S.C. Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994 — Procedural Floor (SC)
Tracked preemption from the South Carolina overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1994-05-03
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. Scenic Rivers Act of 1989 — Designated Scenic, Recreational, and Natural RiversS.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.
always true
Preempted fields
5 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
zoning_decision_procedure.requires_adopted_comprehensive_plan_predicate | override | True | §6-29-720(A): a zoning ordinance must be based on a current adopted comprehensive plan. An ordinance enacted without a current plan is void. |
zoning_decision_procedure.requires_planning_commission_recommendation | override | True | §6-29-760(A): planning commission must review and recommend before adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance/map. |
zoning_decision_procedure.public_notice_min_days | floor_at | 15 | §6-29-760(B): published notice of public hearing required at least 15 days before adoption or amendment. |
comprehensive_plan.required_elements | add | ['population', 'economic', 'natural_resources', 'cultural_resources', 'community_facilities', 'housing', 'land_use', 'transportation', 'priority_investment', 'resiliency'] | §6-29-510 mandates 10 plan elements with a 10-year review cycle and 5-year element-update cycle. Priority Investment element added by 2007 Priority Investment Act; Resiliency element added by Act 108 of 2023 effective Nov 2023. |
comprehensive_plan.review_cycle_years | cap_at | 10 | §6-29-510(E): full comprehensive plan review at least every 10 years; element-by-element updates at least every 5 years. |
Citation
Authority source
S.C. Code Ann. §§6-29-310 through 6-29-1200 (Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994, Act 355 of 1994); §6-29-510 (plan elements); §6-29-720 (plan predicate); §6-29-760 (procedural notice/hearing); Act 108 of 2023 (resiliency element)
§ §§6-29-310 — 6-29-1200; specifically §6-29-510, §6-29-720, §6-29-760
Research notes
Procedural-floor preemption — applies to every SC city and county exercising zoning power. Non-compliance is a common ground for facial invalidation. Substantive zoning content is left to local home rule. The Priority Investment Act (2007) added §6-29-1130 authorizing (but not mandating) traditional neighborhood design, priority investment zones, and affordable-housing density bonuses. Bear Enterprises v. County of Greenville, 319 S.C. 137 (1995) is the pre-1994 precedent for the comp-plan predicate. Resiliency element under Act 108 of 2023 must be adopted on the next Chapter 29 cycle or downstream zoning is vulnerable.