Bear Enterprises v. County of Greenville

In this zoning case, the County of Greenville and its County Council members (County) appeal a circuit court order granting summary judgment to Bear Enterprises (Bear) and instructing the County to grant a request by Bear to rezone its property. We reverse.

Bear Enterprises, a South Carolina General Partnership, owns approximately 23.13 acres of property on U.S. Highway 123 in Greenville County. Bear’s property is bordered on the west side by a mobile home park, on the east by a vacant lot, on the south by the Saluda River, and on the north across U.S. Highway 123 by lands zoned for…