Main St, SC

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.