TRANSIT ACCOMMODATIONS

Charleston, S.C., Zoning Ordinance art. 3, pt. 15

in effect

Charleston, S.C., Zoning Ordinance § 54-363 Purpose.

Sec. 54-363. - Purpose. To promote and support quality bus and transit services, to provide and enhance mobility options, reduce individual vehicle miles traveled, and to meet the transportation needs of the City of Charleston's residents, workers, and visitors. (Ord. No. 2019-057, § 1, 7-16-19)

Charleston, S.C., Zoning Ordinance § 54-364 Defined terms.

Sec. 54-364. - Defined terms. For the purposes of this article the following terms are defined and the term "transit" shall also mean "bus". Transit Accommodations. Includes transit stops, transit shelters and associated infrastructure. Transit Shelter. A permanently installed structure located at a transit stop that provides seating and protection from the weather for people waiting for a transit vehicle. Transit Stop. A designated place where transit vehicles pause to allow for passenger boarding and disembarking. A transit stop is marked with a transit stop sign and shall include the appropriate infrastructure such as a stop pad and sidewalk connectivity, and may also include, but not limited to, amenities such a shelters, benches and trash receptacles. Transit Vehicle. A mode of transportation providing a schedule transportation service to the public. (Ord. No. 2019-057, § 1, 7-16-19)

Charleston, S.C., Zoning Ordinance § 54-365 Applicability and requirement thresholds.

Sec. 54-365. - Applicability and requirement thresholds. a. Proposed improvements to multi-family residential properties, non-residential properties, and subdivisions with fifty (50) or more single-family or two-family dwelling units where there is new development, redevelopment, or changes to a building that require the approval of the Technical Review Committee (TRC) under Article 6 shall provide transit accommodations along existing or planned bus and transit routes as identified by the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCD COG) in the Regional Transit Framework Plan as part of the Long Range Transportation Plan including transit stops, shelters, or other amenities when any of the following thresholds are met: 1. The site development will generate vehicular trips that will impact the traffic operations of the adjacent streets or intersections so that the Level of Service (LOS) drops below LOS C or the adjacent streets or intersections are already operating below LOS C, as determined by a traffic impact analysis; or 2. The site development will generate a minimum of 500 vehicular trips per day per the current edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers' (ITE) Trip Generation Handbook; or 3. If the site development will generate a minimum of 2,500 daily vehicular trips per the ITE Trip Generation Handbook, has frontage on more than one public street, and is served by more than one public transit, then two transit accommodations will be required. b. Transit accommodations will be reviewed during the TRC approval process; therefore, coordination with the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) is strongly recommended early in the development review process. (Ord. No. 2019-057, § 1, 7-16-19)

Charleston, S.C., Zoning Ordinance § 54-366 Type of transit accommodations, location, design, and installation.

Sec. 54-366. - Type of transit accommodations, location, design, and installation. a. The type of Transit Accommodation required shall be determined by the City of Charleston Department of Traffic and Transportation. Size and capacity of transit accommodations should reflect the size of corresponding development, adjacent land uses, and planned future development. The TRC applicant shall provide documentation with associated exhibits regarding the proposed Transit Accommodations including location and design, prior to final TRC approval. b. Location and design of Transit Accommodations shall be coordinated with the Department of Traffic and Transportation. 1. Transit Accommodations shall be provided in the public right-of-way; however these accommodations may be located outside of the public right-of-way and on the development site subject to all of the following: i. Transit Accommodations may be placed outside of a public right-of-way when deemed appropriate for the preservation of a grand tree, for the accommodation of utilities, for other necessary infrastructure, or for other purposes approved by TRC. ii. The developer shall provide a location on the development site within an acceptable proximity to the public right-of-way for the Transit Accommodations. iii. The developer shall provide a recorded public easement dedicated for the Transit Accommodations, maintenance, and the safe movement of pedestrians. 2. For Transit Accommodations to be constructed within a right-of-way that is not under the jurisdiction of the City of Charleston, the applicant shall provide a copy of the permit authorizing such work within the right-of-way. For SCDOT right-of-way, a copy of the SCDOT encroachment approval shall be submitted with a request for Final TRC approval. 3. Transit Accommodations shall comply with all other applicable City codes, ordinances, and design review requirements. c. Prior to the issuance of the Certificate of Construction Completion Occupancy (Certificate of Occupancy) for multi-family and non-residential development sites or recordation of a final subdivision plat for subdivisions with single-family or two-family dwelling units, Transit Accommodations shall be provided by and installed by the developer and shall be inspected by the Department of Traffic and Transportation or its designee. (Ord. No. 2019-057, § 1, 7-16-19)

Source: City of Charleston, South Carolina, Code of Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/sc/charleston/codes/zoning?nodeId=ART3SIRE_PT15TRACFetched: 11/7/2026