Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

1. Implementing the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan;
2. Providing for adequate light, air, and Open Space;
3. Preventing overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to lessen congestion in the Streets;
4. Protecting and preserving scenic, historic, or ecologically sensitive areas;
5. Regulating the Density and distributions of populations and the uses of Buildings, Structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, Agriculture, forestry, conservation, airports and approaches thereto, water supply, sanitation, protection against floods, public activities, and other purposes;
6. Facilitating the adequate provision or availability of transportation, police and fire protection, water, sewage, schools, parks and other recreational facilities, Affordable Housing, disaster evacuation, and other public services and requirements;
7. Securing from fire, flood, and other dangers;
8. Furthering the public welfare in any other regard specified by a local governing body;
9. Facilitating the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community;
10. Encouraging the Development of economically sound and stable municipalities and counties;
11. Assuring the timely provision of required Streets, Utilities, and other facilities and services to new Land Developments;
12. Assuring the provision of needed public Open Spaces, Building sites and new Land Developments through the dedication or reservation of land for recreational, educational, transportation, and other public purposes; and
13. Assuring, in general, the wise and timely Development of new areas, and redevelopment of previously developed areas in harmony with the Comprehensive Plan; and
14. Fostering growth and Development, and preserving our natural and cultural resources, always respecting the rights of the individual, including private property rights.

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

[Commentary—"Commentaries” are used as a guide for administrative officials and the public to use in interpreting and understanding the rationale behind this Ordinance’s regulations.]

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be valid and enforceable, notwithstanding inadvertent and/or clerical error(s); such error(s) as may exist shall not affect the validity or intent of the associated provisions, nor that of the remainder of the Ordinance provisions hereunder.

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

[Commentary—These Zoning and Land Development Regulations contain zoning, Subdivision, and other Land Development regulations (LDRs) that help implement Charleston County's Comprehensive Plan.]

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

1. The entire Structure as remodeled shall comply with the use regulations of this Ordinance.
2. Any alterations, Enlargements, or Additions to the Structure shall comply with all applicable Density/Intensity and Dimensional Standards of the Zoning District in which the property is located.
3. Off-street parking facilities shall not be reduced below (or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below) the requirements of this Ordinance applicable to a similar new Structure or use.

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

1. "And" indicates that all connected items, conditions, provisions, or events apply; and
2. "Or" indicates that one or more of the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events apply.

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

1. Unless otherwise indicated, district boundaries follow Lot Lines; center lines of Streets, highways, Alleys or railroads; center lines of water courses or impoundments of streams, reservoirs, or other bodies of water.
2. Where so indicated, district boundaries are parallel to the center lines of Streets, highways, or railroads, or Rights-of-Way of same, or the center lines of streams, reservoirs, or other bodies of water, or said lines extended as such distances therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map. If no distance is given, distance shall be determined by the use of the scale on the Zoning Map.
3. Where any district boundary is indicated on the Zoning Map as approximately following the Charleston County boundary line or the corporate limits line of any incorporated place within Charleston County, then such County boundary line or corporate limits line shall be construed to be the actual district boundary.

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended

Effective on: 1/1/1901, as amended