Town of
Sullivan's Island
Town Ordinances
Municipal
councils are local, deliberative, legislative assemblies empowered
to enact regulations, resolutions and ordinances consistent with the
constitutions and general laws of the state of the nation.
Ordinances are local laws of a general and permanent nature.
Rules and procedures for adopting ordinances must be established by
ordinance. Every proposed ordinance must be introduced in writing
and in the form required for final adoption. No ordinance has the
force of law until it has had at least two readings on two separate
days with at least seven days between each reading and final
ratification by Council.
Municipal
ordinances must be codified, indexed, typewritten or printed,
maintained in a current form and available for public inspection at
reasonable times.
