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LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE (LMO)
Title 16 of the Municipal Code

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Adopted October 7, 2014

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PREFACE

This Code constitutes a complete republication of the Land Management Ordinance of the Town of Hilton Head, South Carolina, as adopted October 7, 2014. The October 7, 2014, Land Management Ordinance replaced the former 1998 Land Management Ordinance and subsequent amending Ordinances 2006-02, adopted February 7, 2006; 2006-13, adopted July 18, 2006; 2006-17, adopted September 5, 2006; 2006-19, adopted September 5, 2006; 2007-03, adopted February 20, 2007; 2007-05, adopted March 6, 2007; 2007-23, adopted November 20, 2007; 2007-26, adopted December 18, 2007; 2007-27, adopted December 18, 2007; 2008-01, adopted January 15, 2008; 2008-05, adopted February 19, 2008; 2009-01, adopted January 6, 2009; 2009-02, adopted February 3, 2009; 2009-03, adopted February 3, 2009; 2009-14, adopted May 5, 2009; 2009-22, adopted September 1, 2009; 2009-33, adopted October 6, 2009; 2009-34, adopted October 6, 2009; 2009-35, adopted November 3, 2009; 2009-36, adopted December 1, 2009; 2010-03, adopted May 4, 2010; 2010-10, adopted June 1, 2010; 2011-03, adopted March 15, 2011; and 2011-04, adopted March 15, 2011.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 2014 Land Management Ordinance. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is unchanged from the 2014 Land Management Ordinance. By use of the comparative table appearing in the back of this Code, the reader can locate any subsequent ordinance included herein.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in the Code of the Town of Hilton Head. Each section number consists of three parts separated by dashes. The first figure refers to the title number, the second figure refers to the chapter number and the third figure refers to the position of the section within the chapter. Under this system, each section is identified with its title and chapter.

Index

The index has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of which are couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by local government officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which the user is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this publication is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing of the publication. With this system, the publication will be kept up-to-date. Subsequent amendatory legislation will be properly edited, and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the publication, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

Keeping this publication up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the publication. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publisher that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

This publication was under the direct supervision of Katrina Hansen, Editor, and Dennis Sinnett, Supplement Department Vice President, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publisher is most grateful to Eileen Wilson, Senior Administrative Assistant, and the other members of the town staff, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this publication. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in a Land Management Ordinance which will make the active law of the town readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the town's affairs.