City of Walhalla, SC Comprehensive Plan

It is hereby declared that the purpose and intent of this chapter is to recommend long-range development patterns and programs for the purpose of guiding and accomplishing the coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development or redevelopment of the City of Walhalla in accordance with present and future needs, best promote the public health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development or redevelopment; and provide adequate provisions for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire or other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of good civic design, appearance and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of public funds and the adequate provision of public utilities or other public requirements. The provisions of the elements adopted by this chapter are declared to be the minimum requirements necessary to accomplish the aforesaid stated intent, purpose and objectives of this chapter, and they are declared to be the minimum requirements to maintain, through orderly growth and development, the character and stability of present and future land use development in the City of Walhalla, South Carolina.

The Walhalla Comprehensive Plan is hereby adopted, and is the official Comprehensive Plan for the incorporated area of the City of Walhalla, South Carolina. The Comprehensive Plan is hereby adopted in compliance with, and pursuant to, the provisions of Title 6, Chapter 7, S.C. Code Ann. The adoption of the Comprehensive Plan includes the City of Walhalla, Comprehensive Plan, 1991 and the following sections:

(1)

Administration. The Planning and Zoning Administrator, or his/her designee, shall be responsible for the general administration of the Comprehensive Plan. The Administrator shall be responsible for reviewing all ordinances which pertain to land development for submission to the Walhalla Planning Commission for its review, consideration and recommendation to the Walhalla City Council. The Administrator shall be responsible for evaluating all development orders pursuant to the 1991 Comprehensive Plan.

(2)

Appeals. The Walhalla Planning Commission shall hear appeals relating to any administrative decision or determination concerning the implementation or application of the Walhalla Comprehensive Plan's provisions, and submit recommendations to the Walhalla City Council for approval or denial. The Walhalla City Council shall establish procedures and provide proceedings and times for appeals. The Planning and Zoning Administrator, or his/her designee, shall be the Secretary to the Walhalla Planning Commission.

(3)

Components. The 1991 Walhalla Comprehensive Plan shall consist of the following elements containing:

(a)

Data and analysis based on studies and surveys;

(b)

Goals, objectives, policies;

(c)

Glossary; and

(d)

Appendices: Community Profile, Conservation Element, Recreation and Open Space Element, Potable Water Element, Sanitary Sewer Element, Solid Waste Element, Transportation Element, Public Facilities and Services Element, Housing Element, Capital Improvements Element, Intergovernmental Coordination Element, Future Land Use Element, Floodplain Maps as prepared by FEMA and the Future Land Use Map.

(4)

Legal status. After and from the effective date of this chapter, all development undertaken by and all actions taken in regard to development orders of the City of Walhalla shall be consistent with the elements of the 1991 Walhalla Comprehensive Plan adopted herein.

The Walhalla City Council shall be the sole authority for enacting or implementing the provisions of the Comprehensive Plan, unless otherwise delegated to a specific designee.

All land development regulations enacted or amended by the City of Walhalla shall be consistent with the Walhalla Comprehensive Plan adopted herein, and any land development regulations existing at the time of the adoption which are not consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan shall be amended so as to be consistent. During the interim period when the provisions of the adopted plan and the land development regulations are inconsistent, the provisions of the Comprehensive Plan shall govern any action taken in regard to an application for a development order.

From the effective date of this chapter, no land development regulations, land development code or amendment thereto shall be adopted by the Walhalla City Council until such regulation, code or amendment has been referred to the Walhalla Planning Commission for review and recommendation as to the relationship of such proposal to the 1991 Comprehensive Plan. The recommendation of the Walhalla Planning Commission shall be within a reasonable time, but no later than two months after the proposal is referred to the agency. If no recommendation is made within the time limitation provided, the Walhalla City Council may then act on the adoption of the proposal. If the Walhalla City Council receives a recommendation from the Commission at any time prior to the expiration of the two-month period, the Walhalla City Council may take action on the recommendation.

For purposes of this section, the terms "land development regulations" and "regulations for the development of land" shall include zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, building and construction regulations or other regulations controlling the development of land within the incorporated area of the City of Walhalla.

It is the specific intent of this chapter that the 1991 Walhalla Comprehensive Plan adopted herein shall provide the plan with the legal status as granted to the municipality and that no public or private development of land within the incorporated area of the City of Walhalla shall be permitted except in conformity with the 1991 Walhalla Comprehensive Plan adopted herein.

Any changes to the 1991 Walhalla Comprehensive Plan shall be made pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 6-7-530 after due public notice.