§ 6. Official map.

Horry County has adopted an Official Map Ordinance and "Index Map" pursuant to the authority granted under the South Carolina Code of Laws 1976, Title 6, Chapter 7, Article 13, as amended.

Pursuant to such authority, proposed developments located on properties that have been identified on the "Index Map" must undergo one of the following actions before development approval may be granted:

1.

Be exempted from the requirements of the Official Map Ordinance; or

2.

Be obtained by Horry County or its designee; or

3.

Be approved for developed subject to specific conditions.

Such actions shall be heard before the Horry County Planning Commission and Horry County Council in accordance with the procedures set forth in Title 6, Chapter 7, Article 13 of the South Carolina Code of Law 1976, as amended.

6-1.

Exemption of property from the restrictions of the Official Map. Requests for exemption from the Official Map Ordinance shall be accompanied by a written request for exemption, the filing fee, and the following supplemental information:

(a)

A statement providing the total investment made in the property, including all costs incurred before it was placed on the Official Map. The costs may include:

1.

Land acquisition;

2.

Work performed by professional land planners, architects, engineers, surveyors and attorneys as evidenced by recorded plats and sealed engineering drawings;

3.

The cost of on-site and off-site infrastructure improvements to service the property.

(b)

Documentation of any dedication of property made to public entities in accordance with the approved overall development plan for the property.

(c)

Whether infrastructure improvements, if any, have been installed and sized to accommodate the uses approved for development on the property.

(d)

The acreage that will be utilized for proposed development upon the property or has been approved for development that are impacted by such property being placed on the Official Map.

(e)

Whether the completion of the development plans for the property or the approved project has been timely and diligently pursued.

(f)

What effect placement of the property on the Official Map has had upon the applicant's mortgage or development loans for the property.

(Ord. No. 169-01, 11-20-01; Ord. No. 08-04, § 1, 2-17-04)