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Florence County Comprehensive Plan
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FOREWORD
In accordance with the South Carolina Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994, theFlorence County Comprehensive Plan seeks to address elements within the community that are considered to becritical and necessary in guiding the development and redevelopment of the County.This update represents the first revision of the Comprehensive Plan since the original composed in 1997. Like itspredecessor, this plan focuses on the nine (9) planning elements defined and required by the South CarolinaLocal Government Comprehensive Planning Act of 1994.
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The
Population Element
focuses on historic trends and projections of the population, householdnumbers and sizes, education levels of residents, and income characteristics.
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The
Cultural Resources Element
identifies historic buildings and structures, commercial districts,residential districts, unique scenic and natural resources, archaeological areas, and other culturalresources in Florence County.
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The
Natural Resources Element
identifies natural resources, slope characteristics, prime agricultural andforest land, plant and animal habitats, parks and recreation areas, scenic views and sites, wetlands, andsoil types.
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The
Housing Element
identifies the location, type, age and condition, owner and rental occupancystatus, and affordability of housing in Florence County.
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The
Economic Element
addresses the labor force and its characteristics, employment based on places of work and residence and includes an analysis of the economic base.
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The
Community Facilities Element
focuses on the supply, treatment, and distribution of water, sewagesystems and wastewater treatment, solid waste collection and disposal, fire protection, emergencymedical services, general government facilities, education facilities, libraries, and other cultural facilities.Originally, this element focused on transportation; however, this topic is contained within a separateelement.
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The
Land Use Element
addresses existing and future land use through a variety of categories, including:residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, forestry, mining, public, quasi-public, recreation, parks,open space, and vacant or undeveloped.
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The
Transportation Element
considers transportation facilities, including major road improvements,new road construction, transit projects, pedestrian and bicycle projects, and other elements of atransportation network. This element must be developed in coordination with the land use element, toensure transportation efficiency for existing and planned development.
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The
Priority Investment Element
analyzes the likely federal, state, and local funds available for publicinfrastructure and facilities during the next ten years, and recommends the projects for expenditure of those funds during the next ten years for needed public infrastructure and facilities such as water,sewer, roads, and schools. The recommendation of those projects for public expenditure must be donethrough coordination with adjacent and relevant jurisdictions and agencies. For the purposes of thisitem, "adjacent and relevant jurisdictions and agencies" means those counties, municipalities, publicservice districts, school districts, public and private utilities, transportation agencies, and other publicentities that are affected by or have planning authority over the public project. For the purposes of thisitem, "coordination" means written notification by the local planning commission or its staff to adjacentand relevant jurisdictions and agencies of the proposed projects and the opportunity for adjacent andrelevant jurisdictions and agencies to provide comment to the planning commission or its staff concerning the proposed projects. Failure of the planning commission or its staff to identify or notify anadjacent or relevant jurisdiction or agency does not invalidate the local comprehensive plan and doesnot give rise to a civil cause of action.
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