COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, SC ZONING ORDINANCE

1 COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, SC ZONING ORDINANCE Contains amendments adopted by COUNTY Council between the original adoption date of June 7, 2005 and November 16, 2021 Contains scrivener s error corrections as of February 22, 2011 Updated as amended 11/16/21 ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS SINCE JUNE 7, 2005 ADOPTION Ord No. Date Docket Description 5354 11/16/21 CZ-2021-92 An ORDINANCE to amend Article 4 Definitions, Article 6 Table Uses Permitted, Uses by Special Exception, and Conditional Uses and Section 6:2 Use Conditions; Article 7 Table Minimum Lot Area/Permitted Densities for Single-Family residential and Table Setback/Height Requirements, Article 9 Section 9:4 Public Access to Property, and to add Article 5 Section 5:16, AG Agricultural Preservation District of the Greenville COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE to provide definitions and standards establishing the AG, Agricultural Preservation District.

2 5348 10/19/21 CZ-2021-74 Amend Section 6: Table to allow Recreation (commercial) and Recreation (private/public/nonprofit) as permitted uses in the I-1, Industrial District. Amend Section 6: Table to create a new use titled Private Fitness center to be allowed in the NC, C-1, C-2, C-3, S-1, and I-1 Districts. Amend Article 4 to provide the new use and definition for Private Fitness center . 5218 9/15/2020 CZ-2020-46 Amend Sections 7 (A) and 7 (A) to remove the 15% and 20% total number of single-family attached dwelling unit maximum requirement under Section 7:2 Open Space residential Development . 5217 9/15/2020 CZ-2020-45 Amend use condition 28 of Section 6:2 to the ability for Single-Family Developments to be developed meeting the requirements in Section 7:2 Open Space residential Development . 5166 2/18/2020 CZ-2019-63 An ORDINANCE to amend Article 8 by adding Section 8:11, and all subsections, to create the Taylors Main Street Development District.

3 5013 9/4/2018 CZ-2018-47 Allows property owners to request ZONING for their property, for a period of up to six (6) months after the effective date of an area zoned by the petition process, provided the property to be zoned is contiguous to the newly-approved zoned area. 4942 10/3/2017 CZ-2017-54 Add the BTD ZONING District, including new definitions, amendment to Table Permitted Uses. An amendment to Section 8:10 to establish the Business and Technology District (BTD). 4917 7/18/2017 CZ-2017-36 Add Automobile Sales/Rental and Personal Motorized Vehicles as a conditional use, including new definitions, Updated as amended 11/16/21 amendment to Table Permitted Uses and Section 6:2 Use Conditions, and Section 12 Exceptions [to parking lot landscaping requirements]. 4789 4/5/2016 CZ-2016-14 Add Section 8:9, Scuffletown Rural Conservation District, to protect open space, natural resources, and rural character within the Scuffletown Area (adopted map).

4 4697 5/5/2015 CZ-2015-18 Allow review by ZONING Administrator for one year extension of a Temporary Accessory Dwelling use as outlined in Section 11:9. 4684 3/17/2015 CZ-2014-53 Replace Home Occupation table in Section 6:2(13) Use Conditions, Home Occupation 4670 11/2/2014 CZ-2014-46 Add Data Centers as a permitted use, including new definition, amendment to Table Permitted Uses, and amendment to Table Parking. 4638 7/8/2014 CZ-2014-17 Permit Special Event Facilities as a conditional use (#30) in all residential Districts and the OD, POD, NC, and C-1 Districts and as a permitted use in the C-2, C-3 and S-1 Districts and add to the definitions section. 4610 1/21/2014 CZ-2013-37 Permit Chickens as a conditional use (#29) in the R-6 through R-MA Districts, add to the definitions section and amend condition #25 to distinguish urban chickens from livestock 4543 3/3/2013 CZ-2013-4 Add Section 11:10 and modify the permitted use table regarding auto wrecking facilities, junkyards, salvage yards, recycling collection and processing centers, and scrap processors.

