CHAPTER 4: ZONING REGULATION

Section

Article A: Adoption and Purpose

5-4-1   Authority and Title

5-4-1-1   Vested Rights to Develop Property

5-4-2   Jurisdiction and Purpose

5-4-3 through 5-4-5 Reserved

Article B: Administration

5-4-6   Code Enforcement Director

5-4-7   Zoning Permits

5-4-8   Certificates of Zoning Compliance

5-4-9   Violations

5-4-10   Appeals Process

5-4-11 through 5-4-15 Reserved

Article C: Amendments

5-4-16   Introduction

5-4-17   Initiation of Amendment

5-4-18   Amendment Procedure

5-4-19 through 5-4-25 Reserved

Article D: Definitions

5-4-26   Interpretation of Words and Phrases

5-4-27   Definitions

5-4-28 through 5-4-30 Reserved

Article E: Establishment of Districts and District Map

5-4-31   Establishment of Districts

5-4-32   District Boundaries Established by Map

5-4-33   Interpretation of District Boundaries

5-4-34   Lots Divided by District Boundaries

5-4-35 through 5-4-40 Reserved

Article F: Application of Regulations

5-4-41   Zoning Affects All Lands, Buildings, and Structures

5-4-42   Regulations Regarded as a Minimum

5-4-43   One Principal Structure Per Lot

5-4-44   Compatibility with Other Ordinances

5-4-45   Access to Street Required

5-4-46   Reduction of Lot or Yard Area Prohibited

5-4-47   Rights-of-Way

5-4-48   Annexation

5-4-49   Nonconforming Uses or Structures

5-4-50 through 5-4-54 Reserved

Article G: District Regulations

5-4-55   R-12 Residential District

5-4-56   R-7 Medium Density Residential District

5-4-57   R-5 High Density Residential District

5-4-58   B-1 Central Business District

5-4-59   B-2 Highway Commercial District

5-4-60   B-3 Limited Commercial and Adult Entertainment District

5-4-61   B-4 Neighborhood Commercial

5-4-62   B-5 Interstate Highway Commercial District

5-4-63   I-1 Light Industrial

5-4-64   I-2 Basic Industrial

5-4-65   PD Planned Development District

5-4-66   Mobile Home District

5-4-67   RU Rural District

Dillon Historic Overlay District

5-4-68   Purpose

5-4-69   Designations

5-4-70   Establishment of Districts

5-4-71   Standards for Dillon Historic Designations

5-4-72   Board of Architectural Review (BAR)

5-4-73   Designation Process

5-4-74   Certificates of Appropriateness (COA)

5-4-75   Exclusions from Certificates of Appropriateness (COA)

5-4-76   Enforcement and Penalties

5-4-77   Certificate of Economic Hardship

5-4-78   Denials of COA and Appeals

5-4-79   Appeals Procedure

5-4-80   Hearing Procedure

5-4-81   Appeal from BAR to Circuit Court

5-4-82   Contempt and Penalty

5-4-83   Notice of Appeal, Transcript and Supersedeas

5-4-84   Determination of Appeal and Costs

5-4-85   Appeal to Supreme Court

5-4-86   Conflict with Other Laws

Board of Architectural Review By-Laws Organization

5-4-87   By-Laws

5-4-88   Purpose

5-4-89   Adoption and Amendments

5-4-90   Officers

5-4-91   Standing Committees

5-4-92   Professional Consultants

5-4-93   Compensation

Meetings

5-4-94   Time and Place

5-4-95   Agenda

5-4-96   Quorum

5-4-97   Attendance

5-4-98   Rules of Order

Certificate of Appropriateness

5-4-99   Pre-application Review Process

5-4-100   Applications

5-4-101   Approval

5-4-102   Denials

Interstate Highway Commercial District

5-4-103   B-5 Interstate Highway Commercial District

ARTICLE A: ADOPTION AND PURPOSE

Note: The following sections adopted by Ordinance No.______, date_______.

§ 5-4-1 AUTHORITY AND TITLE.

   The provisions of this chapter are adopted pursuant to authority granted in the South Carolina Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994, S.C. Code §§ 6-29-310, et seq.(1994 Supp.) This chapter may be cited as the City of Dillon Zoning Ordinance, 1998.

§ 5-4-1-1 VESTED RIGHTS TO DEVELOP PROPERTY.

Section 1. Scope and Title.

   All applicable ordinances, municipal code sections, and regulations relating to zoning, planning and land development within the corporate limits of the City of Dillon are subject to this ordinance, which shall be known as the Vested Rights to Develop Property Ordinance.

Section 2. Definitions.

      (A)   Except as hereinafter set forth, the words, terms and phrases when used in this ordinance shall have the meaning as set forth in S.C. Code § 6-29-1520, as enacted by Act 287 of 2004.

      (B)   "Site specific development plan", in addition and as a supplement to the definition set forth in S.C. Code § 6-29-1520, as enacted by Act 287 of 2004, is further defined to mean those documents that comprise a complete application for a zoning permit, certificate of zoning compliance, variance, special exception, planned unit development, sketch plat or sketch plan, preliminary or final subdivision plat approval, or other similar approval that authorizes the landowner to proceed with investment in grading, installation of utilities, streets, and other infrastructure, and to undertake other significant expenditures necessary to prepare for application for a building permit.

      (C)   "Vested right" means the right to undertake and complete the development of property under the terms and conditions of a site specific development plan or a phased development plan as provided in this article and in the land development ordinances or regulations of the City of Dillon adopted pursuant to this chapter.