Municipal Code

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Land Management Ordinance: Browse to Chapter 19 of the Municipal Code to view the complete Land Management Ordinance.

The Code of Ordinances of the City of Greenville (1997) serves as the current Municipal Code. The Municipal Code is updated two to four times a year to include Ordinances passed by City Council and Fees and Charges authorized by the City Manager. Ordinances are effective on the date of passage, unless otherwise noted or advised. Fees and Charges authorized by the City Manager are effective on the date of the Memorandum, unless otherwise noted or advised.

Recently Passed Ordinances and Resolutions

Ordinance No. 2012-28, passed 4-23-2012, to provide air rights encroachments for objects and devices which are not attached to buildings over public rights of ways and to revise for clarity the provisions on encroachments in public rights of way by amending Section 36-15, "Encroachments," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Greenville.
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Ordinance No. 2012-23, passed 4-9-2012, passed April 9, 2012, to amend various sections of Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Greenville (Land Management Ordinance) to modify the requirements applying to “Nonconforming Situations” (Z-9-2012)
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Ordinance No. 2012-03, passed 1-9-2012, Ordinance to protect the public in the planning and administration of outdoor events on property not owned or controlled by the city of Greenville by amending Chapter 16, "Environment," of the Code of Ordinances (REVISED)
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Ordinance No. 2011-86, passed 11-14-2011, Ordinance to amend Section 19-6.6.6, “Special Purpose Signs,” of the Land Management Ordinance to provide limited opportunities for certain off-premises signs and to amend Section 19-11.2, “Definitions,” of the Land Management Ordinance to provide definitions of "multi-tenant sign" and "single-tenant sign"
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