136 Columns Rd, Summerville, SC 29483

Single Family Residential District

The intent of these districts is: To implement goals of the Land Use Plan regarding the development of moderate density single-family dwellings and neighborhoods in accordance with the adopted Future Land Use map in the Dorchester County Comprehensive Pla for Settlement Type Characters identified as low or medium density; To accommodate the location of manufactured housing units as temporary uses of land where predominant uses in the neighborhood are transitioning or converting from residential to non residential uses; To accommodate the development of manufactured housing communities, with defined performance standards, within moderate density areas of the county; To minimize development problems in such areas where due to the absence of urban infrastructure, individual on-site sewerage disposal systems are necessary; To protect development in such areas from adverse impacts of incompatibleland uses; To provide for the development of recreational, religious, and educationalfacilities as basic elements of a balanced residential area; and To permit the location of needed community facilities in support of residential development.