In accordance with S.C. Code § 31-15-370, any person affected by an order issued by the Building Official pursuant to this chapter may, within 60 days after the posting and service of the order, petition the Circuit Court for an injunction restraining the Building Official from carrying out the provisions of the order, and the Court may, upon such petition, issue a temporary injunction restraining the Building Official pending the final disposition of the cause. Hearings shall be heard by the Court on such petitions within 20 days or as soon thereafter as possible and shall be given preference over the matters on the Court's calendar. The Court shall hear and determine the issues raised and shall enter such final order or decree as law and justice may require. In all such proceedings, the findings of the Building Official as to facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive. Costs shall be at the discretion of the Court. The remedies provided in this section shall be exclusive remedies, and no person affected by an order shall be entitled to recover any damages for action taken pursuant to any order of the Building Official or because of compliance by such person with any order of the Building Official.
Nothing in this chapter hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.
In the event any conflict may arise between the provisions of these codes with amendments thereto, adopted by this section, and any other state law or City ordinance, rules or regulations, the most restrictive provisions shall prevail and be controlling.
Nothing contained in these codes shall repeal any of the provisions of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance,[1] and in the event there should be any conflict between the terms of these codes and of the Zoning Ordinance, the provisions of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance shall prevail and be controlling.
The provisions and sections of this chapter shall be deemed to be separable, and the invalidity of any portion of this chapter shall not affect the facility of any other article, section or provision hereof, which is not itself void or invalid.