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Pine Ridge City Zoning Code

PART 3

Establishment of Districts and Zoning Map

§ 300-6 Establishment of districts.

A. 
The following zoning districts are hereby established.
District
Uses
Minimum Lot
R-1
Single-Family Residential
20,000 square feet (1st unit)
R-2
Duplex Residential
15,000 square feet (1st unit)
R-3
High Density Residential
12,000 square feet (1st unit)
C-1
General Commercial
None
MU
Mixed Use District
20,000 square feet (1st unit)
P-1
Public and Semi-Public
None
LI
Light Industrial
1 acre (43,560 square feet)
BI
Basic Industrial
1 acre (43,560 square feet)
MPD
Mixed-Use Planned Development District
2 acres (87,120 square feet)
D-1
Development District
1 acre (43,560 square feet)
LPD
Legacy Planned Development District
Per initial PDD description
B. 
No amendment shall be initiated which would create a new zoning district with an area of less than two acres. The minimum does not apply to the extension of an existing district, or the addition of a MU district adjacent to a C-1 district.

§ 300-7 District purpose.

A. 
The zoning districts established in this chapter are for the purposes of guiding development in accordance with existing and future needs and promoting 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 statement of intent shall be used in interpretation and application of the district regulations.
B. 
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.
C. 
Districts.
(1) 
R-1 Single-Family Residential District. R-l districts are intended to be single-family residential areas with detached units and low population densities. Use regulations allow limited nonresidential use, which are compatible with the character of the district.
(2) 
R-2 Duplex and Single-Family Residential District. R-2 districts are intended for one and two-family detached units and low to medium population density. Uses include those in R-1 districts plus garage apartments and duplexes. 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.
(3) 
R-3 General Residential District. This district is intended for medium density residential purposes, including single-family detached units, duplexes, and multifamily units. Manufactured home parks are permitted as special exceptions upon approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals. Certain uses to serve governmental, recreational and religious needs are permitted.
(4) 
MU Mixed Use District. The MU 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.
(5) 
C-1 General Commercial District. C-1 district is intended to accommodate business uses in the Town center and along traffic arteries primarily engaged in sale of durable goods, equipment, services, and recreational facilities.
(6) 
P-1 Public and Semi-Public District. The P-1 district is intended to accommodate establishments relating to health, religious, educational, and governmental uses. The nature of these uses requires that they be located in areas with adequate access and also be near the residential areas they serve. This district is intended to be exclusive of residential and commercial uses. For purposes of this district, a nursing home or care facility for the ill and/or aged is not considered a residential use.
(7) 
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.
(8) 
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.
(9) 
MPD Mixed-Use Planned Development District:
(a) 
The Mixed-Use Planned Development (MPD) District is a special purpose district. The intent is to create a planned, unified development that encourages flexibility of design and allowable uses within the district. Within the MPD, regulations adapted to unified planning and development standards are intended to accomplish the purposes of zoning, design standards, and other applicable regulations to an equivalent or higher degree than general zoning district regulations that are designed to control uncoordinated development on individual lots or tracts. MPDs are intended to promote economical and efficient land use, provide an improved level of amenities, foster a harmonious variety of uses, encourage creative design, and produce a better environment.
(b) 
This zoning 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 and green space, and safe and efficient vehicular and pedestrian access for a development characterized by a unified site design for mixed uses. A Mixed-Use Planned Development District may be predominately residential, commercial, industrial, conservation, or combinations thereof. Note that a mix of residential and industrial uses are not allowed.
(10) 
Mixed-use criteria. The intent of mixed use is to provide a variety of uses that are compatible and complement each other. Mixed uses encourage live/work/shop opportunities that are not automobile dependent. An MPD shall not be approved as a means of circumventing primary zoning district regulations by proposing one different use component in an otherwise single-use development that does not meet primary zoning standards. For example, a development with all single-family detached units with smaller lots, alternate setbacks, or other dimensions that do not meet general zoning district requirements, coupled with a single commercial establishment, does not meet the standards of a Mixed-Use Planned Development. Although a variety of complementary housing styles, materials, and sizes (bungalow, split-level, two-story, brick, stucco, etc.) is encouraged, a variety of housing styles alone does not constitute a residential mixed-use. A mix of residential uses also requires a variety of housing types: traditional single-family detached, patio homes, townhouses, multifamily, duplex, etc.
(11) 
D-1 Development District. This district is intended to provide for large tracts of land located primarily on the fringe of urban growth where the predominant character of urban development has not yet been fully established, but where the current characteristics of use are predominantly residential or agricultural with scattered related uses. It is further recognized that future demand for developable land will generate requests for amendments in zone designations to remove land from the D-1 classification and place it into other more intensely developed classifications as a natural consequence of urban expansion.
(12) 
LPD Legacy Planned Development District. This district is intended to provide a new zoning district designation for properties that were zoned as Planned Development District at the time of the 2019 amendment creating this district. An LPD recognizes certain basic features of the District as approved by the Pine Ridge Town Council at the time of initial zoning as a Planned Development District but also provides certain revisions as to design to facilitate the future build out of the subdivision development.

§ 300-8 PD Planned Development District retired.

As of the effective date of this chapter, PDs will be retired as a zoning district and no parcels shall be zoned as such. Planned Development Districts in existence prior to the effective date of this chapter shall remain in full force and effect under the regulations as set for each district at the time approved by the Pine Ridge Town Council and shall remain designated as Planned Development Districts on the Official Zoning Map of Pine Ridge. A zoning district designation of LPD Legacy Planned Development District was added to the Zoning Ordinance in 2019 to provide an alternative district designation for properties zoned PD Planned Development District retired at the time of the adoption of the amendment.

§ 300-9 District boundaries on map.

The boundaries of the zoning districts established by this chapter are hereby established on a map entitled "Zoning Map of the Town of Pine Ridge, S.C.," which map is declared to be a part of this chapter.

§ 300-10 Official Zoning Map.

The Official Zoning Map shall be maintained in the Office of the Planning Official. A duplicate Official Zoning Map shall be kept in the office of the Town 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 Town Clerk, and shall be available for public inspection. The Official Zoning Map and any amendments adopted by Town 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.

§ 300-11 Interpretation of district boundaries.

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any zoning district, the following general rules of interpretation shall apply. It is the duty of the Planning Official to interpret the location of zoning district boundaries. An appeal from an interpretation of finding of the Planning Official may be taken to the Zoning Board of Appeals as specified in Part 12.
A. 
District boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such center lines.
B. 
District boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C. 
District boundaries indicated as approximately following Town limits shall be construed as following such Town limits.
D. 
District boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway between the main tracks.
E. 
District boundaries indicated as following center lines of stream beds or other bodies of water shall be construed to follow such center lines.
F. 
Supplementary floodplain and floodway boundaries indicated as following the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 100-year floodplain line or the floodway line shall be construed to follow such lines.
G. 
District boundaries indicated as approximately parallel to, or extensions of features indicated in subsections above shall be so construed and at such distance there from as indicated on the official copy of the Zoning Map. The scale of the map shall determine distances not specifically indicated on the official copy of the Zoning Map.
H. 
Where a district boundary line as appearing on the Zoning Map divides a lot in single ownership at the time of adoption of this chapter or subsequent amendment into two different zoning districts, the district least restrictive in the opinion of the owner shall be deemed to apply to the whole thereof. Provided however, that in no case shall a zoning district boundary line dividing said lot be extended into either district in excess of 25 feet beyond the district boundary line dividing said lot.

§ 300-12 Lot divided by district boundaries.

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.