950 Black Oak Rd Unit A, Bonneau, SC 29431

Rural and Neighborhood Commercial District

This district provides for the development of commercial uses in the county's rural areas and urban areas for the development of small-scale commercial uses designed to serve adjacent residential neighborhoods. The regulations of the district are developed to: Minimize roadway hazards caused by numerous or poorly located curb cuts; Landscaping and buffering to adjacent agricultural or residential uses and roads; Strengthen business and commercial activity by concentrating facilities; Dissuade noncomplementary uses that might weaken or conflict with commercial activity; Strengthen pedestrian and vehicular connections between commercial center and adjacent residential areas.; Encourage rural and neighborhood commercial development areas to develop in the following manner: Have a single access point to primary roads in the county.; Provide landscaping and buffering adjacent to agricultural or residential uses and roads.; Commercial uses will be encouraged to be compatible in scale and integrity with the surrounding landscape.; This district shall not be strip developments, but small-scale commercial centers that blend with the existing or create a sense of place.; Existing commercial areas within towns remain the preferred, principal location of community retail and service businesses.