(A) Authority and adoption. The following Comprehensive Plan, including the accompanying maps, are adopted upon the recommendation of the Newberry County Joint Planning Commission after public hearing pursuant to the authority granted in the South Carolina Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994, S.C. Code §§ 6-29-310 et seq. (1994 Supp.), as amended, and incorporated by reference in the Code of Ordinances of Newberry County. Newberry County Council further directs that, upon passage of the ordinance codified herein, there shall be a link on the Newberry County website for public review and perusal of the Plan, as adopted.
(B) Purposes. The purposes of the Comprehensive Plan are to guide the unincorporated area of Newberry County in each of the elements of the plan for development in accordance with existing and future needs and promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, appearances, prosperity, and general welfare of the community and for all those purposes set forth in the S.C. Code §§ 6-29-310 et seq, as amended.
(C) Report. The Newberry County Council shall be updated by a report during the second County Council meeting in January of each year as to the progress of the implementation of this Comprehensive Plan.
(D) Title. This section may be cited as Newberry County Comprehensive Plan, 2013.
(E) Jurisdiction. The provisions of this section shall apply to all land and improvements within the unincorporated area of Newberry County, South Carolina.
(F) Effective date. The provisions of this section shall be effective on January 1, 2013, and any comprehensive plans and amendments adopted prior to that date are hereby repealed as of the effective date hereof.
(Ord. 211, passed 2-3-1999; Am. Ord. 10-20-12, passed 12-5-2012)