Charleston County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 1
│ INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE 1.1 TITLE
- ARTICLE 1.2 AUTHORITY
- ARTICLE 1.3 EFFECTIVE DATE
- ARTICLE 1.4 APPLICABILITY AND JURISDICTION
- ARTICLE 1.5 PURPOSE AND INTENT
- ARTICLE 1.6 COMMENTARY
- ARTICLE 1.7 WORD USAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE
- Sec. 1.7.1 Meanings and Intent
- Sec. 1.7.2 Headings, Illustrations and Text
- Sec. 1.7.3 Lists and Examples
- Sec. 1.7.4 Computation of Time
- Sec. 1.7.5 References to Other Regulations, Publications and Documents
- Sec. 1.7.6 Delegation of Authority
- Sec. 1.7.7 Technical and Nontechnical Terms
- Sec. 1.7.8 Public Officials and Agencies
- Sec. 1.7.9 Mandatory and Discretionary Terms
- Sec. 1.7.10 Conjunctions
- Sec. 1.7.11 Tenses and Plurals
- ARTICLE 1.8 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE 1.9 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 1.10 ZONING MAP
- ARTICLE 1.11 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 1.12 SEVERABILITY
CHAPTER 2
│ REVIEW AND DECISION-MAKING BODIES
Sections
- ARTICLE 2.1 COUNTY COUNCIL
- ARTICLE 2.2 PLANNING COMMISSION
- ARTICLE 2.3 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
- ARTICLE 2.4 ZONING AND PLANNING DIRECTOR
CHAPTER 3
│ DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES
Sections
- ARTICLE 3.1 GENERAL
- Sec. 3.1.1 Authority to File Applications
- Sec. 3.1.2 Form of Application
- Sec. 3.1.3 Filing Fees
- Sec. 3.1.4 Application Completeness and Submission Deadlines
- Sec. 3.1.5 Application Submittal
- Sec. 3.1.6 Notices
- Sec. 3.1.7 Action by Decision-Making Bodies
- Sec. 3.1.8 Inaction by Review and Decision-Making Bodies
- Sec. 3.1.9 Conditions of Approval
- Sec. 3.1.10 Approval Criteria: Burden of Persuasion
- Sec. 3.1.11 Public Hearings
- Sec. 3.1.12 Successive Applications
- Sec. 3.1.13 Vested Rights
- ARTICLE 3.2 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
- Sec. 3.2.1 Pre-application Conference and Application Filing
- Sec. 3.2.2 Zoning and Planning Director Review and Report
- Sec. 3.2.3 Planning Commission Review and Recommendation
- Sec. 3.2.4 Public Hearing Notice
- Sec. 3.2.5 County Council Hearing and Decision
- Sec. 3.2.6 Approval Criteria
- Sec. 3.2.7 Notice of Decision
- ARTICLE 3.3 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS
- Sec. 3.3.1 Application Filing
- Sec. 3.3.2 Public Hearing Notice
- Sec. 3.3.3 Zoning and Planning Director Review and Report
- Sec. 3.3.4 Planning Commission Review and Recommendation
- Sec. 3.3.5 County Council Hearing and Decision
- Sec. 3.3.6 Approval Criteria
- Sec. 3.3.7 Final Action
- Sec. 3.3.8 Notice of Decision
- Sec. 3.3.9 Pending Text Amendments
- ARTICLE 3.4 ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS [REZONINGS]
- Sec. 3.4.1 Application Filing
- Sec. 3.4.2 Public Hearing Notice
- Sec. 3.4.3 Zoning and Planning Director Review and Report
- Sec. 3.4.4 Planning Commission Review and Recommendation
- Sec. 3.4.5 County Council Hearing and Decision
- Sec. 3.4.6 Approval Criteria
- Sec. 3.4.7 Final Action
- Sec. 3.4.8 Notice of Decision
- ARTICLE 3.5 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 3.6 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS
- Sec. 3.6.1 Application Filing
- Sec. 3.6.2 Public Hearing Notice
- Sec. 3.6.3 Zoning and Planning Director Review and Report
- Sec. 3.6.4 Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing and Decision
- Sec. 3.6.5 Approval Criteria
- Sec. 3.6.6 Final Decision and Orders
- Sec. 3.6.7 Notice of Decision
- Sec. 3.6.8 Appeals
- Sec. 3.6.9 Lapse of Approval
- ARTICLE 3.7 SITE PLAN REVIEW
- ARTICLE 3.8 ZONING PERMITS
- ARTICLE 3.9 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
- ARTICLE 3.10 ZONING VARIANCES
- Sec. 3.10.1 Applicability; Limitations
- Sec. 3.10.2 Application Filing
- Sec. 3.10.3 Public Hearing Notice
- Sec. 3.10.4 Zoning and Planning Director Review and Report
- Sec. 3.10.5 Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing and Decision
- Sec. 3.10.6 Approval Criteria
- Sec. 3.10.7 Final Decisions and Orders
- Sec. 3.10.8 Notice Of Decision
- Sec. 3.10.9 Appeals
- Sec. 3.10.10 Lapse of Approval
- ARTICLE 3.11 WRITTEN INTERPRETATIONS
