South Carolina Code 6-7-1280. Procedure for obtaining exemption of property from restrictions of official map
(1) The local planning commission shall evaluate the application and make a report within thirty days to the governing authority and to any other appropriate public agency. If no report is made within thirty days, the planning commission shall be deemed to have recommended that the application be granted.
(2) The local planning commission’s report shall recommend:
(a) That the governing authority take official action to exempt the affected property from the restrictions of the official map; or
(b) That the governing authority initiate appropriate action to acquire the property.
(3) Upon receipt of the report of the local planning commission the governing authority shall within seventy-five days:
(a) Take official action to exempt the affected property from the restrictions of the official map; provided, that such exemption shall have no effect on any applicable zoning restrictions pertaining to permitted uses; or
(b) Either enter into an agreement to acquire or institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the property affected. Action to acquire such property may be instituted by the governing authority or other appropriate public agency. Failure of the governing authority to act within seventy-five days of the receipt of the report of the local planning commission shall be deemed to constitute granting of the application.