Pursuant to authority conferred by South Carolina Code of Laws and to guide development in accordance with existing and future needs, to protect, promote and improve the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, appearance, prosperity and general welfare, to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, to provide adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; in accordance with a land development plan with reasonable consideration of the character of each area and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with view to promoting desirable living conditions and sustained stability of neighborhoods, protecting property against blight and depreciation, securing economy in governmental expenditures, conserving, the value of land and buildings, and encouraging the most appropriate use of land, buildings, and structures, the South Congaree Town Council does ordain and enact into law the following regulations:
(A) Dividing the town into districts and establishing the boundaries thereof;
(B) Regulating and restricting the sizes of yards, courts, and other open spaces;
(C) Regulating and restricting the density and distribution of population;
(D) Regulating and restricting the location and uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, conservation, airports and approaches thereto, water supply, sanitation, protection against flood, public activities;
(E) Providing for the method of administration and amendment of these regulations;
(F) Defining the powers and duties of the Board of Adjustment with respect to these regulations;
(G) Defining certain terms used herein; and
(H) Providing penalties for violations of these regulations.
(1985 Code, § 9-1)