- ARTICLE 3.12 PUBLIC PROJECT REVIEW
- ARTICLE 3.13 APPEALS OF ZONING-RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
- Sec. 3.13.1 Authority
- Sec. 3.13.2 Right to Appeal
- Sec. 3.13.3 Application Filing; Timing
- Sec. 3.13.4 Effect of Filing
- Sec. 3.13.5 Record of Administrative Decision
- Sec. 3.13.6 Public Hearing Notice
- Sec. 3.13.7 Board of Zoning Appeals Review and Action
- Sec. 3.13.8 Approval Criteria; Findings Of Fact
- Sec. 3.13.9 Appeals
- ARTICLE 3.14 APPEALS OF SUBDIVISION-RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
- Sec. 3.14.1 Authority
- Sec. 3.14.2 Right to Appeal
- Sec. 3.14.3 Application Filing: Timing
- Sec. 3.14.4 Effect of Filing
- Sec. 3.14.5 Record of Administrative Decision
- Sec. 3.14.6, Public Hearing Notice
- Sec. 3.14.7 Planning Commission Review and Action
- Sec. 3.14.8 Approval Criteria: Findings of Fact
- Sec. 3.14.9 Appeals
- ARTICLE 3.15 ADDRESSING AND STREET NAMES
- ARTICLE 3.16 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- ARTICLE 3.17 DEVELOPMENTS OF COUNTY SIGNIFICANCE
CHAPTER 4
│BASE ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE 4.1 GENERAL
- ARTICLE 4.2 MEASUREMENTS, COMPUTATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
- ARTICLE 4.3 NR, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.4 OS, PARKS, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.5 RM, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.6 AG-15, AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.7 AG-10, AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.8 AG-8, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.9 AGR, AGRICULTURAL/RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.10 RR, RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.11 S-3, SPECIAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.12 R-4, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.13 MHS, LOW-DENSITY MANUFACTURED HOUSING SUBDIVISION DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.14 UR, URBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.15 RO, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.16 MHP, MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.17 CI, CIVIC / INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.18 GO, GENERAL OFFICE DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.19 NC, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.20 RC, RURAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.21 CC, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.22 RI, RURAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.23 IN, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 4.24 WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Sec. 4.24.1 Minimum Lot Width (ft)
- Sec. 4.24.2 Minimum Lot Standards for Accessory Dwelling Units on Parcels Which Contain or Abut an OCRM Critical Line
- Sec. 4.24.3 Minimum Lot Standards for Dwelling Groups on Parcels Which Contain or Abut an OCRM Critical Line
- Sec. 4.24.4 Reduction, Modifications, and Waivers of OCRM Critical Line Setbacks and Buffers
- Sec. 4.24.5 Reduction of Buffers and Setbacks on Parcels Created Prior to April 21, 1999
- Sec. 4.24.6 Measurement
- Sec. 4.24.7 Prohibited Activities
- S
- ARTICLE 4.25 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 4.25.1 Authority
- Sec. 4.25.2 Purpose
- Sec. 4.25.3 Intent and Results
- Sec. 4.25.4 Applicability and Terminology
- Sec. 4.25.5 Development Standards
- Sec. 4.25.6 Common Open Space
- Sec. 4.25.7 Affordable and Workforce Dwelling Units
- Sec. 4.25.8 Planned Development Procedure
- Sec. 4.25.9 Planned Development Guidelines and Sketch Plan Requirements
- Sec. 4.25.10 Variances and Other Modifications to Approved PD Development Plans
- Sec. 4.25.11 Identification on Zoning Maps
- Sec. 4.25.12 Compliance with Other Regulations
CHAPTER 5
│OVERLAY AND SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- ARTICLE 5.1 GENERAL
- ARTICLE 5.2 WDU, WATER-DEPENDENT USE OVERLAY DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 5.3 JO-MHC-O, JOHNS ISLAND MAYBANK HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.3.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.3.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.3.3 Applicability and Effect of the Overlay Zoning District
