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Future County | Land Use and Growth

R1: Residential areas should not be located next to heavy industrial areas.
R2: Residential and commercial areas may be adjacent if separated by a buffer in alignment with Zoning.

R3: Schools, parks, and community facilities should be located close to or within residential neighborhoods.
R4: New residential developments should include adequate area for parks and recreation facilities, schools and
places of worship.

Commercial

C1: Neighborhood retail and service uses should be located at intersections of thoroughfares or collector streets
or at the edge of logical neighborhood areas unless appropriately placed within a planned development.

C2: Retail development should be clustered throughout the community and convenient to residential areas.
C3: Buffers should separate retail and office uses from residential areas.

C4: Office and professional uses should be compatible with nearby residential areas and other uses through
appropriate building height limitations and adequate buffering and landscaping.

C5: Low-intensity office and professional uses should provide a transition between more intense uses and
residential areas.

Heavy Commercial

H1: Commercial uses with more intensive operational or traffic characteristics should be located away from most
residential areas.
H2: Heavy commercial development should be concentrated in nodes at intersections and along major
thoroughfares that are designed and constructed to accommodate higher traffic volumes.

H3: Buffers should separate heavy commercial uses from any adjacent residential areas, especially where the
commercial use involves visible display or outdoor storage of merchandise or materials.

Industrial

I1: Heavy industrial development should not be directly adjacent to residential areas without ample
consideration.
I2: Industrial uses should be located in dedicated industrial development areas as mapped.

I3: Industrial development should be separated from other uses by buffers.
I4: Industrial development should have good access to thoroughfares and interstates where possible.
I5: Industrial development involving trucking operations should have good access to truck routes, designated
hazardous material routes, and railroads as applicable.

Parks and Open Space

Florence County, SC | Comprehensive Plan pg. 132