The Horry County Zoning Ordinance caps principal building height at 35 feet across the single-family residential districts (SF6 through SF40) and General Residential. Freestanding fences and walls are limited separately to eight feet in these districts.
Table 2-1 of the Horry County Zoning Ordinance (Article II, Section 205) sets a maximum height of 35 feet for principal structures in the SF6, SF7, SF10, SF20 and SF40 single-family districts and in General Residential (GR) and Resort Residential (RR). Taller building forms are found in higher-intensity resort, multi-family and commercial districts, and the coastal high-rise corridors are largely within incorporated cities that set their own heights. Height is generally measured to the mean roof level under the adopted building code. Fences and walls are governed separately under Section 412, which limits them to eight feet in residential districts (twelve feet in listed agricultural, commercial and industrial districts). Accessory structures have their own, generally lower, height limits.
A structure exceeding the district height limit is a zoning violation; permits can be denied or revoked and a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals is required to keep it. Enforcement can order the excess removed.
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