{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-6-29-1520","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 6-29-1520","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article:\n(1) \"Approved\" or \"approval\" means a final action by the local governing body or an exhaustion of all administrative remedies that results in the authorization of a site specific development plan or a phased development plan.\n(2) \"Building permit\" means a written warrant or license issued by a local building official that authorizes the construction or renovation of a building or structure at a specified location.\n(3) \"Conditionally approved\" or \"conditional approval\" means an interim action taken by a local governing body that provides authorization for a site specific development plan or a phased development plan but is subject to approval.\n(4) \"Landowner\" means an owner of a legal or equitable interest in real property including the heirs, devisees, successors, assigns, and personal representatives of the owner. \"Landowner\" may include a person holding a valid option to purchase real property pursuant to a contract with the owner to act as his agent or representative for purposes of submitting a proposed site specific development plan or a phased development plan pursuant to this article.\n(5) \"Local governing body\" means: (a) the governing body of a county or municipality, or (b) a county or municipal body authorized by statute or by the governing body of the county or municipality to make land-use decisions.\n(6) \"Person\" means an individual, corporation, business or land trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any legal entity as defined by South Carolina laws.\n(7) \"Phased development plan\" means a development plan submitted to a local governing body by a landowner that shows the types and density or intensity of uses for a specific property or properties to be developed in phases, but which do not satisfy the requirements for a site specific development plan.\n(8) \"Real property\" or \"property\" means all real property that is subject to the land use and development ordinances or regulations of a local governing body, and includes the earth, water, and air, above, below, or on the surface, and includes improvements or structures customarily regarded as a part of real property.\n(9) \"Site specific development plan\" means a development plan submitted to a local governing body by a landowner describing with reasonable certainty the types and density or intensity of uses for a specific property or properties. The plan may be in the form of, but is not limited to, the following plans or approvals: planned unit development; subdivision plat; preliminary or general development plan; variance; conditional use or special use permit plan; conditional or special use district zoning plan; or other land-use approval designations as are used by a county or municipality.\n(10) \"Vested right\" means the right to undertake and complete the development of property under the terms and conditions of a site specific development plan or a phased development plan as provided in this article and in the local land development ordinances or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.","path":["Title 6 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT—PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS","CHAPTER 29 South Carolina Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994","ARTICLE 11 Vested Rights"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t06c029.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:25:49Z","sha256":"29bc6330d3524579c644aa5e2525aece2492404c89281dad31091d23ef1855f9","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-6-29-1510","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-6-29-1530"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}