5 rules for unincorporated Horry County, South Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Garbage cans and receptacles must be kept out of sight and off public ways. In Myrtle Beach, refuse receptacles may not be stored in front of a building or dwelling except on the collection day. Horry County unincorporated residents use hauler carts and Solid Waste Authority drop-off centers.
Myrtle Beach Code § 17-33(a)
No refuse receptacles or container, unless otherwise provided in this article, shall be stored in front of a building or dwelling except on the day of collection.
In unincorporated Horry County, owners and occupants may not let garbage, debris, or rubbish pile up in a way that creates a health hazard, unsanitary conditions, fire hazards, odors, or rodent harborage. Exposed household appliances must be removed or screened within seven days.
Horry County Code § 10-15(a)
No owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of an public or private premises shall permit the accumulation upon their premises of any garbage, debris or rubbish creating a health hazard ... in such a manner as to create unsanitary conditions, fire hazards, offensive or obnoxious odors, insect-breeding places, harboring places for rodents or to be a nuisance to the public.
Horry County Code Sec. 10-19(a) bars any owner, agent, or occupant from letting a lot serve as a mosquito breeding place, refuge for rats and snakes, collecting place for debris, trash or litter, or a fire hazard. Ditches, ponds, and pipes must be kept clear of litter, weeds, and brush.
Horry County Code § 10-19(a)
No owner, agent, occupant or lessee of property shall permit such property to serve as a breeding place for mosquitoes, as a refuge for rats and snakes, or as a collecting place for debris, trash or litter, or a fire hazard.
The City of Myrtle Beach requires no permit for a residential yard sale but limits residents to four sales per year, one per quarter, in residential areas only. Unincorporated Horry County has no standalone garage-sale ordinance; sales are treated as a temporary use under the zoning ordinance.
Myrtle Beach defines rank growth as grass over 12 inches tall and declares it a public nuisance the owner must abate. Unincorporated Horry County sets no fixed grass-height number but requires ditches and lots be kept clear of weeds and brush under Sec. 10-19.
Myrtle Beach Code § 10-31
Rank growth/weeds means grass which has grown to more than 12 inches in height, and all other vegetation at any stage of height or maturity which is uncultivated, and has the potential to harbor, conceal or invites rodent, pests or vermin, debris, or to emit noxious odors.
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