The 2009 Comprehensive Plan for Beaufort provides recommendations to leverage historic and natural resources, focus on infill and redevelopment, and create a predictable regulatory framework. The plan analyzed 5 sectors of the city and provided neighborhood strategies. It identified opportunities for parks, trails, affordable housing, and commercial and mixed-use development. The plan outlined next steps like pursuing grants and developing a new zoning code to implement the vision for Beaufort's future.

3. Planning Context: Past, Present & Future

4. 2009 Comprehensive Plan
Key Recommendations:
1. Leverage the Historic and Natural Resources of the
Community
2. Focus on Infill and Redevelopment

5. The Purpose of the Plan
 Prioritize And Implement Public Infrastructure
Investments
 Incentivize And Facilitate Private Infill And
Redevelopment
 Create A Predictable Regulatory Framework
 Seek Partnerships For Success

6. The Sector Plans, Process & Content

7. Charrette Process

8. Sector Plans

10. Regional Waterfront Connectivity Plan

11. Marina Redevelopment

12. Bay Street Boardwalk
existing
proposed

13. Waterfront Access Opportunities – Sectors 4 & 5

15. Redefining Downtown

16. Downtown Parking Structure
existing

17. Other Key Development Opportunities

18. Boundary Street East of Ribaut Road

20. Green Infrastructure

21. Park Improvement Opportunities
Washington Street Park Boundary Street Tennis Center Basil Green Park Pigeon Point Park
Horse Trough Park/Bladen Street

22. Southside Park

23. Urban Agriculture / Community Gardens

24. Natural Stormwater Infrastructure System

26. Pedestrian & Bicycle Infrastructure

27. Spanish Moss Trail

28. Street Regulating Plan Standards

29. Street Regulating Plan Standards – Ribaut Road Strategy

30. Street Regulating Plan Standards – Specific Sections

31. Boundary Street Improvements

32. Boundary Street at Jean Ribaut Square

33. Boundary Street at Jean Ribaut Square

34. Boundary Street at Jean Ribaut Square

36. Sector 1 Neighborhood Strategies

37. Midtown Square Development

38. Higginsonville Infill and Redevelopment

39. Higginsonville Infill and Redevelopment

40. Sector 2 Neighborhood Strategies

41. Harvey Property & North End

42. Sector 3 Neighborhood Strategies

43. Sector 3 Neighborhood Strategies
Mystic Drive Infill Rogers Drive Redevelopment Plan Battery Creek Rd Redevelopment
Southside Park Area

44. Sector 4 Neighborhood Strategies

45. Boundary Street Urban Residential

46. Sector 5 Neighborhood Strategies

47. Whitehall & Hamilton Village Housing

49. University of South Carolina – Beaufort

50. Technical College of the Lowcountry

51. Beaufort Memorial Hospital

52. Fire & Public Safety

54. Major Corridors

55. Ribaut Road
Conceptual Redevelopment of County Government Complex
Conceptual Redevelopment of Ribaut Road and Boundary Street

56. Ribaut Road South

57. Boundary Street

58. Robert Smalls Parkway
Shopping center along Robert Smalls – Conceptual retrofit of a shopping center Conceptual retrofit of a shopping center
Existing along Robert Smalls – Phase 1 along Robert Smalls – Phase 2

59. Robert Smalls Parkway/Parris Island Gateway Intersection
Cross Creek Infill – Commercial Strip Infill Alternative
Cross Creek Infill – Mixed Use Redevelopment Alternative

60. Sea Island Parkway & Lady’s Island Village Center
Phase 1
Phase 2

61. Sea Island Parkway & Lady’s Island Village Center
Example of strip center conversion on Lady’s Island

63. Potential Economic Development Locations

64. Depot Road Area

65. Burton/Robert Smalls Industrial Area
Bostick Property
Burton/Robert
Smalls Industrial
Area

66. Commerce Park

67. Grey Property Office Park

69. Transect – Based Planning

70. Regulating Plan & Transect-based Districts

71. Regulating Plan & Transect-based Districts

72. New Zoning Ordinance and Maps

74. Civic Infrastructure

75. Implementation – Sector 1

76. Implementation – Sector 2

77. Implementation – Sector 3

78. Implementation – Sector 4

79. Implementation – Sector 5

80. Next Steps – Key Implementing Tools
 Annual Budget and 5 Year  Projects by regional
Capital Improvements partners (BHA, BMH, TCL,
Program USCB, County, etc.)
 SCDOT/SC State Grants  A New Beaufort Code
 Federal Infrastructure (estimated 9-12 months)
Grants  RFPs for Developer Interest
 Private Funding Sources (e.g., Marina Parking Lot)
(e.g., Spanish Moss Trail-  Aggressively Marketing the
Phase 1) Vision

81. Waterfront Park – Pre-1950’s

82. Waterfront Park – A Bold Vision

83. Waterfront Park Today

84. Waterfront Park in the Future