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All conventionally constructed homes located in the City of Dillon shall be built under inspection by the Building Inspector and shall comply with the applicable International Building Codes as adopted and amended by the South Carolina Building Code Council.
(Am. Ord. 07-18, passed 9-10-2007)
(A) Definitions.
In addition to the definitions which follow, words not defined herein shall have the meanings stated in the latest edition of the South Carolina Department of Social Services Regulations for Family Day Care Homes:
CAREGIVER means any person whose duties include direct care, supervision, and guidance of children in a family day care home.
CHILDCARE OPERATOR means the person ultimately responsible for the overall operation of the family day care home.
FAMILY DAY CARE HOME means a state licensed or approved registered facility within a residence occupied by the operator in which childcare is provided on a regular basis for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours per day for no more than six (6) children, unattended by a parent or legal guardian, including those children living in the home and children received for childcare who are related to the resident caregiver.
INFANT means a child age twelve (12) months or younger.
MINOR CHILD means a person who has not reached the eighteenth birthday.
REGISTRATION means the process whereby all family day care homes are licensed/approved and regulated in accordance with the provisions of the latest edition of the South Carolina Department of Social Services Regulations and South Carolina Child Care Licensing Law for Family Day Care Homes.
RELATED means any of the following relationships by marriage, blood, or adoption: parent, grandparent, brother, sister, stepparent, stepsister, stepbrother, uncle, aunt, cousin of the first degree.
REGULARLY, OR ON A REGULAR BASIS: these terms refer to the frequency with which childcare services are available and provided at a family day care home in any one (1) week; these terms mean the availability and provision of periods of daycare less than twenty-four (24) hours per day in such week, in a place other than the child's or the children's own home or homes.
(B) Application Procedure.
Applications for family day care homes within an (R-5) Residential District shall be submitted for approval to the Zoning Board of Appeals and shall include the following information and any reasonable additional information requested:
(1) Childcare operator must own the property of the proposed day care location or provide a letter of approval from the property owner giving approval and authorization to the childcare operator to operate a family day care home at that location.
(2) The family day care home hours of operation must be reviewed and approved by the Board. No after dark operating hours are permitted.
(3) A clearly identified children's drop-off and pick-up zone must be identified.
(4) Off-street parking for employees and two (2) visitor slots are required.
(5) A Recreation Plan must be submitted to the Board. The Board will review the plan for location, visibility, congestion, safety and other factors. No outdoor recreation activities shall be permitted before 9:00 a.m.
(6) An exterior lighting plan must be submitted to, and approved by the Board.
(7) No activities associated with family day care homes, except drop-off and pick-up of children, may take place in the front yard of the day care location.
(8) Family day care home recreation activities must be located within the rear of the yard and enclosed by a brick, masonry, chain linked or other similar fence which cannot be buckled or moved by a seventy-five (75)-pound child running into the fence. Such fence must be constructed in such a way that will prevent a child from easily climbing over or going under the fence. The recreation area must be a minimum of four hundred fifty (450) square feet for one (1) to six (6) children.
(9) No external sign shall exceed one (1) square foot. Signs must be non-illuminated, non-animated and shall be attached to the house.
(10) The front of the family day care home must be landscaped to appear as a residence.
(11) The family day care home and grounds must be kept painted, mowed and clean at all times.
(12) The color of the family day care home must be homogeneous with the neighborhood.
(C) Business License Required.
A business license is required prior to engaging in business as a family day care home. No business license shall be issued to a childcare operator of a proposed family day care home until the location has been approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals and a registered and/or licensed approval has been obtained from the South Carolina Department of Social Services for compliance with the Regulations for Family Day Care Homes.
(D) Conflict with other Laws, Ordinances, Regulations and Restrictive Covenants.
Whenever the requirements made under authority of these regulations impose higher standards than are required in any statute or local ordinance or regulation or restrictive covenants, provisions of the regulations shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation or restrictive covenants impose higher standards than are required by these regulations, the provisions of such statute or local ordinance or regulation or restrictive covenant shall apply.
(Ord. 09-10, passed 6-8-2009)
This district is created to provide for and promote the city area as a central core for retail, service, and public uses to serve the entire community. Because the central business area has a high density, off-street parking and loading facilities are not required for individual properties or uses.
