GREENVILLE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT …

1 GREENVILLE COUNTY land DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS APRIL 2018 (With Amendments through August 17, 2021) GREENVILLE COUNTY land DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 6 Authority .. 6 Intent .. 6 Jurisdiction .. 7 Severability .. 7 Conflict with Other Laws, Ordinance, or Regulations .. 7 Administration .. 7 ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS .. 10 ARTICLE 3 GENERAL SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS .. 17 [RESERVED] .. 17 Project Processing .. 17 Major Subdivisions (Preliminary Plan Procedures) .. 17 Final Plat Procedures .. 21 Minor Subdivisions .. 28 Family Subdivisions Exception .. 32 Simple Plats .. 33 Recording Plats of Record .. 33 ARTICLE 4 GENERAL SURVEY REQUIREMENTS .. 34 Intent .. 34 Surveys Requiring State Plane Coordinate Reference .. 34 Surveys Exempt from Geodetic Control Monument Tie.

2 34 Standards .. 34 Electronic Submission Standards and Procedures .. 35 General Survey Standards Background .. 37 ARTICLE 5 STREET CLASSIFICATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS .. 39 Street Classification .. 39 Design Standards for Public Streets .. 40 Private Roads .. 53 Unpaved Private Drives .. 55 ARTICLE 6 ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION 58 Construction Plan Submittal Requirements .. 58 Construction Plan Review/Inspection Fees .. 59 Minimum Specifications for All Roadways .. 59 Construction Standards for Public Roads .. 60 Testing and Inspections .. 70 ARTICLE 7 WATER SUPPLY/SEWAGE DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS .. 79 Availability of and Approval for Essential Services .. 79 Water and Sewer Systems .. 79 Extension of Public Water and Sewer Systems .. 80 Private Water and Sewer Systems .. 80 Water or Sewer Systems Not Connected To Municipal or Service Providers.

3 81 ARTICLE 8 GENERAL DESIGN STANDARDS .. 82 Intent .. 82 Minimum Lot Size .. 82 Minimum Lot Frontage (Access to Lots) .. 82 Newly Created Through Lots .. 82 Flag Lots .. 82 Reserve Strips .. 83 Building Setbacks .. 83 Access and Circulation .. 84 Street Connectivity .. 85 Traffic Calming .. 86 Half Streets .. 87 Reservation of Right-of-Way on COUNTY Roads .. 87 Conformity to the Major Thoroughfare/Transportation Plans .. 87 Clear Sight Distance .. 87 Street Names .. 90 Street Signs and Markers .. 91 Easements .. 92 Sidewalks and Crosswalks .. 92 Mailboxes .. 94 Entrance Walls .. 97 Forested Natural Vegetative and/or Landscaped Buffer .. 97 ARTICLE 9 TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES .. 99 Intent .. 99 Study Requirements .. 100 Responsibility for Mitigation .. 101 Mitigation Alternatives.

4 102 Staff Approval .. 102 ARTICLE 10 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT .. 103 Intent .. 103 Industrial Design Standards .. 103 Commercial Design Standards .. 105 Multifamily Design Standards .. 108 ARTICLE 11 CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS .. 110 Intent .. 110 General Provisions .. 110 Preliminary Plans .. 110 Ownership and Maintenance .. 111 Final Plats .. 112 Existing Subdivisions .. 113 ARTICLE 12 PROVISIONS FOR GROUP DEVELOPMENT .. 114 Application .. 114 Review Process .. 114 Group DEVELOPMENT Plan Submittal Requirements .. 114 Revisions to Approved Plans .. 115 Design Standards .. 115 ARTICLE 13 TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT .. 117 Intent .. 117 Applicability .. 117 Design Standards .. 117 Street DEVELOPMENT Standards.

5 119 Parking Lots .. 122 Landscaping and Screening Standards .. 123 Stormwater Management .. 124 Utilities .. 124 Ownership and Maintenance of Public Use lots, Greenways and Civic Use Areas .. 124 ARTICLE 14 MANUFACTURED HOUSING .. 127 Single Site Location and DEVELOPMENT Standards .. 127 Park Site DEVELOPMENT Standards .. 130 ARTICLE 15 RV PARKS .. 134 General Standards .. 134 Parking and Storage of 134 Recreational Vehicle Park Site DEVELOPMENT Standards .. 134 Design Standards .. 135 ARTICLE 16 AREA SPECIFIC DESIGN GUIDELINES .. 136 Scuffletown Rural Conservation District Site Plan Review .. 136 ARTICLE 17 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT .. 139 Areas Subject to Flooding .. 139 Stormwater Design Manual .. 139 Drainage System Design .. 139 ARTICLE 18 PLANNED OFFICE DISTRICT (POD) .. 147 Intent.