- Sec. 5.3.4 Coordination with Adjacent Jurisdictions
- Sec. 5.3.5 Use Regulations
- Sec. 5.3.6 Use Conditions
- Sec. 5.3.7 General Development Standards and Requirements (All Districts)
- Sec. 5.3.8 Mixed-Use (MU) District
- Sec. 5.3.9 Limited Commercial (LC) District
- Map 5.3
- Map 5.3.A
- ARTICLE 5.4 MP-O, MOUNT PLEASANT OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.4.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.4.2 Intent
- Sec. 5.4.3 Effect of Overlay Zoning District
- Sec. 5.4.4 Applicability
- Sec. 5.4.5 Buffers
- Sec. 5.4.6 Curb Cuts
- Sec. 5.4.7 Signs
- Sec. 5.4.8 Architectural and Building Design Standards
- Sec. 5.4.9 Dimensional and Development Standards
- Sec. 5.4.10 Loading Areas
- Sec. 5.4.11 Utility Lines
- Sec. 5.4.12 Lighting
- Sec. 5.4.13 Pedestrian Access
- Sec. 5.4.14 Uses
- Sec. 5.4.15 Sweetgrass Basket Stand Special Consideration Area
- Sec. 5.4.16 Hungryneck Boulevard-Venning Road Area
- Map 5.4
- Map 5.4.A
- Map 5.4.B
- ARTICLE 5.5 FRC-O, FOLLY ROAD CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.5.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.5.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.5.3 Effect of Overlay Zoning District
- Sec. 5.5.4 Applicability
- Sec. 5.5.5 Coordination with Adjacent Jurisdictions
- Sec. 5.5.6 Development Standards and Requirements (All Areas)
- Sec. 5.5.7 North Village Area (City of Charleston and Charleston County)
- Sec. 5.5.8 Commercial Core Area (Town of James Island and City of Charleston)
- Sec. 5.5.9 South Village Area (City of Charleston, Town of James Island, and Charleston County)
- Sec. 5.5.10 Neighborhood Preservation Area (Charleston County and City of Charleston)
- Sec. 5.5.11 Conservation Area (Charleston County and City of Folly Beach)
- Map 5.5
- Map 5.5.A
- Map 5.5.B
- Map 5.5.C
- Map 5.5.D
- Map 5.5.E
- ARTICLE 5.6 DRC-O, DORCHESTER ROAD CORRIDOR AND ASHLEY SCENIC RIVER CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
- Sec. 5.6.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.6.2 Purpose
- Sec. 5.6.3 Effect of Overlay Zoning District
- Sec. 5.6.4 Applicability
- Sec. 5.6.5 Buffers and Screening
- Sec. 5.6.6 Trees
- Sec. 5.6.7 Signs
- Sec. 5.6.8 Building Materials
- Sec. 5.6.9 Utilities
- Sec. 5.6.10 Lighting
- Sec. 5.6.11 Traffic Study
- Sec. 5.6.12 Pedestrian Access
- Sec. 5.6.13 ARSC-O, Ashley River Scenic Corridor Overlay District Statement of Findings
- Map 5.6
- ARTICLE 5.7 UB-O, UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.7.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.7.2 Purpose
- Sec. 5.7.3 Effect of Overlay Zoning District
- Sec. 5.7.4 Applicability
- Sec. 5.7.5 Dimensional Standards, Buffers, and Screening
- Sec. 5.7.6 Trees
- Sec. 5.7.7 Signs
- Sec. 5.7.8 Building Materials
- Sec. 5.7.9 Utilities
- Sec. 5.7.10 Lighting
- Sec. 5.7.11 Traffic Study
- Sec. 5.7.12 Pedestrian Access
- Sec. 5.7.13 Noise
- Sec. 5.7.14 Residential Uses
- Map 5.7
- ARTICLE 5.8 17N-O, HIGHWAY 17 NORTH CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.8.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.8.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.8.3 Overlay Zoning District Applicability and Effect
- Sec. 5.8.4 Required Coordination with Adjacent Jurisdictions
- Sec. 5.8.5 Description of Business/Service Nodes
- Sec. 5.8.6 McClellanville Historic Area
- Sec. 5.8.7 Use Regulations
- Sec. 5.8.8 Use Conditions
- Sec. 5.8.9 Density/Intensity and Dimensional Standards
- Sec. 5.8.10 Development Standards
- Map 5.8
- Map 5.8.A
- Map 5.8.B
- Map 5.8.C
- Map 5.8.D
- Map 5.8.E
- ARTICLE 5.9 ST. ANDREWS AREA OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 5.10 ASHLEY RIVER ROAD CORRIDOR, ARRC-O, OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.10.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.10.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.10.3 Effect of Overlay District
- Sec. 5.10.4 Applicability
- Sec. 5.10.5 Coordination with Adjacent Jurisdictions
- Sec. 5.10.6 General Development Standards and Requirements
- Sec. 5.10.7 Light Commercial Area (Ashley Hall Road to Wappoo Road)
- Sec. 5.10.8 Commercial Core Area (Wappoo Road to William Kennerty Drive)
