Sub-Urban Renewal Zoning District (SRZ)

If Charleston is to maintain a green edge and protect our rural resources, how do we retrofit sprawl to allow growth and enhance existing communities?

The City of Charleston is introducing changes to the Century V Plan that provides support for a proposed set of Suburban Renewal Zoning Districts.

The vision for the Sub-Urban Renewal Zoning District anticipates development of a vibrant community within the greater community based on traditional neighborhood development (TND) patterns. These traditional patterns include, a variety of housing types and work places, together with shopping, various services, entertainment, and gathering spaces. By bringing many of the activities of daily living into walking distance, designing walkable streets and human scale buildings, lessening the effect of urban heat islands by reducing asphalt surfaces and increasing landscaping, residents and visitors alike will benefit. Lifestyle changes that include walkability, using public transit and reducing the number and length of automobile trips, lessen traffic congestion and its associated air pollution and support a sustainable environment throughout the whole community. Regional commercial developments are an important commercial asset of the City’s tax base and of primary importance for the economic health of the City.

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