Sullivans Island City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXII
LEGAL STATUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 21-205. Conflict with other laws.
Whenever the regulations of this Zoning Ordinance require a greater width or size of yards, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other more restrictive standards than are required in or under any other statutes, the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other statute require more restrictive standards than are required by this Zoning Ordinance, the provisions of such state statute shall govern.
Sec. 21-206. Validity.
Should any section or provision of this Zoning Ordinance be declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the Zoning Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof which is not specifically declared to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Sec. 21-207. Repeal of conflicting ordinances and code sections.
All ordinances and code sections or parts thereof in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent necessary to give this Zoning Ordinance full force and effect.
Sec. 21-208. Effective date.
This Zoning Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its ratification by the Town of Sullivan’s Island.
Sec. 21-209. Severability and inconsistency.
If any court of competent jurisdiction holds any section, provision, clause, phrase, or application of this Zoning Ordinance invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, the remaining provisions of this Zoning Ordinance shall be deemed severable there from and shall be construed as reasonable and necessary to achieve the lawful purposes of this Zoning Ordinance. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances of the Town of Sullivan’s Island in conflict with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance are hereby superseded to the extent of such conflict.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its ratification.
RATIFIED this 17 day of May, 2005.
TOWN COUNCIL OF SULLIVAN’S ISLAND
By:
J. Marshall Stith, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ellen McQueeney, Clerk
FIRST READING: April 19, 2005
SECOND READING: May 2, 2005
THIRD READING: May 2, 2005