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Walterboro City Zoning Code

SECTION 2

4 - Permitted Uses Table

2.4.1 - Intent

The Permitted Uses Table contains a listing of uses which may be permitted in one or more of the various zoning districts. Uses are listed in alphabetical order within seven (7) categories as follows:

• Residential

• Civic, Government, & Institutional

• Office & Service

• Retail & Wholesale

• Recreation & Entertainment

• Industrial, Warehousing, & Transportation

• Other

2.4.2 - Table Key

The following is a list of the meanings of table entries:

• "P" indicates that the use is permitted by right in the zoning district.

• "C" indicates that the use is permitted as a Conditional Use with additional conditions outlined in Chapter 3. The section reference number for each of these uses is located in the far right-hand column under "Conditions."

• "S" indicates that the use is permitted as a Special Exception, subject approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals, in accordance with Section 11.3.

• "S/C" indicates the use is permitted as a Special Exception but also has additional conditions outlined in Chapter 3.

• A blank space under a zoning district column indicates that a use is not permitted in that district.

P=Permitted Use  C=Conditional Use  S=Special Exception  Blank=Not Permitted  Conditions=See Chapter 3 for Conditional Uses
RCDSFRMDRHDRNCDCBDGCDHCDIICDIDConditions
Residential Uses
Accessory apartment C C C C C C C C C 3.2.1
Accessory structure (residential) C C C C C C C 3.2.2
Bed & breakfast inn C 3.2.3
Boarding or rooming house C 3.2.4
Conservation development C C C C 3.2.5
Family care home for the handicapped C C C C C S 3.2.6
Home occupation C C C C C C C 3.2.7
Mobile home park S/C C 3.2.8
Multi-family dwelling (includes apartments & townhomes) S/C S/C S/C S/C S/C 3.2.9
Single-family dwelling, detached P P P P P S
Temporary emergency residence C C C C C C C 3.2.10
Two-family dwelling (duplex) P P P
Civic, Government, & Institutional Uses
Assembly hall S/C S/C S/C S/C P P 3.3.1
Cemetery (with or without chapel) S P
Colleges, Universities, & associated facilities S S S S
Community center S/C S/C S/C S/C P 3.3.1
Correctional facility S/C S 3.9.6
Daycare center S/C S/C S/C S/C C C C S/C 3.3.2
Government office S S S S S P P P P P
Hospitals & medical treatment facilities (greater than 20,000 sq. ft.) P P
Museum, historical displays S P P P P P
Public safety facility S S S S S S S S S P
Public utility facility (excluding sewage treatment) S S S S S S S S S P
Public utility facility (including sewage treatment) S S S
Religious institution & related uses S S S S P S P
Research facility, laboratory S P
Residential care facility S S S P P P S
School & associated facilities (public & private elementary & secondary) S/C S/C S/C S/C S/C C C S/C 3.3.3
School (trade & vocational) C P P P P
Visitors' center & public information facility P S P P P P
Office & Service Uses
Alternative financial service institution C C 3.4.1
Animal services (no kennels) P P P P
Animal services (with kennels) C C S/C 3.4.2
Artist, craftsman C C P P P 3.4.3
Automatic teller machine S P P P P
Automotive or boat service, car wash C C C 3.4.4
Bank P P P P
Body piercing & tattoo studio C C 3.4.5
Catering P P P P
Dry cleaning & laundry establishment (non-industrial) S P P P
Funeral home, mortuary, crematorium P P P
Hotel, motel, inn P P P P
Medical, dental, & optical clinics (less than 20,000 sq. ft.) S P P P P P
Personal service uses (barber/beauty shop, spa) P P P P P
Professional office P P P P P P
Services, other P P P
Retail & Wholesale Uses
Automotive or boat sales, rental C C 3.5.1
Bakery (on-site baking & sales) P P P P P
Bar, tavern P P P P
Food trucks/trailers C C C C 3.5.5
Gas sales, storage, distribution C C C C 3.4.4
Microbrewery, brew pub, brew-on-premises store P P P P
Mobile home & portable building sales C C 3.5.2
Open air markets (including farmers' markets, produce markets) C C C C 3.5.3
Pawn shops P P
Restaurant, cafe P P P P P
Retail use (less than 5,000 square feet) P P P P P
Retail use (5,000-20,000 square feet) P P P P
Retail use (20,000-50,000 square feet) S P P P
Retail use or shopping center (greater than 50,000 sq. ft.) S P P
Retail use (outside fully enclosed building) C C 3.5.4
Wholesale (inside fully enclosed building) P P P
Wholesale (with outdoor storage) C 3.9.3
Recreation & Entertainment Uses
Amusement center S C P P P 3.6.2
Amusement park, miniature golf, driving range P P
Athletic club, sports lessons, instructional schools (including art, dance, music, martial arts, and similar instruction inside a fully-enclosed building) P C P P P 3.6.2
Boat livery S
Campground C C 3.6.1
Country club, golf course, tennis club, swimming club & related uses S S S
Park, playground, square, green, or greenway P P P P P P P P P
Recreation facility (indoor) S C P P P P 3.6.2
Recreation facility (outdoor) S P P P P 3.6.2
Recreation retail use (associated with a park, outdoor recreation facility, wildlife refuge, or similar facility) P S
Sexually oriented business S 3.6.3
Shooting range (indoor) S S
Theater (indoor) S C C P P 3.6.2
Theater (outdoor) S S S S
Wildlife refuge (including one dwelling unit for caretaker) P
Industrial, Warehousing, & Transportation Uses
Airport, heliport S
Bus or train station S S
Industrial laundry, drycleaning P
Junkyard, salvage yard, recycling operation, or similar use S 3.7.1
Landfill (construction, demolition, land clearing & inert debris) S
Landfill (municipal solid waste) S
Manufacturing, processing, & assembly (inside fully enclosed building) P P
Manufacturing, processing, & assembly (outside a fully enclosed building) S
Parking garage (principal use) S S S P P P
Parking lot (surface, principal use) P P P P P P
Quarrying, mining operation S
Saw mill S
Trucking Terminals P P
Warehouse & distribution uses S P P
Warehouse, mini C C P 3.7.2
Welding shop P
Agricultural Uses
Activities related to air, soil, water, and other environmental measurements & controls P
Agriculture, horticulture, silviculture P P P P P P P
Greenhouse or horticultural nursery P P P
Fish hatchery P
Other Uses
Accessory structure (non-residential) C C C C C C 3.9.1
Drive-through/Drive-in use (with permitted use) C C C 3.9.2
Outdoor Storage (excluding outdoor sales display) C C C C 3.9.3
Radio, television station S
Telecommunications towers S/C S/C S/C 3.9.4
Temporary use C C C C C C C C C C 3.9.5
Utility facility (private) S S S S S S S S S

 

( Ord. No. 2014-02 , 5-13-14; Ord. No. 2018-14 , 10-2-18)