Greenwood County, SC Ordinances (2026)

Greenwood County's planned development district (PDD) lets the county council approve a density bonus of up to 25 percent more dwelling units than the base 1,800-square-foot…

Unincorporated Greenwood County's most common code violation is illegal accumulation or dumping of litter, junk, rubbish or garbage. Section 11-4-3 bars open storage of trash on any…

Unincorporated Greenwood County gives property owners advance notice before code penalties apply. Section 11-4-6(c) requires 15 to 30 days' written notice to correct a junk, debris or…

Greenwood County's general noise ordinance bars sounding a vehicle horn or signal device except as a genuine danger warning, and separately bars any signal device from making loud or…

Greenwood County's noise ordinance bars playing a radio, stereo, or musical instrument at a volume that annoys or disturbs another person, including bass-heavy sound that disrupts the…

Greenwood County has adopted the International Building Code and International Residential Code, latest editions, under § 6-1-1(a). Any building, structure or alteration requiring a…

A day care in unincorporated Greenwood County needs a South Carolina Department of Social Services letter of approval before the county will sign off on zoning, plus 75 square feet of…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, the International Plumbing Code governs all plumbing work under Greenwood County Code § 6-1-1(a)(2). Anyone doing plumbing work must obtain a…

Greenwood County adopted the National Electrical Code, latest edition, under § 6-1-1(b). Electrical work requires a permit with the fee paid at filing, per § 6-1-2(a), and anyone…

Greenwood County Code § 6-1-3 requires builders to obtain a temporary electrical certificate after county inspection and approval, then a final certificate once the completed building…

Unincorporated Greenwood County regulates vehicle noise under its general noise ordinance. Section 11-3-2(a) bars unnecessary horn blowing, requires every motor vehicle's exhaust to…

Unincorporated Greenwood County bans loud, excessive or disturbing noise without a sheriff's permit. Rather than a decibel meter, the county uses a distance test: any sound covered by…

Unincorporated Greenwood County restricts noisy business operations at night and construction outside daytime hours. Section 11-3-2(a) bars garages, service stations, factories, stores…

Greenwood County requires a sheriff's permit before anyone uses a mechanical loudspeaker or amplifier mounted on a truck or other vehicle for advertising or similar purposes in the…

Greenwood County's noise ordinance makes it a violation to keep any animal or bird that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort or repose. The rule sits…

Greenwood County limits building erection, excavation, demolition, alteration, and repair work in residential or business districts to between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays. Work…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's C-2 general commercial district (and the matching I-1 and I-2 industrial sections), billboards face hard numeric limits: a 300-square-foot display…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, the temporary and portable sign permit rules other businesses must follow, including a $20.00 permit fee, a 60-square-foot size cap, and…

Digital message boards in unincorporated Greenwood County cannot exceed 50 square feet and can never flash, scroll, or animate. In the C-2 general commercial district the copy can…

Greenwood County's zoning performance standards ban glare that is visible at the property line from any nonresidential use, covering floodlights, welding, and high-temperature…

Unincorporated Greenwood County caps weeds and grass at 12 inches under Section 11-4-4. Property with or without structures must be kept clear of taller brush and dead trees or…

Unincorporated Greenwood County holds vacant lots to the same upkeep standard as occupied ones. Section 11-4-3(c) bars owners and agents from letting trash, appliances, furniture…

Greenwood County Code § 6-1-5 lets the county code enforcement office order repair, boarding or demolition of any unsafe, unfit or dangerous structure, including pools, walls and…

Accessory solar panels in unincorporated Greenwood County must sit on the side or rear of the lot in residential districts, carry a UL listing with anti-reflective glare coatings, and…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, no owner may keep a vicious or unruly dog unless it is restrained by a fence, chain, or other means so it cannot reach people off the owner's land…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, it is unlawful for a dog owner to let the dog run at large off the owner's property when it causes or threatens damage to property or injury to…

In Greenwood County's AG-3 district, keeping livestock or poultry is a conditional use under § 6-3-32.5(c)(4), requiring a minimum of five acres, a fenced keeping area and marked…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's AG-3 agricultural district, a veterinary office, animal hospital, boarding facility or clinic is only a conditional use, and County Code Sec…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's C-1 neighborhood commercial district, 'Animal grooming' is a listed permitted use under County Code Sec. 6-3-40, and the county's parking…

Greenwood County's zoning code treats a retaining wall as a yard projection that can rise to any necessary height, but the wall cannot sit closer than 18 inches to a street line or…

