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Dorchester County committee advances ordinance change to raise impervious-surface limits for cluster and townhouse lots
Summary
Planning staff presented a text amendment to update impervious-surface standards across zoning districts; the planning committee voted unanimously to advance the second reading, and the public hearing was rescheduled to the committee’s next in‑person meeting in February.
Dorchester County planning staff presented and the Planning, Development & Building Committee voted unanimously Jan. 21 to advance text amendments to the county Zoning and Land Development Standards (Ordinance No. 04‑13) that change how impervious surface is calculated for cluster subdivisions and townhouse lots.
Planning staff said the amendments were prompted by engineers in the development community and are intended to align impervious‑surface limits with stormwater engineering practice and to make lots built under cluster and townhouse provisions actually buildable. “So all of those amendments ……
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