6 147 Application Procedure .. 147 Site Plan Requirements .. 147 Effect of Site Plan Approval .. 148 ARTICLE 19 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (NC) .. 149 Intent .. 149 Application Procedure .. 149 Site Plan Requirements .. 149 Effect of Site Plan Approval .. 150 ARTICLE 20 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 151 Intent .. 151 Application Procedure .. 151 Final DEVELOPMENT Plan Requirements .. 151 Effect of Final DEVELOPMENT Plan Approval .. 152 ARTICLE 21 FLEXIBLE REVIEW DISTRICT .. 153 Intent .. 153 Application Procedure .. 153 Final DEVELOPMENT Plan Requirements .. 153 Effect of Final DEVELOPMENT Plan Approval .. 154 ARTICLE 22 RURAL CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION .. 155 Intent .. 155 Preliminary Plan Procedure .. 155 Rural Conservation Subdivision Design Standards .. 156 Final Plats.

7 159 Jurisdiction .. 160 APPENDIX A. SUBDIVISION JURISDICTION MAP .. 161 APPENDIX B. ACCEPTABLE PLANT MATERIAL LIST .. 162 APPENDIX C. SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES .. 168 APPENDIX D. WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES FOR COMMERCIAL & COMMUNITY FACILITY PARKING LOTS .. 177 APPENDIX E. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FEATURES WITHIN THE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS 179 APPENDIX F. MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN DETAILS .. 189 APPENDIX G. DENSITY BONUS FOR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (STORMWATER BANKING PROGRAM) .. 201 land DEVELOPMENT Regulations 6 _____ GREENVILLE COUNTY , South Carolina Article 1 GREENVILLE COUNTY , SOUTH CAROLINA land DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2016 EDITION ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Authority Pursuant to the authority granted to it under Title 6, Chapter 29, Article 7 of the South Carolina Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994, the GREENVILLE COUNTY Council does hereby adopt land DEVELOPMENT Regulations to provide for the harmonious DEVELOPMENT of the COUNTY ; coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets or with other features of the comprehensive DEVELOPMENT plan; adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light, and air.

8 Protection of the floodplain and floodways; and for a distribution of population and traffic which will create conditions favorable to the health, safety, and welfare of the general public. Hereafter, no plat of a subdivision of land within the area described in section below shall be filed or recorded until it has been submitted to and is approved by the Community Planning, DEVELOPMENT and Public Works Department and such approval is entered in writing on the plat by the Assistant COUNTY Administrator for Community Planning, DEVELOPMENT , and Public Works or authorized representative. The provisions of these regulations shall not apply to subdivision plat maps which, prior to the adoption of regulations governing the subdivision of lands, were recorded in the office of the GREENVILLE COUNTY Register of Deeds.

9 Intent The public health, safety, economy, good order, appearance, convenience, morals, and general welfare require the harmonious, orderly, and progressive DEVELOPMENT of land within the municipalities and counties of the State of South Carolina. In furtherance of this general intent, the regulation of land DEVELOPMENT by counties is authorized for the following purposes, among others: A. To encourage the DEVELOPMENT of economically sound and stable counties; B. To assure the timely provision of required streets, utilities, and other facilities and services to new land developments; C. To assure the adequate provision of safe and convenient multimodal traffic access and circulation in and through new land developments; D. To assure the provision of needed public open spaces and building sites in new land developments through the dedication or reservation of land for recreational, educational, transportation, and other public purposes; and, E.

10 To assure, in general, the wise and timely DEVELOPMENT of new areas, and redevelopment of previously developed areas in harmony with the comprehensive plans of counties. The intent and purposes described in this section are fully set forth in the guidelines and requirements appearing in the regulations as adopted by COUNTY Council. land DEVELOPMENT Regulations 7 _____ GREENVILLE COUNTY , South Carolina Article 1 Jurisdiction The land DEVELOPMENT Regulations adopted by the GREENVILLE COUNTY Council shall apply to all new subdivisions located in all unincorporated areas of the COUNTY as shown on the Official Subdivision Jurisdiction Area Map on file in the Community Planning, DEVELOPMENT and Public Works Department. The area defined above shall hereinafter be referred to as the subdivision jurisdiction area.