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Unincorporated Pickens County exempts sterilized, ear-tipped community cats from licensing, at-large enforcement, and shelter stray-hold rules under Code § 4-5. Caregivers who feed…

Pickens County's vicious-animal ordinance is behavior-based, not breed-based: Code § 4-1 states an animal "is not a dangerous animal solely by virtue of its breed or species," so no…

Unincorporated Pickens County does not impose a blanket leash mandate; Code § 4-4(a)(1) bars letting a dog run at large off its owner's property when doing so becomes a nuisance or…

Unincorporated Pickens County bans owning, possessing or keeping any nondomesticated carnivore under Code § 4-10(f) unless the owner holds a county animal control permit, a USDA class…

A Pickens County home rented to transients owes the local accommodations fee unless it has fewer than six sleeping rooms on the same premises and is the owner's place of abode…

In unincorporated Pickens County, an unlicensed vehicle not moved or repaired for over 90 days counts as junked or abandoned. Keeping junk or an abandoned vehicle on your property is…

Unincorporated Pickens County makes habitual barking, whining or howling that causes an unreasonable disturbance unlawful under Code § 4-4(a)(4), but only once Animal Control receives…

A renter in unincorporated Pickens County can trigger a housing-code inspection by filing a written request with the county's housing enforcement officer under Code § 8-74(2)(c). The…

In unincorporated Pickens County, no one may let or sublet a dwelling unit, or let a vacant dwelling stand, unless it meets the minimum basic-equipment and facilities standards of the…

In unincorporated Pickens County, the housing enforcement officer can declare a dwelling unfit for human habitation under the Standard Housing and Abatement Ordinance. Violations…

Unincorporated Pickens County opens a housing code case in three ways: the enforcement officer acts on his own motion, at least five county residents petition, or the occupant or owner…

Once the housing enforcement officer serves a complaint on a property owner in unincorporated Pickens County, the hearing must be set at least 10 days but no more than 30 days after…

Dumping litter or solid waste on public or private property you do not own in unincorporated Pickens County is a misdemeanor under Code Section 34-85. The sheriff's office and county…

Pickens County's solid waste manager runs the county's recycling operations and collection containers under Code § 34-57, and the county council has commissioned the recycling…

Pickens County runs solid waste through drop-off facilities rather than curbside pickup: residents haul household waste to county-owned solid waste facilities and recycling stations…

Unincorporated Pickens County adopts the National Electrical Code, along with the International Building, Fuel Gas, Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire Prevention, Energy Conservation and…

Pickens County charges a local accommodations fee of 3 percent on gross proceeds from rooms, campgrounds, motels, hotels and similar lodging furnished to transients, but limits the…

Pickens County Council grants a special property tax assessment to owners who rehabilitate an eligible historic property in unincorporated Pickens County, under Code Section 36-176. To…

Anyone disturbing one acre or more of land in unincorporated Pickens County, or a smaller tract that is part of a larger development plan reaching one acre, must obtain a…

Any land-disturbing activity of one acre or more in unincorporated Pickens County must include a sediment and erosion control plan under Code Section 38-331, showing the site's…

Any development activity in a special flood hazard area of unincorporated Pickens County needs a development permit from the local administrator before work starts, under Code Chapter…

New or substantially improved residential structures in a Pickens County special flood hazard area must have their lowest floor at least one foot above the base flood elevation, with…

Operating an automobile towing storage and recovery yard in unincorporated Pickens County requires a permit and a certificate of compliance from the county planning department under…

Unincorporated Pickens County's Standard Housing and Abatement Ordinance, Code §§ 8-41 to 8-80, lets the county's housing enforcement officer declare a dwelling unfit for human…

Anyone who wants to build a driveway onto a county-maintained road in unincorporated Pickens County must first notify the department of roads and bridges and file the encroachment…

Every public park and recreation area in unincorporated Pickens County closes at 10:00 p.m. and reopens at 6:00 a.m. under Code § 28-2. Entering or staying past closing is unlawful…