Concrete for North Myrtle Beach — raised houses, rental parking rules and an eight-inch fill limit
North Myrtle Beach writes its own rules: rental parking entirely on private property, stormwater approval for more than eight inches of soil, a foot above base flood for a new floor, and Barefoot's committee deciding driveway widenings case by case.
North Myrtle Beach was formed in 1968 from four beach towns — Cherry Grove, Ocean Drive, Crescent Beach and Windy Hill — and it's still four kinds of place: the raised canal-side beach houses of Cherry Grove, the shag-dancing Ocean Drive and Main Street grid, the 1960s–80s cottages of Crescent Beach, and the west side's big planned communities across the Waterway, Barefoot Resort and Tidewater Plantation, with 18,790 residents and nearly two-thirds of the housing units vacant or seasonal. The concrete that goes with that is parking and pads: the city's 2021 short-term rental rules require every rental's parking to be fully on private property, not on the sidewalk or in the landscape bed, so rental owners widen drives and pour pads; raised houses need under-house parking slabs and walks to the stairs; and Barefoot's and Tidewater's architectural committees review driveway widenings and patio extensions one by one.
The city's own code shapes the work. Planning and Development (843-280-5560) issues encroachment permits for aprons; the stormwater ordinance exempts a single-family lot only when the project doesn't move more than eight inches of soil and requires approval to alter any existing drainage; retaining walls over thirty inches need approval; and in the AE flood zones a new lowest floor sits a foot above base flood, in the VE zones the lowest horizontal member does. Cherry Grove's canals and the marsh behind Ocean Drive put a lot of lots in those zones. We build aprons to the city's permit, pads that satisfy the rental rule, under-house slabs for raised homes, and foundations that meet the elevation — and we don't add fill the city hasn't approved.
What we do in North Myrtle Beach
Rental parking pads
Pads and widened drives that put every car fully on the lot, drawn for the rental license.
City encroachment permits
Aprons permitted through Planning and Development to the city's spec.
Eight-inch rule respected
Projects moving more than eight inches of soil go through stormwater approval; we design to stay under it where we can.
Raised-house slabs
Under-house parking and storage slabs for Cherry Grove and Ocean Drive beach houses, set to the flood zone's rules.
Barefoot and Tidewater reviews
Driveway widenings, cart pads and patio extensions drawn for the committees.
Marine-exposure mix
Everything east of 17 is in the salt; fiber or coated steel, sealed finishes.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Cherry Grove
- Ocean Drive
- Crescent Beach
- Windy Hill
- Main Street grid
- Barefoot Resort
- Tidewater Plantation
- Hwy 17 corridor
- Waterway side
- Ingram Dunes area
- Possum Trot
- Sea Mountain Highway
Concrete services available in North Myrtle Beach
- Driveways, aprons, culverts & encroachment permits, walkways
- Patios, pool decks, resurfacing, stamped concrete
- Golf cart pads, shed, boat, RV & generator pads, foundations & additions
- Repair & leveling, removal
Questions from North Myrtle Beach homeowners
My rental needs two more parking spaces. What can I pour?
A pad beside the driveway or a widened drive, entirely on your lot — the city won't count anything on the right-of-way, the sidewalk or the landscape strip. An 8 × 16 pad holds one car; a 16 × 20 pad two. We draw it for the license.
What's the eight-inch rule?
North Myrtle Beach's stormwater ordinance exempts single-family projects from a stormwater plan only when they don't require more than eight inches of soil removal or placement. A driveway or patio at grade stays under it; a raised pad or fill for a slab doesn't, and needs the city's approval.
Does Barefoot allow a wider driveway?
Barefoot's architectural committee reviews driveway replacements, widenings and patio extensions individually — their own reports show dozens a year — so the answer is usually yes with the right drawing and finish. We've been through the process.
Can you pour under my Cherry Grove house?
Yes. In an AE zone the enclosed space below the floor has to be built to the city's flood rules, and we pour the parking slab around the pilings, sloped to drain, without fill the city hasn't approved.
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