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All conventionally constructed homes located in the city 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. Manufactured homes located in the city after the adoption of this ordinance shall have evidence of inspection during construction under the standards of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under authority of 42 U.S.C. § 5401 and shall meet these standards upon location within the city.
(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 a (M-H) Mobile Home 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 intended to: (1) protect and encourage agricultural endeavors and promote the wise use of prime agricultural and forest lands; (2) protect and encourage the integrity of existing rural communities; (3) protect valuable natural and cultural resources; (4) maintain open space and scenic areas contiguous to development areas.
Building material suppliers, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical sales and services |
Churches and other places of worship |
Clubs, lodges, civic, fraternal, social, or similar non- profit organizations |
Commercial horticulture or agriculture (excluding farm animals) |
Convenience stores |
Day care facilities |
Finance, insurance, and real estate offices, including banks and loan offices |
Funeral homes and mortuaries |
Government buildings or facilities |
Horticultural nurseries and greenhouses |
Hospital |
Hotels and motels |
Offices for commercial, personal medical, legal and other services |
Parking lots in accordance with § 5-4-67-8 |
Printing plants for newspapers and other printers |
Public utility substations and facilities, public utility easements |
Recreational vehicle parks, in association with a hotel or motel, and subject to the provisions of the City of Dillon Land Development Regulations |
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 may 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 drinks, such as night clubs, saloons, taverns, wine bars, beer garden drinking places, beer parlor tap rooms, beer taverns, bottle club drinking places, cabarets, cocktail lounges, discotheque alcoholic beverages, tap room drinking places and alcoholic beverage bar drinking places primarily providing services such as beer, ale, wine, whiskey and liquor for on-premise consumption.)(Manufactured home sales lots, boat and trailer sales are also hereby excluded) |
Retirement homes, convalescent homes, and nursing homes |
Sales lots for farm machinery, truck trailers and campers, and other equipment requiring outdoor storage |
Services to individuals and businesses, including personal services, social services, business supplies and services, amusement and recreation, entertainment, health services, auto washing facilities, and rental services |
Shopping centers, containing uses permitted in the district (see Dillon Land Development Regulations for development standards) |
Signs, in accordance with the provisions of § 5-4-67-5 |
Telephone, telegraph, radio, and television services |
Temporary uses, in accordance with the provisions of § 5-4-67-7 |
Veterinary services and animal shelters |
(Am. Ord 16-15, passed 12-12-2016)
(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) Sign required. 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 RU 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 division.
(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 the city.
(9) Violation.
(a) Any person violating any provision of § 5-4-67-2(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 Revenue and/or the city 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 herein 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 division.
(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 sign erected or maintained in violation of this section or any sign which has been abandoned, destroyed, or substantially damaged, shall be ordered by the Code Enforcement Officer. 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 section. Upon failure to remove the sign, the city may remove the sign. Any costs of removal incurred by the city may be collected in a manner proscribed 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. Mobile signs may be permitted for a temporary fixed period of time, not to exceed ninety (90) days.
(H) Signs permitted in the RU 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) On premises business signs. Free standing signs, for each business on the premises under separate management, providing that:
(a) Such signs shall be limited to one (1) per one hundred (100) feet of lot frontage along a major street or highway.
(b) No portion of such signs shall extend over any structure or adjoining property line.
(c) Such signs shall be no higher than thirty (30) feet nor lower than ten (10) feet above the finished grade of the adjacent street or pavement.
(d) Such signs shall not exceed one hundred thirty (130) square feet in total area.
(5) Business signs, for shopping centers, in accordance with the standards set forward in the city’s Land Development Regulations.
(6) 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.
(7) One (1) unlighted temporary real estate sign on a property offered for sale or rent, not exceeding eight (8) square feet.
(8) Temporary signs of contractors, architects, engineers, and artisans during construction, providing such signs shall be removed promptly after completion of work.
(9) Temporary signs pertaining to special events or political campaigns, not exceeding two (2) square feet.
(10) Signs incident to legal process and necessary for public safety and welfare.
(11) One (1) identification sign, which may be illuminated, not exceeding six (6) square feet, for a club, lodge, civic or fraternal, group home, 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 the city.
(12) 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 the city.
(Am. Ord. 06-12, passed 6-12-2006; Am. Ord. 07-18, passed 9-10-2007; Am. Ord. 10-12, passed 11-8-2010; Am. Ord. 16-15, passed 12-12-2016)
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.
(Ord. 16-15, passed 12-12-2016)
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