Beaufort City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 1.1: - TITLE AND AUTHORITY
- 1.2: - PURPOSE AND INTENT
- 1.3: - JURISDICTION AND APPLICABILITY
- 1.4: - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 1.5: - SEVERABILITY
2
MAP AND DISTRICTS
Sections
- 2.1: - PURPOSE AND INTENT
- 2.2: - OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
- 2.3: - TRANSECT-BASED AND CONVENTIONAL DISTRICTS
- 2.4: - DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- 2.5: - GENERAL LOT STANDARDS
- 2.6: - HEIGHT
- 2.7: - OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS
- 2.8: - ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS
- 2.8.1 - SMALL-SCALE PLANNED INFILL DEVELOPMENT
- 2.8.2 - COTTAGE COURTS (A.K.A. BUNGALOW COURTS, POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS, COURTYARD HOMES)
- 2.8.3 - TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FLOATING OVERLAY DISTRICT
- 2.8.4 - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (PUD)
- 2.8.5 - LEGACY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (LPUD)
3
LAND USE PROVISIONS
Sections
- 3.1: - APPLICABILITY
- 3.2: - TABLE OF PERMITTED USES
- 3.3: - RESIDENTIAL USES
- 3.4: - PUBLIC AND CIVIC USE CATEGORIES
- 3.5: - INSTITUTIONAL USE CATEGORIES
- 3.6: - COMMERCIAL USE CATEGORIES
- 3.7: - VEHICLE- AND BOAT-RELATED USES
- 3.8: - INDUSTRIAL USE CATEGORIES
- 3.9: - COMMUNICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE USES
- 3.10: - FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
- 3.11: - ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- 3.12: - TEMPORARY USES
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BUILDING DESIGN AND INFILL STANDARDS
Sections
- 4.1: - PURPOSE AND INTENT
- 4.2: - APPLICABILITY
- 4.3: - CONTEXTUAL DESIGN GUIDELINES
- 4.4: - PRIVATE FRONTAGE TYPES
- 4.5: - BUILDING TYPES
- 4.5.1 - GENERAL
- 4.5.2 - APPLICABILITY
- 4.5.3 - CARRIAGE HOUSE
- 4.5.4 - SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSE
- 4.5.5 - 2-3 UNIT HOUSE
- 4.5.6 - ROWHOME
- 4.5.7 - APARTMENT HOUSE
- 4.5.8 - LIVEWORK/MIXED-USE
- 4.5.9 - LINER BUILDING
- 4.5.10 - LARGE FOOTPRINT BUILDING
- 4.5.11 - STRUCTURED PARKING
- 4.5.12 - GAS/FUEL STATIONS AND CAR WASHES
- 4.5.13 - CIVIC BUILDINGS
- 4.6: - BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS
- 4.7: - HISTORIC DISTRICT INFILL DESIGN GUIDELINES
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LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND LIGHTING This content was modified in this version of the code. modified
Sections
- 5.1: - LANDSCAPING AND TREE PROTECTION
- 5.2: - APPLICABILITY AND ADMINISTRATION
- 5.3: - TREE PLANTING AND PROTECTION
- 5.4: - PERIMETER BUFFERS, LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING
- 5.5: - LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE
- 5.6: - PARKING
- 5.7: - LIGHTING
- 5.8: - FENCING
6
SIGNS
Sections
- 6.1: - PURPOSE
- 6.2: - ADMINISTRATION AND MASTER SIGN PLANS
- 6.3: - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 6.4: - BEAUFORT HISTORIC DISTRICT SIGN GUIDELINES
- 6.5: - FREESTANDING SIGNS
- 6.6: - ATTACHED SIGNS
- 6.7: - OTHER SIGNS THAT REQUIRE A PERMIT
- 6.8: - TEMPORARY SIGNS
- 6.9: - SIGNS EXEMPT FROM A SIGN PERMIT
- 6.10: - PROHIBITED SIGNS
- 6.11: - VIOLATIONS
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LAND DEVELOPMENT This content was modified in this version of the code. modified
Sections
- 7.1: - IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS
- 7.2: - STREET NETWORK AND DESIGN STANDARDS
- 7.3: - STREET ENGINEERING STANDARDS
- 7.4: - COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE
- 7.4.1 - PURPOSE AND INTENT
- 7.4.2 - COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT
- 7.4.3 - COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE TYPES
- 7.4.4 - DESIGN OF COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY OPEN SPACES
- 7.4.5 - OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE
- 7.5: - SUBDIVISION AND SITE PLAN STANDARDS
- 7.6: - APPEALS
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE PROTECTION
Sections
- 8.1: - PURPOSE AND PROCEDURES
- 8.2: - CRITICAL AREA BUFFER
- 8.3: - STORMWATER
- 8.4: - ARCHEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- 8.5: - RENEWABLE RESOURCES
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES This content was modified in this version of the code. modified
Sections
- 9.1: - PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 9.1.1 - PURPOSE
- 9.1.2 - APPLICABILITY
- 9.1.3 - CONFORMITY WITH CODE
- 9.1.4 - PERMIT/DEVELOPMENT DESIGN REVIEW/HISTORIC REVIEW APPLICATION TYPE TABLE
- 9.1.5 - PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
- 9.1.6 - DECISION BASED ON PUBLIC HEARING
- 9.1.7 - WRITTEN NOTICE OF DECISIONS REQUIRED
- 9.1.8 - TIME LIMITS FOR RESUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
- 9.1.9 - VESTED RIGHTS AND EXPIRATION OF APPROVALS
- 9.2: - APPLICATION PROCEDURES
- 9.3: - APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- 9.4: - ZONING PERMIT
- 9.5: - BUILDING PERMIT
- 9.7: - CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
- 9.8: - DEVELOPMENT DESIGN REVIEW
- 9.9: - SUBDIVISION REVIEW
- 9.10: - CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
- 9.11: - HISTORIC DESIGNATION
- 9.12: - ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT
- 9.13: - ZBOA SPECIAL EXCEPTION
- 9.14: - VARIANCE
- 9.15: - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS
- 9.16: - TEXT AND MAP AMENDMENTS
- 9.17: - APPEALS
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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BODIES
Sections
- 10.1: - CITY COUNCIL
- 10.2: - PLANNING COMMISSION
- 10.3: - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
- 10.4: - BUILDING OFFICIAL
- 10.5: - ADMINISTRATOR
- 10.6: - TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
- 10.7: - HISTORIC DISTRICT REVIEW BOARD
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NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- 11.1: - PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- 11.2: - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES
- 11.3: - NONCONFORMING USES
- 11.4: - NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES
- 11.5: - NONCONFORMING LOTS OF RECORD
- 11.6: - NONCONFORMING SIGN
- 11.7: - OTHER NONCONFORMITIES
- 11.8: - RELIEF
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VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 12.1: - COMPLIANCE REQUIRED
- 12.2: - ENFORCEMENT
- 12.3: - REMEDIES AND PENALTIES
APPENDIX B
REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
Sections
- B.1: - GENERAL
- B.2: - SPECIFIC TO THE BLADEN STREET REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
- B.3: - SPECIFIC TO THE BOUNDARY STREET REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT