Weaver v. South Carolina Coastal Council

Finney, Justice:

Appellant South Carolina Coastal Council (Council) appeals the order of the circuit court which directed appellant to issue a permit to Respondent Linda R. Weaver for construction of a private recreational dock encroaching upon the Folly River. We affirm.

Council was created under the South Carolina Coastal Tidelands and Wetlands Act, commonly referred to as The Coastal Zone Management Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 48-39-10, et seq., (1987) (the Act), for the purpose of administering the Act. In November of 1988, respondent applied to Council for a permit to construct a 600-foot…