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City of Dillon, South Carolina Code of Ordinances
DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF ORDINANCES
TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 2: PUBLIC SAFETY
TITLE 3: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE 4: PUBLIC UTILITIES
TITLE 5: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1: BUILDING REGULATION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 2: FAIR HOUSING
CHAPTER 3: PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 4: ZONING REGULATION
ARTICLE A: ADOPTION AND PURPOSE
ARTICLE B: ADMINISTRATION.
ARTICLE C: AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE D: DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE E: ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT MAP
ARTICLE F: APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS
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 (FORMERLY B-1 DISTRICT).
§ 5-4-59 B-2 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (FORMERLY B-2 DISTRICT).
§ 5-4-60 B-3 LIMITED COMMERCIAL AND ADULT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
§ 5-4-61 B-4 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (FORMERLY B-2 DISTRICT).
§ 5-4-62 B-5 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
§ 5-4-63 I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (FORMERLY I DISTRICT).
§ 5-4-64 I-2 BASIC INDUSTRIAL (FORMERLY I DISTRICT).
§ 5-4-65 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
§ 5-4-66 MOBILE HOME DISTRICT.
§ 5-4-67 RU RURAL 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
MEETINGS
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
CHAPTER 5: LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 6: FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
CHAPTER 7: ROAD NAMING AND PROPERTY ADDRESSING
CHAPTER 8: SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
CHAPTER 9: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CHAPTER 10: COMMUNITY APPEARANCE STANDARDS
TITLE 6: HEALTH AND SANITATION
TITLE 7: LICENSING AND REGULATION
TITLE 8: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE 9: OFFENSES
APPENDICES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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5-4-61-9   Visibility For Street Entrances.
      At any residential or commercial drive which enters a street, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow which, in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Director, obstructs sight lines for vehicles entering the street.
5-4-61-10   Flood Plain Standards.
      The Code Enforcement Director shall comply with applicable Federal Emergency Management Agency standards for development within flood plains in the issuance of any zoning permit.
§ 5-4-62 B-5 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Please see § 5-4-103 for information regarding the B-5 Zoning District.)
§ 5-4-63 I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (FORMERLY I DISTRICT).
   This district is designed to provide for a wide variety of small industrial and commercial uses which do not create nuisances due to noise, emissions, or heavy traffic.
   5-4-63-1 Permitted Uses.
Building materials storage and supply
Churches and other places or worship
Convenience stores
Garages and auto repair facilities
Government buildings or facilities
Horticultural nurseries and greenhouses
Light manufacturing, including but not limited to such uses as laboratories, electronics and electric components
Manufacturing, printing shops, and pharmaceutical manufacturing
Mini-warehouses
Parking lots
Public utility substations and facilities, public utility easements
Retail trade involving the sale of merchandise manufactured or processed on premises
Service stations
Services to individuals, businesses and industries, (excluding establishments primarily engaged in internet sweepstakes)
Signs, in accordance with the provisions of § 5-4-63-2
Telephone, telegraph, radio, and television services, including communication towers
Temporary uses, in accordance with the provisions of § 5-4-63-3
Transportation facilities, transport, and storage
Veterinary services and animal shelters
Warehouses and wholesale distribution centers
Wholesale trade
Woodworking shops
 
      (A)   Definitions.
         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.
         PRIMARILY means for the most part of a business activity engaged in by a business establishment.
(Am. Ord. 11-16, passed 12-12-2011)
5-4-63-2   Sign Standards.
      (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 I-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 § 5-4-63-2(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 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 I-1 District.
         (1)   Business signs mounted flat against the front surface of the building wall, except that the total area of all signs identifying each establishment shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the front surface of the building.
         (2)   Business signs, free standing, for each business under separate management, providing that such signs shall:
            (a)   Be limited to one (1) per one hundred (100) feet of lot frontage along the street on which they are located.
            (b)   Meet the minimum setback requirements for the district in which they are located.
            (c)   Be not higher than thirty (30) feet nor lower than ten (10) feet above the finished grade of the adjacent street or pavement.
            (d)   Not exceed one hundred (100) square feet in total area.
         (3)   One (1) unlighted temporary real estate sign on a property offered for sale or rent, not exceeding eight (8) square feet.
         (4)   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.
         (5)   Temporary signs pertaining to special events or political campaigns, provided they are located on the premises and do not exceed two (2) square feet.
         (6)   Signs incident to legal process and necessary for public safety and welfare.
(Am. Ord. 06-12, passed 6-12-2006; Am. Ord. 07-18, passed 9-10-2007; Am. Ord. 10-12, passed 11-8-2010)
5-4-63-3   Temporary Use.
      A temporary use permit may be issued by the Code Enforcement Director for a period not to exceed one (1) year for nonconforming 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.
5-4-63-4   Off-Street Parking Requirements.
      (A)   Off-Street Parking Required. Permanent off-street parking spaces shall be provided at the time of the erection, enlargement, change in use, or increase in capacity of any building. The number of spaces required shall conform to the standards of this section. Required parking spaces may be provided on properly graded and improved open space or in a parking structure. Each application for a building permit, zoning permit, or certificate of occupancy shall include a plan showing the space reserved for off-street parking and the means of ingress to and egress from such space. This information shall be in a format sufficient for the Code Enforcement Director to determine if the requirements of this section are met.
      (B)   Combination of Required Parking Space. The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one (1) lot, but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to any other use.
      (C)   Remote Parking. If the off-street parking space required by this ordinance cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is located, such space may be provided on any land within four hundred (400) feet of the principal use; provided that such land is in the same ownership as the principal use or has been legally restricted for parking in connection with the principal use.
      (D)   Design of Parking Area. All off-street parking shall be designed so that vehicles can turn around within the area and enter the street, road, or highway in such a manner as to completely eliminate the necessity of backing into the street, road, or highway. Accessibility parking areas shall meet the requirements of the South Carolina Board for Barrier-Free Design for accessibility to disabled persons in relation to parking spaces and sizes.
      (E)   Size of Parking Space. The parking space for each vehicle shall consist of a rectangular area having dimensions of not less than nine (9) feet wide by nineteen (19) feet long; provided that not more than twenty percent (20%) of the spaces may be designed for compact vehicles and may have dimensions of eight (8) feet wide by sixteen (16) feet long. Aisles for ingress and egress to parking spaces shall be at least twenty (20) feet in width for head-in lot arrangements and fifteen (15) feet in width for angled lot arrangements.
      (F)   Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements. The following minimum number of spaces shall be provided for uses in the I-1 District. These standards are minimum; a developer should provide the number of spaces necessary to adequately accommodate parking for the planned use.
Convenience store
One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area
Manufacturing and wholesale
One (1) space for each three (3) employees, plus one (1) space for each vehicle used in the business, plus one (1) visitor space for each ten (10) managerial employees
Medical or dental office
One (1) space for every one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area, plus one (1) space for each doctor and employee
Office and professional building
One (1) space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area
Public utility building
One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area available to the public, plus one (1) space for each employee
Retail store
One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area used for sales, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees
Sales and service businesses
One (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area available to customers, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees
Wholesale trade
One (1) space for each three (3) employees, plus one (1) space for each vehicle used in the business, plus one (1) visitor space for each ten (10) managerial employees
 
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