It’s no secret Greenville is growing, and City leaders created a new development code to ensure that growth is sustainable.

The code, which serves as a set of guidelines for addressing issues for future development, passed Monday, June 12 and goes into effect Saturday, July 15.

What does the code do?

The new code is designed to:

Protect existing neighborhoods from incompatible development
Provide new housing options at various price points
Steer more intense development to major roadways
Provide more recreation and open space
Enact new road, sidewalk and bicycle standards to improve mobility throughout the community and take vehicular pressure off our streets

It increases open space requirements for new office, commercial, and multifamily construction and extends the protection of neighborhood heritage trees.

Additionally, the code incentivizes developers to address open space and affordable housing goals:

Preserve as much as 35% of Greenville’s remaining vacant land as open space or parkland
Make at least 10% of all new housing in Greenville income-restricted to preserve access to high-quality affordable housing

How can you learn more?

Planning staff will lead code education workshops to assist developers, designers, and community members with information about the new code.

Drop-in to the Prisma Health Welcome Center at Unity Park:

Thursday, July 13 from 8 to 11 a.m.
Wednesday, July 19 from 8 to 11 a.m.
Monday, July 24 from 2 to 6 p.m.

Want to know how an area is zoned? Enter an address on the Interactive Zoning Map to find the current and proposed zoning under the new code.