Cherokee County, SC Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, Cherokee County Code § 17-1 designates the Peachoid Water Tank and surrounding area as a scenic area and bars any commercial…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, residential waste containers must sit at roadside, adjacent to or within the right-of-way, and county collection is capped at eight…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, leaves, tree branches and yard trimmings that come from a private residence can be burned on that same property as an exempt yard…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, residential waste containers must sit at roadside adjacent to or within the right-of-way. Backyard service is limited to the…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, county collection is limited to a maximum of eight containers per residence or business, and anyone with more than eight is required…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, no one can dump, throw, deposit or discard litter or solid waste on public property, private property or in county waters, whether…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, every residential unit to which the county renders solid waste collection and disposal is charged a $222.00 annual fee, collected by…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, anyone who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, demolish or change a building or structure must first apply to…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, anyone who installs, alters, repairs, removes or converts an electrical system must first apply to the building official and obtain a…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, anyone who installs, alters, repairs, removes or converts a plumbing system must first apply to the building official for a building…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, the building official, also called the building inspector, issues permits and inspects construction under Chapter 6. The permit card…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, every area of special flood hazard mapped by FEMA in its Flood Insurance Study dated September 16, 2011 falls under Article V of…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, new and substantially improved residential and nonresidential structures in mapped flood hazard areas must have the lowest floor…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a land development project meets the county's drainage requirement when it holds an approved stormwater management and sediment…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, no land development plan or subdivision plat is approved unless the building sites can be used safely without danger from a flood or…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, critical development such as jails, hospitals, schools, fire stations and nursing homes must be elevated to the 500-year flood…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a radio, phonograph, musical instrument or any other sound-making device that is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred (100)…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, two sections reach a barking dog. Section 4-11 makes it unlawful to maintain a dog which habitually barks, whines or howls, and §…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, Cherokee County Code § 15-63 makes horns, sirens and signal devices using loud, brash or harassing noises a nuisance, and does the…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, Cherokee County Code § 15-65(8) says the noise article does not apply to any noise emanating from an agricultural operation, defined…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a noise charge starts with a complaint made to law enforcement. Under Cherokee County Code § 15-67 the person gets an opportunity to…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a dog counts as running at large whenever it is not under restraint, and animal control officers must seize and impound every dog…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, the dog-danger rule turns on conduct, not breed. Section 4-2 defines a vicious dog by physical threat, unprovoked attack behavior or…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a commercial solar energy system of at least twenty (20) acres goes through the planning department and then a Citizens Planning…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a sexually oriented business needs a county permit before it opens and must sit 1,000 feet from churches, schools, parks, day care…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, every junkyard needs a permit from the building codes department, and the definition covers any establishment that stores, keeps…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, an accessory structure such as a shed keeps the same front and side setbacks as the house but needs only an eight (8) foot minimum…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, the land development regulations define a tiny home as a single family unit of no more than 400 square feet on a permanent foundation…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a primary structure must sit at least 35 feet from the front property line on local roads, 45 feet on collector roads and 55 feet on…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, the downward-lighting rule is written into the solar energy system and wind farm standards. Cherokee County Code § 13-128(d)(15)…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, music from a radio, instrument or vehicle sound system that is plainly audible at one hundred (100) feet from a building, residence…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a recreational fire, a cooking fire or a fire used solely for warmth is exempt from the open burning ban if it stays 25 feet from any…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, no one can kindle or maintain open burning except as Article III of Chapter 11 allows. County fire officials, three named…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, a three (3) percent accommodations fee applies to gross proceeds from renting sleeping accommodations to transients, and the…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, the anti-litter officer can inspect any premises and, when a lot or premises is a present or potential hazard to public health, issue…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, the anti-litter officer gives the owner of a lot or premises that is a present or potential public health hazard written notice with…

Cherokee County, South Carolina calls its lodging charge an accommodations fee. Section 7-122 sets it at three (3) percent of gross proceeds from renting any accommodation, hotel and…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, the vehicle language sits in the junk and salvage yard article: junk includes wrecked, dismantled or disabled motor vehicles…