Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Holly Hill, South Carolina

Town of Holly Hill’s own rules

• Certificate of occupancyRequired

  Structures and lots with a zoning permit inside Holly Hill town

  • Issued by the building inspection department after final inspection
  • May be combined with the certificate of occupancy required under the building code
  • Issuance does not waive any zoning ordinance provision

  “no structure or zoning lot or part thereof for which a zoning permit has been issued shall be used or occupied until the building inspection department has, after final inspection, issued a certificate of occupancy”

• Local zoningPresent

  All development inside the incorporated limits of Holly Hill town

  • Ordinance enacted under Title 6, Chapter 29 of the SC Code of Laws
  • Document states it takes effect December 2, 2024 as amended

  “this ordinance shall apply to all development, public and private, within the incorporated areas of the town of holly hill, south carolina.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Holly Hill town base and overlay zoning districts

  • Zoning map and district designations are in Table 4-1

  “for the purpose of this ordinance, the town of holly hill is hereby divided into the following zoning districts: table 4-1, zoning map descriptions and designations”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  All zoning districts inside Holly Hill town

  • Exceptions for nonconforming lots of record and for density-based developments
  • Per-district values are in Table 6-2, whose pdf text is garbled

  “no permit for development shall be issued for a lot that does not meet the lot area requirements of table 6-2, dimensional standards, except for nonconforming lots of record, or developments subject to maximum density in lieu of minimum lot size requirements”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  All zoning districts inside Holly Hill town

  • Per-district numbers are in Table 6-2, whose pdf text is garbled
  • Non-residential lot lines adjoining residential districts: 15 ft minimum

  “building setbacks for each zoning district are set forth in table 6-2, dimensional standards.”

• Building heightDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Non-residential buildings on lots adjoining residential districts, inside Holly Hill town. Per-district heights are in Table 6-2.

  • The pdf text of Table 6-2 is garbled, so per-district heights were not extracted
  • Exception applies to the LI light industrial district

  maximum height adjoining residential districts (non-residential): <= 35 feet (except as provided in the LI district)

  “the maximum height for buildings or structures on lots adjoining residential districts shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet, except as provided in the li, light industrial district.”

• Accessory dwellingsLimited

  Accessory apartments in districts where Table 6-1 permits them as conditional uses, inside Holly Hill town

  • Principal dwelling must be owner occupied
  • Apartment limited to 50 percent of the principal dwelling's gross floor area and two bedrooms
  • One apartment per lot, and only accessory to a single-unit dwelling
  • Minimum lot size at least 50 percent greater than the district minimum (text cut off in excerpt)

  “(2) the apartment, whether attached or detached, cannot exceed 50 percent of the gross floor area of the principal dwelling, or contain more than two (2) bedrooms.”

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• Building permit — Building permits inside Holly Hill town
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Holly Hill town
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Holly Hill town
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Holly Hill town
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size inside Holly Hill town

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