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Right to Farm in Mount Pleasant, SC (2026)

1 verified right to farm rules for Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Agricultural Zoning Protection

In the Town of Mount Pleasant, agricultural uses are zoned narrowly: only the Ten Mile Community Overlay District (10M-O) lists apiculture, horticultural production and animal aquaculture as conditional uses at all. Town Council's § 156.262(A) conditions require a five-acre minimum lot and vegetated buffers or setbacks before Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods will approve a beekeeping or horticulture operation there.

Agricultural Uses in Mount Pleasant's Ten Mile Overlay

Some Restrictions

Mount Pleasant Code of Ordinances § 156.262(A)

(A) Apiculture (bee keeping) and horticultural production. Shall be subject to the following standards: (1) Such uses must be located on a lot with a minimum area of five highland acres. On lots with an area of less than five highland acres, such uses are allowed only if reviewed and approved in accordance with the special exception procedures of this chapter. (2) If the subject lot is le...

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