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DEDICATION ACCEPTANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS
The final responsibility for the installation of the improvements required by this chapter as the standards impose rests with the subdivider. Upon proper installation of these improvements, the subdivider shall take the final steps to dedicate the improvements and have them accepted by the city and/or the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
(Ord., passed 10-13-92; Am. Ord. 07-019, passed 8-14-07; Am. Ord. 10-036, passed 8-24-10; Am. Ord. 2024-012, passed 6-11-24)
Except in the case of private subdivisions, recording the approved final plat constitutes a dedication of all public streets to public use, a dedication of all neighborhood parks and other public areas to public use, and a reservation for possible future public acquisition of such additional areas as may be required by the Planning Commission or the City Council.
(Ord., passed 10-13-92; Am. Ord. 07-019, passed 8-14-07; Am. Ord. 2024-012, passed 6-11-24)
(A) The offer to dedicate streets, parks, easements or other areas or portions of them does not impose any obligation upon the City Council concerning maintenance or improvements until the City Council has made actual acceptance by resolution, by entry, or by improvement.
(B) If land is dedicated for public use and such use is not imminent, the subdivider may be permitted to dedicate the land with the privilege of using the surface rights until the City Council is ready to use the land. Such dedication with the temporary privilege of use shall be noted on the final plat.
(Ord., passed 10-13-92; Am. Ord. 07-019, passed 8-14-07; Am. Ord. 2024-012, passed 6-11-24)
Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this chapter, or the owner or agent of the owner of any land to be subdivided within the jurisdiction of this chapter who transfers or sells land before a plat therefor has been approved by the Planning Commission and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court in and for the County of Kershaw, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay penalties as the court may decide for each parcel so transferred or sold or agreed to be sold. The description of metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer, descriptive drawings attached to deeds, or other documents used to sell or transfer property shall not exempt the transaction from these penalties. The Circuit Court in and for the County of Kershaw may enjoin such transfer or agreement by appropriate action.
(Ord., passed 10-13-92; Am. Ord. 07-019, passed 8-14-07; Am. Ord. 2024-012, passed 6-11-24)