What we hold for City of Charleston, counted on October 24, 2026.
Zoning districts
- 38 base districts named in the zoning code we hold; 50 district codes on the zoning map we hold.
Boards, and their decided hearings we hold
- Board of Architectural Review - Small: 1,467 decided hearings held, 2016 to 2026.
- Board of Zoning Appeals - Zoning: 1,407 decided hearings held, 2013 to 2026.
- Board of Architectural Review - Large: 702 decided hearings held, 2016 to 2026.
- Board of Architectural Review (before 2016): 557 decided hearings held, 2013 to 2015.
- Board of Zoning Appeals - Site Design: 438 decided hearings held, 2013 to 2026.
- Planning Commission: 376 decided hearings held, 2017 to 2026.
- Design Review Board: 303 decided hearings held, 2013 to 2026.
- Charleston City Council: 253 decided hearings held, 2013 to 2026.
- Technical Review Committee: 102 decided hearings held, 2013 to 2026.
- Tourism Commission: 18 decided hearings held, 2019 to 2025.
- Public Works and Utilities Committee: 15 decided hearings held, 2021 to 2025.
- Community Development Committee: 11 decided hearings held, 2020 to 2024.
- Public Safety Committee: 3 decided hearings held, 2020 to 2023.
- Traffic and Transportation Committee: 3 decided hearings held, 2017 to 2026.
- Recreation Committee: 2 decided hearings held, 2020 to 2024.
- Commission on History: 1 decided hearing held, 2025.
Comment letters
- 3,279 comment letters held, on 748 projects, 2017 to 2026.
Cases a year
- 2026: 1,549 cases filed so far this year, held.
- 2025: 1,645 cases filed that year, held.
- 2024: 1,245 cases filed that year, held.
- 2023: 1,135 cases filed that year, held.
- 2022: 1,052 cases filed that year, held.
- 2021: 999 cases filed that year, held.
- 2020: 972 cases filed that year, held.
- 2019: 501 cases filed that year, held.
- 2018: 635 cases filed that year, held.
- 2017: 385 cases filed that year, held.
Rule books
- Code of Ordinances, Supplement 115 (May 26, 2026), 1,803 sections held, read September 30, 2026.
- Zoning, Supplement 25 (June 17, 2025), 624 sections held, read September 13, 2026.
Counts are of records we hold; the decisions themselves are shown to signed-in customers.