Article VIII. AREA, YARD, AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, Appendix B. ZONING, Code of Ordinances, Horry County

Article VIII. AREA, YARD, AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS

	Min. Area in Sq. Ft.	Min. Area in Acres	Min. Lot Width at Bldg. Site	Setback From Property Line			Max. Height of Structure
Districts				Front	Side	Rear
Conservation Preservation
Forest Agriculture		1	100	60	25	40	35
Residential uses only	21,780	½	90	25	10	15	35
Limited Forest/Agriculture	43,560	1	100	60	25	40	35
Single-Family Res.
SF 40, MSF 40	40,000		100	50	20	30	35
SF 20, MSF 20	20,000		90	40	15	25	35
SF 14.5, MSF 14.5	14,500		70	25	10	15	35
SF 10, MSF 10	10,000		70	25	10	15	35
SF 8.5, MSF 8.5	8,500		70	25	10	15	35
SF 7, MSF 7	7,000		70	25	10	15	35
SF 6, MSF 6	6,000/ 8,000		60	20	10	15	35
General Residential	See Special Requirements in section 709
Single-Family	6,000		60	20	10	15	35
Duplex	8,000		60	20	10	15	35
Townhouse		1	100	30	20	20/30	35
Multi-Family		1	100	30	20	20/30	120
Resort Residential		1	100	30	20	20/30	Unlimited
Resort Commercial
Residential	See Standards for General Residential						Unlimited
Commercial	25,000		60	40	30	25	Unlimited
Neighborhood Comm.	10,000		60	25	10	15	35
Community Commercial
Single-Family Residential			See Requirements for General Residence
Commercial	7,000	3	See Requirement in section 715.3
Highway Commercial
Residential	See Standards for General Residence
Commercial	10,000		60	50	10	15	120
Hospitals, Nursing Homes		1	60	50	10	15	120
Amusement Commercial	15,000		70	50	10	15	120
Office Professional	10,000		60	25	10	15	120
Limited Industrial	21,780	½	80	50	20	25	60
Heavy Industrial		10	400	200	50	50	60
Mobile Home Park		5	See Requirements in section 719				35
Destination park		5	See Requirements in section 720				25
Planned Development Development			See Requirements in section 721
Airport Environs
Rural Estates	43,560	1	100	40	15	25	35
Marine Industrial (MI)	See Requirements in section 753.2

Dimensional Standards

	Lot Area (in acres)	Lot Area (in sq. ft)	Setbacks (in feet)				Height (in feet)
District			Front	Side	Rear	Corner
AG1	20
Accessory Bldg.			Not forward of principal structure & 6-foot separation				35
Ag Bldg with horses only			60	25	40	37.5	65
Ag Bldg non-livestock			25	10	15	15	65
Ag Bldg with livestock			100	100	100	150	65
Residential Dwelling			25	10	15	15	35
AG2		21,780
Accessory Bldg.			Not forward of principal structure & 6-foot separation				35
Comm. Ag Business			50 ^{5, 14}	10 ^{5, 14}	15 ^{5, 14}	15 ^{5, 14}	65
Residential Dwelling			25	10	15	15	35
AG3		10,000	40 ^{5, 14, 15}	10 ^{5, 14, 15}	15 ^{5, 14, 15}	15 ^{5, 14, 15}	65
AG4, AG5	5		60	25	25	37.5	35
AG6, AG7	1½		60	25	25	37.5	35
Residential Uses Only			25'	10'	15'	15'	35'
AM1			10,000	25	10	15	36 per 10,000 sq. ft; not to exceed 120
AM2		21,780	50	10	15	15	36 per ½ acre; not to exceed 300
BO1		10,000	40 ^{5, 15}	10 ^{5, 15}	15 ^{5, 15}	15 ^{5, 14}	65
CO1		N/A	25	10	15	15	35
MA1		21,780	50	25	25	37.5	60
MA2		21,780	50	25	25	37.5	75
MA3		43,560	50	25	25	37.5	100
ME1		10,000	25	10	15	15	120
ME2		21,780	50	25	15	37.5	36
PA1		21,780	50 ^{5, 17}	10 ^{5, 17}	15 ^{5, 17}	15	36 per ½ acre; not to exceed 300
PR1		10,000	25	10	15	15	36
PR2		21,780	50	25	25	37.5	50
RE1		10,000	25	10	15	15	36
RE2		10,000	50'	10	15	15	36
RE3		10,000	50	10	15	15	48
RE4		21,780	50	10	15	15	36 per ½ acre; not to exceed 120
RH		21,780	50	20	20	30	48 per ½ acre; not to exceed 300

