Horry County, SC Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

Section 834 of the Zoning Ordinance establishes the Garden City Overlay Zone along the county's southern beach corridor, running from the Surfside Beach city limit to the Georgetown County line. Within that overlay, the ordinance separately names the Garden City Parking District, bounded on the northeast by the Oceanside Village subdivisions (Bermuda Bay and Myrtlewood), on the south by Atlantic Avenue, on the west by the residential properties closest to Highway 17 Business South, and generally by the marsh on the east. D applies parking rules across the whole overlay: any new or redeveloping residential construction must submit a parking plan before a building permit is issued, and must provide a minimum of one parking space per bedroom.

That parking has to sit inside the buildable area of the lot, respect the setbacks of the underlying zoning district, and meet the dimensional and improvement standards of Article VII. 5-foot side setbacks on SF6-zoned lots within the overlay. There is no separate residential parking-permit or non-resident restriction tied to the Garden City Parking District name; the "district" is a mapped boundary for the heightened one-space-per-bedroom standard, not a permit-only parking zone.