5 4500 8/21/2012 CZ-2012-14 Amend Sections 3 , 3 , 3 and 3 to allow for additional public comment and to update the public hearing provisions. 4469 3/6/2012 CZ-2012-3 Amend use condition 28 of Section 6:2 to add Mixed-Use developments and Mixed-Use structures as conditional uses, and make minor modifications of the overall language of condition 28. 4402 2/2/2011 CZ-2010-37 Amend illegal uses, tenancy, and nonconforming lots language. 4390 11/2/2010 CZ-2010-33 Permit Single-Family and Multifamily residential as conditional uses (#28) in the C-1, C-2 and C-3 Districts. 4389 11/2/2010 CZ-2010-32 Create the R-6 District. 4382 10/19/2010 CZ-2010-28 Create the Flexible Review District (FRD). 4280 5/6/2009 CZ-2009-15 Permit Temporary Fireworks Stands as a permitted use in the C-1 District. 4272 4/7/2009 CZ-2008-82 Permit Fraternity and Sorority houses in the RM districts and add to the definitions section. 4266 3/4/2009 CZ-2008-81 Create a waiting period for the BZA and stay of enforcement actions pending rezoning.

6 4265 3/4/2009 CZ-2008-80 Create ZONING by petition. Updated as amended 11/16/21 4229 8/22/2008 CZ-2007-78 Create ZONING by referendum. 4224 9/16/2008 CZ-2008-45 Create additional multifamily residential districts. R-M2 through R-M20. 4215 8/5/2008 CZ-2008-29 Permit Funeral Homes as a special exception in R-R3 thru R-MA residential Districts and as a conditional use (#27) in the C-1 District. 4089 3/6/2007 CZ-2007-2 Modify Big Box Retail from a permitted use to a conditional use (#26) in the C-2 and C-3 Districts and add design standards . 4081 2/20/2007 CZ-2006-91 Permit Florists, Flower and Gift Shops, Photography Studios and Music Teachers/Schools as permitted uses in the O-D District. 4048 10/17/2006 CZ-2006-15 Amend Section 12:9 to add a twenty-five (25) foot buffer requirement where any non- residential use is adjacent to a residential use and/or district. 4022 6/6/2006 CZ-2005-90 Add the R-20A ZONING District, mirroring the uses allowed in the R-20 District but adding Feed and Seed Sales, Garden Centers, Nurserys/Greenhouses and Riding Academy and Stables as additional permitted uses; and allow for farm animals, livestock, barns and tables as conditional uses (#25).

7 4004 4/18/2006 CZ-2006-26 Permit Beauty and Barber Shops as a permitted use in the S-1 District. 3968 11/1/2005 CZ-2005-89 Permit Government Facilities and Operations and Temporary Fireworks Stands as a use by Special Exception in all ZONING Districts and as a permitted use in the C-2, C-3 and S-1 Districts respectively. 3921 6/7/2005 Manifest corrections to newly adopted ZONING ORDINANCE . 3869 12/13/2004 ZONING ORDINANCE re-adopted in whole. Updated as amended 11/16/21 Updated as amended 11/16/21 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE, AUTHORITY Page # Section 1:1 Purpose 1-1 Section 1:2 Authority 1-1 Section 1:3 Jurisdiction 1-1 Section 1:4 Official ZONING Map 1-1 Section 1:5 Interpretation of District Boundaries 1-1 Section 1:6 Eminent Domain Limitation 1-2 Section 1:7 Transfers 1-2 Section 1:8 Policy for Initial ZONING 1-2 Section 1:9 Severability 1-2 Section 1:10 Effective Date of ORDINANCE 1-2 ARTICLE 2 Review and Decision Making Bodies Section 2:1 COUNTY Council 2-1 Section 2:2 Planning Commission 2-1 Section 2:3 Board of ZONING Appeals 2-1 Section 2.

8 4 Establishment of Board of ZONING Appeals 2-2 ARTICLE 3 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATION Section 3:1 General Provisions 3-1 Section 3:2 ZONING ORDINANCE Text and Map Amendments 3-1 Section 3:3 Special Exceptions 3-6 Section 3:4 Variances 3-7 Section 3:5 Appeals and Hearings 3-8 Section 3:6 Building Permits 3-10 Section 3:7 Certificate of Use 3-10 Section 3:8 Conformance of Construction and Use 3-11 Section 3:9 Site Plan Review for PD, NC, and POD 3-11 ARTICLE 4 DEFINITIONS 4-1 ARTICLE 5 5-1 ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS Section 5:1 ZONING Districts 5-1 Section 5:2 R-R3, Rural residential District 5-1 Section 5:3 R-R1, Rural residential District 5-2 Section 5:4 R-S, residential Suburban District 5-2 Section 5:5 R-20, R-20A, R-15, R-12, R-10, , and R-6, Single-Family residential Districts 5-3 Section 5:6 R-M2 RM20, Multifamily residential Districts 5-3 R-D, residential Duplex District-OBSOLETE DISTRICT Section 5:7 Intentionally Blank 5-4 Section 5:8 R-MA, Multifamily residential District 5-5 Section 5:9 R-MHP, residential Manufactured Home Park District 5-5 Section 5:10 O-D, Office District 5-9 Updated as amended 11/16/21 Section 5:11 C-1, Commercial District 5-9 Section 5:12 C-2, Commercial District 5-10 Section 5:13 C-3, Commercial District 5-10 Section 5:14 S-1, Services District 5-10 Section 5:15 I-1, Industrial District 5-11 Section 5:16 AG, Agricultural Preservation District 5-12 ARTICLE 6 USE REGULATIONS Section 6:1 Permitted Uses, Special Exceptions, and Conditional Uses 6-1 Table Table of Permitted Uses 6-2 Section 6.

