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UDO Assistance I Orange County, North Carolina 10 <br /> Rock Hill, South Carolina JZoning Ordinance f <br /> Clarion Associates, in association with the Walker Collaborative, has drafted a I j <br /> new Zoning Ordinance for The city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, which was RoCKAI1d' <br /> fOV%N CJ1taU M+ f <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 1 w <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 /> appearance protects existing character while encouraging a high quality 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 Hill, South Carolina <br /> Reference: Frances M. Thomas, Planning and Development Director <br /> Telephone: 803.329.7080 <br /> Folly Beach, South Carolina I Zoning and Land Development Ordinance <br /> CRY OF <br /> The city of Folly Beach, a barrier island beach community south of Charleston, FOLLY MCO,SC <br /> South Carolina, has been facing extreme growth pressures, including "tear- ""'�°�'�.�.� <br /> downs' of the existing beach cottages in favor of new large-scale vacation homes <br /> ;qL^ <br /> being used as vacation rentals. Based on land costs, FEMA regulations, and the <br /> area's popularity as a vacation destination, many of these new structures (and the <br /> traffic associated with them) have been affecting the areas "small-town"' =y - <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 />