- Sec. 5.10.9 Village Commercial Area (William Kennerty Drive to Church Creek)
- Map 5.10
- Map 5.10.A
- Map 5.10.B
- Map 5.10.C
- ARTICLE 5.11 DUPONT-WAPPOO AREA OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT (DuWap-O)
- Sec. 5.11.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.11.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.11.3 Effect of Overlay District
- Sec. 5.11.4 Applicability
- Sec. 5.11.5 Coordination with Adjacent Jurisdictions
- Sec. 5.11.6 Use Regulations
- Sec. 5.11.7 Use Conditions
- Sec. 5.11.8 General Development Requirements
- Sec. 5.11.9 Job Center District
- Sec. 5.11.10 Community Commercial District
- Sec. 5.11.11 Light Commercial District
- Sec. 5.11.12 Residential Areas
- Sec. 5.11.13 Conservation/Park District
- Map 5.11
- 5.12 PARKERS FERRY COMMUNITY OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT (PF-O)
- Sec. 5.12.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.12.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.12.3 Effect of the Overlay Zoning District
- Sec. 5.12.4 Applicability
- Sec. 5.12.5 Use Regulations
- Sec. 5.12.6 Use Conditions
- Sec. 5.12.7 Residential Areas
- Sec. 5.12.8 Business/Service Nodes and Commercial Properties
- Sec. 5.12.9 Home Occupations
- Map 5.12
- Map 5.12.A
- Map 5.12.B
- Map 5.12.C
- Map 5.12.D
- Map 5.12.E
- Map 5.12.F
- Map 5.12.G
- ARTICLE 5.13 SOL LEGARE COMMUNITY OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT (SL-O)
- ARTICLE 5.14 JA-MHC-O, JAMES ISLAND MAYBANK HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 5.15 MRC-O, MAIN ROAD CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.15.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.15.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.15.3 Applicability of the Overlay Zoning District
- Sec. 5.15.4 Coordination with Adjacent Jurisdictions
- Sec. 5.15.5 Use Regulations
- .Sec. 5.15.6 Use Conditions
- Sec. 5.15.7 General Development Standards and Requirements (All Districts)
- Sec. 5.15.8 Belvedere-Main Commercial (BMC) and Rural Commercial (RC) Districts
- Sec. 5.15.9 Kitford Community (KC) Districts
- Map 5.15
- ARTICLE 5.16 NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT
- ARTICLE 5.17 10M-O, TEN MILE COMMUNITY OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
- Sec. 5.17.1 Statement of Findings
- Sec. 5.17.2 Purpose and Intent
- Sec. 5.17.3 Overlay Zoning District Applicability and Effect
- Sec. 5.17.4 Use Regulations
- Sec. 5.17.5 Use Conditions
- Sec. 5.17.6 Density/Intensity and Dimensional Standards
- Sec. 5.17.7 Development Standards
- Sec. 5.17.8 Traffic Impact Studies
- Sec. 5.17.9 Legal Nonconforming Water-Dependent Uses
- Sec. 5.17.10 Loss of Legal Nonconforming Status; Damage or Destruction
- Map 5.17
CHAPTER 6
│ USE REGULATIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE 6.1 USE TYPES AND USE TABLE
- ARTICLE 6.2 DEFINITIONS
- ARTICLE 6.3 RESERVED
- ARTICLE 6.4 USE CONDITIONS
- Sec. 6.4.1 Aquaculture, Mariculture, Animal and Insect Production, Horticultural Production, Hemp Production and Processing, and Agricultural Processing Uses
- Sec. 6.4.2 Single-Family Attached Dwelling
- Sec. 6.4.3 Hair, Nail or Skin Care Services
- Sec. 6.4.4 Business, Professional, Labor, Political Organization, Social or Civic Organization, Social Club or Lodge
- Sec. 6.4.5 Communications Towers
- Sec. 6.4.6 Drive-In Theaters
- Sec. 6.4.7 Dwelling Group
- Sec. 6.4.8 Roadside Stand; Sweetgrass Basket Stand
- Sec. 6.4.9 Farm Labor Housing
- Sec. 6.4.10 Nature Exhibition
- Sec. 6.4.11 Parks and Recreation, Outdoor Recreation and Entertainment; Drive-In Theaters; Golf Driving Ranges; and Outdoor Shooting Ranges
- Sec. 6.4.12 Recreational Vehicle Park
- Sec. 6.4.13 Tattoo Facility
- Sec. 6.4.14 Resource Extraction
- Sec. 6.4.15 Restaurant; Bar or Lounge
- Sec. 6.4.16 Self-Service Storage Facility
- Sec. 6.4.17 Utility Service, Major
- Sec. 6.4.18 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- P
- D
- Adult arcade
- Adult bookstore, Adult retail store or Adult video store
- Adult cabaret
- Adult car wash
- Adult motel
- Adult motion picture theater
- Adult theater
- Certificate of Nonconformity
- Dancer
- Employee
- E
- Health club
- Licensee
- Live entertainment
- Nude model studio
