(a) Authority and findings. Greenville County Council finds that the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, was recently amended by adding S.C. Code, § 56-7-80, which authorizes counties to adopt by ordinance and use an ordinance summons for the enforcement of county ordinances. Greenville County Council further finds that the use of an ordinance summons would greatly enhance the ability of the county to enforce its ordinances.
(b) Ordinance summons. There shall be made available to the code enforcement officers and sheriff’s department of this county an ordinance summons which complies with the requirements of S.C. Code, § 56-7-80 (1976). The form shall be substantially the same as the form which is attached hereto, and incorporated by reference, as Attachment A.
(c) Responsibilities. The building standards department shall be responsible for having the summons books printed and issuing blank summons books to the appropriate code enforcement departments, including the sheriff’s office of this county. Those departments receiving blank summons books shall be responsible for keeping a record of the summons books issued to it and for assigning the summons books to its respective law enforcement or code enforcement officers.
(d) Officer’s responsibilities. Any officer issuing an ordinance summons shall be responsible for forwarding the copy of the summons labeled “court copy” to the appropriate judicial office within 72 hours of issuing the summons. It shall also be the issuing officer’s responsibility to keep the copy of the summons labeled “officer copy” until the appointed hearing time. After all action concerning the summons has been concluded, the issuing officer shall turn the “officer copy” of the summons in to the person designated by the issuing officer’s department head to receive this copy of the summons within 72 hours.
(e) Further responsibilities. It shall be the further responsibility of any department receiving a summons book from the Building Standards Department to keep all summons forms that have been turned in by its respective law enforcement or code enforcement officers in a manner which will allow for annual audit of the summons forms, as provided in S.C. Code, § 56-7-80, as amended.
(1976 Code, § 11-2) (Ord. 2423, §§ 1-5, passed 1-19-1993)
Editor’s note:
Attachment A to this section has not been set out at length herein but is available in the office of the county council.