Appendix 720. Destination Park District (DPD).
Intent. The intent of the Destination Park District is to provide sound and healthy recreational sites in Horry County in which campers are situated. Furthermore, the Destination Park District is intended for short-term occupancy and is to be used primarily for leisure time activities at or near natural attractions in Horry County.
720.1 Permitted Uses. Unless otherwise set forth herein, occupied travel trailers, pick-up coaches, motor homes, camping trailers, other vehicular accommodations, and tents suitable for temporary habitation and uses for travel, vacation, and recreation purposes shall be permitted. No permanent external appurtenances such as carports, cabanas, or patios may be attached to any travel trailer or other vehicular accommodation parked in a destination park.
(A)
Churches, synagogues, temples, and other places of worship subject to the provisions of Article 12.
720.2 Accessory Uses. Management headquarters, toilets, dumping stations, showers, coin operated laundry facilities, and other uses and structures customarily incidental to operation of a destination park, subject to the following restrictions:
(A)
Such establishments and the parking areas primarily related to their operations shall not occupy more than eight (8) percent of the gross area of the park.
(B)
Such establishments shall be restricted in their use to occupants of the park.
(C)
Such establishments shall present no visible evidence from any street outside the park of their commercial character which could attract customers other than occupants of the park.
(D)
The structures housing such facilities shall not be located closer than one hundred (100) feet to any public street and shall not be directly accessible from any public street, but shall be accessible only from a street within the park.
(E)
Streets shall be private, but shall be constructed with a stabilized travelway (stone, paving, or other suitable material).
720.3 Conditional Uses. Permanent vacation homes may be placed in destination parks as long as they comply with the following conditions:
(A)
Structures [are to be] placed on minimum lots of three thousand (3,000) square feet.
1.
Minimum lot width: Forty (40) feet.
2.
Front yard setback: Twenty (20) feet.
3.
Side yard setback: Seven and one-half (7½) feet.
4.
Rear yard setback: Ten (10) feet.
5.
Maximum building height above base flood elevation: Twenty-five (25) feet.
(B)
The setback requirements established in Section 720.3, Conditional Uses, shall not supersede the general park requirements of Section 720.4.
720.4 Park Plan. The developer shall submit a park plan to the Planning Commission and County Council for review and approval. Destination parks shall conform to the following requirements:
(A)
The park site shall contain not less than five (5) acres.
(B)
It shall be located so that no entrance or exit from the park shall discharge traffic into any residential district nor require movement of traffic from the park through a residential district. A destination park shall have a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet of frontage on a public street.
(C)
Site conditions: Conditions of the soil, groundwater levels, drainage and topography shall not create hazards on the property or to the health or safety of the occupants. The site shall not be exposed to objectionable smoke, noise, odors, or other adverse influences, and no portion of the park shall be subject to flooding or erosion.
(D)
Sites: Each trailer site or space shall be at least one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet in area and at least thirty-five (35) feet wide. Such site shall contain a stabilized vehicular parking pad of stone, paving, or other suitable material. No part of a travel trailer or other unit placed on a site shall be closer than fifteen (15) feet of another travel trailer or other park building.
(E)
Recreation facilities: A minimum of eight (8) percent of the gross area for the destination park shall be set aside and developed as common use area for open or enclosed recreation facilities. No trailer site, buffer strip, street right-of-way, storage area, or utility site shall be utilized in computing recreational area requirements.
(F)
Design of access to park: Entrances and exits to destination parks shall be designed for safe and convenient movement of traffic into and out of the park and to minimize marginal friction with free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. All traffic into or out of the park shall be through such entrances and exits. No entrance or exit shall require a turn at an acute angle for vehicles moving in the direction intended, and entrances and exits are to be designed to facilitate easy turning and movements of vehicles with trailers attached. No impediment to visibility shall be created or maintained which obscures the view of an approaching driver.
(G)
Minimum setbacks for park: These requirements are for the external boundaries:
1.
Front yard, where park abuts a public street, shall be thirty (30) feet.
2.
Side yard, where park abuts adjoining properties, shall be twenty (20) feet.
3.
Rear yard, where the rear property line of the park abuts adjoining property, shall be twenty (20) feet.
(H)
The plat shall be drawn to scale by a registered civil engineer or land surveyor, and show exact dimensions of the parcels of land under consideration. The elements to be shown are as follows:
1.
All property dimensions, lots, and street systems, proposed location of buildings and size, plans for screening and protection of abutting properties, means of ingress and egress, access and circulation arrangements, open spaces, and other support facilities.
2.
A drainage plan with two (2) foot vertical contour intervals. The number of acres for the park, open space, and campsites shall be shown and each lot shall be numbered.
3.
Signs: Signs shall meet the requirements as established and approved by the Planning Commission and County Council.
(Ord. No. 122-00, § 1, 10-17-00; Ord. No. 116-17, § 7, 11-14-17)