Laurens City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 44-1.- Title of chapter.
- Sec. 44-2. - Authority of chapter.
- Sec. 44-3. - Purpose of chapter.
- Sec. 44-4. - Definitions.
- Sec. 44-5. - Conflict with other laws.
- Sec. 44-6. - Street access.
- Sec. 44-7. - Yard and setback modifications.
- Sec. 44-8. - Fences and projections into required yards and setbacks.
- Sec. 44-9. - Exceptions to height limitations.
- Sec. 44-10. - Visibility at intersections.
- Sec. 44-11. - Accessory buildings and uses.
- Sec. 44-12. - Use of land and/or structures.
- Sec. 44-13. - Lot reduction.
- Sec. 44-14. - Measurements.
- Sec. 44-15. - Nonconformities.
- Sec. 44-16. - Zoning annexed property.
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICIALS, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND AMENDMENT OF THESE REGULATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 2. - DESIGNATION OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR; POWERS AND DUTIES
- Sec. 44-59. - General administration and enforcement.
- Sec. 44-60. - Duties of zoning administrator.
- Sec. 44-61. - Building and sign permits required.
- Sec. 44-62. - Certificates of zoning compliance and occupancy required.
- Sec. 44-63. - Fees for permits and certificates.
- Sec. 44-64. - Inspections for compliance.
- Sec. 44-65. - Complaints regarding violations.
- Sec. 44-66. - Violations.
- Sec. 44-67. - Penalties for violations.
- DIVISION 3. - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
- DIVISION 4. - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
- DIVISION 5. - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
- DIVISION 6. - AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE III
ZONING DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 2. - ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND BOUNDARIES OF ZONE DISTRICTS, AND INTERPRETATION THEREOF
- DIVISION 3. - PRIMARY ZONE DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 4. - PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
- Sec. 44-282. - Types of PUDs.
- Sec. 44-283. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 44-284. - Establishment of PUD districts.
- Sec. 44-285. - Site plan requirements.
- Sec. 44-286. - Minimum area required.
- Sec. 44-287. - Development standards.
- Sec. 44-288. - Action by planning commission and city council.
- Sec. 44-289. - Administrative action.
- Sec. 44-290. - Changes in approved PUD plans.
- Sec. 44-291. - Expiration of time limits on PUD amendments.
- DIVISION 5. - FHO, FLOOD HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT
- DIVISION 6. - HPO, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT
ARTICLE IV
SUPPLEMENTAL OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 44-364.- Purpose.
- Sec. 44-365. - General requirements.
- Sec. 44-366. - Design standards; parking dimensions.
- Sec. 44-367. - Surfacing standards.
- Sec. 44-368. - Access to parking.
- Sec. 44-369. - Landscaping parking lots.
- Sec. 44-370. - Lighting parking lots.
- Sec. 44-371. - Drainage.
- Sec. 44-372. - Parking spaces for handicapped persons.
- Sec. 44-373. - Off-street loading areas.
- Sec. 44-374. - Parking, storage or use of travel trailers or recreational vehicles in residential zones.
- Sec. 44-375. - Parking, storage or use of non-recreational vehicles and equipment in residential zones.
- Sec. 44-376. - Parking lot maintenance.
ARTICLE V
- BUFFERING, LANDSCAPING, COMMON OPEN SPACE AND TREE PROTECTION
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - BUFFER AREAS
- Sec. 44-421. - Purpose.
- Sec. 44-422. - Definitions.
- Sec. 44-423. - Location.
- Sec. 44-424. - Design standards.
- Sec. 44-425. - Determination of buffer area requirements.
- Sec. 44-426. - Buffer area specifications.
- Sec. 44-427. - Substitutions.
- Sec. 44-428. - Responsibility.
- Sec. 44-429. - Required maintenance.
- Sec. 44-430. - Use of buffer areas.
- DIVISION 3. - LANDSCAPING
- DIVISION 4. - COMMON OPEN SPACE
- DIVISION 5. - TREE PROTECTION
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONAL USES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR CONDITIONAL USES
- Sec. 44-575. - Manufacturing uses.
- Sec. 44-576. - Wrecking, junk and salvage yards.
- Sec. 44-577. - Vendors.
- Sec. 44-578. - Communication towers and antennas.
- Sec. 44-579. - Solid waste landfills.
- Sec. 44-580. - Bed and breakfast inns.
- Sec. 44-581. - Camps and recreational vehicle parks.
- Sec. 44-582. - General auto repair.
- Sec. 44-583. - Sexually oriented business.
- Sec. 44-584. - Multifamily housing, residential care facilities and group occupied dwellings.
- Sec. 44-585. - Townhouses.
- Sec. 44-586. - Patio and zero lot line housing.
- Sec. 44-587. - Residentially designed manufactured dwellings.
- Sec. 44-588. - Manufactured home parks.
- Sec. 44-589. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 44-590. - Accessory apartments.
- Sec. 44-591. - Open storage areas.
- Sec. 44-592. - Temporary uses.
- Sec. 44-593. - Conditional uses in the Public Square historical preservation overlay district.
ARTICLE VII
SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 44-618.- Purpose.
- Sec. 44-619. - Applicability and conformance.
- Sec. 44-620. - Signs on private property.
- Sec. 44-621. - Common signage plan required.
- Sec. 44-622. - Signs in the public right-of-way.
- Sec. 44-623. - Temporary signs.
- Sec. 44-624. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 44-625. - General development standards of signs.
- Sec. 44-626. - Development standards for signs in HPO district.
- Sec. 44-627. - Sign measurements.
- Sec. 44-628. - Removal of signs.