Apartments located in existing or new buildings on floor levels that do not exit immediately to ground level |
Clubs, lodges, civic, fraternal, social, or similar non-profit organizations on floor levels that do not exit immediately to ground level |
Convenience stores |
Day care facilities |
Finance, insurance, and real estate offices, including banks and loan offices |
Government buildings or facilities |
Hotels |
Offices for commercial, personal, medical, legal, and other services |
Parking lots |
Public utility substations and facilities |
Retail trade involving the sale of merchandise on premises, including food stores, retail stores, automobile dealers, service stations, apparel and accessories, eating and drinking establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of prepared food and drinks which also serve alcoholic beverages as a subordinate to meals for on-premises consumption (but excluding alcoholic drinking establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic drink, such as night clubs, saloons, taverns, wine bars, beer garden drinking places, beer parlor tap rooms, beer taverns, bottle club drinking places and alcoholic beverage bar drinking places primarily providing services such as beer, ale, wine, whiskey and liquor for on-premises consumption. Manufactured home sales lots, boat, and trailer lots are also hereby excluded) |
Services to individuals and businesses, including personal services, social services, business supplies and services, amusement and recreation, entertainment, health services, and repair services and rental services for household items (but excluding establishments primarily engaged in internet sweepstakes) |
Signs, in accordance with the provisions of § 5-4-58-2 |
Telephone, telegraph, radio, and television services, but excluding communication towers |
Temporary uses, in accordance with the provisions of § 5-4-58-3 |
(A) Definitions.
ALCOHOLIC DRINKING PLACE means an establishment that is primarily devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises, deriving fifty percent (50%) of their gross revenue from the sale of alcohol and in which the serving of meals is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages.
INTERNET SWEEPSTAKES ESTABLISHMENT means an establishment where customers are primarily devoted to buy time online and play video “sweepstakes” games for cash prizes or purchase internet time that allows the user to receive points or credits that are then used to play, in many instances, casino-like computer games to potentially win more points redeemable for cash and/or where customers are primarily devoted to giving donation for a product or other thing of value (i.e., phone card, internet time), which credits the customer with free points or other measurable units that may be risked by the customer for an opportunity to win money.
MEALS means an assortment of various prepared foods which shall be available to guests on the licensed premises during normal mealtimes which occur when the licensed business establishment is open to the public. Sandwiches, boiled eggs, sausages and other snacks prepared off the licensed premises but sold thereon, shall not constitute a meal. The business must have a menu or a posted listing of available meals. Hot meals must be prepared at least once each day the business is open for business.
PRIMARILY means for the most part of a business activity engaged in by a business establishment.
RESTAURANT means an establishment that is primarily devoted to the serving of food and drinks for consumption by guests on the premises, deriving fifty percent (50%) of their gross revenue from the sale of food and drinks in which the serving of alcoholic drinks is only incidental to the consumption of such meals. The business must have a Class A restaurant license from the Department of Health and Environmental Control and must have a kitchen that is used solely for the preparation, serving and disposal of solid foods that make up meals to include seating for not less than forty (40) persons simultaneously at tables for the service of meals.
(Am. Ord. 11-16, passed 12-12-2011; Am. Ord. 23-09, passed 5-8-2023)
(A) Permit. A permit shall be secured for the establishment, major alteration, or moving of any sign two (2) square feet or more in area, except for temporary signs.
(B) Required Sign. Each principal building shall have posted on the front exterior the proper street address, with numerals a minimum of three (3) inches in height.
(C) Prohibited Signs. The following signs are prohibited within the B-1 District:
(1) Signs which imitate an official sign or signal or which contain the words stop, go slow, caution, danger, warning, or similar words or characters which might mislead or confuse the driver of a vehicle.
(2) Signs which are of a size, location, movement, content, coloring, or manner of illumination which may be confused with or construed to be a traffic control device or which hide from view any traffic or street sign or signal or which obstruct the view in any direction at a street or road intersection.
(3) All parts of signs which advertise an activity, business, product, or service no longer produced or conducted on the premises upon which the sign is located; except where a succeeding owner or lessee agrees to maintain the signs as provided in this ordinance.
(4) Signs which are pasted or attached to utility poles, trees, fences, or other signs.
(5) Signs which swing or otherwise noticeably move as a result of wind pressure because of the manner of suspension or attachment, except for flags, banners and pennants.
(6) Signs which display intermittent or flashing illumination.
(7) Signs which extend above the roof of any building.
