Right to Farm in Beaufort County, SC (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Beaufort County, South Carolina.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Beaufort County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Beaufort County's Community Development Code zones agriculture and crop harvesting as a permitted by-right use across the rural transect zones and the C3 Neighborhood Mixed Use zone, but confines commercial animal production and factory farming to conditional or special-use review, and only in the T2 Rural subzones.
Agricultural Zoning in Unincorporated Beaufort County
Some RestrictionsBeaufort County Community Development Code § 3.1.60 (Table 3.1.60)
AGRICULTURE 1. Agriculture & Crop Harvesting P P P P P P P - - - - - - - P [...] 4. Animal Production - C - C C C - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. Animal Production: Factory Farming - S [...] "P" indicates a Use that is Permitted By Right. "C" indicates a Use that is Permitted with Conditions. "S" indicates a Use that is Permitted as a Special Use. [...] indicates a Use that is not permitted.
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