The Laurens Zoning Ordinance is intended to facilitate the type of high-quality, vibrant, and sustainable development prescribed by the Laurens Comprehensive Plan . This Ordinance provides standards organized around the following areas:

• The zoning map divides the City into zoning districts and any applicable overlay districts.

• The zoning districts regulate the uses, building types, frontage types, building setbacks, number of buildings, landscape surface area, and other standards for a lot in Section 3.

• The overlay districts may further regulate uses and require additional development standards in Section 4.

• Use regulations cover the principal, accessory, and temporary uses permitted by zoning district, along with any additional regulations that may apply to a particular use in Section 5.

• Building types contain the standards that apply to each type of building regulated by this Ordinance in Section 6.

• Frontage types regulate the type of development along the street edge in Section 7.

• Development standards in Sections 8 through 18 are organized around transitional features, streets and circulation, parking, open space, landscape, fences, walls, and screening, lighting, signs, utilities, natural resources, and historic resources.

• The review bodies and their authority are outlined in Section 19.

• The review and approval procedures for various development applications are found in Section 20.

• Performance agreement and sureties provide assurance that approved site improvements are completed in Section 21.

• Enforcement is described in Section 22.

• Definitions and interpretations are found in Section 23.