South Carolina Code 6-29-1340. Educational requirements; time-frame for completion; subjects
(1) no earlier than one hundred and eighty days prior to and no later than three hundred and sixty-five days after the initial date of appointment or employment, attend a minimum of six hours of orientation training in one or more of the subjects listed in subsection (C); and
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 6-29-1340
- Advisory committee: means the State Advisory Committee on Educational Requirements for Local Government Planning or Zoning Officials and Employees;
(2) "Appointed official" means a planning commissioner, board of zoning appeals member, or board of architectural review member;
(3) "Clerk" means the clerk of the local governing body;
(4) "Local governing body" means the legislative governing body of a county or municipality;
(5) "Planning or zoning entity" means a planning commission, board of zoning appeals, or board of architectural review;
(6) "Professional employee" means a planning professional, zoning administrator, zoning official, or a deputy or assistant of a planning professional, zoning administrator, or zoning official. See South Carolina Code 6-29-1310 - Subdivision: means all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, lease, or building development, and includes all division of land involving a new street or change in existing streets, and includes re-subdivision which would involve the further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded according to law; or, the alteration of any streets or the establishment of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved or recorded according to law, and includes combinations of lots of record; however, the following exceptions are included within this definition only for the purpose of requiring that the local planning agency be informed and have a record of the subdivisions:
(a) the combination or recombination of portions of previously platted lots where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to the standards of the governing authority;
(b) the division of land into parcels of five acres or more where no new street is involved and plats of these exceptions must be received as information by the planning agency which shall indicate that fact on the plats; and
(c) the combination or recombination of entire lots of record where no new street or change in existing streets is involved. See South Carolina Code 6-29-1110
(2) annually, after the first year of service or employment, but no later than three hundred and sixty-five days after each anniversary of the initial date of appointment or employment, attend no fewer than three hours of continuing education in any of the subjects listed in subsection (C).
(B) An appointed official or professional employee who attended six hours of orientation training for a prior appointment or employment is not required to comply with the orientation requirement for a subsequent appointment or employment after a break in service. However, unless expressly exempted as provided in § 6-29-1350, upon a subsequent appointment or employment, the appointed official or professional employee must comply with an annual requirement of attending no fewer than three hours of continuing education as provided in this section.
(C) The subjects for the education required by subsection (A) may include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) land use planning;
(2) zoning;
(3) floodplains;
(4) transportation;
(5) community facilities;
(6) ethics;
(7) public utilities;
(8) wireless telecommunications facilities;
(9) parliamentary procedure;
(10) public hearing procedure;
(11) administrative law;
(12) economic development;
(13) housing;
(14) public buildings;
(15) building construction;
(16) land subdivision; and
(17) powers and duties of the planning commission, board of zoning appeals, or board of architectural review.
(D) In order to meet the educational requirements of subsection (A), an educational program must be approved by the advisory committee.