Rock Hill, SC Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

1(A)-(B)). 2(A)(7) singles out the district as "pedestrian-oriented" and requires an operable primary building entrance to face the street, unlike automobile-oriented corridors where the entrance may face a parking lot instead. 3 require horizontal and vertical articulation: a perpendicular wall offset after every horizontal span equal to twice the building's average height, with a minimum offset depth of 5% of average building height on facades 60 feet wide or greater. Every building also needs a Prominent Entry using at least two of four listed features (canopies or roof overhangs, recessed or projecting entries, integrated architectural detailing, or planters/wing walls).

3(C) specifically instructs that where a garage serves a general area such as Downtown, its materials should be consistent with surrounding buildings on the same block face, with ground-floor parking screened to at least 50% opacity. 3(D). 1(D)), and existing buildings are not forced to retrofit on remodel or change of use, aside from glass-obscurity rules.