The city council of each municipality may create a municipal planning commission. The county council of each county may create a county planning commission. The governing body of a consolidated government may create a planning commission. Any combination of municipal councils and a county council or any combination of municipal councils may create a joint planning commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 6-29-320
Bodies authorized to create local planning commissions
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case McClanahan Ex Rel. Richland County Landowners & Taxpayers v. Richland County Council (2002)
Most recently applied in Sinkler v. County of Charleston (March 2010)
1994 Act No. 355, SECTION 1.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.