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In pursuance of authority conferred by Title 5, Chapter 23, and Title 6, Chapter 7 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina for 1976, as amended, and other provisions
of law, the city council of the City of North Charleston has enacted and ordained
the zoning ordinance of the city for the purposes of guiding development in accordance
with existing and future needs, preserving and enhancing the present advantages of
the city and the community, overcoming present handicaps and preventing or minimizing
such future problems as may be foreseen, promoting efficiency and economy in the process
of development or redevelopment of the city, protecting, promoting, and improving
the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, appearance, prosperity, and
general welfare, lessening congestion in the streets and making adequate provision
for traffic, promoting safety from fire, panic and other dangers, promoting health
and general welfare, providing adequate light and air, preventing the overcrowding
of land, avoiding undue concentration of population and promoting the healthful and
convenient distribution of population, protecting scenic areas, promoting good civic
design, appearance and arrangement, and promoting wise, adequate and efficient expenditure
of public funds and resources and the adequate provision of public utilities, transportation,
water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements. To such ends, the city
council of North Charleston is authorized to regulate the height, bulk, number of
stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot which may
be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density and distribution
of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade,
industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, conservation, airports and
approaches thereto, water supply, sanitation, protection against floods, public activities,
and other purposes, the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair,
or use of buildings, structures or land, including requirements of off-street parking
and loading, landscaping and protection and regulation of trees in consideration of
their value from an environmental, agricultural, aesthetic, scenic or preservation
standpoint, taking into account, among other items, the character of the area in which
the property is located and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the conservation
of value of land and buildings and the encouragement of the most appropriate use of
land, buildings and structures, the promotion of desirable living conditions and the
sustained stability of neighborhoods, the protection of property against blight and
depreciation, the securing of economy in governmental expenditures, and the encouragement
of the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.
It has been and is the intent of city council in enacting the provisions of the zoning
ordinance of the City of North Charleston to exercise and fully avail itself of any
and all authority and powers it has or may acquire under all provisions of law, and
to that end the provisions of this ordinance should be liberally construed in favor
of upholding the authority of the city council to enact any of its provisions.
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