Richland County, SC Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)

Section 6-216 of the Richland County Code, adopted by Ordinance No. 002-15HR on February 10, 2015, sets the complaint-response standard for mobile home and manufactured home parks and sites in unincorporated Richland County. Once the Property Maintenance Division receives a complaint, it must perform an inspection within three business days of any allegation representing an unreasonable risk to life, health, or safety; if the danger looks imminent, the inspection happens sooner than that. The Division then tells the complainant that the inspection occurred and, if the inspector confirms a violation, that a notice is going out to the property owner. Where a violation is verified, the Division issues a written order to correct it, mailed to the property owner under the procedures of the International Property Maintenance Code.

That order starts the clock under Section 6-217: the owner or park operator gets thirty days from the date of notice to abate the cited condition, though the code official can extend that period on a showing of reasonable progress or circumstances beyond the owner's control. If the case is not resolved, Section 6-218 lets the cited person request an informal conference and then a hearing before the Building Codes Board of Appeals under Section 6-75 before any further enforcement step is taken. None of that appeal process pauses the clock on an immediate risk to life, health, or safety. This response and correction system applies specifically to Chapter 6's mobile/manufactured home park regulations, not to general residential property maintenance complaints countywide.