S.C. Code Regs. § § 12-120

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 12-120 - Definitions

A. "Act" means the legislation authorizing the governing bodies of counties and municipalities to grant special property tax assessments to "rehabilitated historic properties" and "low and moderate income properties."

B. "Administrative Review Committee" means a committee of the State Board of Review that shall include three or more members with two or more members representing the fields of architecture, architectural history, or related fields as appropriate.

C. "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

D. "Expenditures for rehabilitation" means the actual costs of rehabilitation relating to one or more of the following:

1. Improvements located on or within the historic building as designated;

2. Improvements outside of but directly attached to the historic building which are necessary to make the building fully useable (such as vertical circulation) but shall not include new construction of rentable/habitable floor space;

3. Architectural and engineering services attributable to the design of the improvements; or

4. Costs necessary to maintain the historic character or integrity of the building.

E. "Historic Property" means tangible real property that has been granted historic designation by the local governing body. Historic Property may include more than one historic building, including a historically-related complex, such as a house and barn or courthouse and jail. Historic Property may also include non-historic buildings or structures that are not eligible for the special property tax assessment.

F. "Local Governing Body" means county or municipal governments with jurisdiction over rehabilitated historic properties or low and moderate income rental properties seeking the special property tax assessments authorized by the Act.

G. "National Register of Historic Places" means the list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in South Carolina history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture, that is maintained by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior under authority of the National Historic Preservation Act.

H. "Rehabilitation" means the process of returning a building or buildings to a state of utility, through repair or alteration, which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the building(s) that are significant to its historic, architectural and cultural values.

S.C. Code Regs. § 12-120

Added by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 3, eff Mar 26, 1993. Amended by State Register Volume 35, Issue No. 5, eff May 27, 2011.