<b>By MINDY LUCAS</b>

Beaufort County Council approved the rezoning of a 10.69-acre parcel for a developer wanting to build additional apartments in an area west of the Parris Island Gateway.

The zoning change – from a C3-Neighborhood Mixed Use District to a C5-Regional Center Mixed-Use District – would allow the developer to build additional units on the parcel, at 126 Broad River Boulevard, that would be designated as affordable housing by the county.

The zoning previously allowed for a maximum of 80 units but the zoning change increased the developers ability to offer an additional 40 units for a total of 120 units.

The rezoning passed in a vote of 8 to 2.