Page 119 - Florence County, SC Florence County 2032: Connecting Our Past, Defining Our Future

Existing County | Land Use

Sample of Urban Residential in downtown Lake City

Urban (Mixed Use areas)
Urban character is evident in downtown areas of the municipalities within Florence County. However, none of the
cities in Florence County are ringed by classic Urban neighborhoods as in some larger areas, in the strictest sense
of the character descriptions. Small areas in the City of Florence, Lake City, and Johnsonville come closest. Lake
City Park provides an exemplary gathering space between downtown and the residential parts of the community.

▪ Public plazas and pocket parks help to provide green space amid the Urban environment and a place to
gather and host community events, along with periodic street closures in some cases.
▪ A walkable street scene may be “activated” by varied retail storefronts, restaurants and pubs (especially
with open-air sidewalk seating areas), cultural and entertainment venues, civic uses, historic architecture
and properties, and streetscape and design treatments in the public realm.
▪ Mostly on-street parking and minimal off-street surface parking, until transition areas around the downtown
core give way to auto-oriented site design.

Florence County, SC | Comprehensive Plan pg. 118