CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY

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Adopted February 7, 1984
Effective February 7, 1984

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PUBLISHED IN 1984 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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PREFACE

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This volume contains the Code of Ordinances of the City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Code is a revision and codification of all ordinances of a general and permanent nature that were deemed advisable to be included. It is the first such revision and codification for the City since 1970.

Only ordinances of a general and permanent nature prescribed for and affecting the public as a whole are included herein. Special ordinances dealing with only a portion of the inhabitants of the City, rather than all of them, or relating to special purposes, such as ordinances levying special assessments, providing for bond issues, paving, vacating and opening specified streets, etc., are not included herein.

As will be noted, the chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within the chapters have been appropriately catchlined to facilitate usage. Attention is also directed to the footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which also refer to relevant provisions of general state law.

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash referring to the chapter number and the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the third section of Chapter 12 is numbered 12-3. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and at the same time new sections can be inserted in their proper places, simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between Sections 5-3 and 5-4 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 5-3.1, 5-3.2 and 5-5.3, respectively. Sections have been reserved at the end of articles and divisions to provide for future expansion. New chapters may be included in the same manner by the addition of a fraction after the chapter number. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way, or in the case of articles may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

The source of each section is included in the history note in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of this Code.

A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this looseleaf system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the page or pages of the Code affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Code with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. 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 publishers 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 purposes of historical reference.

The index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology and still others in language generally used by city 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 he is interested.

The publishers are most grateful to all city officers and employees for their cooperation and interest during the preparation of this Code.

The publication of this Code was under the direct supervision of George R. Langford, President, and B. Meade White, Editor, 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.

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida

ADOPTING ORDINANCE

An Ordinance of the City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Adopting a Revision and Codification of the Ordinances of the City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Entitled "The Code of Ordinances, City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina," Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein, With Certain Exceptions, and for Other Purposes Hereinafter Set Out.

The City Council of the City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Hereby Ordains:

Section 1. There is hereby adopted by the city council of the City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that certain Code entitled "The Code of Ordinances, City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina," containing certain ordinances of a general and permanent nature as revised, compiled, consolidated and codified in the following chapters, namely, Chapters 1 to 23, both inclusive.

Section 2. The provisions of such Code shall be in force on and after the effective date specified in section 1 hereof, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or prior to October 4, 1983, and not contained in such Code or recognized as continuing in effect by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date hereof, except as hereinafter provided.

Section 3. This ordinance shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date hereof, nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending or any judgment rendered on or prior to the effective date hereof.

Section 4. Wherever in such Code, or in any ordinance or resolution of the city, or rule or regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the city under authority duly vested in such officer or agency any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, the violation of any such provisions of such Code or any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days. Each day any violation of such Code or any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order shall continue shall constitute, except where otherwise provided, a separate offense.

Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the city council to make the same a part thereof shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the Code of Ordinances shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

Section 6. That in case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in section 4 of this ordinance and section 1-6 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7. That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk, preserved in looseleaf form or in such other form as the city council may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the city clerk, or someone authorized by the city clerk to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the city council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the city council. This copy of such Code shall be available at all times for all persons desiring to examine the same.

Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the city to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in section 4 of this ordinance.

Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

Section 10. That this ordinance shall become effective on the 7th day of February 1984.

Adopted this 7th day of February, 1984.

/s/ Peggy Meek       /s/ City Clerk	Joseph J. Saleeby Mayor
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