	Min. Area in Sq. Ft.	Min. Area in Acres	Min. Lot Width at Bldg. Site	Setback From Property Line			Max. Height of Structure
Districts				Front	Side	Rear
Commercial Recreation (CR)	10,000		50'	50'	10'	15'	65'
Retailing and Consumer Service (RCS)	10,000		50'	50'	10'	15'	65'
Transportation Related Services (TRS)	10,000		50'	50'	10'	15'	65'
Education, Institution and Office (EIO)	10,000		50'	50'	10'	15'	65'

Footnotes:

Where the district abuts any Residential Zoning District not separated by a street right-of-way, a suitable planted screen, fence, or wall at least six (6) feet in height above finished grade shall be required.

Where the district abuts any Residential Zoning District not separated by a street right-of-way, a minimum side yard of thirty (30) feet on the side abutting said residential district, together with a suitable planting screen, fence or wall at least six (6) feet in height above finished grade shall be required.

Minimum front yard, measured from the nearest abutting major street right-of-way line: Two hundred (200) feet; all other streets: fifty (50) feet.

Except where the property abuts another zoning district, fifty (50) feet shall be required on that particular side. If the abutting district is residential, note [paragraph] 1 would also apply.

If a parcel is located on a roadway identified in Table 1 of Section 527 (Landscape, Buffer & Tree Preservation) of this Ordinance, the setback shall be increased to a minimum of sixty (60) feet where the parcel has frontage on such roadway.

Minimum lot sizes and setbacks shall not apply to nonresidential lots used to provide utility services or to individual lots for townhouses or horizontal property regimes. The size of these lots shall be approved by the Planning Commission. This exception is not intended to provide relief from Sections 709.3 and/or 709.4.

Lot width, minimum setbacks, and maximum height are expressed in feet.

Other ordinances, such as the Airport Height Standards and the Horry County Parking Ordinance, may exercise some control over height.

Duplex units are allowed in these zones and when constructed, each building shall be located on an eight thousand (8,000) square feet lot. If each unit is placed on a separate lot, said lots shall be a minimum of six thousand (6,000) square feet each.

11.

When a shared private driveway easement is utilized for access, the required setback shall be measured from the easement line. In instances when such access serves LFA zoned property, one-half (½) of the required setbacks may be located within the shared private driveway easement.

[12].

For each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet above the minimum ten thousand (10,000) square foot lot size, twelve (12) feet of additional height will be allowed.

[13.]

For each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet above the minimum one-half (½) acre lot size, twelve (12) feet of additional height will be allowed.

[14.]

Setbacks for businesses using outdoor boarding or storage facilities shall be increased to one hundred (100) feet when adjacent to residentially used or zoned property.

[15.]

Setbacks shall be increased to fifty (50) feet when proposed use is adjacent to residentially used or zoned property.

[16.]

If development within the district is proposed to be in a park-type setting (multiple parcels on a single tract of land) the minimum parcel size shall be increased to three (3) acres.

[17.]

Setbacks shall increase to fifty (50) feet on the sides and rear when the proposed use for the site involves a petroleum and petroleum product business.

(Ord. No. 70-97, § 2, 6-17-97; Ord. No. 39-99, § 4, 4-6-99; Ord. No. 219-99, § 1, 4-18-00; Ord. No. 24-00, § 1, 4-18-00; Ord. No. 117-01, § 2, 9-4-01; Ord. No. 15-02, § 1, 2-19-02; Ord. No. 158-02, § 3, 12-17-02; Ord. No. 84-03, § 2, 10-7-03; Ord. No. 138-04, § 4(Att. 1), 2-1-05; Ord. No. 67-07, § 1, 5-1-07; Ord. No. 07-13, § 4, 2-19-13; Ord. No. 28-16, § 2, 6-7-16; Ord. No. 37-18, § [6], 5-1-18)