9 2 Use Conditions 6-7 ARTICLE 7 residential DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL standards Section 7:1 Conventional residential Development 7-1 Section 7:2 Open Space residential Development 7-2 Table Minimum Lot Area/Permitted Densities for Single-Family residential 7-6 Table Open Space residential Development Options 7-6 Section 7:3 Determining Setback Lines in All Districts 7-7 Table Setback/Height Requirements 7-7 Table Nonresidential Setback/Height Requirements 7-9 Section Alternative Density, Lot Size, and Setback Requirements for Single-Family residential Districts 7-12 ARTICLE 8 SPECIAL PURPOSE AND REVIEW DISTRICT REGULATIONS Section 8:1 PD, Planned Development District 8-1 Section 8:2 POD, Planned Office District 8-4 Section 8:3 NC, Neighborhood Commercial District 8-6 Section 8:4 I-2, Industrial Park District 8-8 Section 8:5 ESD-PM, Environmentally Sensitive District - Paris Mountain 8-11 Section 8:6 AP, Airport Protective District 8-12 Section 8:7 HP, Historic Preservation District 8-20 Section 8:8 FRD, Flexible Review District 8-26 Section 8:9 SRC, Scuffletown Rural Conservation District 8-29 Section BTD, Business and Technology District 8-34 Section 8:11 Taylors Main Street Development District 8-37 ARTICLE 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 9:1 Application 9-1 Section 9:2 Adequate Facilities 9-1 Section 9:3 Nonconforming Uses and Structures 9-2 Section 9:4 Public Access to Property 9-3 Section 9:5 Parking and Storage of Vehicles 9-3 Updated as amended 11/16/21 ARTICLE 10 PROVISIONS FOR GROUP DEVELOPMENT Section 10.

10 1 Provisions for Group Developments 10-1 Section Site Plan Review for Group Developments 10-2 ARTICLE 11 PROVISIONS FOR USES PERMITTED BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION Section 11:1 General Provisions 11-1 Section 11:2 Cemeteries/Funeral Home 11-1 Section 11:3 Churches 11-3 Section 11:4 Communication Towers 11-4 Section 11:5 Day Care Centers 11-7 Section 11:6 Group Care Homes 11-8 Section 11:7 Public Utility Buildings and Uses 11-9 Section 11:8 residential Dwelling in Conjunction with Schools and Parks 11-9 Section 11:9 Temporary Accessory Dwelling 11-9 Section 11:10 Required Conditions for Auto Wrecking Facilities, Junkyards, Recycling Collection and Processing center , Salvage Yards and Scrap Processors 11-11 ARTICLE 12 DEVELOPMENT standards Section 12:1 Development standards for PD, NC, POD 12-1 Section 12:2 Off-Street Parking 12-2 Table Minimum Parking Requirements 12-2 Table Minimum Parking Requirements (Dimensions) 12-6 Section 12:3 Off-Street Loading 12-6 Table Minimum Loading Requirements 12-7 Section 12:4 Parking Lot Landscaping 12-7 Section 12:5 Relationship of Buildings to Lots 12-12 Section 12:6 Projections into Public Streets and Street Rights-of-Way 12-12 Section 12:7 Visibility at Intersections 12-12 Section 12:8 Height 12-12 Section 12:9 Screening and Buffering Requirements 12-13 ARTICLE 13 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT Section 13:1 ZONING Enforcement Official and Duties 13-1 Section 13:2 Enforcement of Violations 13-1 Section 13.