(A) Legislative findings. The York County Council, as the governing body of York County, finds that:
(1) The General Assembly of South Carolina enacted in 1994 an amendment to the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding new Chapter 29 to Title 6 entitled “South Carolina Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994” (“1994 Planning Act”) which repealed all previously-enacted planning acts and codes;
(2) The1994 Planning Act requires the local planning commission to develop and maintain a planning process which will result in the systematic preparation and continued reevaluation and updating of certain planning elements considered critical, necessary, and desirable to guide the development and redevelopment of its area of jurisdiction;
(3) The required planning process shall include the development, recommendation to the governing body, periodic review, and updating of a comprehensive plan, to include amendments;
(4) Pursuant to S.C. Code § 6-29-340, the 1994 Planning Act provides for the planning commission to create and distribute maps relative to the plans and programs it is charged with developing;
(5) In November of 2025, upon recommendation by the York County Planning Commission, York County considered and adopted the 2025 York County Comprehensive Plan and 2025 Land Use Plan element including the 2025 Land Use Map; and
(6) Pursuant to S.C. Code § 6-29-340, the 1994 Planning Act provides the Planning Commission with the power and duty to revise periodically its plans and programs;
(7) The York County Planning Commission has found it appropriate and necessary to recommend amendment of 2025 Land Use Plan element of the 2025 York County Comprehensive Plan in order to amend the entire 2025 Land Use Map in order to correct manifest errors which resulted from the digitizing process used to create the 2025 Land Use Map;
(8) These errors have created misaligned land use districts and areas on the map where no land use district was specified creating difficulties in accurately implementing the 2025 Land Use Plan;
(9) These errors exist throughout the entirety of the 2025 Land Use Map and the revisions need to be made in order to correct these manifest errors appearing upon the map on a county wide basis;
(10) The York County Council finds it necessary and appropriate to re-evaluate the 2025 York County Comprehensive Plan and the 2025 Land Use Plan Map in order to meet changing conditions;
(11) In order for the 2025 York County Comprehensive Plan and 2025 Land Use Plan Map to remain responsive and relevant to these changing conditions, the Plan and Map may be amended from time to time pursuant to the power and authority granted the planning commission under S.C. Code § 6-29-340 and pursuant to the authority within § 153.01 (B) and S.C. Code § 6-29-510(E);
(12) It is appropriate and necessary to amend the entire 2025 Land Use Map to correct manifest errors as a result of the digitizing process used to create the 2025 Land Use Map; these errors have created misaligned land use districts and areas on the map where no land use district was specified creating difficulties in accurately implementing the 2025 Land Use Plan; these errors exist throughout the entirety of the 2025 Land Use Map and the revisions need to be made in order to change the errors appearing upon the Map on a county wide basis; and
(13) Such an amendment to the 2025 Land Use Map would promote the public health, safety, order, appearance, prosperity and general welfare of the County.
(B) Amendment of the 2025 York County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in the legislative findings and by virtue of this section, the York County Council hereby amends the 2025 Land Use Plan Map of the 2025 York County Comprehensive Plan in order to correct manifest errors which occurred as a result of the digitizing process utilized in the creation of the initial 2025 Land Use Map. The Amended 2025 Land Use Map will eliminate misaligned land-use districts appearing on the initial map and will eliminate those areas appearing on the initial map where no land-use districts were designated. The entirety of the Amended 2025 Land Use Map is incorporated herein by reference, with the original map being maintained in the York County Offices of Planning and Development Services.
(Ord. 100, passed 1-3-00; Am. Ord. 3004, passed 11-8-04; Am. Ord. 1206, passed 5-15-06; Am. Ord. 4406, passed 11-6-06; Am. Ord. 1707, passed 10-15-07; Am. Ord. 4408, passed 7-21-08; Am. Ord. 5209, passed 11-16-09; Am. Ord. 5509, passed 12-7-09; Am. Ord. 1510, passed 5-3-10; Am. Ord. 4410, passed 12-20-10; Am. Ord. 2011, passed 8-15-11; Am. Ord. 412, passed 1-17-12; Am. Ord. 3520, passed 10-19- 20; Am. Ord. 3820, passed 12-7-20; Am. Ord. 1423, passed 3-6-23)