Laurens County, SC Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Appendix A of the Laurens County Residential Subdivisions Ordinance, under its loading areas provisions, requires that truck loading and unloading facilities for commercial development be arranged so that no truck blocks or impacts traffic flow on an adjacent street while loading or unloading. For commercial uses, the ordinance requires one loading space for each 20,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof, with each space measuring ten feet by 25 feet and providing 14 feet of overhead clearance. Table J then converts that ratio into a fixed berth count keyed to a structure's total gross floor area: a building up to 25,000 square feet needs one berth, 25,001 to 50,000 square feet needs two, 50,001 to 100,000 square feet needs three, 100,001 to 150,000 square feet needs four, and 150,001 to 200,000 square feet needs five, with one more berth required for each additional 100,000 square feet above 200,000.

The loading requirements sit next to Appendix A's dumpster screening rules in the same subsection, which bar dumpster placement on public streets, alleys, or sidewalks, require an 18-foot concrete pad and 12-foot enclosure opening for each dumpster, and prohibit service, delivery, and waste collection activity at commercial developments between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Both the loading berth count and the dumpster rules are reviewed by the county's Technical Review Committee as part of site plan approval before a commercial development can move to construction in unincorporated Laurens County.