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36 <br />UDO Assistance ~ Orange County, North Carolina <br />10 <br />~®c8c 6iili, S®u46r far®iina ~Z®ning ®rel0nance <br />Clarion Associates, in association with the Walker Collaborative, has drafted a <br />new Zoning Ordinance for The city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, which was <br />adopted in December of 2005. Rock Hill is one of the five "Ring City" nodes in <br />the Charlotte metropolitan region, and is an old Piedmont textile mill town which <br />has experienced substantial growth in recent years due to its strategic location in <br />the Charlotte metro area. The focus of the effort was to implement the city's <br />recently adopted General Plan, which promotes a more livable future by <br />encouraging appropriate infill and re-development of the "old town' area of the <br />community; protecting and enhancing older neighborhoods; while encouraging <br />more compact, dense, and sustainable growth in greenfield areas. Major issues that were <br />addressed included: making the code more usable and "user friendly;" making the development <br />review process more efficient and effective; modernizing the zone district and planned <br />development regulations, encouraging new infill development that is compatible with its context, <br />and establishing minimum development and design standards to ensure community form and <br />^ppearance protects existing character while encouraging a high qualify of mixed use and <br />connected neighborhoods. Following drafting of the code, Clarion partnered with the VIC <br />Group to produce a digital version of the code which is served on the web by The city's <br />computer network. Code users can quickly view code contents, illustrated commentary, and <br />color graphics on-line, as well as take advantage of dynamic text links, index and word search <br />functions, as well as bookmarking capabilities. <br />Client: City of Rock HiII, South Carolina <br />Reference: Frances M. Thomas, Planning and Development Director <br />Telephone: 803.329.7080 <br />Cf1Y OF <br />~®liy beach, S®u4h far®lina ~ ~®ning and Land ®ewei®pmen4 ®rd,nanse rnuvnFacx~sc <br />The city of Folly Beach, a barrier island beach community south of Charleston, ~~ ~~a~o~.ao,m~„ <br />oro~~~ <br />South Carolina, has been facing extreme growth pressures, including "tear- ,_ L -`._- - <br />downs' of the existing beach cottages in favor of new large-scale vacation homes <br />FEMA regulations, and the ~~ <br />being used as vacation rentals. Based on land costs, <br />area's popularity as a vacation destination, many of these new structures (and the ~ "° <br />traffic associated wish them) have been affecting the area's "small-town' n <br />character. After adoption of a six-month moratorium, The city hired Clarion <br />Associates to re-write the community's development regulations, including new <br />vacation rental standards, single-family development standards, and a variety of <br />other provisions to help protect community character. The project will result in a complete <br />revision to The city's development regulations into a modern unified development ordinance that <br />addresses community character and environmental protection while allowing for economic <br />development and tourism. <br />Client: City of Folly Beach, South Carolina <br />Reference: Aaron Pope, Zoning Administrator <br />Telephone: 843.588.2447 <br />