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Council adopts development-code text updates after 18-month review
Summary
The Greenville City Council adopted a set of text amendments to Chapter 19 of the city code following an 18-month review. Changes include use-table clarifications, removal of certain parking maximums for churches, frontage screening along major corridors, adjusted demolition-notice timing and other refinements.
The Greenville City Council adopted text updates to the Greenville development code (Chapter 19) as part of an 18-month review process. Council members and planning staff described several targeted changes intended to clarify uses, support small businesses and preserve green frontage along major highways.
Key changes mentioned during discussion included adding high/medium/low designations to use tables to aid small businesses, removing parking maximums for churches, clarifying that garages in the code can include structures like carports and porte-cocheres, adding high-impact frontage screening along I-385 and I-85 with tree and buffer requirements, and adjusting demolition-notice timing from 90 days to 45 days in some circumstances (previously 30 days). Staff also said the review removed a requirement for long-term bicycle parking on some industrial uses after public feedback.
Council commended planning staff for public engagement and iterative improvements based on case studies from other cities. The ordinance passed on roll-call vote.
Why it matters
Text updates to the development code affect how future development proposals are evaluated and permit how uses are categorized in zoning districts; the changes aim to balance small-business friendliness with design and preservation goals along major corridors.
Next steps
Staff will implement the revised code and apply the updated use tables and requirements to future permitting and development-review processes.
