Grant v. South Carolina Coastal Council

Toal, Justice:

This is an appeal of a circuit court’s affirmance of a ruling by the South Carolina Coastal Council (Coastal Council) that the Appellant, J. Kirkland Grant (Grant), violated S.C. Code Ann. § 48-39-130(0 by filling critical area tidelands without a permit. We affirm.

FACTS

In 1987, Grant purchased approximately ten acres of land on Folly Beach, South Carolina, in the area on the northern side of Ashley Avenue locally known as the “washout area.” He built a small single-family residence on the property. The balance of the property consisted of a dune field along the frontage of his…