- Nude, Nudity or state of
- O
- Operator
- Patron
- Person
- S
- Sexually oriented business
- Sexually Oriented Business Regulatory License
- Specified anatomical areas
- Specified sexual activities
- Substantial enlargement
- Transfer of ownership
- Viewing Room
- P
- Sec. 6.4.19 Affordable and Workforce Dwelling Units
- Sec. 6.4.20 Stable, Commercial; Stable, Private; Stable, Boarding
- Sec. 6.4.21 Winery
- Sec. 6.4.22 Vehicle and Boat Repair or Service
- Sec. 6.4.23 Bona Fide Forestry Operations
- Sec. 6.4.24 Manufactured Housing Units
- Sec. 6.4.25 Single Family Detached Dwelling Unit
- Sec. 6.4.26 Square Foot Limitation
- Sec. 6.4.27 Historic Site or Museum
- Sec. 6.4.28 Short-Term Lender
- Sec. 6.4.29 Family Home
- Sec. 6.4.30 Recreation or Entertainment, Indoor
- Sec. 6.4.31 Land Uses in the Rural Area
- Sec. 6.4.32 Pet Store or Grooming Salon, Small Animal Boarding, and Veterinary Services
- Sec. 6.4.33 Microbrewery and Distillery
- Sec. 6.4.34 Catering Service
- Sec. 6.4.35 Duplex, Triplex, Fourplex
- Sec. 6.4.36 Special Trade Contractor
- Sec. 6.4.37 Parking Lot
- Sec. 6.4.38 Emergency Shelter
- Sec. 6.4.39 Boat Yard, Charter Boat, or other Recreational Watercraft Rental Service
- Sec. 6.4.40 Repair Service, Consumer
- Sec. 6.4.41 Liquified Petroleum Gas Dealer
- Sec. 6.4.42 Community Residential Care Facility
- Sec. 6.4.43 Artisan and Craftsman
- Sec. 6.4.44 Agricultural Sales or Service; Retail Sales or Service, General; and Building Materials or Garden Equipment and Supplies Retailer
- Sec. 6.4.45 Service Station, Gasoline
- Sec. 6.4.46 Solar Farms
- Sec. 6.4.47 Farmers Market
- Sec. 6.4.48 Services to Building or Dwellings; Landscaping and Horticultural Services
- Sec. 6.4.49 Freight Forwarding Facilities
- Sec. 6.4.50 Golf Course and Country Club
- Sec. 6.4.51 Solid Waste Disposal Facility
- Sec. 6.4.52 Container Storage Facility
- Sec. 6.4.53 Cemetery
- Sec. 6.4.54 Kennel
- Sec. 6.4.55 Fishing, Hunting, or Recreational Guide Service
- Sec. 6.4.56 Aviation and Private Air Strip
- Sec. 6.4.57 Manufacturing and Production
- Sec. 6.4.58 Recycling Collection, Drop-off
- ARTICLE 6.5 ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
- Sec. 6.5.1 Purpose and General Provisions
- Sec. 6.5.2 Establishment
- Sec. 6.5.3 Residential Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures
- Sec. 6.5.4 Agricultural Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures
- Sec. 6.5.5 Commercial and Industrial Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures
- Sec. 6.5.6 Accessory Retail Sales and Personal Services
- Sec. 6.5.7 Civic and Institutional Accessory Uses and Accessory Structures
- Sec. 6.5.8 Accessory Structures in Residential and Residential Office (RO) Zoning Districts
- Sec. 6.5.9 Accessory Dwelling Units
- Sec. 6.5.10 Manufactured Housing Units
- Sec. 6.5.11 Home Occupations
- Sec. 6.5.12 Animals
- Sec. 6.5.13 Accessory Storage of Major Recreational Equipment
- Sec. 6.5.14 Storage and Repair of Inoperable Motor Vehicles
- Sec. 6.5.15 Storage and Parking of Heavy Commercial Vehicles
- Sec. 6.5.16 Vehicle Sales
- Sec. 6.5.17 Temporary Portable Storage Units
- Sec. 6.5.18 Permanent Storage Units
- Sec. 6.5.19 Solar Collectors
- ARTICLE 6.6 TEMPORARY USES AND STRUCTURES
- ARTICLE 6.7 SPECIAL EVENTS USE
- Sec. 6.7.1 Purpose
- Sec. 6.7.2 Private Special Events
- Sec. 6.7.3 Temporary Special Events
- Sec. 6.7.4 Special Events Established as Principal Uses in Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts
- Sec. 6.7.5 Outdoor Special Events (Principal Uses and Temporary Special Events)
- Sec. 6.7.6 Indoor Special Events
- Sec. 6.7.7 Zoning Permit
- Sec. 6.7.8 Lapse of Approval
- ARTICLE 6.8 SHORT-TERM RENTALS
CHAPTER 7
│ FORM-BASED ZONING DISTRICT
Sections
- ARTICLE 7.1. INTRODUCTION
- ARTICLE 7.2. FBZD PROCEDURES
- ARTICLE 7.3. REGIONAL SCALE PLANNING: SECTORS AND SETTLEMENTS
- ARTICLE 7.4. COMMUNITY SCALE PLANNING: COMMUNITY UNITS
- ARTICLE 7.5. BUILDING SCALE PLANNING - REQUIREMENTS
- ARTICLE 7.6. DEFINITIONS
- Sec. 7.6.1 Supplementary Definitions
- 75% Acreage
- A-Grid
- Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Apartment House
- Architectural Elevation
- Awning Sign
- B-Grid
- Block Perimeter
- Bicycle Lane (BL)
