This zoning and development standards ordinance, including the official zoning and development standards map, may be amended from time to time by the county council, either on its own initiative or in response to a petition from a landowner with respect to his property. all requests by landowners for amendments to this ordinance must be submitted in writing on a form provided by the planning and zoning department. Only one zoning classification may be requested by the property owner/applicant for the subject parcel. Should a landowner wish to request a rezoning classification for a portion of his property, that portion shall be subdivided and an approved plat of this subdivision of property shall be duly recorded with Berkeley County prior to the landowner submitting a written request to rezone the newly created parcel.

(Ord. No. 04-11-68, 11-23-2004; Ord. No. 05-08-58, 8-29-2005)

All proposed amendments must be submitted to the Berkeley County Planning Commission for its review and recommendation. The planning commission shall have 30 days within which to submit its report. If said commission fails to submit a report within the 30-day period, it shall be deemed to have recommended approval of the requested amendment.

22.3.1. Public hearing. Before enacting an amendment to this ordinance, county council shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least 15 days' notice of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

22.3.2. Posting. The zoning administrator shall post at least one sign, of a size and in a location so that it is clearly visible from the abutting road, on all property for which a zoning change has been requested. Such sign(s) shall be posted at least seven days prior to the planning commission's review of the amendment request. The developer or landowner must maintain such sign(s) so that they remain clearly visible from the abutting road, and shall notify the zoning administrator immediately upon discovery that a sign has been damaged or removed. No person, except an authorized Berkeley County employee, shall remove a sign once it has been posted.

A nonrefundable fee in the amount established in section 47-1 of the Berkeley County Code of Ordinances (as amended) shall accompany any rezoning request submitted by a property owner or owners. If two or more parcels (identified by separate TMS numbers) are involved in the rezoning request, and all are owned by the same person(s), one fee shall be submitted. However, if two or more parcels (identified by separate TMS numbers) are involved, and are not owned by the same person(s), separate fees shall be submitted by the owner(s) of each parcel.

For applicants seeking to rezone to a planned development district or amend a previously-adopted planned development district, the fee for rezoning as well as major and/or minor amendment and approval of the plan shall be nonrefundable in the amount established in section 47-1 of the Berkeley County Code of Ordinances (as amended).

(Ord. No. 04-11-68, 11-23-2004; Ord. No. 08-10-63, 10-27-2008; Ord. No. 20-12-50, 12-14-2020)