This ordinance shall be known as and may be cited as "The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Anderson, South Carolina."

This zoning ordinance is designed and adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by the General Statutes of South Carolina, 1976 Code of Laws, 1994 Cumulative Supplement, Title VI, Chapter 29 [S.C. Planning Enabling Act of 1994].

Whenever the regulations set forth in this ordinance require more restrictive standards than are required in or under any other statute, the requirements of this ordinance shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other statute require more restrictive standards than are required by this ordinance, the provisions of such statute shall govern.