Applicability and requirement thresholds.
Charleston, S.C., Zoning Ordinance § 54-365
in effectSec. 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)
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_PT15TRAC_S54-365APRETHFetched: 11/7/2026