- Bicycle Route (BR)
- Bicycle Trail (BT)
- Bioregion
- Blade Sign
- Building Configuration
- Building Disposition
- Building Facade
- Building Function
- Civic Space
- Development (CLD)
- Common Destination
- Community Unit
- Conceptual Plan
- Courtyard House
- Crossroad, Corner, Town, and/or Village
- Curb Edge Treatment
- Density Unit
- Double
- Edgeyard
- Encroachment
- Facade
- Flex Building
- Form-Based Code
- Form District Master Plan
- Freshwater Wetland
- Front Building Facade
- Frontage
- Frontage Buildout
- Frontage Line
- Infrastructure
- Land Development
- Layer
- Live/Work
- Marquee Sign
- Master Plan Review Board (MPRB)
- Mixed Use
- Pedestrian Shed
- Principal Building Facade
- Principal Structure
- Private Frontage
- Public Frontage
- Rearyard
- Regional Scale Map
- Regulating Plan
- Ribbon Curb
- Rural Edge Treatment
- Rural Clustered Land Development (RCLD)
- Rural Land Development (RLD)
- Sector
- Settlement
- Sidewalk Sign
- S
- Single-Family: Cottage
- Single-Family: House
- Single-Family: Villa
- Special District
- Sustainable Development and Sustainable Communities
- Terminated Vista
- Thoroughfare
- Townhouse
- Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND)
- Transect Zone (T-Zone)
- Twin
- U
- Uses Subject to Conditions
- Wall Sign
- Wall Mural Sign
- Wetland Buffer
- Window Sign
- Yard Sign
- Yield
- F
- Sec. 7.6.1 Supplementary Definitions
CHAPTER 8
│ SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE 8.1 GENERAL
- ARTICLE 8.2 PRE-APPLICATION INFORMATION
- ARTICLE 8.3 MINOR AND MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS
- ARTICLE 8.4 PRELIMINARY PLAT
- Sec. 8.4.1 Applicability
- Sec. 8.4.2 Application
- Sec. 8.4.3 Zoning and Planning Director----Review and Report
- Sec. 8.4.4 Planning Commission—Review and Decision
- Sec. 8.4.5 Effect of Preliminary Plat Approval
- Sec. 8.4.6 Lapse of Preliminary Plat Approval
- Sec. 8.4.7 Appeals Of Zoning and Planning Director's Preliminary Plat Decision
- Sec. 8.4.8 Appeals of Planning Commission Preliminary Plat Decision
- Sec. 8.4.9 Construction Plans
- Sec. 8.4.10 Inspections
- ARTICLE 8.5 FINAL PLATS
- ARTICLE 8.6 MARKERS
- ARTICLE 8.7 LOTS
- ARTICLE 8.8 TREE PRESERVATION
- ARTICLE 8.9 PEDESTRIAN WAYS
- ARTICLE 8.10 STREET NAMES, STREET SIGNS, AND ADDRESSES
- ARTICLE 8.11 UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND SERVICES
- ARTICLE 8.12 WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
- ARTICLE 8.13 MAINTENANCE GUARANTEES (SURETY)
- ARTICLE 8.14 CONSERVATION SUBDIVISIONS
- Sec. 8.14.1 Purpose And Intent
- Sec. 8.14.2 Compliance With The Charleston County Comprehensive Plan
- Sec. 8.14.3 Applicability
- Sec. 8.14.4 Procedures
- Sec. 8.14.5 Process
- Sec. 8.14.6 Density/Intensity and Dimensional Standards
- Sec. 8.14.7 Waterfront Lot Standards
- Sec. 8.14.8 Conservation Area Standards
- Sec. 8.14.9 Conservation Subdivision Design Standards
- Sec. 8.14.10 Accessory Dwelling Units Within a Conservation Subdivision
CHAPTER 9
│ DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- ARTICLE 9.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
- ARTICLE 9.2 TREE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION
- ARTICLE 9.3 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
- Sec. 9.3.1 General
- Sec. 9.3.2 Off-Street Parking Requirements
- Sec. 9.3.3 Rules for Computation
- Sec. 9.3.4 Shared Parking
- Sec. 9.3.5 Location
- Sec. 9.3.6 Accessible Parking
- Sec. 9.3.7 Design
- Sec. 9.3.8 Use and Maintenance
- Sec. 9.3.9 Vehicle Stacking
- Sec. 9.3.10 Off-Street Loading
- Sec. 9.3.11 Pedestrian Ways
- Sec. 9.3.12 Shared Access
- Sec. 9.3.13 Bicycle Parking
- ARTICLE 9.4 LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, AND BUFFERS
- ARTICLE 9.5 ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS
- ARTICLE 9.6 TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES
- ARTICLE 9.7 VISION CLEARANCE AND SIGHT DISTANCE VISIBILITY
- ARTICLE 9.8 SIGNS
- ARTICLE 9.9 DRAINAGE DESIGN
- CHAPTER 9 EXHIBITS
CHAPTER 10
│ NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- ARTICLE 10.1 GENERAL
- ARTICLE 10.2 NONCONFORMING USES
- ARTICLE 10.3 NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES
- ARTICLE 10.4 NONCONFORMING LOTS
