§ 2-3. Enforcement of ordinances by ordinance summons.

(a)

Use of ordinance summons. An ordinance summons, in such form as may be approved by the county supervisor or his designated representative and which complies with the requirements of S.C. Code 1976, § 56-7-80, shall be made available to the county animal control officers to enforce animal control laws and regulations. The ordinance summons shall also be made available to county code enforcement officers to enforce all other properly enacted ordinances of the county, including, but not limited to, building permit, mobile home, flood damage prevention, and zoning laws and regulations.

(b)

Summons books. The county planning and codes enforcement department shall be responsible for having the summons books printed, issuing blank summons books, and keeping a record of the summons forms assigned to an individual.

(c)

Copies. Any county animal control officer or any county code enforcement officer issuing an ordinance summons shall be responsible for turning in a "Court" copy of the summons to the appropriate judicial office at least ten days prior to the court date. It shall also be the issuing officer's responsibility to keep the "Officer" copy of the summons in the ticket book and to turn the book in to the planning and codes enforcement department once all summons tickets have been issued from that book.

(d)

Records. The planning and codes enforcement department shall be responsible for keeping the summons forms which have been turned in by the issuing officers in a manner which will allow for an annual audit of the summons forms.

(Code 1985, § 2-7)