National Advertising Co. v. Mount Pleasant Board of Adjustment

Littlejohn, Acting Associate Justice;

The Mount Pleasant Board of Adjustment (Board) appeals from the reversal of its ruling that Mount Pleasant zoning ordinances prevent National Advertising Company, Inc. (National) from repairing billboards damaged by Hurricane Hugo. We affirm.

I. FACTS

National applied for permits to repair four billboards in Mount Pleasant’that were damaged by Hurricane Hugo. The Mount Pleasant Department of Planning and Engineering (Department) denied the permits on the ground that the repairs were prohibited by Zoning Code § 155.97(C)(1), which prohibits the repair of any…