The following zoning districts are hereby established in the City of Abbeville:

No amendment shall be initiated which would create a new zoning district with an area of less than two (2) acres; provided, the minimum area for a PD (Planned Development) district shall be four (4) acres. The minimum requirement does not apply to extension of an existing district, or addition of NC or OC districts adjacent to CC, GC or HC districts.

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The zoning districts established in this ordinance are for the purposes of guiding development in accordance with existing and future needs and promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, appearance, prosperity, and general welfare, and all of the purposes set forth in S.C. Code § 6-29-710. The following statements of intent shall be used in interpretation and application of the district regulations.

The residential district regulations are designed to encourage a stable and healthy environment for residential purposes, and to discourage encroachment by commercial, industrial, or other uses adversely affecting the residential character of the district.

R-10 Single Family Residential District. R-10 districts are intended to be single family residential areas with detached units and low population densities. Use regulations allow limited nonresidential uses which are compatible with the character of the district.

R-8 Single Family Residential District. R-8 districts are intended to accommodate residential uses in single family detached units and medium population density. Some nonresidential uses which are compatible with the character of the district are allowed.

R-6 One and Two Family Residential District. R-6 districts are intended for one and two family detached units and low to medium population density. Uses include those in R-10 districts plus rooming and boarding houses, garage apartments, duplexes and manufactured homes with permanent foundations on single lots. Certain uses to serve governmental, recreational and religious needs are permitted. The regulations are designed to encourage a stable and healthy environment for one and two family dwellings, and to discourage encroachment by commercial, industrial, or other uses adversely affecting the residential character of the district.

GR General Residential District. This district is intended for medium density residential purposes, including single family detached units, duplexes, multi-family units and certain uses to serve governmental, recreational and religious needs are permitted.

RM Manufactured Housing Residential. This district is intended for manufactured homes on individual lots. Mobile home parks are permitted as special exceptions upon approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals.

NC Neighborhood Commercial District. This district is intended for commercial and service uses oriented primarily to serving the needs of persons who live or work in nearby areas. R-6 residential uses are permitted. Commercial uses permitted are intended to be relatively small in size and service area.

OC Office Commercial. OC district is intended to be used primarily for business office and personal service uses. Some limited retail uses and one and two family residential uses are permitted.

CC Core Commercial District. This district is intended to accommodate a variety of general commercial and nonresidential uses characterized primarily by retail, wholesale, office and service establishments in the central business area. Residential uses are permitted on upper levels of commercial structures. Tourist homes are permitted.

GC General Commercial District. GC district is intended to accommodate business uses along outlying traffic arteries primarily engaged in sale of durable goods, equipment, services and recreation facilities. All uses permitted in a CC Core Commercial district are permitted.

HC Highway Commercial. This district is intended for uses compatible with areas along major highways. Permitted uses include many found in CC and GC districts. Aesthetic concerns have a bearing on permitted uses.

LI Limited Industrial District. This district is intended to permit light industrial and commercial uses which do not create nuisances by noise or emissions beyond the premises.

BI Basic Industrial District. This district is established for a wide variety of industrial uses involving research, manufacturing, processing, assembly, storage, landfill, mining, and all uses permitted in the LI District.

PD Planned Development District. This district designates an area for which an approved development plan constitutes the district regulations. It is intended to utilize the factors of efficiency, economy, flexibility, creative site design, improved appearance, compatibility of mixed uses, maximum benefits from open space, safe and efficient vehicular and pedestrian access for a development characterized by a unified site design for mixed uses. A planned development district may be predominately residential or predominately commercial.

-H Historic Overlay. This overlay designation is appended to a basic district classification (for example R-10-H) by zoning map amendment for application of guidelines set forth in Appendix A. The guidelines are not mandatory, but are provided for the purpose of encouraging protection and preservation of sites and structures which are historic or architecturally significant.

The boundaries of the zoning districts established by this ordinance shall be as shown on the City of Abbeville Zoning Map.

The official copy of the City of Abbeville Zoning Map shall be maintained in the office of the Zoning Administrator. A duplicate official Zoning Map shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk. All zoning district boundaries shall be clearly shown on the Zoning Map, and amendments shall be recorded immediately after adoption. The official copies of the Zoning Map shall be dated and attested by the City Clerk, and shall be available for public inspection. The official Zoning Map and any amendments adopted by City Council shall constitute the final authority for determination of zoning district boundaries. It shall be unlawful for any person to make unauthorized changes to the Zoning Map.

The Zoning Administrator shall interpret the Zoning Map and determine the location of zoning district boundaries, using the following rules of interpretation:

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District boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, alleys, railroads, or bodies of water shall be construed to follow those center lines.

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District boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines or tax map lot lines shall be construed as following those lot lines.

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District boundaries indicated as approximately following city limits shall be construed as following city limits.

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District boundaries indicated as approximately parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections above shall be so construed for the distances indicated on the Zoning Map. Distances not specifically indicated shall be determined by scale of the map.

No structure or accessory use may be placed, structurally altered, or have a change in use where the structure or use is or would be included within two or more zoning districts unless such structure or use conforms to the requirements of all applicable district regulations.