Mount Pleasant, SC Hurricane Preparedness: Hurricane Shutters (2026)

881: retail, office and other commercial buildings in districts such as NC-1, NC-2, AB-1, AB-2, OP-1, OP-2, ED and LI, plus qualifying Planned Development, overlay, Village-Scale Pedestrian Overlay, and Shem Creek Waterfront properties. Subsection (E), Design of hurricane protection, requires that any hurricane protection for windows be integral to the building's design or use subtle attachment methods that do not detract from its architectural character, and it expressly bans exterior-mounted roll-up hurricane shutters, the accordion or roll-down style common along the coast. The section instead encourages impact-resistant glazing as a compliant alternative.

899: windows must be vertically proportioned and taller than wide, must be inset rather than flush with the exterior wall, and, with narrow exceptions for storefronts, must carry an expressed lintel and sill. 881(C). Property owners planning hurricane protection for a covered commercial building should coordinate the shutter or shading system with PLAN Department design review staff before purchasing hardware, since roll-up shutters approved elsewhere in South Carolina are barred here.