Unincorporated Greenwood County does not set a blanket fence height cap for front, side or rear yards, but it bans any fence, wall, shrub or planting within 25 feet of a street or road…

Greenwood County bans smoking or carrying a lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe on any county-owned property, in any county-owned or leased building, and in any county-owned or leased…

Adult businesses in unincorporated Greenwood County are confined to the C-2, C-3, I-1, I-2, and rural development districts, and each one must sit at least 1,000 feet from any church…

A resident of unincorporated Greenwood County can change fluids, spark plugs, and drive belts or rotate tires on a vehicle at home without restriction. Anything more involved has to…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, a home occupation is allowed as a listed permitted use in the AG-1, AG-2, AG-3 and residential zoning districts, but County Code Sec. 6-3-221 limits…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, family day care homes caring for up to seven children fall under Sec. 6-3-221's definitions and the countywide day care standards in Sec. 6-3-120…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's R-1 district, County Code Sec. 6-3-33(e)(3)a permits only one identification sign per dwelling for a lawful home occupation, and that sign cannot…

Unincorporated Greenwood County's fairgrounds and farmer's market building are rented out under Code § 8-2-12, with the county council setting rates and approving each renter at its…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, Code § 8-1-5(e) bans dumping large, bulky items in county trash containers: furniture, appliances, mattresses, tires, bricks, cement and dead…

Dumping garbage, refuse, litter, junk, appliances or tree limbs anywhere in unincorporated Greenwood County outside a permitted site or the county landfill is a misdemeanor under Code…

Anyone hauling leaves, limbs, brush or other solid waste in unincorporated Greenwood County must keep an open vehicle covered under Code § 8-1-5(g), preventing spillage onto the…

The county's green box roadside collection system, created under Code § 8-1-24, is reserved for household sanitary waste in unincorporated Greenwood County. Businesses and nonprofits…

Recycling containers distributed to unincorporated Greenwood County residents remain county property under Code § 8-1-43, and violating Article C of the recycling chapter is a…

Section 8-1-44 bars anyone from selling, misusing, damaging or destroying a county recycling container in unincorporated Greenwood County. Residents may keep only one container each…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, the county engineer requires a development permit before any construction, fill, or grading begins in a FEMA-mapped special flood hazard area. New…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, a boat house, boat dock or boat lift is an accessory use that must sit at least ten feet from the side property line. Structures built along Lake…

Unincorporated Greenwood County regulates erosion and sedimentation from construction under its Stormwater Management and Sediment Control Ordinance, Title 6, Chapter 5, which exempts…

Unincorporated Greenwood County requires a county grading permit before disturbing land under Sec. 6-5-24, with a nonrefundable fee scaled from $20.00 for up to three acres to $60.00…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's special flood hazard areas, Sec. 6-6-32 requires new or substantially improved residential and nonresidential structures to elevate the lowest…

On a residential lot smaller than ten acres in unincorporated Greenwood County, only one unlicensed vehicle or piece of construction equipment can sit outside; anything more has to go…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, Sec. 6-3-145(3) of the zoning ordinance restricts homeowners to one travel or camping trailer per family per lot in any residential district, and it…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, the zoning ordinance bars parking or storing tractor-trailer rigs or cabs in residential zoning districts, with only vehicles under one-half ton in…

Unincorporated Greenwood County requires any commercial or industrial use larger than 10,000 square feet to provide off-street loading and unloading space under Sec. 6-3-146, with each…

Unincorporated Greenwood County can map land as an H-1 historic resources district to preserve sites, structures and objects of historic interest, including landmarks tied to the…

Unincorporated Greenwood County treats a garage or yard sale as an accessory use limited to four sales per calendar year for each residence, with each sale capped at two consecutive…

A storage shed or other detached accessory building in unincorporated Greenwood County must sit at least ten feet from the side or rear property line, or 50 feet from the 440-foot…

Building a swimming pool in unincorporated Greenwood County requires a permit under Greenwood County Code § 6-1-2(a), with the fee due when you file the application. The county has…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, farming is a permitted, by-right use rather than a special exception: County Code Sec. 6-3-31 sets aside the AG-1 district specifically to provide…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's R-1 single-family district, County Code Sec. 6-3-33(d) caps buildings at 35 feet, the same ceiling that applies in the R-2 through R-7 districts…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's R-5 multi-family district, County Code Sec. 6-3-36(d)'s development standards table caps the maximum impervious surface ratio at 50 percent for…

In unincorporated Greenwood County's R-1 single-family district, County Code Sec. 6-3-33(d) requires a 40-foot minimum front yard, a 20-foot minimum side yard and a 50-foot minimum…