Mount Pleasant, SC Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- International Plumbing Code, SC-amended
- Permit threshold
- Required above $1,000 valuation
- Permit issuer
- Building Official
- Tap-in inspections
- Handled by Mount Pleasant Waterworks
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine, 30 days jail
Summary
The Town of Mount Pleasant adopts the International Plumbing Code, as amended by the South Carolina Building Codes Council, by reference for all plumbing work in town. Permits are value-based, issued by the Building Official, and required for any job over $1,000 in materials and labor.
The following codes are adopted by reference as though they were set forth herein. The most current version of the state adopted code including the administrative chapter one shall apply except any section referencing the Board of Appeals or Means of Appeal will be excluded. The Energy Code applies as specified by the year below. ... (B) International Plumbing Code, as amended by the South Carolina Building Codes Council.
Full Breakdown
001(B) of the Mount Pleasant Code adopts the International Plumbing Code, as amended by the South Carolina Building Codes Council, by reference as though fully set forth in the town's own code, alongside the Building, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Residential and other International codes listed in the same section. 003. 002: the Building Official values the work using ICC Building Valuation Tables or the contract amount, whichever is higher, and all building permits, including plumbing, are value-based. No permit is required where the materials-and-labor valuation does not exceed $1,000, unless an inspection is required regardless of value.
Work started before a permit is obtained still triggers a fee under the Department of Engineering and Development Services' latest fee schedule, but paying it does not excuse full code compliance or other penalties. 019. 999, the chapter's catch-all penalty.
Violations & Fines
Performing plumbing work without the required permit, or violating the adopted International Plumbing Code, is punishable under § 150.999: a fine of up to $500, imprisonment of up to 30 days, or both, with each continuing day a separate offense, capped at the penalty state law allows for similar offenses.
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