- ARTICLE 10.5 NONCONFORMING SIGNS
CHAPTER 11
│ VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- ARTICLE 11.1 ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE REQUIRED
- ARTICLE 11.2 VIOLATIONS
- ARTICLE 11.3 ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY, COMPLAINTS
- ARTICLE 11.4 REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT POWERS
- ARTICLE 11.5 PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
- ARTICLE 11.6 TREE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION VIOLATIONS
- ARTICLE 11.7 SIGN VIOLATIONS
- ARTICLE 11.8 VIOLATIONS CONTINUED
- ARTICLE 11.9 OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
- ARTICLE 11.10 DERELICT MANUFACTURED HOMES
CHAPTER 12
│ DEFINITIONS
Sections
- ARTICLE 12.1 TERMS AND USES DEFINED
- A
- A
- A
- A
- A
- A
- Administrative or Business Office
- A
- A
- Adult Day Care Service
- Affordable Dwelling Unit (AFU)
- A
- Agricultural Processing
- Agricultural Sales or Service
- Agricultural Use, Bona Fide
- Aircraft Manufacturing and Production, including Related Parts
- A
- A
- A
- A
- Animal and Insect Production
- Apiculture
- Applicant
- A
- A
- A
- Archaeological Site
- A
- Assisted Living
- A
- B
- C
- Caliper
- Campground
- C
- C
- C
- C
- C
- C
- C
- Chemical Manufacturing and Production
- Child Care Center
- Child Caring Institution
- Charter Boat or other Recreational Watercraft Rental Service
- C
- Clay or Related Products Manufacturing and Production
- Clay or Related Products Wholesalers
- Clearing
- Commercial Dock
- Commercial Guest House (CGH)
- Commercial or Industrial Machinery or Equipment Rental or Leasing
- C
- C
- Communication Service
- C
- Community Dock
- Community Garden
- Community Interest Notice
- C
- C
- Community Residential Care Facility (CRCF)
- C
- Computers or Electronic Products Manufacturing and Production
- C
- C
- Conservation Easement
- Construction Material Wholesalers
- C
- Construction Tools or Equipment Rental or Leasing
- C
- C
- Container Storage Facility
- C
- C
- Copy
- C
- C
- Country Club
- C
- Court of Law
- C
- C
- C
- C
- C
- Curb Cut
- D
- D
- Day Camp
- D
- D
- Deck
- D
- D
- Demolish or Demolition
- Density
- D
- Derelict Manufactured Housing Unit
- Design Flood Elevation (DFE)
- D
- D
- D
- D
- D
- D
- Digital or Electronic Changing Billboard (Outdoor Advertising Structure)
- D
- D
- D
- Drip Line
- Drive-In Theater
- D
- D
- D
- Duplicating or Quick Printing Services
- D
- D
- D
- Dwelling, Principal
- Dwelling, Single-Family Attached
- Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
- E
- F
- F
- Fall Zone
- F
- Family Home
- F
- F
- F
- Farmers' Market
- Fence (or Wall)
- F
- F
- Fishing, Hunting or Recreational Guide Service A service that provides professional guides or equipment for Persons on fishing, hunting, or outdoor recreational outings.
- F
- F
- Flower, Nursery Stock or Florists' Supplies Wholesalers
- F
- Food Truck
- Fourplex
- Freeboard
- F
- Front Yard
- Fuel Dealer
- Fuel Storage Facility
- F
- G
- H
- Habitable
- Hair, Nail or Skin Care Service
- Half-Story
- Hardship
- H
- Heating Oil Dealer
- H
- H
- H
- Heavy Duty Truck or Commercial Vehicle Rental or Leasing
- Heavy Duty Truck or Commercial Vehicle Dealer
- H
- Helipad
- Hemp Crop Production and/or Processing
- Higher Education Facility
- Highland
- Historic Building
- Historic District
- H
- Historic Property
- Historic Site
- H
- Home Occupation
- Home Health Agency
- H
- H
- Horticultural, Greenhouse, Nursery, Crop, and Floriculture Production
- Hospice Facility
- Hospital
- Hotel or Motel
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Paper Mills
- P
- P
- P
- P
- P
- P
- Parking, Shared
- P
- Parole Office or Probation Office
- P
- Passive Recreation Area
- Paved Streets
- Paved Surface
- Permanent Storage Unit
- P
- P
- P
- P
- P
- Pervious Surface Coverage
- P
- P
- Petroleum Wholesalers
- Pharmaceutical, Fertilizer and Pesticide Wholesaler.
- Photo Finishing Laboratory
- Physical Fitness or Health Club A Building or Structure generally containing multi-use facilities for conducting fitness and recreational activities, including, but not limited to, the following: aerobic exercises, weightlifting, running, swimming, racquetball, handball, and squash.
