§ 1-12. Ordinance summons.

(a)

There shall be made available to the Horry County departments, offices, sections, or divisions listed below an Ordinance Summons that complies with the requirements of S.C. Code Ann. § 56-7-80 (S.C. Code of Laws (1976, as amended)), and that shall be available for use for violations of either criminal or civil ordinances. Each department, office, section, or division head shall submit to the County Administrator for approval any delegation of authority to issue an ordinance summons within the respective department, office, section, or division.

The following departments, offices, sections, or divisions shall have an ordinance summons made available to them:

(1)

County police department.

(2)

County auditor.

(3)

County zoning administrator.

(4)

County code enforcement.

(5)

County business license/hospitality/accommodations tax.

(6)

County fire/rescue department.

(b)

The term "officer," for the purposes of this section, refers to any county employee who has been authorized to issue an ordinance summons under the terms of this section.

(c)

The form of the ordinance summons for each department, office, section or division shall be uniform, and substantially the same as that form attached to Ordinance No. 58-09 as Exhibit A, with due adjustment made for civil infractions.

(d)

The administrator or his/her designee shall be responsible for the printing, distributing, monitoring, and auditing of the ordinance summonses.

(e)

Any officer issuing an ordinance summons shall be responsible for forwarding the copy of the summons labeled "court copy" to the appropriate judicial officer within twenty-four (24) hours of issuing the summons. It shall also be the issuing officer's responsibility to keep the copy of the summons labeled "officer copy" until the scheduled hearing. Within twenty-four (24) hours after all judicial action concerning the summons has been concluded, the issuing officer shall turn the "officer copy" of the summons in to the administrator or his/her designee.

(f)

The penalty for violation of any county ordinance charged by a summons issued under this section shall be as set forth in the particular ordinance violated; however, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the penalty shall be as set forth in section 1-8 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 94-98, § 1, 9-1-98; Ord. No. 43-00, § 1, 4-18-00; Ord. No. 58-09, § 1, 8-18-09; Ord. No. 33-17, § 1, 5-2-17)

State law reference

County uniform ordinance summons, S.C. Code 1976, § 56-7-80.

Editor's note

It should be noted that exhibit A is not set out at length herein but is on file and available for inspection in the office of the clerk to council.