Legal Opinion
Clear Channel Outdoor v. City of Myrtle Beach
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided July 19, 2004No. 3849PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEATTY, J.:
Myrtle Beach appeals from a circuit court order reversing a billboard permit denial by the Myrtle Beach Board of Zoning Appeals. Myrtle Beach asserts the circuit court improperly characterized the Board’s scope of review and misapplied the city’s zoning ordinance. We reverse.
FACTS
On July 6, 2001, a tornado struck Myrtle Beach, destroying a billboard owned and operated by Respondent Clear Channel Outdoor. The tornado’s winds fractured the billboard’s structural support beams in excess of their yield points and caused the billboard to fall over and across an adjacent parking lot. For…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission v. SomersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1995
- Fontaine v. PeitzSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1987
- Gurganious v. City of BeaufortCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1995
- Heilker v. Zoning Board of AppealsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
- Purdy v. MOISESupreme Court of South Carolina · 1953
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3Cited by4 opinions
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