- P
- P
- P
- Pole Cover
- P
- P
- Pre-School or Educational Nursery
- P
- P
- Printing Press Production or Lithography
- Private Air Strip
- Private Postal or Mailing Service
- Professional or Commercial Equipment or Supplies Manufacturing and Production
- P
- P
- P
- P
- P
- Publicly Designated Area
- P
- P
- Publishing Industry
- Pulp Mills
- R
- R
- R
- Readerboard
- Rear Yard
- R
- R
- R
- RV (Recreational Vehicle) Park
- R
- R
- Recycling Collection (Drop-Off)
- R
- R
- R
- R
- Rendering Plants
- Rental Day
- Rental Party
- Rental Transaction
- R
- Repair Service, Commercial
- R
- R
- Research and Development Laboratory
- R
- R
- Residential Treatment Facility for Children and Adolescents
- Resource Extraction/Mining
- R
- R
- Restaurant, General
- R
- R
- R
- R
- Roadside Stand or Sweetgrass Basket Stand
- R
- R
- R
- S
- Safety Services Facilities for the conduct of public safety and emergency services including Emergency Medical or Ambulance Service, Fire Protection, or Police Protection.
- S
- S
- S
- Scrap and Salvage Service
- S
- S
- S
- Seafood Related Retail Sales
- S
- Septic Tank Installation, Cleaning or Related Services
- S
- Service Station, Gasoline
- Services to Buildings or Dwellings
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- Sewage Collection or Disposal Facility
- S
- S
- S
- Short-Term Rental Property (STRP)
- Short-Term Rental Tenant (STRT)
- S
- Side Yard
- Sightseeing Transportation, Land or Water
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- Sign, Campaign
- Sign, Directional
- Sign, Electronic Copy Readerboard
- S
- Sign, Freestanding A Sign supported by a Sign Structure secured in the ground and which is wholly independent of any Building, other than the Sign Structure, for support. A Sign on a Fence shall be considered a Freestanding Sign.
- Sign, Gas-Filled
- S
- S
- S
- Sign Imitating Traffic Signs
- S
- Sign in Marshes
- Sign, Monument
- Sign, Neon or Tube
- S
- Sign, Off-Premises
- S
- S
- Sign, Pole-Mounted
- S
- S
- Sign, Project
- S
- S
- Sign, Sandwich Board/Sidewalk Sign
- S
- S
- S
- Sign, Temporary
- S
- S
- Sign, Wind-Blown
- S
- Slaughter House and Meat Packing
- Small Animal Boarding
- Social or Civic Organization
- Social Club or Lodge
- Solar Collector
- Solar Farm
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- Stable, Commercial
- Stable, Private
- S
- Stockpiling of Sand, Gravel or other Aggregate Materials
- Stone or Shell Products Manufacturing and Production
- Storage or Manufacturing of Weapons or Ammunition
- Story
- S
- Street, Access
- S
- S
- Street, Subcollector The subcollector provides passage to Access Streets and conveys traffic to Collector Streets. Like the Access Street, the subcollector provides frontage and access to residential Lots but also carries some through traffic to lower-order (Access) Streets. The subcollector is a relatively low-volume Street.
- S
- S
- S
- Studio Dwelling Unit
- S
- S
- S
- S
- Subject Property
- Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- W
- Warehouse Club or Superstore A store that sells goods in bulk at discounted prices to businesses and private customers. Customers may or may not first have to become club members.
- W
- W
- Water Mains
- W
- Water or Sewage Treatment Facility
- Water Storage Tank
- Water Transportation
- Waterfront Property Property within 500 feet of any river, tidal wetland or waterway, including saltwater marshes. Property abutting Freshwater Wetlands shall not be considered "Waterfront" property.
- W
- W
- Winery
- W
- W
- W
- W
- Z
- A
- ARTICLE 12.2 INTERPRETATION
APPENDIX A
│ ROAD AND DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
Sections
- ARTICLE A.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
- Sec. A.1.1 Abbreviations
- Sec. A.1.2 Definitions
- BASE COURSE
- BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
- BRIDGE
- CAUSEWAY
- CUL-DE-SAC
- CULVERT
- DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
- DETENTION
- DEVELOPER
- DRAINAGE EASEMENT
- EARTH ROADS
- EASEMENT
- HOMEOWNERS’ (OR PROPERTY OWNERS’) ASSOCIATION
- MAIN UTILITY LINES
- PAVED STREETS
- PAVEMENT
- PLAT
- PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
- RESPONSIBLE ENTITY
- RIGHT-OF-WAY
- ROADWAY
- ROCK ROADS
- STREET
- STUB STREET
- SUBGRADE
- Sec. A.1.3 Purpose and Scope
- Sec. A.1.4 Property Access
- Sec. A.1.5 Design Professional/Land Surveyor Responsibilities
- Sec. A.1.6 Coordination With Other Reviewing Agencies
- Sec. A.1.7 Stormwater Management and Sediment Control
- Sec. A.1.8 Road Classifications
- Sec. A.1.9 Applying Road Classifications
- ARTICLE A.2 PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS
- ARTICLE A.3 PUBLIC ROAD STANDARDS
- ARTICLE A.4 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR ROADS CONSTRUCTED TO COUNTY STANDARDS
- ARTICLE A.5 ENCROACHMENTS
- ARTICLE A.6 STANDARD CONSTRUCTION DETAILS