2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 4 - Counties
CHAPTER 23 - JOINT COUNTY FIRE DISTRICTS
Section 4-23-1200. Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District established.
(A) There is created and established in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties a multicounty special purpose district to be known as "Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District" (district). The district shall consist of areas of Greenville and Spartanburg Counties, which are more specifically described in subsection (B). The Spartanburg County Council and the Greenville County Council are authorized to enlarge, diminish, or alter the boundaries of the district located within their respective counties pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, Chapter 11, Title 6.
(B) The district is defined as an area consisting of the following three regions:
(1) the region within the corporate limits of the City of Landrum in Spartanburg County (Region 1);
(2) the region surrounding the City of Landrum designated as the Landrum Community Fire Service Area by Resolution No. 836, adopted by Spartanburg County Council on November 28, 1990, (Region 2) described as:
"Beginning at a point where existing Gowensville Fire Department intersects the Spartanburg-Greenville County line (northern most point); thence following the Spartanburg-Greenville County line in a northern direction approximately three miles to its intersection with the Polk County N.C. line; thence following the Spartanburg-Polk County line in an eastern direction approximately five miles to its intersection with County Road #940 (Pacolet Road) (existing New Prospect Fire District); thence following North Pacolet Road in a southwestern direction approximately one mile to its intersection with Landrum Mill Road (County Road #936); thence following Landrum Mill Road for approximately three and one-half miles to its intersection with Miracle Farm Road; thence following said road for approximately one hundred feet to its intersection with Howard Road (County Road #2010); thence following Howard Road in a southwestern direction for approximately one mile to its intersection with State Highway 176; thence following State Highway 176 in a southern direction for approximately twenty-five feet to its intersection with State Road 209; thence following State Road 209 in a southern direction for approximately one mile to its intersection with State Road 183; thence following State Road 183 in a northern direction for approximately one mile to its intersection with State Road 208; thence following State Road 208 in a southwestern direction for approximately one-half mile to its intersection with existing Gowensville Fire District, the point of ending"; and
(3) a region equal to approximately twenty-two percent of that area in Greenville County currently designated as the Foothills Fire Service Area by Ordinance No. 2268 enacted by Greenville County Council on June 18, 1991, (Region 3), and shown on a map identified as F-45-83-15-Landrum that is maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
(C) The assets used by the City of Landrum to provide fire protection and other first-responder services to Regions 1, 2, and 3 must be transferred to the district and used by the district to provide fire protection and other first-responder services to Regions 1, 2, and 3. Any liabilities of the City of Landrum related to or arising from the provision of fire services also must be transferred to the district.
HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 48 (H.3304), Section 1, eff June 3, 2015.
