(A) (1) It shall be the duty of the planning staff to officially inform any party applying for official street name or the address number of property as provided for in this chapter.
(2) In case of conflict as to the official street name or the proper number to be assigned to any building, the planning staff shall make the final determination.
(B) Whenever any house, building or other structure shall be erected or located in the area of the jurisdiction of this chapter after the effective date of this chapter, in order to preserve the continuity and uniformity of address numbering, it shall be the duty of the owner to obtain the correct number as designated by the planning staff for the property and to fasten the assigned number upon property as provided for in this chapter.
(C) No building permit shall be issued for any house, building or other structure until the owner has procured from the planning staff the official street number address of the property.
(D) In order to facilitate correct numbering, a plat book of all streets within the jurisdiction of this chapter showing the assigned numbers of all houses or buildings fronting upon all streets shall be kept on file in the office of the planning staff. These plats shall be open to inspection during the planning staff office hours.
(E) (1) For the purpose of clarifying and systematizing the street naming and numbering pattern in the area of the jurisdiction of this chapter and to implement the application of the matters set forth in this chapter, the planning staff is hereby authorized to prepare and present to the City Council a complete plan for the naming of all streets within the city and for the numbering of all property thereon.
(2) The planning staff shall follow the general requirements set forth in this chapter.
(F) The City Council, by ordinance, may name or rename an existing or newly established street within the limits of the city at any time after the adoption of this chapter after receiving a recommendation from the planning staff in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 487, South Carolina Acts of 1967.
(Ord. 89-09-0, passed 10-10-89)