By Tony Kukulich
The Post and Courier
BEAUFORT — After a marathon meeting that ran nearly five hours, the Beaufort County Planning Commission handed developer Elvio Tropeano a pair of setbacks Monday, June 5, in his effort to build a golf resort on the St. Helena Island property known as Pine Island Plantation.
Tropeano appeared before the commission to request that the 502-acre property be removed from the St. Helena Island Cultural Protection Overlay.
The overlay is community-based zoning ordinance that prohibits golf courses, resorts and gated communities within the overlay zone, which covers much of St. Helena Island and its surrounding islands.
If the requested rezoning were to be approved, the underlying zoning would allow the Boston developer to build the golf resort he has pursued since at least November.
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