(8) Prohibited Signs on Rights-of-way. Political signs, advertising signs, mobile signs, temporary signs, banners or pennants located in the public rights-of-way or private easements of streets and roads within the corporate limits of Dillon are prohibited unless approval to erect or construct such signs has been permitted by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and/or City of Dillon.
(9) Violation.
(a) Any person violating any provision of § 5-4-58-2(C)(8) by erecting, constructing or maintaining political signs, advertising signs, mobile signs, temporary signs, banners or pennants in the public rights-of-way or private easements of streets and roads within the corporate limits of Dillon without obtaining approval from the South Carolina Department of Transportation and/or City of Dillon shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be subject to a fine of up to two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days upon conviction. Each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense. Punishment for violation shall be considered a separate offense.
(b) In addition to the fine hereinabove provided, the city may remove the prohibited signs, banners or pennants from the public rights-of-way or private easements of streets and roads within the city limits. Removal of prohibited signs, banners or pennants by the city shall not relieve the offender from being subject to a misdemeanor for violation of this ordinance.
(D) Illumination. Signs illuminated by direct lighting shall have such lighting shielded so that no direct light will shine on abutting properties or in the normal line of vision of the public using the streets or sidewalks.
(E) Maintenance. The person, firm, or corporation owning or using the sign shall be responsible for maintaining the sign in a structurally sound condition and for keeping the area surrounding the base of the sign clear of trash and debris.
(F) Removal of On-Premises Signs. The removal of any on-premises sign erected or maintained in violation of this ordinance or any on-premises sign which has been abandoned, destroyed, or substantially damaged, shall be ordered by the Code Enforcement Director. Ten (10) days notice in writing shall be given to the owner of such sign, or of the building or premises on which such sign is located, to remove the sign or bring it into compliance with this ordinance. Upon failure to remove the sign, the City of Dillon may remove the sign and any costs of removal incurred by the city may be collected in a manner prescribed by law.
(G) Temporary Signs. All temporary signs shall be removed within two (2) weeks following completion of the event or project for which the sign was displayed, the sale of property for which the sign was posted, or the election for which political signs were erected.
(H) Signs Permitted in the B-1 District.
(1) Applicable signs permitted in residential districts.
(2) Business signs mounted flat against the front surface of the building wall and not projecting above the roof of the building. The total area of all signs identifying each establishment shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the front surface of the building facing either a public pedestrian or vehicular way, or a parking lot.
(3) Business signs mounted flat against the rear and/or side surface of the building wall and not projecting above the roof of the building. The total area of all signs identifying each establishment shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the rear and side surface of the building facing either a public pedestrian or vehicular way or a parking lot.
(4) Business signs suspended under canopies, providing that such signs shall:
(a) Be limited to one (1) per building entrance.
(b) Be a minimum of nine (9) feet above the sidewalk surface.
(c) Not to exceed three (3) square feet in total area.
(5) One (1) unlighted temporary real estate sign on a property offered for sale or rent, not exceeding eight (8) square feet.
(6) Temporary signs of contractors, architects, engineers, and artisans during construction, providing such signs are located on the premises and shall be removed promptly after completion of the work.
(7) Temporary signs pertaining to special events or political campaigns, provided they are located on the premises and do not exceed two (2) square feet.
(8) Signs incident to legal process and necessary for public safety and welfare.
(9) One (1) identification sign, which may be illuminated, not exceeding six (6) square feet, for a club, civic or fraternal, group home, lodge, public recreation area, or social organization may be located in the public rights-of-way or private easements of streets and roads within the corporate limits of Dillon with approval from the South Carolina Department of Transportation and/or City of Dillon.
(10) One (1) identification sign, which may be illuminated, for a school or church or other house of worship, not exceeding twelve (12) square feet may be located in the public rights-of-way or private easements of streets and roads within the corporate limits of Dillon with approval from the South Carolina Department of Transportation and/or City of Dillon.
(Am. Ord. 06-12, passed 6-12-2006; Am. Ord. 07-18, passed 9-10-2007; Am. Ord. 10-12, passed 11-8-2010)
A temporary use permit may be issued by the Code Enforcement Director for a period not to exceed one (1) year for non-conforming buildings, structures, or uses incidental to building construction or land development or deemed to be generally beneficial, upon condition that the building, structure or use shall be removed upon expiration of the permit.
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