South Carolina Development Impact Fee Act

Overview

As used in this article: (1) "Affordable housing" means housing affordable to families whose incomes do not exceed eighty percent of the median income for the service area or areas within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity. (2) "Capital improvements" means improvements with a useful life of five years or more, by new construction or other action, which increase or increased the service capacity of a public facility. (3) "Capital improvements plan" means a plan that identifies capital improvements for which development impact fees may be used as a funding source. (4) "Connection charges" and "hookup charges" mean charges for the actual cost of connecting a property to a public water or public sewer system, limited to labor and materials involved in making pipe connections, installation of water meters, and other actual costs. (5) "Developer" means an individual or corporation, partnership, or other entity undertaking development. (6) "Development" means construction or installation of a new building or structure, or a change in use of a building or structure, any of which creates additional demand and need for public facilities. A building or structure shall include,

Sections covered

• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1000Fair compensation or reimbursement of developers for costs, dedication of land or oversize facilities
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1010Accounting; expenditures
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1020Refunds of impact fees
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1030Appeals
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1040Collection of development impact fees
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1050Permissible agreements for payments or construction or installation of improvements by fee payors and developers; credits and reimbursements
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1060Article shall not affect existing laws
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1070Shared funding among units of government; agreements
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1080Exemptions; water or wastewater utilities
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-1090Annexations by municipalities
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-2000Taxation or revenue authority by political subdivisions
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-2010Compliance with public notice or public hearing requirements
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-910Short title1 cite
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-920Definitions
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-930Developmental impact fee
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-940Amount of impact fee
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-950Procedure for adoption of ordinance imposing impact fees
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-960Recommended capital improvements plan; notice; contents of plan
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-970Exemptions from impact fees
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-980Calculation of impact fees
• S.C. Code Ann. § 6-1-990Maximum impact fee; proportionate share of costs of improvements to serve new development