AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA AMENDING AND RESTATING SEC. 10-38 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES (AS MOST RECENTLY ENACTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 4291 DATED JUNE 13, 2017); AMENDING AND RESTATING SEC. 54-67 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING AND RESTATING SEC. 10-91 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING AND RESTATING SEC. 10-96 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING AND RESTATING SEC. 42-108 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES; AMENDING AND RESTATING SEC. 46-76 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. 

Updates the appeals board to be more generically appropriate for all technical code appeals. Makes conforming changes based on other areas of the code dealing with the appeals board.  

Explicitly acknowledges and approves of the State Unfit Dwellings Act. Provides for both the Unfit Dwellings Act and the IPMC to be a basis for enforcement of property violations;

Amends certain provisions governing application of the IPMC to historic properties;

Designates the Building Official (instead of Fire Chief) as the chief code officer;

Provides that violations of the code are applied as statutory liens against the offending properties – the liens must be satisfied prior to any transfer of property;

Clears up inconsistencies in the application of the preliminary notice process;

Changes the date for administrative due process hearings with the code official; and

Authorizes additional notice procedures and expedited placarding for out-of-state offenders.