Pageland, SC Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)

Section 8-2 of the Pageland Town Code sets the baseline: no building or structure, and no addition to one, may be erected or constructed inside town limits until a permit has been issued by the proper official and the fee set under the town's adopted construction codes has been paid. Section 8-17 lists those adopted codes: the International Residential Code, International Building Code, International Plumbing Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Mechanical Code, International Fire Prevention Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Property Maintenance Code and the National Electrical Code, most recently updated by Ordinance No.

516 on January 7, 2025. Section 8-4 layers on a separate permit before any building can be physically moved within the corporate limits, and the issuing official may refuse that permit if relocating the structure would raise the fire hazard to surrounding buildings. Section 8-5 requires an out-of-town contractor to hold a Pageland business license before starting work, a duty the chief of police is charged with checking. Section 8-19 ties permit and inspection fees to the schedules printed in the adopted codes, and Section 8-20 routes any appeal of a building official's decision through the process those codes prescribe.

Section 8-21 backs the permit requirement with a utility hold: no water, gas or electric supplier may turn on service to a building until the owner has been issued a building permit or certificate of occupancy for it. The person or company the town council designates handles enforcement under Section 8-22. 00 or up to 30 days imprisonment, with each day the violation continues counted as a separate offense.