TRAVELERS REST, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Travelers Rest residents filed a legal protest against the annexation of a proposed luxury hotel meaning council would need a supermajority vote to approve the project.

The Inn at Altamont has faced a lot of pushback from neighbors concerned about protecting the mountain and the surrounding infrastructure.

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Now, much of Paris Mountain is zoned as environmentally sensitive in the county. The hotel developers filed a request to be annexed into the city which would allow them to build the hotel.

However, since the legal protest was filed, Travelers Rest City Council will now need a seven out of nine vote to approve the annexation. If three councilmembers vote no, the hotel application fails.

There is a public hearing scheduled for tomorrow at 6 p.m. We plan to be there.

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