Multi-Residential Preservation (MRD-P) Zoning District

In May of 2024, an Ordinance to amend the Zoning Appendix B of the Horry County Code of Ordinances pertaining to the Multi-Residential District was approved to establish a new zoning district – specifically the Multi-Residential Preservation (MRD-P) Zoning District.

The MRD-Preservation zoning district establishes design criteria for rural subdivisions. Collectively, a smaller minimum lot size becomes permissible for the exchange of greater setbacks, landscape buffers and the implementation of sustainable design criteria. The MRD-P zoning district allows a mixture of housing types; to include, single family and duplex dwellings, quadraplex, townhomes, zero lot-line development, tiny homes and multifamily. Density of the development remains guided by the Imagine 2040 Future Land Use Map designation. Specifically, Rural designations are capped at 2 net dwelling units per acre and Rural Communities designation are capped at 3 net dwelling units per acre. The MRD-P subdivision design implements a three hundred (300) foot external setback and a one hundred (100) foot landscape buffer around the perimeter of the developed area. Specific Area, Yard, and Height requirements and specific buffer planting schedules are referenced in the accompanying graphic.

Simply speaking, a property with MRD-P zoning will have more green and more open space, but potentially more homes closer together.

Since the MRD Preservation district is a new zoning district, any request to develop under the MRD-P designation would require a rezoning action and approval from Horry County Council.

Expectations are for Horry County to be receiving MRD-P rezoning requests – not only for brand new proposals, but for strategy changes in previously submitted proposals that now may be more feasible for the developer in an MRD-P zoning scenario.

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