ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE 2022-02
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, SC, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, RECODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES.
WHEREAS, the present and permanent ordinances of the Town are required by Ordinance to be professionally rectified and indexed from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the Town has retained the service of American Legal to assist in the recodification and rectification;
WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina empower and authorize the Town to revise, amend, restate, recodify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one loose leaf ordinance book form; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has authorized a general compilation, revision and recodification of the ordinances of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, the grammatical revisions, correction of scrivener's errors, update of annotations and the general rectification and recodification of the Town Code of Ordinances will assist in the daily operation of the Town and assist its citizens and the general public in viewing the Town's Ordinances; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Sullivan's Island, in Council duly assembled:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Town as revised, amended, restated, recodified, and compiled in loose leaf book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the Town of Sullivan's Island, SC."
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and shall consist of the following Titles:
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Provisions
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Administration
31. Town Council
32. Departments
33. Elections
34. Municipal Court
35. Planning Commission
36. Personnel and Personnel Policies
37. Purchasing Policies
38. Taxation
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. Water Supply
51. Sewer and Sewage Disposal
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Animals
91. Garbage, Refuse and Weeds
92. Nuisances
93. Fire Protection
94. Parades and Processions
95. Watercraft Regulations
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. Licensing
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. Smoking of Tobacco Products
131. Cable Television
132. Miscellaneous Provisions
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Buildings
151. Dwellings and Dwelling Units Unfit for Human Habitation
152. Standards for Dwelling Units Fit for Human Habitation
153. Flood Damage Prevention
154. Filling and Draining Low Lots
155. Stormwater Management
156. Beaches
157. Zoning
Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed superseded by these ordinances after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and re-ordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, however they shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall they affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall they affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
Section 4. The Planning Commission has held a public hearing on the rectification and recodification on April 13, 2022.
Section 5. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Town Council and the Clerk of the Town of Sullivan's Island is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
Section 6. Such Code shall be in full force and effect, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UPON RATIFICATION.
SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED THIS 21st DAY OF June 2022.
Attest:
Bridget Welch /s/
Bridget Welch, Town Clerk
Patrick M. O'Neil /s/
Patrick M. O'Neil, Mayor
First Reading: April 19, 2022
Second Reading: May 17, 2022
Third Reading and Ratification: June 21, 2022