some council leaders reconsider zoning laws.

Members of the Oconee County Board of Zoning Appeals stand by a controversial decision that a circuit court judge asked them to explain. A letter was sent Monday to Judge Lawton McIntosh outlining ...

Thanks to a 2009 “citizen-initiated zoning enabling ordinance,” all Oconee County land is “control free” until the owners decide they want it to be otherwise. On its face, 65 percent of ...