Eldridge v. South Carolina Department of Transportation

I respectfully dissent. Because an intervening landowner separates the Property Between the Roads and the Adjacent Property, I would find that a sign placed on the former would not have constituted an “on-premises identification sign” under the Greenwood County ordinances. Consequently, the Court of Appeals correctly upheld the determination of the special referee that the Property Between the Roads could not be used for identification signs.

In my view, neither Sonoco v. South Carolina Dep’t of Revenue, 378 S.C. 385, 662 S.E.2d 599 (2008), nor case law on municipal annexation are dispositive.…