Zoning Ordinance - Orangeburg County

ZONING ORDINANCEORANGEBURG COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINAAN ORDINANCE OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY, REGULATING THELOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND LAND, THEHEIGHT OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE SIZE OFYARDS, THE DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION;CREATING DISTRICTS FOR SAID PURPOSES AND ESTABLISHINGTHE BOUNDARIES THEREOF; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS USEDHEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION ANDAMENDMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION OFPENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THISORDINANCE.PREAMBLEIN ACCORDANCE WITH AUTHORITY CONFERRED BY THE GENERALSTATUTES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976 CODE OF LAWS, TITLE 6,CHAPTER 29 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ENABLING ACTOF 1994, AS AMENDED, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTINGPUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, CONVENIENCE, ORDER,APPEARANCE, PROSPERITY, AND GENERAL WELFARE;LESSENING CONGESTION IN THE STREETS; SECURING SAFETYFROM FIRE; PROVIDING ADEQUATE LIGHT, AIR, AND OPEN SPACE;PREVENTING THE OVERCROWDING OF LAND; AVOIDING UNDUECONCENTRATION OF POPULATION; FACILITATING THE CREATIONOF A CONVENIENT, ATTRACTIVE AND HARMONIOUS COUNTY;PROTECTING AND PRESERVING SCENIC, HISTORIC, ANDECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS; AND REGULATINGDEVELOPMENT IN HARMONY WITH THE ADOPTEDCOMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ORANGEBURG COUNTY,ORANGEBURG COUNTY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN ANDENACT INTO LAW THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES AND SECTIONS,WHICH SHALL COMPRISE AND BE KNOWN AS THE ZONINGORDINANCE OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY, AND SHALL BEAPPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF SAIDCOUNTY.v