North Myrtle Beach Planned Development District Zoning to Encourage Environmental Stewardship

The city has a zoning district designation for Planned Development Districts (“PDD”). PDDs have more flexible zoning standards than other districts, but are approved on a project by project basis, by application to the city. There is a list of factors that the city must take into account when approving PDDs, one of which is the following: “Environmental stewardship should be a key guiding principle of the site design. This may include, but not be limited to: use of low impact design, use of natural means of stormwater collection, filtering and disposal, wetland preservation, preservation of significant natural features, landscapes and trees, use of community gardens, use of organic composting sites, use of alternate forms of energy production such as wind and solar energy, use of ‘green building’ technologies (as defined by the United States Green Building Council), and other methods.”