S.C. Scenic Rivers Act of 1989 — Designated Scenic, Recreational, and Natural Rivers (SC)
Tracked preemption from the South Carolina overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1989-05-22
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:SC
Other South Carolina preemptions
S.C. Short-Term Rentals — No State Preemption (explicit non-preemption)S.C. ADU / Density / Design Review — No State Preemption (explicit non-preemption)S.C. Military Installation Compatibility — AICUZ / JLUS CoordinationS.C. §6-29-1145 — Manufactured Housing Zoning Parity RuleS.C. Brownfields / Voluntary Cleanup Program — §44-56-710 et seq.S.C. Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994 — Procedural FloorS.C. Beachfront Management Act — OCRM Baseline / Setback Line OverlayS.C. Tax Increment Financing Law — Municipal Redevelopment Districts
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
AND
city.in_scenic_river_segment==Trueparcel.adjacent_to_designated_scenic_river==True
Preempted fields
4 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[*].scenic_river_easement_corridor_width_ft | floor_at | 100 | §49-29-100: minimum 100-ft easement/corridor width on scenic and recreational rivers. |
base_districts[*].scenic_river_easement_corridor_width_ft | floor_at | 300 | §49-29-100: 300-ft corridor width on natural-classification rivers. |
base_districts[*].natural_river_new_construction | waive | — | §49-29-160: on natural rivers, no new roads or buildings, no mining, no commercial timber harvesting within the protected corridor. |
base_districts[*].road_paralleling_river_within_easement | waive | — | §49-29-160: no construction of roads paralleling the river within the limits of a scenic easement or public access area on scenic/recreational rivers. |
Citation
Authority source
S.C. Code Ann. §§49-29-10 through 49-29-230 (South Carolina Scenic Rivers Act of 1989)
§ §§49-29-10 — 49-29-230; specifically §49-29-100, §49-29-160, §49-29-230
Research notes
SCDNR administers; General Assembly ratification required for designation per §49-29-50 — 90. Acquisitions are voluntary only (§49-29-120); easements are perpetual (§49-29-20). Designated segments per §49-29-230 include portions of the Ashley, Black, Broad, Catawba, Edisto, Little Pee Dee, Lynches, Lower Saluda, and Wateree Rivers. Distinct from federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. §1271 et seq.) — the federal Chattooga River segment (NC/SC/GA tri-border) is federally designated; SC's program is state-level.